Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...passage of the Clean Water Act as a welcome change. "Previous Republican administrations have sponsored environment protection. Unfortunately Reagan's didn't. It's sad [Congress] had to override him, but we're glad we're getting the money," he said. The Senate vote was 86--14 in favor...
...whim. Tell me I'm being irresponsible and throwing all caution to the wind when I announce that I have no desire to go to work after graduation. Tell me I have no idea of the consequences that will result from my decision to blow off my future in favor of bumming around the world for no particular purpose...
With just over a minute left, Higgins removed goalie Dave Shea (31 saves) in favor of a sixth skater. At that Juncture, Young took a feed from Lane MacDonald on the left, skated the length of the ice and tossed a shot into the empty Princeton net to finish the scoring and seal the win for Harvard...
With popular mandate in hand, Aquino is now well-positioned to begin extending her authority. The center, the largest portion of the population, is behind her. But only 60 percent of her own armed forces voted in favor of the draft constitution; if she cannot increase her popularity within the military the threat of further coup attempts will continue to loom ominous. On the other hand, if she cannot control the Communist insurgency she may well lose popular support...
...some of whom are members of the Central Committee. This criticism is not always followed by dismissals, as would have happened in the past, which means that criticism now is a standard for behavior and not a tool of punishment. There have been cases when sycophantic bosses, to curry favor, punished underlings who objected to some aspect of the campaign for restructuring our economy -- and those bosses were in turn severely chastised for attempting to silence dissent...