Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seen as a rather comfortable old shoe-which fits the desire for serenity but not the search for new leadership. However, Humphrey is also seen as experienced in world affairs. If international concerns should arise to overshadow the economic issues amid continued recovery, the national mood would favor the most experienced veterans: Humphrey among the Democrats and Ford among the Republicans...
...remark was beginning to look more and more like an embarrassing gaffe than a fatal mistake. All last week Jimmy Carter was charmingly convincing as he reassured his many black supporters that he was still in favor of open housing-indeed that he would "fight for the right of people to move where they choose, even though they might not be welcome in the neighborhood when they attempt to move there." It was just that he did not want the Federal Government forcing a particular "economic or ethnic" mix on well-established neighborhoods...
...last possibilities have been burned up." Deputy Loris Fortuna exulted, "Basta! We've cut the last rope. We're not going to let ourselves get dragged into any more rounds of yes-but-maybes or other tiresome stalling maneuvers." The Socialists are confident their stands in favor of divorce and legal abortion-two issues that have fractured the Christian Democrats and cost them votes because of their opposition-will win them more seats in Parliament...
...according to one professor, about the wisdom of taking the TV series. To improve the course, the college helped to create a student guide and used a book on the Adams family and era (total cost: $10.80). Says Orange Coast History Professor Norman Lumian: "I am very much in favor of face-to-face teaching. Television might augment and supplement a course, and for older people it's a real blessing, but for young minds that can interact, I think it's a complete prostitution of the entire educational system...
...this month fired four district presidents (roughly equivalent to bishops). Their sin: ordaining graduates of Seminex, the breakaway school from the synod's Concordia Seminary that was founded during the Lutherans' long-running doctrinal dispute over biblical interpretation (TIME, March 4, 1974). The dismissed leaders, who favor a flexible view of the Scriptures, head three districts which cover a large area of the Northeast and the English District, with congregations scattered across the U.S. The districts include 310,000 of the church's 2.8 million members...