Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...committee rightly emphasized, however, that the historical method of teaching geography should be instituted here. Although used extensively in Europe, this method of teaching has never won favor in the United States. It does provide a logical connection with the Department of History--and a possible means of lessening the cost problems...
...Russia and everybody else wants a summit, "France is in favor. But precisely because it hopes that the proposed meeting will result in something positive, it believes it necessary not to rush into talks that might be superficial...
What finally turned the tide in the Nacionalistas' favor was the vote from the barrios, the impoverished rural villages where an avalanche of government money proved helpful. By week's end the Nacionalistas seemed certain to elect five Senators-including Ramon Magsaysay's younger brother, Genaro, who, on the strength of his name, was running right behind Liberal Marcos. Although the defeat of handpicked Candidate Pajo suggested that a good many Filipinos had had their fill of Carlos Garcia, the Nacionalista Party as a whole had apparently profited from one cynical popular argument: "The mosquitoes inside...
...Committee, formed by President Jordan last November, has also made a study of the possibility of mixed tutorial. Most significant among its findings, according to Dean Elliott, was "an over-whelming sentiment in favor of mixed tutorial" among the head tutors of the eight departments having the greatest number of Radcliffe concentrators...
Moreover, despite the report, it is unlikely that teaching ability will become a significant consideration in appointments. With the increasing national emphasis on science, men with creative ability in the sciences will seldom be pasesd over in favor of inspired and devoted teachers...