Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thus if Specter goes against Bork, the committee will probably vote 8 to 6 to send the nomination to the Senate with an unfavorable recommendation. If Specter comes out in favor of the controversial jurist, the committee will most likely be deadlocked 7 to 7, with no recommended outcome...
...Those in favor of using Spectacle Island saidthat situating a plant there could actuallyimprove the state of the man-made island, which isgradually eroding toxic substances into theharbor...
Thornburgh, the former two-term Republican governor of Pennsylvania, was one in a panel of four former Justice Department officials who testified yesterday in Bork's favor as the Senate entered its third week of confirmation hearings...
That has many in Congress worried. Last week the Senate voted 58-38 in favor of a provision that would bar the Pentagon from spending any funds on SDI testing that goes beyond the narrow interpretation of the ABM treaty. The provision, offered by Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn, is tied to the $302 billion defense authorization bill. Similar language is included in the House version of the military spending bill. Both are seen as a direct challenge to the President's plans to move ahead with SDI, and Reagan has threatened to veto the defense budget rather than...
...attempt to settle the matter, the French last week held a referendum on independence in the islands. The result: 48,611 vs. 842 in favor of remaining a French territory. But Kanaks argued that the tally was not conclusive. As a result of a boycott organized by the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front, less than 20% of all eligible Kanak voters cast ballots. Said Jean-Marie Tjibaou, president of the Kanak front: "The referendum in no way changes the situation...