Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mather Master Jeffrey G. Williamson said he was "on the margin" when he cast the vote in favor of last month's lottery alterations, but changed his mind when he realized fewer houses would participate. "It has to be a system that is adopted by all the houses," he said...
...administration is trying to hold all 45 Republicans and sway five of the Senate's 55 Democrats to get a tie vote that Quayle could break in favor of Tower...
Tutu will emphasize the facts: investment in South Africa perpetuates apartheid, and South African Blacks overwhelmingly favor divestment. Even Reverend Leon Sullivan, who created a set of moral principles for businesses that chose to stay in South Africa, now calls for a complete withdrawal of foreign funds. At a time when racial conflict is becoming more violent and bloody, both Tutu and Sullivan advocate the use of every peaceful pressure that can be brought against the South African government...
...think that he may very well be doing him [Bush] a favor in this case," said Pressler, who said he was fearful that Tower would not be capable of cleaning up the Pentagon procurement system if confirmed...
This is not intended as a call to weaken our defenses in favor of social programs, but to understand that with greater fiscal responsibility in our overgrown military budget we can begin to attack this war going on already within our own borders...