Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some like their ballet new, lean and glinting; they favor the New York City Ballet. Some like it pageantesque, formal and applauseworthy; they favor London's Sadler's Wells. Some like it storyful, mellow and magical; they had almost no place to turn except Copenhagen, where the Royal Danish Ballet spun comfortably on its 200-year-old tradition, rarely ventured into the outside world (TIME, Aug. 31, 1953). But last week the Danes were in Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, and provided crowds with something to cherish for years to come...
Although most of the undergraduates seemed to be in favor of bringing girls to New Haven, the Daily News, Yale's newspaper, came out against the change. Managing Editor Charles Abuza stated, "Yale is a sort of last bastion for males and we don't want to see it go." Robert Rossefsky, managing editor of the Yale Record, also opposed admitting women to the College, on similar grounds...
Head cheerleader David Cabot '53 said Watson told him, "We may favor joint classes with Radcliffe, but we'll keep them out of our athletic events forever." Linda's only comment was, "Well, if they don't want me..." The rally went on anyhow...
...profound change has been sociological. "The younger people differ from their elders in the way they act and the way they think," Reischauer comments. "They are more western, more modernized, in their outlook." One example of this has been the virtual disappearance from the cities of the kimono in favor of more western-like dress...
While nothing will be done about a merger until a yearlong study is completed, all three presidents were obviously in favor of such a plan. As for the Interstate Commerce Commission, which must approve any merger, it would probably raise a cheer. The ICC has consistently advised U.S. roads to economize and compete by combining facilities whenever they...