Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...existence of the case is changing attitudes" about the clubs at Harvard, Schkolnick says. "The only way things are going to improve for Harvard" is if the MCAD decides the complaint in her favor, she says...
...held back for the first 10 minutes against the Wildcats. Instead, a stifling man-to-man defense kept New Hampshire (0-3) in check, and point guards Tarik Campbell and Dana Smith continually forced the ball up the court to keep the pace of the game in Harvard's favor...
...crucial goal came on a three-on-one break. Vukonich fed Murphy in the middle, and Murphy slipped a pass back to Vukonich in the left slot. Vukonich returned the favor, whipping a pass off Burke's stick back to Murphy, who let loose from 10 feet to seal the game...
...increase with real reform. With the raise stalled as a hoped-for Thanksgiving adjournment approached, Foley and Michel closed ranks again. They limited partisan bickering and promised not to use the pay hike as a campaign issue next year. On Thursday they won a hasty 252-174 vote in favor of the increase. After the victory, task force chairman Vic Fazio of California declared, "We have decided to reinvest in this institution and take the responsibility for its future...
...stories," he says. "I came to realize that Tip's opinions were expressed through his stories." He arrived at the White House carrying a bag of Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookies, Nancy Reagan's favorite. When he met her at the Reagan ranch, where she is known to favor jeans, he showed up in jeans. "Bill's like a great character actor," says Peter Osnos, his editor at Random House. "His self-effacing quality allows his subjects their own expression. An extraordinary quality of intimacy with the person is conveyed...