Word: favored
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French philanderers have made a noble sacrifice: instead of the long leisurely lunch of yore, the ardent lover grabs a quick sandwich and a bottle of refreshing Vichy water, then dashes off to see his mistress from 2 to 4. Even the improving French postal service works in his favor: outgoing office mail, which under the old romantic regime had to be posted no later than 5 p.m., can now be postponed as late as 7 p.m., thus giving the amorous executive time for both lust and letters...
Aaron, like Daniel Seltzer today, was the partisan of the undergraduates. But his youth and consequent lack of influence made it impossible for him to function effectively with the faculty; his connection to Loeb officialdom put him out of favor with undergraduates as well. Aaron frequently offered unsolicited advice and was forcibly ejected from at least one Loeb rehearsal to which he came uninvited...
Ties could make things simpler. If Dartmouth and Cornell play to a draw, and Yale beats Princeton, Harvard would only have to beat Brown and Yale to be all alone in first. The odds in favor of that are just slightly infinitesmal...
About the only argument in favor of sharing Soldiers Field is money. Unofficially, the Patriots might offer something like $200,000 per annum for the field, and they would bear the expense of building 200,000 seats in the open...
...sized papers in middle-sized towns," says Hathway. "Towns like Charlotte, N.C., or Columbus, Ohio, have given us better reporters," adds Managing Editor Bill Mcllwain. "They're a little bit hungrier, and they don't come on like a bunch of old China hands doing you a favor...