Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...regard to the Quinlan case [Nov. 3]: if the courts were to find in favor of the parents, a Pandora's box would be opened. If the courts were to judge that an act of omission by a physician in not prolonging life is homicide, then every patient who dies could become the basis of legal action against the physician. Such a decision would virtually paralyze the practice of medicine...
...W.C.C. "has been progressively drawn into a political and social activism that makes little reference to the theological tradition." Within the council, the same complaint comes from Eastern Orthodox members, even some from Communist East Europe who naturally like the W.C.C. political line. Then there are Protestants who favor the conservative Gospel preached by Billy Graham (see story below) and argue that the W.C.C. wants to convert the world politically, not spiritually. The Nairobi meeting will likely have to face whether these criticisms have merit. The mood is hard to figure. Three-fourths of the W.C.C. staff...
Originally the President called for lifting all controls at once. Though Ford later backed away from that position, he continued to argue in favor of allowing oil prices to rise as a means of cutting consumption, boosting production and lessening U.S. dependence on risky foreign crude sources. Lately, though, the President seems to have shifted his stand again at the urging of his political advisers, who warn that whatever the economic merits, letting oil prices go up so close to a presidential election is no way to win votes. The Democrats, who have consistently opposed swift decontrol and high...
...most part the development potential of each proposition balances out. But there are crucial points in favor of the UMass option. The people in Dorchester have recently shown a much stronger sentiment for building the memorial on Columbia Point than the residents of Cambridge or Charlestown...
Prior to the elections Chavez predicted that farmworkers given a choice would vote 95 per cent in favor of the UFW. But the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (CALRB), the agency in charge of the voting, reports that in elections with both unions on the ballot the Teamsters have won 59 contests covering about 10,500 workers and the UFW has won 46 covering about 6000 workers. Including elections where only one union and the no union alternatives were on the ballot, the Teamsters have 96 wins covering about 12,000 workers and the UFW has 154 covering about...