Word: favorities
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...court ruled in favor of Harvard, saying that despite its special powers, HUPD is not “an agency of the Commonwealth such that it becomes subject to the mandates of the public records...
...spending political capital by making an unpopular decision, one that opened the way to questions about buying Libby's silence. If he let Libby go to jail, his critics still wouldn't love him. And what support he continues to command comes mostly from conservatives who were strongly in favor of his helping Libby. Just days after the defeat of the White House--backed immigration bill, to which conservatives were cool or worse, the Libby commutation could let the President renew some of his old luster in their eyes...
...Rose Greenhow, turned her dining room (and perhaps her bedroom) into a venue for sources for a Confederate spy ring. A well-liked widow known for entertaining both sides in the tense years before the Civil War, Greenhow understood the ways of Washington. She advised a friend seeking a favor that Congressmen were "honorable men who could not be bribed, but they discern much more clearly the justice of a case, when they have dined and supped well in pleasant company." When the war started, the Union politicians who continued to sup with Greenhow let slip intelligence that she passed...
...recent years, the role of hostess has fallen out of favor. Members of Congress dash from fund raisers in D.C. to town meetings in their districts, leaving little time for "pleasant company." But one invitation remains a draw: dinner at the White House. Now, let's see if George Bush can use the seductive setting to persuade politicians to come together on policy...
Golden State coach Don Nelson is known to favor athletic big men who can run the floor and draw defenders away from the basket with shooting range—Cusworth, with surprising agility for his size, appears to fit the mold...