Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...oldest and richest University in the nation, Harvard packs tremendous institutional clout in academic, government and corporate circles. The symbolic, as well as direct economic import, of an activist stand by Harvard in favor of the human rights of South Africa's black majority cannot be underestimated. The students, alumni, faculty and other employees of the University must help push Harvard toward the socially responsible position on this issue...
After listening to two hours of oral arguments last night, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall announced the decision in favor of the appellants in the final round of the 1977 Ames Moot Court competition at the Law School...
With score 4-4 in Vastola's battle against Sandhurst's Denny, the last epee duel ended in favor of the British captain, Nick Reid, making the score of the match a cliff-hanging 13-12 and increasing the pressure on Vastola...
...current poll asked students whether they favor reform of Brown's current calendar, which places exams after Christmas vacation. Brown President Howard R. Swearer, who favors calendar reform, asked the UCS to survey the students; the council will present the results of the poll to a faculty committee studying the issue...
...reaction--that what it has given them with one hand it can take with the other. As models for progressive nationalism, Patterson singles out the current movements in Tanzania and Angola, both of which he praises for taking strong anti-ethnic stances and for downplaying mystical nationalist appeals in favor of symbolism directly related to work and to the land, to the immediate tasks of building a prosperous society...