Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President of the National Institute of Education (NIE) then decided that the review panel was superficial in its evaluation and decided in Harvard's favor. He claims that Harvard's proposal showed the most in-depth program for investigating technology education, therefore matching NIE's purpose for setting up the contract...
...presidential nomination. "Will we offer a party that can't say no to anyone with a letterhead and a mailing list?" the Ohio Senator asked. When Mondale's turn came, he pushed aside his prepared text and zeroed in on his opponent's vote in favor of President Reagan's 1981 tax cut. "Of all the measures in modern political history in which the forces of special interests clashed with the profound public interest of the nation, I cannot recall a single instance when the issues were as clear. That would have been a good time...
When the venerable first baseman Pete Rose, 42, was shelved in Game 3 in favor of equally honorable and creaky Tony Perez, 41, Rose felt "hurt" and "embarrassed." In the 21st year of his beautiful career, Rose batted only .245 and was beaten out during the crunch of the race by recent Minor Leaguer Len Matuszek, who had been promoted too late to qualify for postseason play. Rose says, "I'm nothing if not a team man. I didn't have to move from second base to left field in 1967 to make room for Tommy Helms...
...date, so much so that Associate Dean of the Faculty John E. Dowling '57's 1980 analysis of student government--which later served as the blueprint for the Undergraduate Council--suggested that House Committees be incorporated into the new government. In the end, that plan was abandoned in favor of the more grassroots approach of electing one representative for every 75 students in the House...
Political convenience lies at the root of America's newest arms control initiative "build-down." This concept, under which the superpowers nuclear forces would be simultaneously reduced and modernized, has gained favor in Congress over the past year. It is attractive to just about all parties concerned. Both Democratic and Republican congressmen can claim support for nuclear reduction of freeze proponents, while simultaneously maintaining an image of backing for strong national defense, through modernization of weapons. The President, by accepting the congressmen's proposal, will also be able to call on favors when the final vote for MX missile...