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Word: favorities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reasonably sincere Catholic, I must admit that your Dec. 23 article on holy hucksters certainly hit home. It is an unfortunate fact that the manufacturers and distributors of pseudoreligious trinkets find ready prey among many gullible Catholics. The church is strongly in favor of the use of rosaries, medals, and such aids in the worship of God, but the abuse of this custom, as practiced by these unscrupulous individuals, constitutes a grave offense against everything the church stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 20, 1958 | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

...speaking to the Women's National Press Club and to 1,200 steelworkers in a snowstorm outside the Capitol. Before his subcommittee paraded big-name witnesses, ranging from the Rockefeller Report's Nelson Rockefeller ("Unless present trends are reversed, the world balance of power will shift in favor of the Soviet bloc") to the Navy's snappish, hard-driving Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover, father of the nuclear submarine ("I think everybody in the military should be doing things as if we were really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: One-Man Show | 1/20/1958 | See Source »

After that, if any decision is reached in favor of moving out, Watson said that he felt it would be decided by the Masters and a committee of the Administrative Board...

Author: By George H. Watson, | Title: Masters Meet To Consider Housing Poll | 1/16/1958 | See Source »

...speaking of the more liberal substitution rule, Yovicsin said, "I like that very much. It gives the boys a chance to play more football, and I am in favor of that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coaches Praise Changes | 1/14/1958 | See Source »

...move designed to take the foot out of football, the omnipotent Football Rules Committee of the NCAA Voted unanimously yesterday in favor of awarding two points for conversions after touchdowns if they are scored by a run or pass, rather than kicked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NCAA Changes Both Substitution, Conversion Rules | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

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