Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though some boycott organizers had criticized Greenberg's refusal to abandon his NAACP post in favor of a Black attorney, the BLSA has subsequently stressed the need for more minority Law faculty in explaining the boycott...
Other factors that may work in the Republican's favor are Batmastan't Armenian name and trace of a foreign accent. As an Armenian running in what includes heavily Armenian sections of Water town, she may benefit from an ethnic crossover...
...attempt, Allard rolled right and tried to hit Rutecki for the second time in a row. But Army linebacker Pat Scanlan grabbed the pass, and so, after Chris Myers recovered Villaneuva's successful onside kick, Harvard's game-winning-field-goal strategy had to be abandoned in favor of Allard's thrilling but ill-fated drive for the end zone...
...attracted attention before the first football game of this season when he announced he would not carry the Confederate flag on the field. His wishes were understood by both the administration and many of the students. Hawkins, as well as Steve Sloan, the fine young Ole Miss football coach, favors a modified Rebel flag with "Ole Miss" or "U.M." superimposed on the venerable Stars and Bars. This proposal is gaining wide favor. As for Dixie, the Ole Miss band, which has many black performers, has perfected a number, called From Dixie with Love, that is a stirring blend of Dixie...
...course of the four roll calls last week, Helms never got more than 54 votes in favor of ending the debate. At one point, the fight turned bitter, when Democratic Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas rose to speak against cloture. While accusing Helms of forcing embarrassing votes on liberal Senators so he can then lambaste them in their home states, Bumpers mistakenly referred to him as "the Senator from South Carolina." Complained Helms: "Now he has moved me across the line." Shot back Bumpers: "I apologize" (pause) "to the other state...