Word: favor
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Enter the White House. Instead of supporting the Air Force and Republican Tower, it comes down in favor of Democrat Addabbo. Why? To win the votes of Long Island Congressmen last August for Reagan's tax increase, the White House promised to buy 20 more A-10s. At this inefficient production rate, the price of the plane has jumped from $5.9 million apiece in 1975 to $18 million (more than...
...make the Cheyenne maneuverable yet adequately armored, in the process boosting the cost to $7 million, more than that of a sophisticated fighter jet at the time. But no amount of money could turn a sitting duck into a soaring eagle. So the Cheyenne program was dropped in favor of the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The cost overruns on that project have forced up its price from $9 million to $17 million per chopper (more than an F-16 fighter) and even the Army balked at paying the builder, Hughes Helicopters. The Apache also has a characteristic that its pilots...
...everyone, of course, was giddy. In San Diego, fewer than 100 people marched and chanted in favor of Northern Irish independence from Britain...
...addition to the backchecking of the Crimson forwards, the Harvard defensemen pitched in keeping the slot in front of Blair Lairly free of Engineers. One play indicative of their overall effort came in the second period, with the score 3-1 in Harvard's favor...
Maybe so, but Harvard seems to have the deck stacked in its favor. The netmen are ranked 17th in the nation in pre-season polls, while no one expects much from the Buckeyes...