Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unfortunate for all of us that ABC's ambitious, admirably acted Roots had to be so biased, supposedly in favor of the blacks. I have white friends who refused to be seriously moved by the saga because of the totally racist portrait of white America...
...dilemma stems from the Helsinki agreement, which many at first regarded as a victory for Moscow because it supposedly established the "inviolability" of existing frontiers, thus legitimizing the Soviet takeover of the Baltic states and the status quo in Eastern Europe. The agreement also contained broad humanitarian declarations in favor of the right of people to leave and enter countries on family visits, access to foreign publications, international youth meetings, and the improvement of working conditions for journalists abroad. Moscow presumably saw nothing too threatening in those principles. After all, far more specific rights are guaranteed in the Soviet-constitution...
Events are anxiously watched by the French, Italian and Spanish Communist parties, which profess to favor a thoroughgoing democratic pathway to power. But they can hardly claim democratic credentials unless they are unreservedly outspoken about repression in Communist countries. ("They have yet to show proof of their alleged democratic spirit," says Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky.) On the other hand, going too far in condemning Moscow and other Communist capitals could make them seem traitors to the Communist cause. Early this month, Italian Party Chief Enrico Berlinguer, addressing 3,000 workers in Milan, stressed "our criticism of certain 'authoritarian features...
...House redistricting, the annual budget and Boston's charter package should not cause any significant tension between the two branches. The two issues that could cause trouble, the Cox Report on judicial reorganization and McGee's amendments of the rules and regulations, will probably be resolved in Dukakis's favor...
Dukakis has compensated for the loss of liberal support by building on middle class issues: balanced budgets, reform and reorganization, and stimulating business. By resisting the demands of the state employees' union last summer, he won the favor and votes of those who instinctively think public employees are overpaid and underworked. Dukakis came into office at a time when it was chic to spend but necessary to slash--and he has emerged from this trying period with a rejuvenated career...