Word: favors
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...Conditions on the field were below par for the contest, with the wind playing a large factor in the game. However, horrid environmental factors have tended to play in the Crimson's favor. They defeated Vermont 9-1 amidst pouring rain and conquered the University of New Hampshire while surrounded by the effects of tropical storm Floyd...
...important for now second-string quarterback Linden. He made his debut as a starter against the Crusaders in '96 as a first-year, going 12-of-22 for 175 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-25 win. And last year he was benched midway through the game in favor of Wilford...
Washington appears to be considering a policy option that could restart the Kosovo war. The Washington Post reports Friday that U.S. policy on Kosovo has discreetly shifted in favor of accepting independence for the territory. Although formally both State Department and National Security Council officials insisted Washington remains opposed to the idea, a number of senior officials confirmed privately that policy was now being guided by the inevitability of independence. Such a policy shift would not only raise the danger of renewed conflict in the region, but could also pose problems for U.S. leadership in resolving future international conflicts...
...professor had just been down to Mississippi on a fishing trip with Sweet and was returning the favor. Ogletree, who usually fished for striped bass and had just mounted a 53-pound fish, landed a 75-pound yellow-fin tuna that...
...agree on anything, Clinton was standing there with the veto pen in his hand," he says. "He and the Democrats were able to talk people out of a big tax cut before it ever got started." This year, say the polls, the suspicion is that the cut would favor the rich and squander the surplus. Next year? Voters ought to be surprised if there?s still a surplus to fight over...