Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forces are conspiring in favor of the impossibilists and against the possibilists. The PLO, whose status as the appropriate representative of the Palestinians is questionable, cannot afford to risk the animosity of the Soviets or the other Arab states by entering into a meaningful peace process with Israel that would guarantee Israel security. And Begin has staked too much domestically on Camp David and the West Bank to be able to bargain with the PLO and keep his tenuous hold on parliam0entary power...
...rally was held in support of the resolution the second day of voting, on the university's main green Students, faculty, and one Rhode Island State legislator addressed a crowd of about 400. University President Howard Swearer made a surprise appearance to speak in favor of the referendum's proposal Swearer said he hoped "this widespread public movement would signal our elected representatives about the need for nuclear arms control...
...according to Crawford, the almost unanimous vote in favor of the nuclear freeze would have an effect. She said she believes a nationwide student movement could influence legislators. Similar referendums were passed on Thursday at four other schools--Williams, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Marlboro...
Later in the week the ACSR voted 5-2 in favor of a shareholder resolution that would limit the DuPont company's work with nuclear weapons, but it appears likely that the Corporation will also abstain on this proposal...
...using the concept of a nuclear freeze as one way to explain Christian theology. His close association with then-President Richard M. Nixon during the Vietnam War led many people to assume he supported the war and to exhibit surprise at his recent public statements in favor of an eventual freeze on the production of nuclear weapons. Graham has been asked to explain this shift, and he says that his position on the Vietnam War, which he characterizes as "neutral," may have been wrong. Graham is also finding support from unexpected quarters: the Rev. Larry Hill, a member...