Word: favor
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Would such a proposal receive any support? Would we not be shocked if even one faculty member came out in favor of such a concentration...
...Koop's speech has thrown the naysayers on the defensive and increased the odds that comprehensive sex education will at last overcome its critics. For years, surveys have shown that about 80% of Americans favor sex education in the public schools. In the wake of Koop's dramatic report, a poll for TIME by Yankelovich, Clancy, Shulman found that instruction is now favored by 86%, perhaps the highest number ever; 89% want such courses for children age 12 to deal with birth-control information, and about three-quarters say homosexuality and abortion should be included in the curriculum...
...doctor games. Sexuality is what that's all about. We should bring it out of the closet and talk about it in school and home." It would not be necessary to give third-graders the full hair-raising message, only a few basics. Child Psychologist Lee Salk would not favor including the subject as part of sex education, but he thinks that AIDS could be explained as a disease if care is taken to avoid raising undue fear. He would describe anal sex as well as drug use. "One of the ways grown-ups protect themselves is to avoid doing...
...conditions traditionally favor the running game--which usually requires less precision than passing, although in the UMass game the wet conditions forced more than a dozen fumbles--and there Harvard looks to have the edge...
...field, the recent play, and the weather are all in Harvard's favor, but no one can win without goals. That was the Crimson's problem last weekend--no goals...