Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Johnson said that he and most of the Harvard Council members are in favor of a rules revision to allow organizations which so desire to admit Radcliffe members on an equal basis with Harvard. "It is only legalizing a procedure which goes on," Johnson said...
...Germany has never abandoned its claims to the provinces of East Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia, which were given to Poland at the end of World War II to compensate Poland for the slice of its eastern lands (68,667 sq. mi.) grabbed by Russia. Whenever Russia wants to curry favor with Poland, it rakes up memories of Poland's hard occupation by the Germans and reminds the Poles that Germany still hopes to get its old lands back...
...more progressive than first hints indicated (TIME, Sept. 2). Under the Bourgès plan Algeria would be divided into autonomous federal territories, each with its own legislative assembly, elected by Moslems and Europeans on a basis of "universal, equal and secret suffrage" (voting now is weighted in favor of Europeans). Although the government's draft law did not say so, the territories would probably be so carved that Europeans would control two assemblies, and Moslems the other four. After a two-year cooling-off period, during which France would seek to end the fighting, the territorial assemblies could...
...also able, in the past year, to work on a 13th symphony, write a two-movement piece with a "Japanese feel" titled Ongaku (music), and compose, on commission, a national anthem for the new state of Malay (it was rejected, along with entries by Benjamin Britten and others, in favor of a Malayan folk tune named Bright Moonlight...
...districts. Balancing up the eleven years of Father Janssens' generalship, the delegates may well conclude that the order has gained not only in numbers but in public esteem and within the church itself. Intramural friction with other Catholic orders is at a minimum. The society enjoys the personal favor of Pius XII (both the Pope's secretaries are Jesuits, as is his personal confessor). In an age of ideological conflict, many intellectuals (including non-Catholics) have come to appreciate the discipline and diligence Jesuits have brought to the battle of ideas. Much of the distrust aroused...