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Western politicians are beginning to lose patience with state-capitalist powers that rig the system in favour of their own companies.

For this reason, it is all too easy to ignore them in favour of the urgent and immediate.

In her speech, the senator came out in favour of a change in the law.

may, as security in favour of a bank or financial institution, assign its right to any moneys due, or to become due, under the Contract.

Here they were, regular customers, and she had turned them all down in favour of this comparative stranger.

In interpreting this posted-workers directive, the court came down in favour of the Latvian firm, and against Swedish strikers.

A growing number of followers would like to see him step down in favour of the younger interior minister, Roberto Maroni.

Bart Chilton, the commissioner most adamantly in favour of these limits, said the mooted rules "actually err on the high side" .

This group of women are suing their bosses at Wal-Mart, claiming they've been passed up for pay and promotion in favour of men.

He said the committee set up to discuss the conflict was considering all possible options in favour of a political solution.

The White House has also come out in favour of a further cut to the corporate tax rate to be negotiated.

Once the electorate shifts in favour of a candidate, as it seems to have done over the last few weeks, it seldom moves again, they said.

If nobody can find more convincing arguments in favour of the Lisbon treaty, the EU as a whole may yet find itself whistling in the dark.

He is in favour of more growth, of a more efficient government and, no doubt, of water draining from Japanese baths counterclockwise.

His manner prejudiced his audience against [in favour of] him.

Having absorbed much foreign technology, it now seems to be tilting the playing field in favour of its own companies.

Not that we would not like a quick victory; Everybody would be in favour of driving the "devils" out overnight.

Despite the decision about capital punishment taken in Parliament, the groundswell of opinion seems to be in favour of reintroducing it.

The retailer said there had been a shift away from traditional trees in favour of more unusual, pine-needle free creations.

The Leases are not subject to any options or rights of preemption or first refusal in favour of any third parties.

Some friends and colleagues ask if I have not been guilty of trying to dethrone Keynes in favour of Friedman.

Earlier this year an editorial by a leading practitioner in the American Journal of Psychiatry argued in favour of such a move.

You might have added you were in favour of any employee who had a preference for being on top, as this was your own preferred position too.

He does not deal with Brodweisheit; he assumes that the vulgar question of bread and butter has been settled in favour of his reader.

Indeed, more people were in favour of locking up Mr Khodorkovsky, even though they knew it would benefit only a few Kremlin bureaucrats.

The outcome will not be known for months, but the political wind seems to be shifting in favour of firmer action to counter climate change.

In January, the vote in favour of trying the field method was "as enthusiastic as you could get from a faculty, " says Mr Nohria, wryly.

He is widely judged to be an economic liberal in the European sense of the word: in favour of lower taxes and less regulation.

His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in favour of him .

And then, towards the end of the last century, the tide seemed to turn in favour of the innovation minnows once again.

Proof in favour of any steering method is lacking and the best medication sequence is still not known.

Moreover, he made it clear that he was in favour of fundamental change in Libya.

The three leaders also came out in favour of deferring awards and claw-backs in case of negative outcomes.

It is believed that Shah Jahan was inconsolable to the point of contemplating abdication in favour of his sons.

Nonetheless, the tide remains clearly in favour of Mr Power's "give-it-a-whirl" camp.

Evidence weights heavily in favour of him.

Rallies in favour of the new abortion law were just as large, though, and a centre-right government would be unlikely to change it.

BOCOG did not expect the staff to me very much in favour of the idea, they say they do not just affect the torch.

The best argument in favour of spending time abroad was that it gave you a better appreciation of the virtues of home.

The evidence seems to be in favour of the defendant.

Innovation is a word like democracy. Everyone is in favour of it, but different people attach different meanings to it.

A shift in favour of larger shares would be the most likely result of an American economic slowdown.

No, " replied Elinor, most feelingly sensible of every fresh circumstance in favour of Lucy's veracity. "

The secretary is proposing to stand down in favour of a younger man.

After progressively dismantling their inefficient policy frameworks in favour of 'liberal' reforms, the two giants began to stride forth.

Americans are choosing to abandon the suburban sprawl in favour of a more comfortable, cheaper and greener life in the city centre.

To change the country's constitution in favour of an avowedly Islamic one, he said, would be "unacceptable to Indonesians" .

Half of the foreign-policy experts but only a third of the public said they were in favour of committing more troops.

In any event, it was not clear-cut: 44. 8% of households voted in favour of the offer and 22. 4% against, and the rest did not vote at all.

This week's news that Patricia Dunn will step down in January as chairman of HP's board in favour of Mr Hurd may not prove so inspired.

Uncle left his position of the board of directors as he felt that he should move over in favour of a younger man.

Many of these changes consisted of the abandonment of a pegged exchange rate in favour of a more flexible exchange regime.

A decision in favour of aggrieved investors would greatly increase the number of companies on which trial lawyers could train their sights.

At the most basic level, I am all in favour of We #2 if it means getting other people to do your work for you and failing to pay them.

Central bankers from Israel to Brazil spoke up in favour of discouraging bubbles and questioned the Fed's approach.

The Buyer is requested always to quote THE NUMBER OF THIS SALES CONFIRMATION in the Letter of Credit to be opened in favour of the Seller.

It has called for the run-off, whose legitimacy it sees as already "severely compromised" , to be suspended in favour of negotiations.

Americans are more hawkish than they were a month ago, when it was 41% in favour of a surge and 50% against.

On Wednesday, Finland voted in favour of expanding the fund's powers despite earlier threats to pull out of a rescue plan for Greece.

in agreeing to cast off the trammels of authoritative religious teaching in favour of a free and purely rationalistic speculation.

"The wind is in favour of employers, " says Sean Nesbitt, head of Taylor Wessing's UK employment practice.

But the proportions seem to be shifting sharply in favour of the older cohorts, especially those aged 55 to 65.

Pollsters have found a majority in favour of allowing civil marriage in Lebanon.

Szczesny wants to do just that and is not willing to give up his chance in favour of another loan move at the start of this season.

Yet Ranieri's position is under threat with newspapers suggesting the old guard element of the squad is in favour of a new Coach.

If you replace one thing in favour of another, , you think the second thing is better or you want it more.

We were all in favour of his suggestion.

Hearing about his idea, some were in favour of his suggestion, but some others were strongly against it.

I hope your plans in favour of the --- shire will not be affected by his being in the neighbourhood.

Chinese sailors were just as daring, their settlers just as intrepid, but geography had now stacked the deck in favour of the west.

Obama said he wanted to encourage those talks, not tilt them in favour of one country.

Western countries ignored such developments, he claimed, in favour of a simple focus on a "romantic" view of the remote Himalayan kingdom.

Why did we do this? Because there was an ideological trend in favour of liberalization.

Imams at Morocco's mosques were instructed to preach in favour of what was heralded as the king's constitution.

And Mr Noda is deeply concerned about Japan's fiscal health, not flinching from his bold but controversial stance in favour of higher taxes.

The wandering winds, even the sun and rain, seemed to conspire in favour of so clever and hard-working a man.

Supermarkets will also be pressured to abolish sell by and best before dates in favour of a single use by date, to make things clearer.

Prof Powers says that he was not in favour of the decision and adds that "at the time, I questioned if that was appropriate" .

These subsidies acted like a bounty on exportation in favour of the English, and were detrimental to the German manufactories.

or sufficiently impressed with the delights of orphan asylums, to be enthusiastically in favour of this scheme.

Government institutions were moved out in favour of financial institutions, while hotels resumed trading as such.

Many states and school districts have already abandoned it in favour of a more comprehensive approach.

What I am opposed to is transporting trees into the cities. This should be forbidden, I am not in favour of trucking in more.

Mr Boccieri's vote in favour of cap-and-trade is extremely damaging in a state that depends on coal for almost all of its power.

With the world in recession, the pendulum may have swung back in favour of a Canadian grand prix.

Its Japanese rivals Suzuki and Nissan have bypassed China as an export base in favour of India, where factory workers earn half as much.

Not one professional historian employed by a British university has spoken out either in favour of these ideas or against them.

Companies can point to one strong piece of evidence in favour of hiring outsiders: share prices usually leap at the news.

We have already coped with the recent widespread ideological trend in favour of bourgeois liberalization and made some changes of personnel.

Mr Lambert added: "There needs to be a robust argument expressed in favour of open markets, competitive economies and the market economy. "

As a technician, I'm inclined to ignore deadlines in favour of a more elegant technical solution.

For Russia and China, voting in favour of such a motion went against the grain.

Meanwhile, anything that smacks of curbing domestic consumption in favour of international goals is anathema to the White House.

Mr Penn has fought hard to persuade Mrs Clinton not to apologise for voting in favour of the war in Iraq.

If they, and their opinions, are stifled in favour of a government that likes to determine who can list and where, can a true market remain?

We are ready to accept if the people's verdict is in favour of the king or monarchy. . .

The other consequence of smaller families has been a sex ratio strongly skewed in favour of boys.

But, those apart, it seemed a time when America could ignore foreign wars in favour of building trade deals and perking up growth at home.

We choose not to make a statement either in favour of or against the need for a light bulb.

TO SOME there is nothing so urgent that it cannot be postponed in favour of a cup of tea.

A big trade union has just come out for a No, claiming that the Lisbon treaty harms "workers' rights" in favour of "big business" .

As it stands, the market is skewed in favour of air travel; the aim should be to make it more balanced.

c. Authorization certificate(original) in favour of principal by the original vehicle manufacturer to be submitted along with offer.

But a growing number of influential Republicans are in favour of the Alaskan approach.

Girls are prejudiced against largely because of the dowry system and inheritance practices tilted in favour of men.

When he voted in favour of a controversial jobs bill in February the tea-partiers who had helped to elect him accused him of betrayal.

Never mind that CHP deputies voted in favour of it: they claim they were "tricked" into doing so by AK.

If the media scales used to be tilted 80% in favour of conservatives, he thinks, Ohmy has reduced that to 60%; he wants to make it 50%.

The British remained firmly opposed to ditching sterling in favour of the euro, the survey also revealed.

Although Democrats and independents are in favour of allowing Americans to buy a fine Havana cigar, Republicans are firmly opposed.

''There should be a market for good statistical work, '' he says. ''But we are biased in favour of a dramatic story. '

To tell you the truth, I am not in favour of your plan.

Conclusion MPR and VR techniques can improve the diagnostic accuracy of spinal trauma, and is in favour of clinical surgery.

International supply chains have created a strong corporate constituency in favour of low tariffs.

The President stated that the Council had at its last sitting voted in favour of an amendment to the Motion.

The balance of power looks likely to shift slightly against the pro-Western alliance in favour of the Shia party-cum-militia, Hizbullah.

But even one of the mot theocratic governments in the world, the US government, is in favour of the death penalty.

"The latter has shown vocal support in favour of yen-supressing intervention, " he said.

Yes, that is an important element! At any rate, I. . . I personally am in favour of such a socioeconomic relationship.

Although over the past 20 years investors have been overweight in equities, asset allocation is now tipping in favour of fixed-income bonds.

Mr Minchin is understood to be in favour of offloading between A$8bn and A$10bn worth of stock to investors.

Most of the Balkan royals are, perhaps unsurprisingly, in favour of a restoration of their monarchies.

A judge in Uganda has ruled in favour of a petition to stop media companies from outing homosexuals.

The first was to reject a top-down Jakarta-led reconstruction strategy in favour of one led firmly by the affected communities themselves.

The balance is now tilted in favour of swindling. As in society you grab what you can.

Taxes did go up for the rich, but large public investment plans were quickly ditched in favour of deficit reduction.

On the face of it, evidence in favour of independent schools looks strong.

It strikes me that nobody is in favour of the changes.

The other was a "meat-sweet" pattern among women gravitating away from typical Chinese fare in favour of more Western foods.

Creditors of Hollywood's legendary MGM studio have voted in favour of a bankruptcy plan offered by US firm Spyglass Entertainment.

The White House has abandoned the phrase "war on terror" in favour of "overseas contingency operations" .

Some, including within his own cabinet, had argued in favour of publication as proof that the al-Qaida leader was dead.

Michael is in favour of the construction of a new motorway but Richard opposes it.

The Feminist Majority Foundation is in favour of his extradition.

However, parliament had been expected to vote in favour of the light touch regime.

The Greek government has a narrow majority and is putting heavy pressure on its MPs to vote in favour of the programme.

Everyone pretends to be in favour of bipartisan dialogue, but it is a dialogue of the deaf.

That promise was made to reward Turkish Cypriots for voting in favour of a UN-sponsored plan for reunification in April 2004.

It struck me that nobody is in favour of the changes.

Beyond that smoothly plausible piece of textbook economics, the messy details also point in favour of leasing arrangements.

This credit shall not be available unless and until a reciprocal credit is established by xx Bank in favour of ABC Co. For a sum of US$5790.

young people entering the work force tend to be elbowed aside in favour of experienced workers with more to offer companies.

There was a suspicion that multilateralism was rigged in favour of western norms and values.

The Court of Appeal also confirmed the 2 decisions in favour of the Commissioner as previously decided by the Court of First Instance.

A more objective Amazon reviewer described it as "an argument in favour of book-burning" .

I felt rather smug when I realised I could stop drinking cappuccino in favour of espresso, saving 90kg of CO2 a year.

When the system of automatic irrigation works in "blue hours" , the architecture disappears in favour of an atmosphere.

This is because research on penis size is skewed in favour of men who are happy to be measured.

I told him how badly you wanted it and argued in favour of it, but he refused.

Once again he eschews chalkboard economics in favour of a reader-friendly guide to the economics of everyday life.

It is a calculating factor used in mixed markets which favour social change in favour of purely individualistic economics.

If the Court of Appeal decided in favour of the applicant , no further action was required from the Council .

The supreme court's decision has therefore been hailed as a blow in favour of democracy and an independent judiciary.

Establish relationship between teachers and students, to exchanges between teachers and students, in favour of the learning progress.

Swiss and German authorities have also come out in favour of making banks plan for failure.

Man must learn the ways of spirit and cease to condescend it in favour of his mortal reality.

As the middle classes turned to claret, so the upper classes abandoned this increasingly common tipple in favour of hock and champagne.

Electrons that were deprived of their energy in favour of electromagnetic radiation go back to the resonators and get inhibited there.

She urged children to reject junk foods and desserts in favour of healthy foods - but she also encouraged exercise.

Most are in favour of less regulation and certainly don't believe politicians have a good sense of what's going on.

For more than three decades, budgets have been slashed and visionary programmes terminated in favour of more pragmatic goals.

And a change in this direction might mean scrapping Ares in favour of something cheaper.

And Germany's economic recovery does not provide any evidence in favour of such self-destructive policies.

Utilisation of [the station] for research or technology will have to be minimised in favour of getting it assembled.

Indeed, as the growth gap widens in favour of EM, industrial countries' governments will face even greater protectionist pressures.

The new justice minister has also reduced his own power to appoint judges, in favour of selection by their peers.

He pointed out the Tory front bench had all voted in favour of suspending the competition rules to allow the merger to go ahead .

They asked me to speak in favour of the motion that "the government should impose limits on bankers' pay" .

In most cases which come before the courts the judge has to decide in favour of one of two parties to a dispute.

"One rule is not to allow penalties against Man United and another says none in favour of Chelsea, " he told Prem Plus.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has unveiled a plan to save money by phasing out school textbooks in favour of internet aids.

Almost 99% of the valid votes cast and tallied so far are in favour of separation, according to the website of the referendum commission.

The playing field is tilted firmly in favour of the junta's Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), led by the prime minister.

Generally speaking, the writer of the article is in favour of domestication, esp. , as far as language expression is concerned.

The early results suggest that southerners have voted overwhelmingly in favour of splitting from the north and forming a new country.

Milan has changed Ronaldo in more ways than one, as he has shelved the trademark shaved head in favour of short dark hair.

In favour of the narrow Fed model, the central bank's record in bank supervision is far from stellar.

Payment shall be effected by confirmed and irrevocable letter of credit in favour of Party A, payable at sight, allowing transshipment.

In term of path to be chosen for further discussion, China was in favour of the format of IIM.

Joe Lieberman, an "independent Democrat" , has come out strongly in favour of the president's plan.

A clause assigning the benefit of insurance of the goods in favour of the carrier or any similar clause shall be null and void.

If the Lebanese are, by the rough tally of crowd sizes, two-to-one in favour of change, the media greatly amplify this advantage.

Now she has scuttled that line in favour of the argument that she is the only conservative who can win statewide.

Cultural heritage in favour of cultural exchanges between China and countries around the world.

even for japanese firms that are investing overseas , surveys show a shift away from china in favour of other asian countries.

Well, in confidence, I can be sure that all of you are in favour of this proposal.

There is a strong presumption in favour of the truthfulness of their statement.

Just one other state, Alabama, leans Republican (between five and nine percentage points in favour of the party).

Mr Mack announced last month he was stepping down as chief executive at the end of December, in favour of co-president James Gorman.

"Police carried out a court order today in favour of the Friends of the Patient Society, " police spokesperson Ayman al-Batniji said.

they were squeezing him out of the development with exorbitant demands in favour of their pet firms.

Many usually placid African countries have experienced demonstrations in favour of more representative government.

The Treasury is at odds with the SEC, too, fearing that a ruling in favour of investors would further damage American competitiveness.

Dialectical procedure abandoned previous theories and practices in favour of the most unbiased attitude possible.

so Mary was forced to renounce it in favour of her baby son.

is the first large Asian technology company to shun a primary listing on Nasdaq in favour of a regional exchange.

But indications are that this is bound to change very soon in favour of local manufacturing ", notes Proffessor Mani. "

The party claims to encourage private business these days, but the banking system is heavily biased in favour of state-owned enterprises.

Fully 67% told one poll that they were in favour of requiring RSA beneficiaries to work.

It struck me that nobody was in favour of the change.

It must be said in favour of leys that they give much more flexibility in grass land management.

But Mr Rudd has dismissed the idea of directly lobbying on behalf of Mr Hu in favour of working "methodically" through the issue with China.

"If we want to be in China, we have to work out what the Chinese government wants, " said one person at the bank in favour of the scheme.

Third, banks should join with other businesses in a campaign to end the distortions in corporate taxation in favour of debt.

The balance between the state and private sectors is heavily skewed in favour of the state.

These parties would certainly cause trouble if the DPJ decides to ditch unrealistic electoral promises in favour of sensible government.

His best bet is to dump the left-wing Catalan separatists in favour of their moderate rivals, Convergence and Union (CiU).

All this adds to the pressure on the dong, with more and more Vietnamese selling the currency in favour of keeping gold and dollars at home.

The government has not changed its official position in favour of a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem.

Rolls-Royce opts for a distinctly less flashy approach, shunning co-branding in favour of word of mouth.

A recent poll by his organisation found 49% in favour of the new laws and 40% against.

More important, he says, investors deserted relatively illiquid TIPS in favour of nominal bonds, driving the yields in opposite directions.

The political calculation may also be shifting in favour of more restraint.

This issue was left unsettled when China Telecom's monopoly was removed in May in favour of two separate companies.

Another argument in favour of greater allocation to commodities is their value as a hedge against inflation.

In time, this should help create a more vociferous constituency of businesses in favour of concerted international action.

In short, published research is systematically biased in favour of striking results that may be coincidence.

Long accused of giving subtle, preferential treatment to domestic players, Japan is poised to discriminate openly in favour of foreigners.

The IMF's marginalization in favour of regional monetary funds is a real possibility.

The US view in favour of continued short-term stimulus was repeated by Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, yesterday.

When people are not being watched by their peers they are more willing to shun the ethical products in favour of comfort and convenience.

In 2008, the Paris Commercial Court found in favour of the luxury brand in a suit against the online auction house.

The general opinion is in favour of us.

This, the jury said in its explanation of the sentence, tipped the balance in favour of conviction.

German chancellor Angela Merkel says that "there is a lot in favour of a European candidate being put forward" .

Its condition would be that France does the same in favour of the European Union.

They should set aside their exchange-rate policies in favour of industrial policy, subsidising promising new industries directly.

And the actual causes are the same as before: a flight from financial and monetary assets in favour of "concrete" investments.

Polls showed opponents outnumbering those in favour of clearing the bid by four to one (although the majority was undecided).

In many parts of the world the argument is swinging decisively in favour of the anti-smokers.

Many big companies, however, have remained silent about whether they are in favour of a competition law.

Asean Regional Forum is a forum to discuss security and security cooperation. We are not in favour of discussing the South China Sea issue .

They distort the economy, suppressing consumption, services and private business in favour of investment, industry and the state.

However the world's economy fares, tourists are unlikely to abandon Mickey Mouse in favour of a Roman theme park.

A recent report suggests that the argument may be decided in favour of the latter view.

It is mistake and a misconception to oppose the fight against HIV in favour of other health issues.

Have pharmaceutical companies neglected their pipeline of new drugs in favour of cost-cutting and marketing?

The column quoted UK retailers who said that Chinese customers were snubbing them in favour of their French and Italian rivals.

The two most overused phrases will be "core business" and "risk management" as people shun the fancy in favour of the familiar.

This experience is consistent in country after country, where voluntary agreements are abandoned in favour of legislation.

Since June, Cape Wind has faced a legal challenge from a group that includes Californians who normally lobby in favour of renewable energy.

There is also lots to be said in favour of multiple rankings, the better to illuminate potential students' options.

His research showed that noise had an impact on decisions in favour of the home team.

There are also powerful political pressures in favour of the status quo to be outmanoeuvred.

The Socialist Party is expected to vote in favour of this week's parliamentary resolution.

So did the search giant really decide to eschew profits in favour of a defence of free speech?

Now, as governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to make textbooks history in favour of digital formats.

When transferring a credit, the transferring bank is responsible for creating the advice of transfer in favour of the second beneficiary.

Central targets have also been ditched in favour of a single measure of public satisfaction.

As for trade, the rich nations have abandoned hope of concluding the Doha round in favour of new bilateral and regional deals.