Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...score now stood 13-0 in Penn's favor, and an anemic Harvard offense was making it look like the Crimson eleven would never get any closer...
...voted and "a substantial majority" did favor admitting women
...thus the scoreless second period left the tally at 10-0 in Penn's favor at intermission...
According to Der Spiegel, which broke the story, a Bonn prosecutor's findings have suggested that Barzel may have received the money through his Frankfurt law office. Barzel was allegedly paid off in exchange for giving up the leadership of the Christian Democratic Union in 1973 in favor of Flick's choice for the post, Kohl. Though Barzel denied any wrongdoing and no charges have been filed, he agreed to resign after a half-hour private chat with Kohl. The Chancellor himself is scheduled to appear before a parliamentary investigating committee next week to explain reported expenditures...
...charge often leveled at Reaganomics is that it has hurt the poor by cutting back social programs, including welfare and food stamps. In Losing Ground (Basic Books; $23.95), Murray unabashedly asserts that slashing social spending is the greatest favor the Government can bestow upon the poor. Federal welfare programs, he concludes, perpetuate poverty rather than cure...