Word: favor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...LIBERALISM, by Theodore J. Lowi. Much liberal policy but little liberalizing practice has characterized the U.S. Government for more than 30 years, says this University of Chicago professor, who argues for a dumping of pragmatism and political pluralism in favor of tough, well-planned and well-enforced Government standards...
...Nunn-Howell feud is likely to prove equally embarrassing to President Nixon's new OEO chief, Donald Rumsfeld, who must now decide whether to sustain or overturn the Governor's veto. A decision in favor of Mrs. Howell may cost him the support of Republicans already anxious to minimize federal interference in state affairs. While he deliberates, the poor of Breathitt County, dependent upon interim OEO grants for their sustenance, remain out of pocket...
...death and almost immediately went into lengthy conferences with the North Vietnamese Politburo. Next day he flew back to Peking, probably to avoid a confrontation with incoming Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin. The semicomic scramble to avoid a meeting brought into the spotlight once more the Sino-Soviet rivalry for favor in North Viet...
Shuck the Braid. The triumvirate was careful to maintain a low political profile. Taking power, they shucked their gold braid in favor of business suits. Foreign Minister Magalhaes Pinto announced that they were governing "with the approval of the President," and added that "this is not a junta...
...Baroche, a poet turned investigator, confirms the legend of French wanderlust; 90% of the French husbands who talked to him admitted being unfaithful. But he finds that another Gallic institution has become oldfashioned: the pace of modern life has caused many a Frenchman to discard his pampered mistress in favor of the quickie...