Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cathedral Dean Parks Morton believes that Christa "sends a positive message to women," he misjudges some Christian women. I am in favor of the ordination of women as a matter of justice, but I also believe that Christ was a Jewish man who died crucified at a certain date in a certain place. If Jesus of Nazareth has no historical validity, then Christianity has none either...
...United Nations General Assembly, local politicians refused to let him land at the area's commercial airports and Washington told him he would have to fly into a military field. Deeply offended, Gromyko called off the trip. Washington analysts believe he raised his increasingly influential voice in favor of a stick-it-to-the-Americans line during Politburo debates over the Olympics...
...over in last week's primaries, Mondale had actually won 42 more delegates than Hart, 184 to 142. (Hart overwhelmingly won the caucuses in his home state, Colorado, but the 43 delegates still have not been apportioned.) Mondale aides continue to insist that the delegate tallies heavily favor their man. Campaign Chairman James Johnson predicted that Mondale, who now has 1,528 delegates, would win the necessary majority (1,967) in the last round of primaries, on June 5. To do so, he must win 53% of the 829 delegates yet to be chosen...
...Duarte's strongest ally may be the 41,000-member armed forces that nearly killed him twelve years ago. Most of El Salvador's 14 departmental commanders are pledged to support the new government. Those known to favor D'Aubuisson are expected to be transferred to harmless administrative jobs or to embassies abroad. One reason for the armed forces' anticipated compliance is the promise of additional U.S. military aid; last week the Salvadoran army began taking delivery of $32 million worth of ammunition and field equipment...
Patterns are also changing among the wealthy. Cleaning women's wages are down because more households are doing without help. The hostess in Paris' well-heeled 16th arrondissement still appears in the latest Chanel outfits but has given up sit-down dinners for 40 in favor of buffets for ten and less expensive champagne (Veuve Cliquot instead of Dom Perignon). The elderly count in Provence dwells in one wing of an otherwise shuttered château he hesitates to sell because of the government's "wealth tax" of up to 2.5% on assets over...