Word: favorableness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...persons in Ontario died from poisonous liquor; that the Province was "saturated" with illegally sold liquor. Said Governor Ferguson: "Unless this thing was settled I would not care to be Prime Minister for another hour." In December, 1926, elections, the people elected a legislature pledged 2 to 1 in favor of the Ferguson plan of government liquor control...
...moment, I fancy, be tolerated by any of our more logical neighbors across the Channel. For all that I believe our system, or lack of system, has certain great advantages. It would be a profound mistake to scrap the essentially local and individual basis of our system in favor of some uniform logical scheme...
Summers singled, stole second, and scored on Carver's bingle, making the count 4 to 3, in favor of the Freshmen. The schoolboys, however, in their half of the inning, hit, stole, and walked to win the 5 to 4 decision...
Last spring's contests on track, turf, and river were equally productive of victories to both universities until the Elitriumph on the Thames last June settled the final verdict in favor of the New Haven athletes. Harvard's minor sport wins in tennis and golf were balanced by Yale successes in outdoor polo and lacrosse. In the major contests, however, the victory of the powerful Blue eight gave Yale an eleventh hour advantage as far as spring sports went, and evened up the count for the whole year, a hockey win and football tie having placed Harvard ahead...
...making the difference between the Crimson and Blue records even less that it appears at first glance. The other two major sport encounters both resulted in decisive victories. Harvard took the annual Commencement baseball series in straight games, slugging 'strength proving the chief factor in deciding the issue in favor of the Cambridge ball players. The first game which was played in New Haven was a see-saw affair, the final Crimson run being delayed until the eighth inning. The second and final game of the series was a slugfest with the University batters poling 17 hits for 15 runs...