Word: favors
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...Color-Flyte." Throughout the 1950s, as Americans started buying processed foods and washing machines, clamoring for anything that conveyed "modern," colorful melamine bowls and plates became mainstays in kitchens across the country. Unfortunately, Melmac tableware was prone to scratches and stains and so the dishes fell out of favor by the 1970s, as more resilient household plastics were phased in and families returned to ceramic, china and glass-made dishes...
...message seems to be resonating: scores of nearby communities favor revamping O'Hare. But Bensenville president John Geils--citing cost overruns and a funding shortfall--argues that part of his village is being gutted for a runway that "has absolutely no chance of being built." Further, he notes that increasing capacity just as soaring fuel prices nudge the aviation industry into a tailspin may be a fool's errand. (Andolino maintains that construction is on track: in November, O'Hare will unveil its first new runway since...
...tying several times. Two forced Pioneer errors followed by one of Comrie’s kills let the Crimson eventually tie the game at 24-24. Taking advantage of an ensuing Harvard fault, Sacred Heart’s Mallie Herthington aced the serve and sealed the first set in favor of the Pioneers, 26-24. “We were playing around with a lot of different lineups, trying to find a rhythm,” Kocurek said. The second and third games featured similar back-and-forth action that culminated with Pioneer victories. The Crimson’s focus...
...Democrats have no myth to counter this powerful Republican fantasy. They had to spend their convention on the biographical defensive: Barack Obama really is "one of us," speaker after speaker insisted. Really. Democrats do have the facts in their favor. Polls show that Americans agree with them on the issues. The Bush Administration has been a disaster on many fronts. The McCain campaign has provided only the sketchiest policy proposals; it has spent most of its time trying to divert the national conversation away from matters of substance. But Americans like stories more than issues. Policy proposals are useful...
Most importantly, Palin can speak with credibility on energy, a top concern among voters . Last month, she signed plans to build a $26 billion natural gas pipeline, which she spent months negotiating. On the stump, she advocates drilling for oil in the Alaska Northern Wildlife Refuge, which most Americans favor. The McCain-Palin platform is calling for lower energy prices, and talking about people’s pocketbooks, not their Bibles...