Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dispute was a technical question rather than a matter of principle, let things drift for six weeks in the hope that Meese could get the two to agree on a figure. Deaver finally intervened to get both to present their arguments directly to Reagan, and the President decided in favor of minimal cuts ($2 billion this fiscal year). But precious time had been lost. Without knowing a defense figure, Stockman and the Administration could not give Congress any guidance on which social programs it wanted to reduce and by how much. That lack of guidance was a major factor...
When he hung around after the discovery that he had accepted an expensive Oriental rug from a favor seeker, sweet old Ike lowered the boom. He sent Party Chairman Meade Alcorn to push Adams out the door...
...past ten years. They now constitute from 25% to 30% of the 3 billion Christmas cards that will be sold this year by Hallmark, which claims the largest share of the Christmas market. While religion is in, Santa seems to be ho-ho-ho-ing himself out of popular favor. He has been getting silly and vulgar lately, so good riddance...
Much of the blame for this barbarous practice-of making controversial public figures clear themselves with public opinion before being restored to favor-goes back to Dwight Eisenhower. Nixon's was the first such trial by television, which took place 20 years earlier than Nixon's greater trials in Watergate. In 1952 he saved himself from being dropped as Ike's running mate by making his maudlin Checkers speech. Nixon had one decided advantage over Allen. He persuaded the Republican Party to buy half an hour of prime television time, where he could make his pitch uninterrupted...
...normal human embarrassment or resentment one might have expected. He presented an opaque public face. Addressed as "Mr. Allen" throughout the interview, in arm's length prosecutorial style, he first-named back (". . . it was unknown to me at that point, Sam") like a prisoner hoping to curry favor with his captor. The effect was self-demeaning. There were those who admired his dogged imperturbability. Afterward, ABC got a number of calls criticizing Donaldson, who had done his job professionally...