Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report in the Bryn Mawr's Haverford News said that former Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine A. Ferraro declined an invitation to speak at Bryn Mawr's convocation in favor of Wellesley College's commencement...
...complete disarmament as a propaganda effort with a foundation of real negotiations on concrete, if limited steps. "Every vegetable has its season," he said. "Never forget the appeal that the idea of disarmament has in the outside world. All you have to do is say, 'I'm in favor of it,' and that pays big dividends...
...inkling during that time that Chernenko, a member of the Politburo old guard who had already been passed over once for the leadership, would emerge as the next choice. Many senior diplomats in Moscow, however, think that this time the Politburo may already have made up its mind in favor of the amiable, polished Gorbachev, the youngest member of that organization's young guard, who made a favorable impression on the West during his seven-day trip to Britain last December. Along with Politburo Members Geidar Aliyev, 61, and Vitali Vorotnikov, 59, Gorbachev was an Andropov protege. His standing...
...office site favored by Gorbachev is symbolic of how authority has flowed away from the center of the regime during Chernenko's waning leadership, which in turn came after the truncated rule of Andropov and the final, enfeebled years of Leonid Brezhnev. Other branches of the Soviet system have also benefited, especially Andrei Gromyko's Foreign Ministry. Gromyko's increased standing in the Politburo under Chernenko has been widely noted, as has his unquestioned command of Soviet foreign policy. For that reason, Gromyko is regarded by some foreign diplomats as a possible candidate for Chernenko's job. Another factor...
...control the process. Says a Kremlinologist at the U.S. State Department: "There are no votes taken. They palaver until the consensus is reached." In the final hours of the decision, the military and the KGB may become more influential, as they < were in helping to swing the balance in favor of Andropov. There is no guarantee, however, that next time they will have anything like the same significance...