Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rosovsky deals with the task force's recommendations--though only in general terms--in order to initiate "a constructive debate of the issues (when they finally come up before the Faculty), not merely a battle between those who favor the status quo and those who oppose it," the letter states...
Saying which candidate you think won the debate isn't the same thing as saying you favor him for President. Mostly, commentators evaded the question uppermost in viewers' minds and went on discussing how evasive the candidates had been...
...Labor government is convinced that fulfilling such conditions would mean its own downfall, since it rules largely by the favor of the unions, which would be horrified by such measures. In that case, Britain would be thrust into a bitter election campaign; though there has been talk of a national coalition government, both Tories and Laborites now seem set against it. The outcome could be a Tory government pledged to spending cuts that, according to Prime Minister Callaghan, would plunge the nation into social turmoil, or drastic cuts in British imports and the standard of living decreed by a government...
Massachusetts voters rejected changes in the system in favor of trying to create a good business climate in the state, and trying to limit governmental powers...
...Dodgers fan, only to the philanthropic patron of the arts--because, as the authors admit, "the only way to save or rejuvenate old buildings is money." They recognize that "built into the current economic system are a number of disincentives to preservation...the tax structure tends to favor new and bigger buildings. Building codes are geared to new construction. And lenders do not consider old buildings good risks." But there follows merely a series of arguments to persuade developers and lenders to invest in old buildings. Disappointingly, the authors don't seize the opportunity to suggest new legislation...