Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...authors think they know who their hungry readers are. Hirsch claims approval both from elders for his calling up of "what education used to be," and from those in their 20s who favor the book because they believe they have been shortchanged. Bloom reports that interest in his book "seems to come from parents who have lived for so long with the formulas and bromides from the '60s about how you educate your children. It somehow played upon a parental concern that hadn't found a voice." Bloom also feels that he, like Hirsch, has aroused the concern of disaffected...
...least one squadron of MiG-29s, the Soviet equivalent of Israel's American-made F-16 jet fighters, but refuses to supply Damascus with sophisticated SS-23 land missiles. The disclosure that Israel possesses a comparable weapon has forced Gorbachev to denounce the missile in order to curry favor with Arab nations...
...Chairman Jeffrey Archer. The charge: that the Star falsely claimed that Archer had purchased the services of a London prostitute. Last week the jury of eight men and four women wrote a happy ending for the novelist. After deliberating for less than four hours, they found in Archer's favor, awarding him $800,000 in damages plus legal ^ costs, which are expected to run to $1.2 million. The award was the highest ever granted in a British libel case...
...town Democratic committee and then building an organization to expand the fight statewide. There was a strong element of social class to the struggle: well- educated reformers rebelling against old-line Irish ethnic politics. Elected to the state legislature in 1962, Dukakis radiated disdain for backslapping and favor trading while zealously championing causes like no- fault auto insurance...
...continue to advocate an international peace conference, and the idea has recently gained momentum. But the U.S. has been wary. Administration officials fear that Moscow, which continues to back the P.L.O., would use such a conference to expand its influence in the region and ultimately control the meeting to favor Arab aspirations. The Soviets sent an eight-member consular team to Israel last week. The mission marks the first time an official Soviet delegation has visited Jerusalem since Moscow severed relations with Israel over the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The Soviets may soon be the only major power to have...