Word: favorableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...favor of a modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of beer and wine because: 1) the effect of prohibition has been to put an end to scientific temperance teaching; 2) it has resulted in increased drinking among young people; 3) it has discouraged the consumption of wine and beer and increased the demand for distilled liquors, which today are mostly poisonous; 4) it has brought about disrespect for all laws; 5) it is class legislation discriminating in favor of the rich; 6) it has increased intemperance...
...newspapers began polling Episcopal prelates on the question of modification of the Volstead Act. There was a division of opinion, but evidently the strict prohibitionists were in the majority. Out of 24 who answered an inquiry by the New York Times, only five advocated modification. Two other bishops in favor of modification were found by the industrious (and wet) New York World. A few more declined to comment...
Thus Chancellor Luther was "sustained" by 10 votes. But there were 152 "abstentions." There lay the rub. Those who abstained were the 131 Socialists and 21 Deputies of the Economic Union, a minor-party bloc. Henceforth the Herr Chancellor must continue to curry favor with these "benevolent abstainers," as he did throughout his first chancellorship last year. The German party situation continued muddled...
...immediate future? Would there be radical changes in the relations of State and Church? Would the Pope come out from prison? Would he consent to be once more an Italian as well as a world power? "It is all conversations," replied the Cardinal. "He [Mussolini] does us an amiable favor from time to time but nothing is changed. I see no prospect of a change. Papal Rome is adamant." In a last attempt to strike a spark of Italian patriotism, the reporter asked about the proposed revivification of the Roman Empire. The Cardinal chuckled: "Oh, you like novelties in Paris...
Comparison of the estimates for riveting with the actual figures for the welding was overwhelmingly in favor of the new method. In labor costs it had saved 23%. Where riveting-gangs of four men would have been required, single operators had manipulated portable arc-welders, thus interfering less with other workmen. The time saved was over 20%. Strength tests showed the welded joints to be 100% strong, as against a 65% to 70% average for riveted joints?that is, the welds were as strong as the girders they joined, often stronger under test stresses. Rivets shear or rip out their...