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Word: favorable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yale baseball team which will meet the Bellboys will be decided this afternoon in a playoff between Davenport and the Saybrook Seals, a game which ought to favor the visitors' chances by weakening the pitching staff of whichever Blue team wins. Lowell's star pitcher, Dick Storey, will himself probably be unable to complete the whole game, having worked for six innings on Wednesday, and will divide the duties with Wally Liverance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Inter-House Champions Meet Yale Winners Tomorrow | 5/26/1939 | See Source »

Attacking the tutoring schools, Arthur N. Holcombe, professor of Government, said last night that the examinations, as made out by a staff committee, were especially designed to favor the student who does his own work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Principal Survey Courses Adopt Measures to Hit Exam Tutoring | 5/24/1939 | See Source »

...existed, it would lack the compelling reality which inspires poetry. The force and enthusiasm behind a poem is one factor which determines its ability to convey an impression, and it is rare that such force is generated entirely from the imagination. By discarding vague observations on humanity in favor of the examination of concrete human realities, Coffin has not damaged his position as a universalist...

Author: By J. P. L., | Title: The Bookshelf | 5/24/1939 | See Source »

From a minor radioration in favor of peace which he made at Verdun last fortnight, the Duke of Windsor last week drew diverse U. S. responses. From the New York Daily News, which has sniped at him ever since his abdication, an editorial: "As for the ex-King, will the world care much longer what is said or done by that aging Romeo and his aging Juliet?" From Band Leader Ozzie Nelson (by cable) a white dove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 22, 1939 | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...projection room the decision in favor of Penn was confirmed...

Author: By Spencer Klaw, | Title: Big Red Cindermen Nose Out Crimson in Heptagonal | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

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