Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...troops would support their commanders if ordered to attack protesters with bullets and bayonets. Moreover, "shooting Iran into political silence," as one Tehran newspaper put it, would probably fail. Many Western experts believe that the Shah's only hope of calming the unrest is to step aside in favor...
They blow, ever so slightly, in his favor as Parliament reconvenes
...British public, obviously concerned about which major party can best cope with union demands, appears to favor Callaghan's position. In the past month Labor has climbed in the political polls from a seven-point deficit to a five-point advantage over the Tories. Callaghan is also 17 points ahead of Thatcher in personal popularity, a gain of six points in a single month. In a by-election last month in the marginal Scottish border district of Berwick and East Lothian, Labor managed to retain a seat that the Conservatives had strong hopes of winning...
...York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, as one of his advisers. Rockefeller personally supervised the recasting of the bronze objects and the hand painting of the copies of his rare Meissen china. For the reproduction of paintings, he decided against the often used lithographic method in favor of the Cibachrome photographic process, which closely captures the color of the originals...
...still not authorized to offer NOW accounts, they will spread to the New York State market soon, as a result of an amendment that was unexpectedly passed in the hectic last days of the 95th Congress. Consequently, Citibank and Chase Manhattan have scrapped plans to offer PATS in favor of NOWs, and Chemical Bank and Manufacturers Hanover, which introduced PATS last week, plan to switch soon. Says Robert Lipp, head of Chemical Bank's metropolitan division: "NOWS are less confusing and cleaner. They are clearly...