Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...current mood, the public seems disposed to favor candidates who promise the least instead of the most, a dramatic switch from the chicken-in-every-pot, two-cars-in-every-garage philosophy of the past. "The public has gotten off the spending binge," says Deloss Walker, a Memphis political consultant who engineered the surprise victory of Businessman Fob James in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Alabama. "People feel they themselves have tightened their belts, but the political leadership...
...YORK. The Empire State has the highest taxes in the nation, and both sides favor cuts. But there are personal differences. When a Democratic state senator asked if he could make an appointment with Governor Hugh Carey, he was informed that the Governor did not like to meet people. That attitude seems to typify the current campaign. Carey is markedly ill at ease making small talk with the folks, though he excels at defending his record in office. If he wins reelection, much of the credit will go to Media Consultant David Garth, who has managed to convey a livelier...
...solely on the tax issue: only a third of those surveyed said they would switch away from an otherwise preferred candidate if he took a stand against a tax cut, less than the percentage of voters who said they would abandon a preferred candidate if he came out in favor of federally funded abortions...
Professor Kilson, you do not want Black students to be thumb-suckers; you would rather see us become behind-kissers, a euphemism for a term with which I am sure you are familiar. You are advocating that we curry the favor of the white population here on the student level, so as to prostitute its value in order to gain the status and levels of achievement which you assume all Blacks at Harvard to be desirous of. Professor Kilson, I for one am too proud to kiss anyone's behind, regardless of what ends (no pun intended) such action might...
Harvard's own Harry Parker is seeded eighth in the elite singles, and former lightweight coach John Higginson ranks third in the midweights. Super sculler-Greg Stone, the defending champ in the elites, will miss this year's Head in favor of the World Championships in New Zealand, but sister Jenny will carry on the family name in the women's singles...