Word: favoredly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Comeback. Zhdanov came back to Stalin's favor the hard way. As the Germans approached Leningrad there was no demoralization in the city. Zhdanov, Marshal Klimenty Voroshilov and Leningrad's "Mayor" Peter Popkov turned the tide with a ringing declaration which sent 400,000 Leningraders to the fortifications. Before the 29-month siege ended in 1944, one of the great stories of human endurance had been written...
...scores) Zhdanov now stands fourth-after Stalin, Molotov and the hated Lavrenty Beria, head of the secret police. Of those below Zhdanov, his most serious rival is Georgi Malenkov, 44, a brilliant backstairs intriguer. Others are Anastas Mikoyan, the Armenian foreign trade chief, who enjoys Stalin's personal favor but has little party following, and a dark horse, Nikolai Bulganin, the political boss of the Army. Molotov, Beria and Malenkov are loosely grouped as the reactionary anti-Westerners. But as long as Stalin lives the whole gang will stick together, and Zhdanov, who was once against mass purges, will...
...Generalissimo bowed and departed. Outside, it was snowing-an omen, say the Chinese, of Heaven's favor...
...individual artist, too. To begin with, the BBC is raddled with nepotism. You just can't get on the air without knowing someone. Well, think how it would be here if there were only one station. And once you're on, you have to be continually currying favor to stay on. Just when your show gets going, they're very likely to drop you. And by the time you get back everyone has forgotten you. And, of course, there's no money in it. It's just a way to keep your name before...
...University will send a nine-man team against Dartmouth at 9 o'clock on Saturday. With the Crimson victor in every formal match even played against Dartmouth, the odds are strongly in favor of the local racqueteers for this match...