Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Legislators in favor of the bill said the linkage clause will not resolve the entire child care problem, but will address the major crisis facing parents right now--the space crunch for daycare centers...
...less than brimming enthusiasm, but at least I could construct some half-reasonable bases for choosing. I would root for the Tigers over the Twins. After all, they play on grass in an urban park. Moreover, this traditionalist remembers the old 8-team leagues with fondness, and tends to favor the survivors. Shades of Ty Cobb, and all that. The National League was even easier. I decided finally to let bygones be bygones. It has been almost 30 years after all--and San Francisco is a swell place. I would finally forgive Horace Stoneham and root...
...John Tudor punched a fan (the electric kind) the next day with his pitching hand, and St. Louis suffered the sort of loss that figured to be lasting. "We drew on our tradition to make it back," says Shortstop Ozzie Smith, "but that doesn't mean I'm in favor of every tradition. There should be instant-replay officials at the World Series...
Katsias, the junior goaltender, had abandoned her traditional gray garb in favor of more colorful clothes...
Toward the Title: Brown did the Crimson and several other Ivy teams a favor when it knocked off previously undefeated Cornell, 23-15, last weekend. Had Cornell emerged from Providence victorious, it would have had an easy stroll to the league crown. As it stands, the Big Red still is in fine position to snag at least a share of the title...