Word: favor
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Undergraduate Council Chairman Brian C. Offutt '87 of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, says he would favor the establishment of fraternities and sororities at Harvard. "It is a way for people to feel a part of something," he says. "It's like formalized friendship...
Annual trips between New Haven and Cambridge, replete with tailgate parties, alumni and countless shakers of martinis, are now an integral part of the Harvard-Yale matchup--a series which presently stands at 38-56-8 in favor of the Elis...
Such pressures appeared to be a factor last spring when Graham Allison, dean of the School of Government, announced the awarding of five public service medals. One was to Attorney General Edwin Meese. Many Harvard voices protested that the Meese medal was a transparent currying of favor with the Reagan Administration. But the award stood...
...movement clearly enjoys favor where it matters most. Pope John Paul II has come to rely on lay groups -- notably the secretive, highly disciplined Opus Dei -- to promote Christian values in a society that he finds increasingly materialistic. The Pontiff, who first came across C.L. while he was a bishop in Poland, made an appearance at the 1982 Rimini Meeting to give the crowd his special blessing. He still receives delegates from the organization in special audiences...
...Papal favor has positioned C.L. well for expansion. Already the group is active in more than 20 countries and steadily growing, especially in Latin America. In the U.S., there are about 150 members, mainly in large Eastern cities. New York City's John Cardinal O'Connor, an ardent preacher against American materialism, went to Rimini last year and, impressed with what he saw, promised his support. The group's strong Italian identity, however, may hamper its effectiveness elsewhere. Says a Vatican spokesman: "They must de- Italianize their terms to grow in the world...