Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Street and country club Republicans running this Administration. Conservatism has not even been tried." They are also angry that not a single item on their legislative agenda has passed Congress. Reagan keeps reiterating his sympathy for their positions on "social issues"-against abortion, against busing to achieve integration, in favor of organized prayer in public schools-but he has not put the weight of his Administration behind any New Right legislation. Peter Gemma, executive director of the National Pro-Life Political Action Committee, despairs that Reagan "has been great on symbolism and excruciatingly slow on action...
...State Department, a potentially influential group of senior-level officials is pushing quietly for the U.S. to seek a large, but not total, reduction in Soviet IRBMs, while in return America would agree to deploy far fewer than its planned 572 Pershings and cruise missiles. Among those who favor such a move are Lawrence Eagleburger, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, and Richard Burt, who finally won confirmation last week as Assistant Secretary for European Affairs after a long fight by conservative Senators to block his appointment...
...York Daily News in which Adelman was quoted as saying that arms control negotiations are useful only for "political reasons. I think it's a sham." Cranston then made a motion to delay voting on Adelman, apparently assuming that Percy had a majority in Adelman's favor. Percy, presumably under the same impression, sharply opposed the motion...
Weighting a random lottery in favor of upperclassmen should present the most palatable compromise--one which avoids squabbles over access for concentrators, a perennially shaky question. Most Core courses required for a particular department should remain unrestricted, but in the interests of simplicity, equity and sanity, the College should adopt one comprehensive policy--a weighted lottery should offer such a solution...
...Generally, I'm in favor of ROTC," Swearer said in an interview on February 8th, "but this is no time for me to get involved. I'm just trying to chair this thing...