Favor
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This has come late in his term, and he might well continue to
favor
the rich and Wall Street in exchange for campaign contributions in 2012, but there is a glimmer of hope that Obama will defend a fairer budget policy.
The real political divide in France, as in so much of the West, is now between those who defend global openness and those who
favor
a return to nationalist isolation.
Pope John Paul II declared his support for the basic science of evolution, and Roman Catholic bishops are strongly in
favor
of limiting human-induced climate change, based on the scientific evidence.
Such questions lead to the real explanation of Germany’s political stagnation: there is simply no popular majority in
favor
of liberal reforms, because in the near term such reforms would create too many losers.
And that is why, despite all the obstacles, the odds still
favor
success.
Although the majority of China's exports now come from private companies that receive virtually no loans from state banks , American candidates in previous elections routinely sought to curry
favor
with working class voters by vowing to protect US jobs against China's supposedly unfair business practices.
When Macron met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he offered a plan for ending the cold war between northern and southern Europe – which is to say the tension between advocates of austerity and those in
favor
of growth policies.
The Democrats
favor
loose monetary policy, low interest rates, and a depreciated dollar.
To be sure, opinion polls still
favor
the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron in a second-round run-off.
And that is exactly where the US, Israel, and its closest friends – including my own country, Australia – will be if they resist the tide of international sentiment in
favor
of moving now to recognize Palestinian statehood.
For this reason, among others, the enterprise has not found
favor
with the American public.
In the Middle East, the US confronts Iran, which seeks to expand its power by any means it can, to oust neighboring countries’ governments in
favor
of ideologically sympathetic forces, and ultimately to evict America from the region.
Indeed, full-fledged “society”-building started only after the 1868 Meiji Restoration, which tipped the balance of power definitively in
favor
of the state.
A major power shift in
favor
of “society” has taken place.
Under this scenario, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) would
favor
an increase in interest rates, while the FPC would want to loosen monetary conditions.
People who disagree with them are said to
favor
“austerity” at a time when hyper-low interest rates mean that governments can borrow for almost nothing.
The resulting increase in investment would boost growth and lower the revenue loss; but congressional Republicans, who
favor
a revenue-neutral tax reform, would still face a challenge.
Given such sentiments, it will prove almost impossible at the review conference to build a consensus in
favor
of further necessary strengthening of the non-proliferation regime, with improved safeguards, export controls, security disciplines, and sanctions against withdrawal from the treaty.
But I have yet to meet a free-market conservative who would truly
favor
a new federal law requiring ambulances to leave accident victims by the side of the road unless they can show proof of insurance.
Continental Europe might be tempted to reject financial capitalism altogether, in
favor
of a growth strategy based on large state-driven investment projects.
Though this connection has lost some importance, the fact is that, of 199 EPP members who voted, 107 voted opposed the May 17 resolution, and 40 abstained, leaving just 67 voting in
favor.
Indeed, even much of the Islamist political movement in Turkey has already made its choice in
favor
of democracy and universal human rights.
This latest surge of American populism is financed by some extremely wealthy men, including a couple of oil billionaires named David and Charles Koch, who
favor
cutting taxes for the super-rich and abolishing government subsidies for the poor, such as Social Security and President Barack Obama’s health-care plan.
Possessing as little experience as the CEO and plenty of incentive to curry favor, they do not offer sound counsel.
The policies chosen are different, but all states
favor
solutions that seem most appropriate to them.
Yet the largest bloc of voters in the December 1993 democratic elections, which were weighted in
favor
of traditional political parties, supported Refah, or Welfare, Turkey's largest Islamist party.
In exchange, Trump wants an additional $25 billion for security on the border with Mexico – including his promised wall – and reforms to limit family-based legal immigration and
favor
higher-skilled workers, which is the norm in most developed countries.
And “whether any of the lobbyists working on a bill also worked for a legislator in the past sways the stance on that bill in
favor
of deregulation.”
He is also correct that many government policies
favor
relatively few big firms – and
favor
them in a way that encourages excessive and dangerous risk-taking.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is sticking with his old far-left extremism, except on immigration, where he is compromising one of Labour’s most sacred principles to curry
favor
with the shrinking electorate once claimed by Oswald Mosley and other far-right leaders, and now represented by the UK Independence Party.
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