Word: favorities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decry the immense popularity which Wagner has enjoyed, during the last few years. The great voice of Mme. Kirsten Flagstad is perfectly adapted to interpret such roles as Brunnhilde and Isolde; and it is largely to the Norwegian soprano's credit that Wagner has zoomed to the heights of favor in this country. Proof that Boston is still Wagnerian minded is demonstrated by the fact that already the seats for "Tristan," "Parsifal,"and "Lohengrin" are completely sold...
Concurrent with the news that the Committee for Electoral Reorm has swung into active petition work among the Senior Class, in favor of an election convention, came the news last night that Francis Keppel '38, president of the Student Council, will call a meeting of the Council for Thursday night to consider the Committee's aims...
...strip ships' committees of their power to discipline men during voyages. While the effect of this self-discipline was generally good, some shipmasters disapproved the principle-they believed it might mean divided authority. The proposal may meet intense opposition within the union, but the leaders favor it and there is little doubt of its passage...
This illustrates the difference in emphasis between the two plans. The federal act weights the returns in favor of the lowest paid workers by applying to their pensions some of the money contributed by their more fortunate comrades. But while the Social Security Act redistributes the security, the University plan perpetuates without any amelioration the extraordinary inequality which a pension system should correct...
Coming as a sharp rebuff to those in favor of erasing the law from State ledgers, the action yesterday was believed by most observers to bury the repeal move for a year at least. There is still a chance that the senate will accept reconsideration today in a move preliminary to sending the bill to the House of Representatives...