Word: favor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...goals. The argument that Harvard should be as democratic as possible in all its branches may sound pleasant, but in practice it is not possible. The proposed expansion of Overseer representation would require an act by the Massachusetts General Court, and it is inconceivable that any Massachusetts legislature would favor handing the review powers of Harvard's lay Board of Overseers over to a Board that includes interest groups from within the University. Under a Massachusetts Act of 1865, only degree holders outside the University government are eligible...
...over a year, the Houghton PTA fought to convince the School Committee to build portable classrooms for the pupils, rather than scattering them among other Cambridge Schools. The School Committee last month reversed its earlier position in favor of scatteration, and voted to construct the classrooms--if a suitable location could be found...
Intellectuals fear that they have ignored contemplation of the ends of policy in favor of a scientific consideration of the means...
...colors look back to Alban Berg, but he is visionary in the way he creates melody through the interaction of contrapuntal strands and in the way he achieves the proper symphonic contrast of mood without the usual resort to repetition. Just as his earlier music is beginning to find favor today-notably the Violin Concerto-the Eighth will undoubtedly have to wait for its day. Sessions will wait, too. "What can one do about audience psychology?" he asks. "Immediate response is not what one is preoccupied with. The job of the composer is to write the music he loves best...
...favor came with enough strings tied around it to make U.S. acceptance dubious. The offer is conditional upon U.S. abstention from any new restrictions on imports or subsidies for exports. And several of the 16 countries insist that Congress must also repeal the so-called American Selling Price system for fixing tariffs on such items as benzenoid chemicals, sneakers, canned clams and woolen knit gloves...