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Word: favor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision in Harvard's favor may prompt some counter court action by one New York group, while a decision unfavorable to the University may indefinitely delay the sale and cost Harvard thousands annually...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Selling a Piece of the Rock | 11/7/1985 | See Source »

...must be consistent. You cannot be in favor of economic sanctions for one [evil] nation and not for another...With the genocide going on in Afganistan, I can't understand why Harvard has not targeted the Soviet Union," he said...

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Conservatives Urge Sale of USSR Stock | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

Heather M. Hoffman, who carried a sign in favor of the porn question, said she stood in front of the East Cambridge fire station most of the day "because some things are worth standing in the cold and rain...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Fifty Percent Cast Ballots in City Election | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

...East Cambridge resident who is an Independent says he's in favor decontrolling the city's housing stock, restoring property rights to homeowners, condominium conversion, and making local universities pay a $500 head tax for non-resident students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Presenting the City Council Candidates for 1985 | 11/4/1985 | See Source »

...pending exit visa is probably a move "to prepare public opinion in favor of the Soviet Union before the summit [conference between Reagan and Gorbachev in Geneva this November]," said Baird Professor of History Richard Pipes...

Author: By Oded Salomy, | Title: Sakharov Wife to Come To Newton if Released | 10/30/1985 | See Source »

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