Word: favorities
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have sinned unduly in the direction of partisanship, I will be glad to make amends either privately or publicly, as he may wish. I might as well warn him in advance, however, that if he intends to persuade me that there is anything much to be said in favor of Mr. Curley or against the idea of driving Mr. Curley from public life, he has a considerable job on his hands...
...poll showed 2 to 1 in favor of improving the quality of the food, not lowering the board rate, if prices were to drop...
Chipp, "The Gentleman's Tailor," at 73 1/2 Mt. Auburn st., may be evicted Tuesday in favor of a higher paying prospective tenant according to Jonas Arnold, the manager. He will take the case to court, and, in the event of a loss, will move his haberdashery to his other Cambridge store, Tweeds Ltd. at 33 Brattle...
...promises to be one of the nation's most important mineral areas. Wrangling over the disposition of these new oil fields has become a great political struggle with the states in Congress, backed by monstor lobbies, lined up against President Truman and the administration. The Supreme Court seems to favor the administration, but the tricky wording of its decision establishing a doctrine of "paramount rights" has left its stand in doubt. The struggle has crossed party lines with many Democrats, particularly those from the oil states, going against the administration...
...small boy of being made a responsible agent in an adult affair. A third, Brother, examines the troubles of a man who acts according to his principles, does his duty as a citizen, and gets another man killed. A fourth, A Chance for Mr. Lever, stacks everything in favor of the choice of sin by a middling good little man and notes his exhilaration after making it. A fifth, written last year, is called The Hint of an Explanation and deals briefly with the same theological theme as The Heart of the Matter. Besides these, there is a fragment...