Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have chosen the West, and we will stay with the West. We must choose cooperation with the West to shut the gates of hell." For the first time since the bombing of Sakiet-Sidi-Youssef, Bourguiba even had a few good words for France: "I have always been in favor of cooperation with France because it is in our interest...
...Deweyites thus transformed conditioning techniques into ends in themselves. Teachers' colleges assumed the dignity of lamaseries. Teachers were denied the chance of learning more about their subjects, in favor of compulsory education courses in how to teach them...
...announcement that their plane would take only California sportswriters to citrus-circuit exhibition games; the "eviction" of New York newsmen from sleeping quarters at Dodgertown; timing of press releases, which in the case of a spring-training automobile accident involving Duke Snider and two teammates were held up to favor Western dailies' later deadlines. The Associated Press was so miffed at how the Dodger management broke the accident story that it threatened to withdraw its correspondent, who, as Red Smith pointed out, serves papers in California as well as New York...
...eventually generates new revenue by stimulating economic activity; for example, the Government lost some $5 billion yearly in revenue when it cut taxes in 1954, but within a year, as the tax cut helped push the boom forward once more, revenue was up $7.8 billion. Those in favor of a tax cut contend that it is a more effective spur than a public-works program. A tax cut can be made fast, putting cash directly into pockets for spending on consumer goods in about two months, thus quickly affecting production. A public-works program takes time to get started...
...biggest argument over proposed tax cuts is whether they should be temporary or permanent. Illinois' Democratic Senator Paul Douglas favors a temporary cut for six months or a year, with the termination date written into law. The argument for a temporary cut is that, though reinstatement of any cut might be necessary to fight inflation, no politicos would boost taxes with a presidential election coming up unless it were agreed on in advance. On the other hand, many economists and businessmen favor a tax reduction without any cutoff date, believe that a cut advertised as temporary beforehand might defeat...