Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...long mufti line. Following the spectacular victory of the Six-Day War, generals were national heroes, eagerly courted by political parties and the public alike. Israel fared less well in the October War, and generals seem to have lost some stature. Thus, even if the triumvirate were to favor some extreme military action, there is no guarantee that they could sell it to their countrymen...
...Cambridge City Council voted Monday night in favor of a regulation requiring street performers to pay a $2 license fee if they want to play in the Square area...
...Suarez. There was also admiration for Spain's progress in Britain last week. "The secret of Juan Carlos' success," reflected one Spain watcher, "was his rejection of the old men of the civil war and the middle-aged leaders of the Opus Dei [the secretive Catholic lay organization] in favor of his own generation of Spaniards...
...urging, the church later voted reluctantly to admit blacks. But an Old South faction, which disliked both Edwards' remarks and the fact that he had adopted a Polynesian boy, maneuvered to fire the pastor. Edwards quit instead. The situation deteriorated until those who oppose the old guard and favor moderate racial views started worshiping by themselves last month. After a farewell sermon before the dissident Baptists this week, Edwards will fly to his new church in Makakilo, Hawaii...
...carpenter's loft and a berserk florist's, with wooden-slat love seats hung by chains from the ceiling, planters full of chrysanthemums, floor-to-ceiling mirrors and South American fishing baskets. Says Co-Owner Rick Parker, 23: "We built it to attract females." It does; they favor dark-red Clara Bow lips, heavy smoky eyelids and multilayered mascara, with plumage ranging from see-through sheers to stretchy tube tops and gauzy drawstring trousers. Among holders of some 200 VIP cards are Liz Ray, Senator S.I. Hayakawa and sundry Washington Redskins...