Word: favor
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...decision to build this thing cannot be called corrupt in any regular sense," says Sergei Malkov, a city councilor and one of the three members of the St. Petersburg land-use committee to vote against the plan. (Eleven voted in favor and one abstained.) "Gazprom is not the kind of organization that bribes or corrupts people from the bottom. It pushes through its initiatives from the very top," Malkov tells TIME. (Read "Russia-Europe Gas Spat Ends...
Still, Broughton remains critical of the school’s response in favor of what he sees as a need for more comprehensive change...
...goal play, the quarterback hit junior tight end Alex Wojdowski for a one-yard touchdown pass. An extra point from kicker Tom Randazza made the score 7-0 in favor of the home team...
...leaguewide basis. This opens the door to the NFL - rather than individual teams - determining things like ticket prices and player salaries. Indeed, the bargaining power of the NFL Players Union is based on antitrust legislation that the league would largely be immune to if it receives a favorable ruling from the Supreme Court. Other sporting leagues are watching the American Needle case closely; many have filed briefs in favor of the NFL's position...
Hawks on Afghan policy - those who favor defeating al-Qaeda through a full-blown counterinsurgency strategy involving up to 40,000 more U.S. troops - have divined a politically clever line of argument...