Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nothing is more odious to the governors of the several states than the concentration of power in Washington. But last week, gathered at historic Williamsburg, Va. for the 49th annual Governors' Conference, they heard President Eisenhower propose that the Federal Government should relinquish some of its responsibilities in favor of the states. The governors reacted as though he were trying to hand them a sockful of scorpions...
...fact Black advanced the proposition that the U.S. should move to protect its security only after rebellion or rioting has started. Concluded he: "The First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government-one that leaves the way wide open for people to favor, discuss, advocate, or incite causes and doctrines, however obnoxious and antagonistic such views may be to the rest...
...first seemingly startled by their boldness in turning out the established Liberal regime in favor of the untried Tories, Canadians last week showed a growing tingle of pride. Gloated the Ottawa Journal: "What opens before us is a vista of fresh political interest: new faces, new voices, new opportunities. For we had come to a perilous stagnation, for long the most politically lethargic, uncritical and inarticulate citizens in the whole democratic world." Author H. S. Ferns, a recent biographer of late Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King, saw a more fundamental change on the political horizon. Wrote he: "Mr. Diefenbaker...
...telling. By ingenious design, his exchanges between Mr. White and Mr. Black abounded in ambiguously open-ended clues to their real identity. He also managed a neat solution: a staring match between the contenders, proposed by the ornery town skeptic to keep the town from stampeding in favor of Mr. White. Isolated in a drawn circle, the two stared and glared away for days, without flinching or even growing a whisker. When Mr. White seemed to falter, a little girl rushed into the forbidden circle with a dipper of water and suddenly collapsed in a thunderclap. Who turned away from...
...merging-this is their third try -and have no essential doctrinal differences. But traditional loyalties are so strong that last week's delegates voted for the merger by only 161 to 124 (although in the complex polling setup, the vote of individual presbyteries was more solidly in favor). Said Dr. Robert W. Gibson, president of Monmouth College, Monmouth, Ill., and chairman of the committee working for the union: "The United Presbyterian Church, being made up of people who like to think for themselves, seldom moves in unison. [But] I am confident that we shall move with enthusiasm into...