Word: favorableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...countries of the New as well as of the Old World. Any such plan was hit a blow by implication of a resolution introduced at the Pan-American conference, that any American republic may restrict immigration "from a non-American continent." The Latin-American republics were unanimously in favor of the resolution, and it was all ready for passage when United States Ambassador Fletcher, whose duty it has been to puncture such ambitions, rose with a reservation to the terms of agreement, which would render it worthless from the South and Central American point of view. Both of these misunderstandings...
Among teachers of Speech, Sincerity ranks a paradoxical first. Healthfulness is held in least favor by the Department of Mathematics. But most illuminating when connected with the present state of society is the ranking of the special virtue of Chastity. Placed lowest of all by the teachers of the social sciences, it finds haven in the assistant professor, only teacher to give it any place...
...personally favor a plank referring to the Eighteenth Amendment and the laws enacted to carry it into effect, and I favor a plank pledging the nominee to a fair, vigorous and faithful enforcement of them. In my opinion, it is the greatest moral issue of all ages, and public sentiment demands that both of the political parties declare themselves unequivocally upon it. Should I be nominated and elected President I favor meeting the issue squarely and believe in the strict and energetic enforcement of the laws to carry out the constitutional amendment...
...believe in meeting the issue squarely and am heartily in favor of faithfully enforcing all our laws, and I am opposed to the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment or the Volstead...
...careful lest we touch matters of a political nature and commit ourselves to something that will soil the garments of the Bride of Christ. . . . There is a wide difference of opinion. Now, let's go carefully." Colored Baptist Dr. W. H. Jernagin pleaded in its favor on the grounds that it would give the Negro church confidence in white church cooperation on one of their major problems. After the afternoon's argumentation, the Federal Council next day ratified two separate resolutions. The first demanded, "effective enforcement of the Prohibition law." The second urged "honest enforcement of the Constitution, including...