Word: favors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eight Harvard observers who attended this summer's National Student Association convention unanimously favor the College's rejoining N.S.A...
...knighthood in 1907, Banda had long steered a perilous course through the tricky tides of Asian politics. He was raised a Christian and educated at Oxford, where his debating skill earned him the admiration of his English classmate, Anthony Eden. But once back home, Banda renounced Christianity in favor of Buddhism, threw off Western dress in favor of long white sarongs, and plunged into the movement that was to bring Ceylon independence within the Commonwealth in 1948. In 1951 he set up his own Marxist Ceylon Freedom Party. Five years later he was, as Eden had predicted, his country...
...Crimson's depth, in fact, will be a large point in its favor this afternoon. Besides its second-string backfield strength, the team has another excellent goalie in Bob Forbush and good line support with Al Butzel, Keith Lowe, Nick Lamont, and Harv Mazer. Munro used 31 players in the Tufts game, and he will take 26 men to Amherst. Since few teams are yet in top condition, the Crimson's depth should prove valuable...
...FARE CUTS on Pacific and round-the-world flights will be proposed by Pan Am at meeting of rate-setting International Air Transport Association. Britain's government-owned airways also favor fare cuts, and sentiment is growing to establish economy fares, now confined to North Atlantic flights, on all international runs...
...back as 1955, United knew that it would be late with jets when President W. A. Patterson, over hot opposition in :he company, turned down the 707 in favor of the DC-8 of its longstanding supplier, Douglas. Because of late delivery of the planes, Patterson gloomily forecast a $3 million to $10 million loss for 1959. Traffic did drop 20% on transcontinental routes, but United has confounded its president's prediction: the line showed a $7,000,000 profit for the first half, expects to end the year well in the black. United was helped by the general...