Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pulling a sheaf of papers from his breast pocket and waving them above his head, the President admonished reporters for incorrectly challenging him on statements at his press conference a month earlier. "I'd like you to know that documentation proved the score was five-to-one in my favor. I was right on five of them," the President told the nation. Never mind that his own press office refused to release that "documentation"; the President's own advisors acknowledged they had scheduled the conference so Reagan could dispel doubts about his credibility, not clear up specific issues...
...doubtful that the parole board granted Jack Abbott his freedom strictly on the basis of his literary talent; presumably it also believed he would not pose any meaningful threat to society. Norman Mailer simply acted as an advocate, marshaling the facts and arguing them in favor of Abbott's release...
According to an informal newspaper poll, 85% of the region's 98,000 residents may favor an official switch of allegiance. They feel their chunk of Nebraska is misunderstood or ignored by the government in the state's capital back east in Lincoln. The rawboned ranching life in the panhandle, they argue, is kindred to the wild West of Wyoming...
...ability to pay. Last year Wesleyan spent $2.7 million of its own funds on scholarships; with the proposed federal budget cuts that figure would nearly double. As a result, this spring some low-income applicants, who in better times would have received letters of acceptance, may be rejected in favor of waiting-list students who can pay next year's costs: about $12,000. Says Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg: "I don't see that we had any other choice...
...Arab World." Hours later, a sharply divided Senate approved the sale by a 52-48 margin, making official President Reagan's pledge several months earlier to sell the aircraft. Later, sensors confirmed that last-minute lobbying efforts--like that of the Time group--had tipped the scales in favor of the Saudis...