Word: favoredly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made two enemies for every dollar he's saved." In nine weeks he had antagonized: the White House (for his tendency to pop off to the press), the Marines (for privately threatening to disband their air arm), the aviation industry (for canceling other contracts in favor of the B-36), the Navy (for a host of bitterly resented indignities...
...issue of a coeducational Law School was first raised in 1875, Griswold explained, and since then the Law Faculty has voted three times in favor of women at Law School. The last of these votes was taken just before...
...Voted in favor of a joint House-Senate committee to investigate lobbying, including activities of Government agencies...
...worked hard to get a "popular mandate" for their "People's Front" government. They concentrated their biggest efforts in staunchly Catholic Transdanubia where prayers are still openly said for the health of jailed Cardinal Mindszenty. Paunchy (280 Ibs.) Father Istvan Balogh, suspended by his church and long in favor of collaboration with the government (TIME, Feb. 14), raced over back-country roads in his light blue Studebaker, campaigning among the peasants, who dread the Communists' plans for collectivization...
...bulls had history in their favor. In twelve out of the last 18 years, the short interest peak was reached just before the market started up. The bears had guessed right only ,six times. Their failure was even more impressive when the short interest was measured in relation to the total volume of trading. In this ratio there were two previous peaks-in 1938 and 1948-as high as last week's. The 1938 bearish peak came just before the market shot up 52 points; the 1948 peak came during a 30-point rise. This moved Wall Street...