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Word: favorability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meanwhile, Carter opened a new and even more aggressive diplomatic offensive to end the stalemate, and for a time there were signs that events might finally be shifting in favor of the U.S. in at least two ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Hostages in Danger | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Student Assembly members lobbied in favor of the boycott at both House Committee meetings...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Quincy Supports CRR Boycott; North Only House Still to Vote | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

Vegas 21 is a pocket calculator that will add up your check stubs, or if that seems dreary, deal hands of blackjack. Punch in your stake-why be cheap? Try $50,000-and start betting. The odds, as in real life, favor the house, and two robots in camel's-hair overcoats come around to break your legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Those Beeping, Thinking Toys | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...council this week voted in favor of a less rigorous proposal from the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) which raises the score required to 4 without increasing the number of exams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Magic Number | 12/8/1979 | See Source »

...Louise baked a few cookies as a favor to a storeowner friend who sold the whole batch within two days. That gave Sid an idea. Operating out of one kitchen, Sid, Louise, Jeff and David started Grandma's and began to sell their wares to small shop owners in the area. Within two years they were selling cookies to stores throughout the country. Now the Vermont business employs a staff of five, and has a $200,000 volume of business...

Author: By Michel D. Mcqueen, | Title: Capitalism, at Work | 12/7/1979 | See Source »

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