Word: favorered
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...covenant with Abraham, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.'' The more secular deed, in modern times, was the Balfour Declaration, issued in 1917 by Britain. ''His Majesty's Government,'' it said, ''view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object.'' Jews tend to quote this first part of the declaration without proceeding to the next proviso: ''. . . it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which...
...Dear Leader's eldest son, Jong Nam was once considered his father's likely successor. But after the 2001 Disney debacle, when he was stopped at Narita Airport with a forged Dominican Republic passport and then deported to China, Pyongyang watchers say Jong Nam has fallen from favor. But that didn't diminish the interest of the media, especially in Japan...
...Taro Aso's comments on Feb. 3 that the American plan for Iraq had been "very immature." Both Kyuma and Aso were echoing what a majority of Japanese feel, but their statements seemed almost calculated to cause embarrassment to their boss - a staunch supporter of the U.S. - while currying favor with the public. Shiozaki, who should be keeping Abe's team in line, was left to protest to reporters last week that "we are not a cabinet with its members saying whatever they like." Perhaps he was preparing a set of muzzles...
...bout featured the two wrestlers in the 2006 EIWA finals—No. 2 Matt Valenti and tri-captain Robbie Preston, ranked 10th in the nation. Valenti had defeated Preston in the EIWA finals, 4-2, and Preston could not manage to return the favor, falling 5-1 after a close match in which he led 1-0 early in the second period.The Crimson, however, won the next three matches, with tri-captain Max Meltzer clinching a 5-4 decision at 141, freshman J. P. O’Connor winning by fall in 2:07 at 149, and sophomore Andrew...
...Harvard heavyweights and former treasury secretaries told Congress’s Joint Economic Committee yesterday that the new Democratic majority must take a stand in favor of free trade. Former University President Lawrence H. Summers and current Harvard Corporation Fellow Robert E. Rubin ’60, both Democrats who served in President Clinton’s cabinet, spoke to the committee at its first meeting under the new Congress. They delved into a range of economic issues, including income inequality and middle class discontent. Though both are members of the same party as the committee’s majority...