Word: favorability
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...don’t get drafted or signed these days just because it’s a favor to somebody,” Rick adds...
...Circumstances were in Hatch’s favor, as LSU was hurting for quarterbacks after losing No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell to the Oakland Raiders via the draft...
...ghosts of presidential politics past, specifically Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot, are similar to Paul in many ways. All three have army experience and tend to favor isolationism, social conservatism, and anti-establishment sentiment. Each opposed the waging of the Gulf War and the War in Iraq...
...unwarranted to take reasonable steps to counteract the potential ills of casinos on the areas surrounding them. Many cities and towns are understandably opposed to a casino in their jurisdictions; traffic problems and a touristy atmosphere would almost certainly accompany the thousands of day-trippers. Therefore, we favor building the casinos as resorts, removed from locals who understandably do not want a casino in their backyard. When considering developers’ proposals, Patrick should consider their impacts on communities and reject any plan that alters a town at the expense of its residents. No one should be expected to sacrifice...
...widely regarded as more pragmatically flexible than Fidel - as a more effective means of jump-starting a democratic transition. "President Bush is right when he says this is a unique moment in Cuba, but he's missing that moment," says Jake Colvin, director of USA Engage in Washington, which favors moves like lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba - something even most Cuban-Americans in Miami now favor, and which many Cuba watchers suggest the Castros actually fear. Bush insisted that engaging Cuba now would just give "oxygen to a criminal regime." But, argues Colvin, "American citizens have always...