Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vellucci, however, will remain true to himself. He says he does not plan to change his support of the liberals' positions in favor of rent control and opposing condominium conversion and vacancy decontrol, a procedure that would allow landlords to raise rents when an apartment is vacated...
...close contest opened with the Bruins drawing first blood, as John Wensink scored at 4:44 in the first period. Buffalo's Danny Gare returned the favor when he rapped in a goal less than two minutes later...
...main hopes lie in the fourth-and fifth-place categories, where Stowell says the team must "peck away at them." Triple-jumper Bruce Brooks and high-jumper Mike Young are the prime candidates to pick up these "unexpected" points that might swing the meet in the Crimson's favor, with Chris Queen and Tom DiBenedetto also challenging in the shot...
...HEREIN LIES the rub: Brodeur shows us that much of modern microwave research and innovation has been intended for military electronic warfare, or for surveillance; and further, that the hazards of microwave radiation have been ignored and neglected in favor of progress and technological expediency...
...votes short of the 67 needed for ratification, with just under a score of Senators undecided and 24 staunch conservatives adamantly opposed to the treaties and eager to bury the chance of approval under as many as 40 amendments. The White House believes the odds are in its favor because of two not-so-secret weapons: Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd and Minority Leader Howard H. Baker. Byrd has thrown his considerable support to the treaties, and Baker says he will back them as long as they are modified slightly. But how to wheedle the Senate's swing votes...