Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...voting 9-0 in favor of the legislation, members of the subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs brushed aside objections from Reagan administration officials, who wanted the panel to wait until presidential emissary Philip Habib returns from Manila to report on his findings...
Stressing their bipartisan support, four Republicans joined five Democrats in favor of the bill...
Coleman worked with Professor of Law Philip B. Heymann who then headed the department's criminal division on formulating drug enforcement policy. Heymannn was in favor of "decriminalizing the marijuana laws" because he felt the department was devoting too much money to "arrest and prosecute small drug peddlers," says Coleman...
Organizationally, the odds were always stacked in favor of Marcos and his governing New Society Movement (K.B.L.). The President's war chest bulged with about $160 million in campaign funds, and he also had at his disposal uncounted millions from the government pork barrel...
...million annual income. In a year, viewers of The 700 Club log 4 million prayer calls to 4,500 volunteers manning telephone banks in 60 counseling centers. Such motivated constituencies can--and do--bestow blessings aplenty, in the form of money and votes, upon candidates who win their favor...