Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even cultivated a new hair style by shifting his part from right to left. And, as Jimmy Carter returned to the White House last week, he was in an upbeat mood, telling intimates that the nation's political climate was finally turning in his favor. Said one: "He knows that others don't see it that way yet, but that's how Jimmy feels. He thinks they'll come around...
Much of this year's requested rise in defense spending is based on a perceived imbalance in NATO-Warsaw Pact forces, in favor of the latter. Thus we hear of the required "3% NATO increase" in the budget, although the increase is greater than 3% and seems intended more for strategic and naval forces than for NATO troops...
Sixty-one per cent of the 705 freshmen polled also said they favor varied meal plans with a computerized meal credit plan, where students missing meals could use their credits at a University snack...
...recent Freshman Council survey shows most freshmen favor the provision of detailed syllabi in the first meetings of all courses...
...scale of one to seven, freshmen recorded an average of 6.2 in favor of the syllabi, which would include detailed reading assignments, examination dates and grading policies...