Favor
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We're living now in an age of what scientists have started to call "conservation reliance," and what that term means is that we've disrupted so much that nature can't possibly stand on its own anymore, and most endangered species are only going to survive if we stay out there in the landscape riggging the world around them in their
favor.
There were over four million views to this video; eight seconds long, no sound, thousands of comments; people saying, "Lizzie, please - please - just do the world a favor, put a gun to your head, and kill yourself."
Now, if there's no best option, if the scales don't tip in
favor
of one alternative over another, then surely the alternatives must be equally good.
He used his military influence and personal wealth to stack the Senate in his favor, while retaining the powers of a tribune and the right to celebrate military triumphs.
We want to hear about good countries, and so I want to ask you all a
favor.
Regardless of your politics, many people feel proud to be American, and they
favor
Americans over other countries.
She names the twins after the camp's commanders to gain their favor, and feeds them with black tea because her milk cannot sustain them.
Would you be in
favor
or against?
And do me a favor, will you?
And I delighted him by rejecting "Cavalleria Rusticana" in
favor
of Bela Bartok's "Bluebeard's Castle."
It was like the formal medical system was canceling hope in
favor
of acceptance alone.
The Euromaidan protests began peacefully at the end of 2013, after the president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, rejected a far-reaching accord with the European Union in
favor
of stronger ties with Russia.
He voted in
favor
of the bill, in
favor
of a law that would allow businesses to not serve me.
So this raises an important technical question: Does natural selection really
favor
seeing reality as it is?
So the bottom line is, evolution does not
favor
veridical, or accurate perceptions.
I mean, first of all, some people may just be profoundly depressed at the thought that, if evolution does not
favor
reality, I mean, doesn't that to some extent undermine all our endeavors here, all our ability to think that we can think the truth, possibly even including your own theory, if you go there?
I reject the mainstream feminism that has historically ignored or deflected the needs of women of color, working-class women, queer women and transgender women, in
favor
of supporting white, middle- and upper-class straight women.
Maybe there's two types of people in the world: those people who
favor
humans over ideology, and those people who
favor
ideology over humans.
I
favor
humans over ideology, but right now, the ideologues are winning, and they're creating a stage for constant artificial high dramas where everybody's either a magnificent hero or a sickening villain, even though we know that's not true about our fellow humans.
But if you dig some more, "fishmonger" means a broker of some type, and in this setting, would mean like a pimp, like Polonius is brokering out his daughter for money, which he is doing for the king's
favor.
They had abandoned the Viking language and culture in
favor
of a French lifestyle, but they still fought like Vikings.
By banning encryption in
favor
of mass surveillance and mass hacking, sure, GCHQ and the NSA can spy on you.
In other cases, systematic errors arise through deliberate fraud, like the presidential referendum held by Saddam Hussein in 2002, which claimed a turnout of 100% of voters with all 100% supposedly voting in
favor
of another seven-year term.
With chronic malnutrition being the norm for most of human history, genetics evolved to
favor
fat storage.
And I'd also like to ask you a
favor.
Now, we know we all
favor
our own children, and I wondered, could Douglas fir recognize its own kin, like mama grizzly and her cub?
And when you have that, then evolutionary theory tells us that natural selection will
favor
the more exploitative, more predator-like organisms.
So, natural selection will
favor
organisms that are more likely to cause damage.
Now, do me a favor: follow the ball that I ask you to follow.
And his secret weapon is the five-minute
favor.
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