Word: favor
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...From the start, the soft-spoken but respected Senator Lugar, in his mildest, most diplomatic way, stated his concern that the former President's fundraising abroad might create an impression of a conflict of interest. "Foreign governments and entities may perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain favor with the Secretary of State," he said. Therefore, he suggested, "even well-intentioned foreign donations [to the Clinton Foundation] carry risk for United States foreign policy...
Some legal experts, however, argue that the proposed reform is a bad idea. University of Southern California law school professor Michael Shapiro feels that expanding the current statute to immunize not just medical personnel but also the general public would be a mistake. "I would not favor a law that says, 'Hey, if someone wants to rescue people, let them do it, just don't stop them deliberately, and if they botch it up and if they're careless and stupid, fine,' " says Shapiro. "I don't think that's a good state of affairs. I think...
Part of the reason is that in fraud cases, the presumption of the law is in favor of release. When it comes to violent crimes, it is in favor of detention. But there is also just the lens through which society views wealthy people, and the reality that wealthy people have deeper ties to the community. They also have the ability to tap into more resources, like perhaps better representation. So there are legal differences and real-world, practical differences between the situations of white-collar defendants and street criminals, and the statistics reflect that...
Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel, who voted in favor of the resolution, said that the policy order was meant to indicate the need for a new direction regarding U.S. policy in the Middle East...
...Article 7 of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and that the doctrine of natural rights demanded that the prisoners’ shackles be burst asunder post-haste.If human rights advocates are to establish a relevant global code of ethics, they must jettison this language of abstract rights in favor of a consensus anchored in the universalist elements of cultures around the world. Advocates must sincerely acknowledge cultural context in order to effectively address issues of common human welfare. The platform of human rights must shift from supracultural abstraction—“universally rational” values which...