Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...factor playing in Harvard's favor is surrogate home-field advantage. Since host USC wants a Pepperdine loss in the first round, the Trojan faithful will be pulling for the Crimson...
...factor playing in Harvard's favor is surrogate home-field advantage. Since host USC wants a Pepperdine loss in the first round, the Trojan faithful will be pulling for the Crimson...
Christopher, who organized the vice-presidential search, says Gore's expertise on foreign policy was a major reason why he ended up on the ticket. Gore came from the hawkish wing of his party, having broken with most Democrats to vote in favor of the Gulf War. And unlike Clinton, he served in Vietnam. Gore set his fix on world affairs early in his political career, though it was not an obvious area for a junior Congressman elected from the plateau of Middle Tennessee. Even on the environment, Gore's signature issue, the questions that stirred his passions most were...
...would like a high post in the next government. From the background, Yeltsin aides put out the word that the Duma could be dissolved and a state of emergency declared if the vote went against him. When the results were announced, Chechnya gained the highest number of votes in favor of impeachment, 283--still 17 short of the two-thirds needed...
...claims that teachers' salaries are adequate because teachers do not work as much as other professionals. Third, an increase in teachers' salaries would necessarily mean an increase in taxes that the people are simply unwilling to pay. Such fears and arguments have largely prevented teachers from speaking out in favor of higher salaries, but this does not mean the argument in favor of raising teachers' salaries should be abandoned; rather, it should be revitalized...