Word: favoredly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...accepted a Canadian amendment to send the report back to a working committee with instructions to pay due heed to the U.S. "principles," but to bring the phrasing into harmony with the Assembly's disarmament resolution-a document which does not mention punishment or vetoes. The vote in favor was 10-to-0. Poland abstained; Russia's Gromyko did not even "abstain"-in the technical sense. He simply said: "I am not taking part in this discussion." This was a walkout lacking only the physical act, a sort of sitdown walkout...
...vote in favor was unanimous. Three months ago Russia had vetoed a similar proposal; this time, although Russia's Andrei Gromyko again brandished the veto, he failed to throw it. The U.N. Assembly which closed in triumph last fortnight had advised the big powers to use the veto with restraint. Last week they were doing...
Herschel Johnson of the U.S., presiding, asked for votes in favor of a Mexican proposal to increase the number of nations participating in the Balkan inquiry from seven to eleven. Eight hands went up, but since Gromyko's did not, Johnson declared the proposal defeated. Gromyko shook his head. Realizing that the Russian did not intend to veto, Johnson asked for negative votes. Only Poland and The Netherlands (neither has a veto right) responded. "Motion carried," said Mr. Johnson...
Some new schools bid for fame and favor by adding a progressive wrinkle to Education's old face. But New Hampshire's three-month-old Cardigan Mountain School boldly reached back for ideas almost old enough to be new again...
Primary job of the JRDB is to eliminate unhealthy research competition among the services, avoid waste effort. But it can also discourage "weaponeering" in favor of basic work which may prove valuable in peace as well as in war. Scientists could hope that the Board, with Bush at its head, would not drown in military money the free spirit of U.S. science...