Word: favoredly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Washington, there was increased clamor for a special session of Congress to consider more aid to Europe (see Foreign Relations). Harry Truman, still at sea, let it be known that he was not yet in favor of a special session. After all, it might be a perilous move. Unless the session were assured of success, it might be better not to call it. Not to hold it might be even more dangerous...
From educators, Taylor got even less support. The University of Houston snapped: "Not in favor." Said the University of Cincinnati: "Neither feasible nor desirable." Said the University of Chicago: "We got out of college football in 1939 and have no intention of returning." Kentucky's Transylvania College tartly replied: '"These are times when such boldness needs to be directed toward the harder, less spectacular task of educating, not entertaining, people...
...slow, staid, unexciting affair, and individual bids had reached a total of only $10,829 when a man named John M. Holzworth, identified in Who's Who as a lawyer and big-game hunter, offered $12,500 for the lot. The auctioneer promptly canceled all previous bids in favor of Holzworth's and shut up shop. But next day Gustave Doré's paintings were still gathering grime in the warehouse. As a final twist, which Balzac might have appreciated, Collector Holzworth was arrested, charged with passing phony checks...
...design for Broadway shows. So Sophie designed for 29 shows one year and 32 the next: among them were Dodsworth, The Women, Reunion in Vienna. As customers began to find their way to the salon, she dropped all theatrical designing except as an occasional favor for one of her friends. The profit was not worth the worry. "They always beat down your price and then wanted another 10% off for the publicity," Sophie says...
Explaining his retirement from speculating in "Governments," Hosford said: "If you went to a gambling joint and they posted odds showing 85% in favor of the house, you wouldn't play, would...