Word: favors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most part, national polls reflect Gore's strength. A healthy majority of probable Democratic primary voters say they favor the vice president...
Meanwhile, the larger historical framework surrounding the controversy, such as the United States' very recent imperialist past (and some might argue present) in Puerto Rico and the treatment of Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens in the United States has been shunted aside in favor of blanket accusations about the tolerance of violence and the cat-and-mouse game of political point-scoring. What was an opportunity for Americans, particularly politicians, to educate themselves about Puerto Rico's history and its complicated relationship with the United States, as well as about the status and treatment of Puerto Ricans...
...favor of using violence to advance political causes, and neither is the vast majority of the Puerto Rican population. To characterize the support for the Puerto Rican prisoners as a defense of violence or terrorism would be a mistake. Rather, the support has emerged out of a sense that the prisoners were unjustly sentenced by a system that has often judged members of minority groups by harsher standards...
...high court must rule on this issue before the trial can progress. If it votes in their favor, both journalists will be free, and Chavunduka will be able to continue his studies at Harvard without interruption...
...momentum quickly swung in the Red Storm's favor. St. John's retaliated with a 15-4 win in the third game before holding off a pesky Harvard team in the final two games, winning...