Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their entire list accepted every year, he says. Lee, like most of the coaches, says the committee does a good job. Still, some coaches seem to be able to get a higher percentage of their lists accepted than others. No coach will admit to bureaucratic politicking to gain favor with the committee; in fact, Restic notes, "I don't sense any of that--the committee has always been very fair." But as Lee says, "The sports that get more publicity, you expect to have more clout with admissions." When one coach has an especially successful year--whether he has picked...
...become Wald's consuming interest, and while it has not reduced his effectiveness as a teacher, he says the ensuing commitments and pressures have "disrupted the continuity" of his life, making it more difficult to conduct research. It would be unfair to fault Wald for ignoring research in favor of politics, however, because as Mendelsohn notes, most biologists tend to produce their major work early in their career. Following Wald's perception of a scientist's role, his activism is not a substitute for research but its logical extension...
Although the committee had apparently voted unanimously in favor of the candidate, he eventually withdrew his application, citing outside political pressures on the selection committee...
...around. The older parks were tailored for certain kinds of hitters--Yankee Stadium's short right field porch beckoned invitingly to left-handed pull hitters, while the seemingly limitless expanse in center field was known as "Death Valley." The Anaheim style spurns these sorts of small quirks in favor of a monotonous, unimaginative, "equity...
Investigators also suspect, though they cannot yet prove, that the Japanese may have pressured the Nixon White House-or sought its favor-into backing off from any firm action against dumping. The Japanese TV industry was found guilty of dumping by U.S. authorities in 1971, but no dumping penalties were ever assessed. In 1973 the Japanese did raise official prices of TV sets sold in the U.S. Right after that, the kickbacks supposedly began...