Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...panel discussion at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, Mark H. Moore, Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, debated the pros and cons of handgun control with Joan Buckley, president of People vs. Handguns--an organization in favor of handgun control--and Warren Cassidy, a member of the National Rifle Association and former mayor of Lynn...
...feelings of "machismo" found in owning a gun. "You're taking away their maleness," he said in reference to gun owners who oppose gun control, adding "they will do anything to stop this." Buckley called the NRA "a very effective lobby" that has run contrary to public opinion in favor of gun control, as demonstrates in polls showing that over 70 per cent of citizens advocate some form of gun control...
...further issue related to property taxes revolves around the bogey of classification, which was created by a new state law allowing municipalities to assess homeowners and commercial property owners at different rates. While CCA candidates favor placing a larger proportion of the total tax burden on the city's commercial community, many of the Independents are strongly opposed to charging business at a higher rate...
...brick houses occupied by skilled workers and low-level managers. For weeks, the big names of all three parties, including former Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath and Labor Leaders Michael Foot and Denis Healey, campaigned hard for their candidates. Although Pitt had earlier refused to stand down in favor of Shirley Williams, he was supported by the S.D.P.'s top team-William Rodgers, Roy Jenkins, David Owen and Williams-as well as by Liberal Leader David Steel...
...interesting mass somewhere down there below the head. It could be barricaded in gray flannel and wantonly pleased in steak houses and French restaurants. If the body belonged to Clint Eastwood or Sophia Loren, it was interesting. Otherwise, except in bed, it was ignored by the public in favor of more important pursuits like winning the space race or building the New Society. Of course, Muscle Man Charles Atlas beckoned to boys from ads in comic books (Don't let bullies kick sand in your face, weakling) and a few grownups even lifted weights at Vic Tanny...