Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...basic tension, as in all such international church gatherings, will be between U.S. churchmen, who tend to be impatient of theological lacemaking in favor of practical action, and their European colleagues, especially the Germans, who are inclined to explore the theoretical ramifications .before rolling up their sleeves...
...rocky, underpopulated, not-very-strategic Afghanistan, where the U.S. and Russia are now competing for favor, Russian foreign aid officials have shown themselves at least as expert as U.S. officials are everywhere said to be in supplying reluctant populations with benefits they do not particularly want and do not particularly need...
...cause disease and deform the teeth, is making a comeback. An American Dental Association spokesman wrote in Today's Health that many pediatricians and dentists now regard the pacifier as the lesser of two evils when compared with thumb sucking. Strong point in the pacifier's favor: children give them up earlier (usually at 14 months), then usually do not take to the thumb, which can gravely deform the permanent teeth...
Krupp's choice proved to be a shrewd one. Beitz is typical of a new group of bright young executives who are taking over the reins of West German industry in positions formerly reserved for age and long experience, bypassing tradition in favor of aggressive, hard-driving methods. Beitz alienated many an old Kruppianer with just such methods (he shocked workers by asking to be called Beitz instead of Herr Generaldirektor), earned the nickname "the American" for his breezy ways and love of jazz. But he fired up the conservative management, tightened up the firm's operations, soon...
Most farmers and farm leaders sense that changes in federal farm programs are overdue. A lot of farmers, and members of Congress too, favor a "two-price" plan under which 1) farmers would get 100% of parity for commodities sold for human use in the U.S., but 2) would get the free-market price for animal feeds and commodities sold for exports (a scheme sure to bring yowls against dumping from foreign countries...