Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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White, who held office even longer than the legendary James Michael Curley, was generally considered a neighborhood-oriented mayor when he entered City Hall in 1968, but was later accused of neglecting the neighborhoods in favor of vigorous downtown development and machine politics...
...that a "military containment policy is what got us into trouble in Viet Nam" (83%). And 93% agree that "picking a fight is too dangerous in a nuclear world" and that "we should be thinking in terms of peaceful solutions." As for who should negotiate and when, 76% favor a meeting between Reagan and Andropov...
...transplanted Canadians concede that they are still learning the local mentality. A restyled regional weather map, for example, had to be quickly scrapped in favor of a national one. Explains O'Sullivan: "One of the attractions of living here is gloating about how all your friends up North are freezing." To help ease the transition, the owners elevated Columnist Lynn Ashby, who is probably Houston's best-known newspaperman, to the new post of editor, overseeing the opinion pages. Says Ashby: "The city has badly needed a public discussion of issues. I do not ask people to agree...
...Japanese man, I am in favor of Japanese women having equal opportunity and responsibility in the office. They would no longer have the excuse of saying, "I have nothing to do with what goes on here because I only do what I am told to do by male workers...
...When a quarterback has been around," says Plunkett, "booed, cheered and benched, he can feel good. He has lasted. Because every lasting quarterback experiences all of that in some order." Plunkett was benched for a while again this season (in favor of Marc Wilson, who promptly broke his shoulder). One criticism of Plunkett is that he finds risky passes irresistible. "A long pass is a beautiful thing to watch," he agrees...