Word: favor
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...parties have a great deal more on their wish lists that troubles Labor. They seek to bring a far greater degree of religious observance to the largely secular state, and they want to ensure their hold on power by resisting any changes in the complex electoral laws that now favor them...
...broadcast logistics. TIME senior editor Terry Zintl provided on-air analysis of the voting results. TIME also distributed guidebooks and a questionnaire on key issues. That survey showed, among other things, that 80% of students and parents opposed new taxes to reduce the federal deficit, and 61% favor a treaty drastically reducing U.S. and Soviet nuclear-missile stockpiles. Asked to compare their future financial prospects with their parents' current circumstances, 43% of the students said they expected to be better off, and only 11% thought their standard of living would decline...
...Network audiences have dropped precipitately, and mini-series can no longer count on big audiences. What's more, the rising cost of these productions -- and the fact that they usually do badly in reruns -- have made them poor investments. The networks, as a result, have largely abandoned them in favor of more modest four-and six-hour dramas. War and Remembrance is an anachronism even before it airs. "It's hard to say 'never,' " says ABC Entertainment president Brandon Stoddard, "but it's very unlikely we'll ever see a story told with this magnitude again...
Last night's resolution was proposed by a six-member committee which investigated the history and philosophy of minority recruitment at Harvard. The committee members unanimously spoke in favor of the resolution's passage...
Question 4 passed with a total of 16,463 "yes" votes to 15,612 "no" in Cambridge's 11 wards. Question 1 was defeated by 24,991 opposing votes over 13,256 in favor of passage. Questions 2 and 3 were also defeated, 25,654 to 13,312 and 22,218 to 16,338, respectively...