Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...business interests favor the kind of decisions consumer advocates claim the ACP would have fought had it been in existence, such...
...easily. While Green and White House consumer affairs adviser Esther Peterson say that six targeted Congressmen have-publicly announced their support for the ACP since the Nickel Campaign began and at least six others have consented privately, both admit the effort has not quite turned Congress around in their favor. They still have some minds to change before speaker O'Neill can be persuaded that the timing is right to open the measure to floor debate. Some Congressmen were actually offended by the tactics employed by the Nickel brigadeers...
...Business is accused of doing anything money can buy, but it can't buy the power of the Oval Office," Joseph said. "Some members told Mondale they would vote yes as a favor to the party, to allow a debate, but that they would not vote for it on the floor," he added...
...amicus curiae court brief on the controversial Bakke case filed in the Supreme Court Monday by the Department of Justice argues in favor of affirmative action programs, and thus supports the position of the University of California in that case, the university's general counsel said yesterday...
...Supreme Court of California ruled in favor of Bakke last spring, saying the University of California behaved illegally in maintaining a quota system for minority students at the medical school. The University of California is appealing the case in the Supreme Court...