Word: favored
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most heated discussion centered around the abolition of the draft exemption, which passed by only four votes. Representatives from New York Theological Seminary, strongly in favor of the exemption, said they would refuse to sign any paper drawn up at the conference. They proposed instead a resolution to make 4-D status voluntary...
...Eliminate unnecessary Latin American military spending on such costly prestige items as aircraft carriers and supersonic fighter planes in favor of buying cheaper counterinsurgency weaponry such as automatic rifles and armed helicopters...
...publishing goes, readers must be grateful for small favors. This novel is a medium-sized favor. It is a literate adventure story with a historical background-the Russian Revolution...
They were generally in favor of launching such a program. King, himself, said in a New York Times interview, that "If our nation insists on escalating the war and we don't see any changes, it may be necessary to engage in civil disobedience to further arouse the conscience of the nation and make it clear we feel this is hurting our country." By the end of the week, many were convinced that civil disobedience on a significant scale will be adopted, causing a split in the movement between moderates and those farther left...
...Senate last week passed the Ribicoff proposal, and a sub-committee of the House Education and Labor Committee is considering it now. The House should scrap the tax credit in favor of more federal scholarships and loans...