Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bozzotto has been criticized for neglecting concrete union needs in favor of broader issues. "Bozzotto should spend more time as a union business manager than as a demonstrator," says one dining hall manager, who spoke on the condition that he not be identified...
Some Wall Streeters speculate that Heller might join forces with Johnson and the two other Reagan appointees to form a new majority in favor of faster money growth and lower interest rates. That could undermine the leadership of Volcker, who fears that stimulative policies could rekindle inflation. Heller, though, was playing the diplomat. Said he: "I have a lot of respect for the chairman...
Buthelezi's political base is the 1 million-strong Inkatha, the Zulu movement he leads. On May Day, when militant black union leaders who favor divestiture spearheaded a nationwide walkout, Buthelezi staged a rally to launch a new labor organization to challenge them. "Why are they so persistent to push disinvestment even with the knowledge that we blacks, whom they purport to be helping, are the ones who will suffer most?" he asks...
Several industries, including real estate and restaurants, have started howling in protest. They claim that Packwood's plan singles them out for more than their share of reform and will hurt their businesses. The majority of corporate leaders, though, appear to be lining up in favor of the committee's proposal. They see it as a relatively equitable plan and, moreover, one that could help them in the long run by boosting U.S. economic efficiency and growth. The bill's virtual abolition of tax shelters, for example, could stop the flow of investment capital into ventures that deliberately lose money...
...vote in favor of a 458-page measure that Reagan castigated as "openly and rankly political" set up an election-year battle with the Republican-dominated Senate...