Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Critics "are not looked upon with great favor because we're not accountable to anyone," said Brustein...
...Stringer was named executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. During his tenure, the newscast was transformed with sprightly graphics, a faster pace and a de-emphasis on Washington news in favor of lighter stories and features from around the country. The change helped boost the ratings but was decried by some as violating CBS's "hard-news" traditions. Promoted to the division's No. 2 slot, Stringer championed West 57th, a magazine show that drew fire from traditionalists for its jazzy style and choice of stories...
What is almost universally overlooked about the 1980 Senate elections is that the Democrats outpolled the Republicans nationwide by about three million votes. The aggregate national vote division was 53 percent to 47 percent in favor of the Democrats. For winning close races in smaller states the Republicans deserved credit for effective campaigning, but not coronation as a new majority...
...always in favor of improving health care,"said John Kenneth Galbraith, Walburg Professor ofEconomics Emeritus. "It sounds like something wellworth investigating...
Summing up his philosophy--perhaps "approach" would be a better word--Avildsen observed "There are only so many stories. Some people say there are only two stories, 'Jack and the Bean-stalk' and 'Cinderella."' Which kind does the blockbuster filmmaker and Academy Award winner favor? "Stories that don't cost a lot of money to do." In the trillion-dollar age of the imperial Spielbergian director, it's understandable why Avildsen remains one of the business's favorite practitioners...