Word: favor
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...hoped to garner the support he desperately needs. The problem is, as all polls indicate, that the poor as well as the rich support the bill by an overwhelming margin. King's challengers realize this: both Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III and former governor Michael S. Dukakis favor the legislation...
...School next year and Munatones and Roberts are trying to hack it in the Biology Department along with Tyler. And what does water polo coach STEVE PIKE think of his four players? "I think it's an outrageous thing to do," Pike says, "But I am in favor of it entirely. It might hurt the water polo team a little bit but in the sense that we have four very talented swimmers that we might otherwise not have benefits the squad a lot." For the record, should the Eliot House-Blodgett Pool residents make it to every practice...
Snow said landmark status is difficult to get, as six of the nine members on the commission must vote in favor of the special designation in order for it to pass. But he added that he is "cautiously optimistic...
Faculty, alumni and students, whom the committee consulted seemed to favor "a race-neutral plan," such as his, Jackson said yesterday. He added that "having a race-conscious plan is a drastic step...
...campaign for ERA passage in the 15 states where the amendment has not yet passed: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia. Conservative legislators and lobbyists have led a sophisticated campaign to block ratification, while the citizens who favor the ERA have remained largely silent or called the amendment a dead issue...