Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...study charges that "eminent nutritionists" at the nation's most prominent universities "have traded their independence for the food industry's favors . . . [and] prostituted their professional independence to curry the favor of the food magnates...
...their time away. For Ann-Marie Moeller '77, simple economics was the primary factor. A pre-med, Moeller felt she wanted to have the experience of working in a lab under her belt, both for her own satisfaction and because medical schools are said to view such activities with favor. But lab jobs rarely pay and she simply could not afford to spend a summer doing volunteer work...
...school system. (Over half the city's blacks attended almost all-black schools at the time; 84 per cent of the whites went to even more exclusively white institutions.) Two legal precedents, and the quarter century of struggle for civil rights enlightment behind them, were working in Morgan's favor...
...those in favor of maintaining these recruitment programs defend them to those who say that some standards of excellence will be compromised? One way is to refute the traditional criteria that those who holler "foul" go by. For instance, the National Examination Board which tests mostly memorized material rather than clinical ability, seems to be out-moded at a time when clinicians for poor, especially black areas, are in seriously short supply. The notion that scientific knowledge given during the first two years of med school is more difficult for some blacks than it is for some whites...
Light Heart. Dole's brave try to win favor by kidding his own predicament aroused only scattered applause. For a few minutes, the Senator signed autographs, chatted with Ace Driver Cale Yarborough-a folk hero in the South for his lead foot and light heart-and smilingly posed for photographs with Miss Cindy McDowell, Miss Southern 500. Suddenly a roar swept through the crowd. Jimmy Carter was emerging from a green Chrysler, grinning with delight, totally at ease in familiar surroundings. When Carter reached the stand, the Republican vice-presidential nominee edged toward the Democratic presidential nominee. Smiling, Carter...