Word: favor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR, by Walker Lewis. A beguiling if biased biography of U.S. Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, an uncompromising constitutionalist whose decision in the Dred Scott case and steadfast opposition to the Lincoln Administration's wartime measures made him one of the most unpopular men of his time...
...stuff great prima donnas are made of, held the final high note beyond everyone else on the stage and, with an arrogant toss of her head, strode off still singing full throttle. Her warm, artfully shaded voice is not as large as Birgit Nilsson's, nor does she favor the bel canto filigrees of Joan Sutherland. Instead she infuses a role with an earthy energy reminiscent of Maria Callas, a quality which, above all else, excites...
...there is anything a girl skier dislikes more than a better girl skier, it is the girl who sits in the lodge and never skis at all. Because the "snow bunny" is lazy, scheming, and a fake? No. Simply because fashion has always seemed to be in her favor. Bundled up in a puffy parka that threw her best curves to the wind, the genuine skier did not stand a chance against the indoor snow job, with her tight turtleneck and clinging stretch pants. Now, however, the sleek look is getting off the chaise longue and hitting the slopes...
...would you like to do your husband a big favor?" cooed the radio ad. "It doesn't involve more cooking or housework." With that come-on, Pittsburgh's Dravo Corp. took into the kitchen its urgent plea for more engineers, draftsmen and designers: "Just mention Dravo to him when he gets home tonight...
...Italians have taken to business gift giving with a frenzy, heavily favor French champagne or Italian spumante, Scotch and cognac. Martini & Rossi, Cinzano and Carpano all send out packages or cases of their best vermouth. ENI, the government-owned petroleum combine, gives champagne in decorative holders; IRI, the industrial combine, sends cases of high-quality Maccarese wine. No one cleans up in Italy like the Italian police. Companies have taken up the custom, long observed by the populace, of giving them presents at Epiphany. One result is that on Jan. 6 it is often difficult to spot a traffic...