Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like Greek mythology: mortals learned to avoid the capricious and powerful gods at all costs, except when they needed some special favor...
...City near the border with Kuwait. Built in typically opulent Saudi style, the complex can hold 70,000 troops. But its ability to withstand attack is questionable at best. Says one military analyst: "If the Iranians were not distracted by Iraq, the odds would be heavily in Iran's favor to overwhelm the Gulf Cooperation Council...
...bottom line therefore seems obvious enough to me: this year you yourself and anyone else for whom you might be speaking--on what authority I wonder?--are not in favor of the commitments and convictions of certain candidates or of their mode of operation. In my opinion, it is totally inappropriate for you to make any statement of this kind whatsoever, especially on the official letterhead of the Board of Overseers and accompanying ballots...
...other 27 were good for six walks and a sacrifice bunt, forcing a shaken Geanes off the mound in favor of reliever Meredith Woods...
...quality of instruction poses different questions. On this score, it is fashionable to condemn Harvard and other leading universities for neglecting teaching in favor of an all-consuming preoccupation with research. Much of this criticism focuses on the methods used in making faculty appointments. In fact, appointments procedures throughout the University make provision for considering each candidate's teaching skills. Nevertheless, critics often reply that if Harvard really cared about instruction it would award tenure to outstanding teachers even though they have not produced distinguished research. This reaction fails to take account of all that is involved in making wise...