Word: favor
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...speech last week Gorbachev offered to give up some Soviet military facilities in Viet Nam if the U.S. pulls its own naval and air bases out of the Philippines. In and of itself, that trade would lopsidedly favor the U.S.S.R. and is therefore unacceptable. But as a general proposition, the next President should take advantage of Gorbachev's professed -- and already partially demonstrated -- willingness to use diplomacy and political maneuver, rather than the threat of force, to advance Soviet interests. Unlike 1972, when the Soviets' expansionist deeds contradicted their accommodationist words, the next few years -- and perhaps the next summit...
Bush's stance is not suprising. As Vice President, in 1985 he cast the deciding vote in favor of increasing out of pocket expenses for elderly medicare recipients. With his patrician upbringing, Bush doesn't seem to understand middle-class dilemmas such as, "Should I go to the doctor about that hacking cough, or should I buy shoes for my children...
With the score 9-8 in favor of the Yankees in the ninth inning, pinch hitter Spike Owen drove in two runs, highlighting the Boston comeback. Dennis Lamp picked up the victory for the Sox. Lee Smith got the save...
Something has obviously changed since then. It's not that the number of Kennedy School scholars advising Dukakis has decreased, but that the governor has somehow fallen out of official favor...
...that Bush, who was once in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment and pro-choice on abortion, changed his spots overnight when he became Reagan's running mate...