Word: favoredly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Constitution were: 1) an all-powerful unicameral legislature, even more unhampered by checks and balances than the old French Assembly; 2) a new electoral law (not incorporated in the Constitution but closely tied to it) which would set up a complex form of proportional representation which seemed likely to favor the Communists; the electoral setup would emphasize parties rather than candidates-another help to the Communists, the best disciplined party. (Commenting on the voting system, famed French mathematician and Rightist Assemblyman Jacques Bardoux said: "I read these texts once without understanding them. I read them a second, then a third...
...neither party contests, divorce in Tokyo is now easier than in Reno. If there is a contest, the odds favor the husband. He can win divorce by presenting evidence of his wife's adultery. A wronged wife's adultery evidence is insufficient to win her freedom...
When the ruinous Jap air raid of May 4, 1939 flattened 25% of Chungking's downtown buildings, the Government had turned over the former Pa Hsien Middle School compound to the press. All the place ever had in its favor was its central location. Air-raid dugouts, Chiang Kai-shek's house and the Chinese Central News Agency were within half a mile...
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...sign of the times, but the poll illustrated a new tendency, when over half of the returns indicated that Harvard men preferred women over 30. While a few accelerated Freshmen expressed a preference for ladies under 15, the overwhelming verdict was in favor of the 15 year olds older sisters aunts, etc. In the same line, Vassar easily walked off with Girls' schools laurels, topping the perennial favorite, Wellesley, handily. Surprise entrants were Yale (3 votes) and Dunster House...