Word: favority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...computer games to test out any theories they had managed to devise. But then one day, some technicians fed in the wrong numbers somewhere, and what came out of the computer was the ten years' agony called Vietnam--and so the computers and the outside experts fell out of favor for a few years. Now they are back...
...marijuana users in this country. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) filed a lawsuit last March 13 seeking an injunction to halt the herbicide spraying program pending the publication of the environmental impact statement; we hope the federal courts will rule in NORML's favor. In the meantime, the paraquat problem is very much with us, and an end to the spraying program coupled with the launching of the city's pot testing project will represent two important steps towards dealing with this tax-dollar funded health threat...
...stand for majority rule. This we did when I was in office, and I support the efforts of the Administration in this direction. But majority rule must be given a concrete content. What exactly is the basis for our opposition to the so-called internal solution in Rhodesia? I favor the attempt to enable all leaders and factions to participate in the proposed elections. At the same time let us take care not to turn majority rule into a device by which those who could not win an election try to force their way into office by the threat...
Polls show that the public is thoroughly confused by Carter's proposal for a net cut of $25 billion in individual and corporate taxes. Though a Harris poll in March turned up a 55% majority in favor of the program, people questioned earlier by Gallup pollsters declared 9 to 1 that it was more important to control inflation than to trim taxes. As a result, strong pressure is building in Congress to reduce the cut to $18 billion or $20 billion, and perhaps to delay it by three months as well, making it effective Jan. 1. Those two moves...
...that a clause in the student government constitution at the University of North Carolina (UNC) designed to ensure that black students were adequately represented "blatantly fouls the letter and the spirit of both the Civil Rights Acts and the Fourteenth Amendment." The ruling overturned a district court decision in favor of the minority clause...