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Word: favoredly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that effect had, in fact, been drawn by the Office of Temporary Controls. But the question promptly arose: Why should Harry Truman be saddled with this political liability? He wasn't. He made OTC Director Philip B. Fleming the goat, announced that he never had been in favor of a rent increase, and said the whole matter was up to Congress anyway-which it unquestionably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Marked Change | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

During Congress' first month in session, the President had found a method of giving Congress its full responsibility, without seeming to abdicate in its favor. This week he learned that, according to a Gallup poll, 48% of the people now think he is doing a good job-a rise of 16 points since last October. This did not alter the fact that most political observers still think the voters will want a change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Marked Change | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

...next move is up to the Council," shrugged Weld. "It is in favor of a majority of the provisions of the new document, and under the existing constitution, which is not inactive until voted inactive, the Council may by a two-thirds vote ratify the new constitution even though it has not been approved by the student body. The only requirement is that the new constitution be posted for a period of thirty days, and this one conforms to that ruling...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Days' Balloting Fails to Ratify New Constitution as Only 2400 Vote | 2/8/1947 | See Source »

Unofficial surveys of early returns last night indicated a 90 percent trend in favor of the committee's recommendations. Weld informed his voting public last night that "we will need 2700 affirmative votes. Only a real majority will put us over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Exhaust Ballot Supply in Early Voting | 2/7/1947 | See Source »

...just an economist-a confessed "illiterate in the arts." But for the past five years Lewis Webster Jones had presided effectively over Vermont's arty, progressive Bennington College, whose 300-odd girls favor sloppy blue jeans and custom-tailored curricula, and excel in the modern dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Blue Jeans with a Difference | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

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