Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Masters reached, three said they prefer a more random system, five favor the current system, and four declined to state an opinion...
...Masters who come out in favor of modifications in the choice system cite not only diversity as a desirable goal, but also a lower level of springtime anxiety in freshmen...
Adam J. Augustynski '86, a Lowell House council member who serves on the Residential Committee and co-authored the lottery report, agrees with Rosen. But he adds that he is also in favor of the "modified random" proposal, where students get to select their rooming groups but are to Houses. With the modified system, Augustynski says, "House streotypes will disappea and freshmen will be less anxious about the lottery...
...contested passage was false. In deciding last week for TIME on "actual malice," the third and most complex point, the jurors determined that the magazine had not published the paragraph knowing it was false or with serious doubts about its truth. That decision ended the trial in TIME's favor...
...despite the Sharon verdict in TIME's favor, which might suggest that the test of "actual malice" is as sturdy as ever, the growing number of libel suits involving stories on the official conduct of government figures threatens to strike at the core of what the Supreme Court sought to preserve in New York Times vs. Sullivan: a hearty and robust debate on issues of public importance. Many Americans may relish the prospect of seeing journalists on the defensive in a courtroom. But ultimately they may decide that the possible consequences--a less vigilant press, a dimmer light cast...