Word: favorableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dark deal between Sir Austen and Il Duce to "counterbalance" the Franco-German "Entente of Thoiry" (see p. 14). Then Sir Austen climbed into a wagonlit, sped to Paris, conferred with Foreign Minister Briand, returned to London. By common consent the correspondents decided that all bets in favor of an "Entente of Leghorn" were...
...provocation. Harvard men raged-or chuckled-as the overweening one proceeded to anatomize the five Fellows of Harvard College who, with the Treasurer and President, would have the duty of electing Dr. Lowell's successor. Dolopathos concluded that a majority would fall in behind President Lowell in favor of a man "1) intellectually 'safe' and 2) financially capable. ... 1) a Harvard graduate, 2) socially presentable, 3) between 30 and 40 years old. . . . It would be a desideratum of course that he possess an independent competence." Financial capacity was explained: "Not ... a mere knack of handling the funds...
...years a Harvard eleven will take the field against Holy Cross with the odds against Holy Cross with the odds against it. The Crimson's defeat at the hands of Geneva last Saturday and several injuries sustained during the week have combined to turn the opinion of experts in favor of the Purple in today's clash but the history of University teams which have triumphed after entered gridiron, contests as the underdog is too well known to allow even the most rabid Purple supporter to be too sanguine on the result of today's game...
...been customary in the army to select the senior ranking officer as Chief of Staff. In 1924 the influence of the "Pershing crowd" in the War Department was so potent that Major General Summerall was passed up in favor of Major General Hines. Last month some military prophets wondered whether these same influences would again result in the appointment of another Pershing favorite, Major General Hanson E. Ely. Commandant of the Army War College, who is only eight months younger than Major General Summerall. However, Secretary of War Davis is a staunch believer in the seniority rule and Major General...
Stalling's Share. The scene is New Orleans in 1830-Creole days when gentlemen worthy of the name kept two establishments, one for the white women lawfully theirs, another for quadroons who found their favor. One M. Brusard, proudest of all Creoles, is betrayed by his mistress, seeks another, finds Mugette, lovely, desirable, almost white. Strangers happen by Kentuckians, staggering drunk but thirsty still for liquor and for women like their own to be their slaves. Pistol shots; and one intruder is dead, the other enamored of Mugette. A voodoo scene, and Mugette begs a charm...