Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Whiskey Business script, written by Ted Hennessy '88 and Ron Corcillo '88-'89, was rejected last year in favor of the hit, Saint Misbehavin', and was rejuvenated for this year's production. It should have been scrapped twice...
When the huge cost of the cleanup hit home last week, so did a strong sentiment in favor of pursuing the fraudulent thrift owners who made off with the loot. Regulators have estimated that at least one in every four S & L failures has been the result of fraud. In fact, the Bush rescue plan proposes to give the Justice Department an additional $50 million a year for probing S & L fraud, a sum that would pay for 200 new investigators and 100 more prosecutors...
Bush also proposed a major reduction in funding for Perkins Loans, which are administered by and paid back to the individual colleges. In 1987, the Reagan Administration began phasing out Perkins Loans in favor of Income Contingent Loans (ICL), which provide financing at market interest rates. ICL spending would be quadrupled under the Bush plan...
...Union staff members are in favor of the entire program, however. Employee Fatima D. Pereira said that she is enjoying the Dairy Week activities, but said, "it's just the hats we don't enjoy...
...health professionals reserved final judgment. Otto Chan, a junior doctor at St. Thomas's Hospital, is concerned that the emphasis on efficiency will hurt the elderly and the poor most, since they often require expensive drugs or repeated office visits. Says Chan: "The profit- making system is biased in favor of young patients...