Word: favored
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eight successive days, ending last Friday, the United Nations Political and Security Committee listened to talk about plans for peace-one submitted by Russia and one by the United States and Britain. Then the Committee took a vote, deciding in favor of the western proposal. Both of the plans were apparently presented mainly for propaganda purposes and the odds are that the world will get no more peace than it had before the choice was made...
...favor of greatly increasing public power is the undeniable argument that publicly-produced electricity is cheaper. The social benefits of more electricity and cheap electricity are obvious...
...weapons of large monopoly and can drive out private companies whenever they compete. Some say that this is good, for public power is always cheap. Others say that this cheapness is a farce and the people will not notice it until it is too late. The former favor unrestricted increase in public power operations. The latter propose a limitation on federal projects so that the areas o public and private companies are clearly defined. In any case, the role of expanding public power must be examined and its place in the economy determined...
Consensus in the Economics Department last night was that it is impossible to determine just what percentage of the faculty is in favor of such a vague term as "economic planning...
Namm said that after speaking to "several college and university presidents," he found that in two of the leading eastern universities, "at least 80 per cent of the members of the economics faculties favor planning and direction by government as the prime determiner in economic values...