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Word: favorable (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decide whether fishing on Sunday is unChristian, whether Mr. Larrowe had been guilty of negligence in leaving his congregation, and whether any action should be taken against him. After listening to Mr. Larrowe's views on Sabbath observance, the trustees voted 37-to-1 in his favor. His congregation cheered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Christian Sunday? | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

...organization that runs on several unusual principles: If any usher gets caught taking a bribe for a favor, the Frain organization gets no pay that day. Ushers must go through a training course, may not smoke on jobs, must take regular exercise, have regular drill under the eye of an exMarine, marching to their own bugle corps. Most are high-school or college boys and Andy Frain likes to think he has helped put more men through school than any other person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Frain's Boys | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

Although other House sports have been called off this week in favor of Divisionals, about a dozen intramural crews take to the river daily in preparation for the annual House regatta scheduled for next Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Crews Row Daily Preparing For Annual Race | 5/12/1938 | See Source »

Many of the men who attended the peace meeting and then voted in favor of the Nyc-Kvale bill to abolish compulsory R.O.T.C. are probably in favor of a voluntary R.O.T.C. Such a unit is Harvard's, and it is to be hoped that it will always remain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EVERYBODY LOVES A PARADE | 5/11/1938 | See Source »

...thing, the X-particle was given a name instead of a cryptic designation. The name is barytron, which means "heavy particle" and was suggested by Dr. Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim of Duke University. The name has already found official favor, seems likely to stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Barytron | 5/9/1938 | See Source »

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