Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long time, I thought not. And I guess the Harvard coaching staff held the same view because last year he was benched in favor of Bruce Kotz, a fellow who looked more like a lineman than a kicker...
Thompson acknowledges the friendship with Walsh but says he does not "go along with his theories" on rent control. Both Walsh and Thompson have said in the past that they favor imposing a "means test" that would allow only those with incomes below a certain level to pay the reduced rents...
...poem not only to American democracy but to the American landscape and American people, to their varieties and resonances. White's writing then strikes a heroic note that sounds odd to the American ear now. But perhaps a sense of eloquence and size has passed out of history's favor...
...objectionable to some house members for two separate sets of reasons. First, many members of the house felt that it was wrong for house committee to appropriate funds for a private area of the house without more people in the house being aware of the situation. Some in favor of the measure have attempted to draw a parallel between the 10-man suite in Currier and Coggeshall, which are both locked areas that are considered part of the house. However, we should remember that Coggeshall is generally a residence for sophomores, who do not request to be housed there...
...committee meetings, and if an extremely unpopular measure is passed, the members of the house should have some recourse. Finally, funds should not be given to private groups or suites that are not open to all residents of the house unless an overwhelming majority of the house is in favor of doing so. Julie Novkov...