Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brought with it a problem--money. Originally, the cheerleaders were allocated $500 to get started. But the Athletic Department's which provides funds for close to 100 varsity. Junior varsity and freshman teams, has little money to spare. "At present, the squad gets nothing from us save an occasional favor," says assistant to the athletic director John Wentzell...
...more than 20 years, the Tylenol killer may be attempting to right matters according to his own perverted sense of justice and morality. He may even be trying to demonstrate the danger of buying pills over the counter. Says Blazer: "He may feel he is doing us a favor .. . thinking a few people can get hurt so that more people will be helped...
...school initiated the keeping of records on the spree. This year, to no one's surprise, the sophomores made the tally 31 out of 38 in their favor. No spree was held...
Although Split Image doesn't manage to come up with a cult scenario. It does have a few things in its favor--for instance, its cast and its glimpse into suburban life. Unfortunately, its plot only updates a typical cult scenario with scenes designed for a 1982 teenage audience. It's not that cult sex is uninteresting; it's just not enough to create an award-winning film...
Last week, Fox could have done himself a favor by responding to the content of the chapter on Harvard rather than reiterating his skepticism about research techniques. The guide gives a fairly bland summary of life on the Charles, portraying the administration as removed but not unsympathetic to minorities in particular. "Some tensions" over race matters seems to be on target. For example, many Blacks' remain resentful over the decision not to form a separate third world center, and some Black varsity athletes have complained recently about tacit racism on the part of several coaches...