Word: favored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suggest going to Kirkland, but I am outvoted in favor of Mather. Tad continues to comment on the "goodness" of the blonde girls at every party we attend. We make the official declaration that any member of the team is welcome to leave at any time should they be getting close to hooking up. Being the writer, I am the exception to this rule...
...coincidence, not an intentional slap in the face to the gay community, or for that matter to anyone concerned with or suffering from the disease. Like most Harvard students, we plead ignorance to knowing the date of World AIDS Day. And what is The Crimson implying, anyway--that conservatives favor the spread of AIDS...
Clearly, those who promote free trade can no longer ignore its non-economic implications. The standard arguments in favor of free trade still hold: It promotes growth and interdependence and helps developing countries improve their standards of living. However, globalization has a powerful impact on questions of labor and environmental protection, and those concerned about these effects will not be persuaded by only economic arguments. The protesters in Seattle saw the WTO and free trade as representative of interests fundamentally alien to their own; the coalition for free trade can only be rebuilt taking these concerns into account, with adequate...
...causes were confused in the protests at Seattle: those who wanted environmental protections integrated into trade agreements were accompanied by those who dumped foreign steel into the ocean for the crime of being too cheap. The perception of a U.S. in favor of free trade only where it serves our interests could doom any attempt to improve environmental and labor standards abroad and must be addressed in our negotiating tactics...
...Maher, a New Yorker who began working for Safra five months ago, confessed to police Monday that he had set the fire that led to Safra's death. His reputed motivation: jealousy of other nurses. Maher apparently was one of the least favored members of Safra's medical staff (the 67-year-old banker suffered from Parkinson's disease) and wanted to win his boss's favor by painting himself as a hero. So he started a small fire in a wastebasket, claimed two knife-wielding hooded men entered the apartment - and slashed himself. The plan...