Word: favorable
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...race for the sub-varsity eights should be in favor of the Harvard boats. Coach Ed Leader has had to concentrate too much on the Blue varsity to turn out a strong jayvee outfit, and the Harvard Freshman and Comby crews are also favored...
...will not let Germany have any of its helium (trapped in subterranean rocks in Utah and Texas) to buoy dirigibles which, commercial now, might become military. Last week Secretary of State Hull released 220,000 cubic feet to Germany's neighbor Poland, whose favor is currently courted by the dictatorships & democracies. Stated purpose: stratosphere balloon ascension...
Although Donahue won both barrier events in the Yale-Harvard meet on May 13, and was therefore picked to run both races in England, he withdrew from the highs in favor of the flashy Eli champion who beat him in the Heptagonal meet...
Peaches-&-cream Cinemactress Madeleine Carroll asked Paramount a favor: a change of title for her new film (Are Husbands Necessary?). Reason: she is getting a divorce from her husband, Mayfairite Captain Philip Astley...
...Ingersoll, Ont., scores of residents signed a petition: "We, the undersigned, are in favor of hanging the town council...