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All of these formed a powerful interest group against meaningful reform, or to turn reform perversely in their favor.

To the dismay of the protesters, both parties show signs of trying to sway public sentiment about the demonstrations in their favor.

Nothing is official yet, and promises often do not become reality in Indian politics. But the activists feel momentum is now in their favor.

They also say they hope the court ruling in their favor may deter other big companies tempted to bully a start-up, as they say Corbis did.

Traders who sit on a losing trade, hoping that the market will soon turn around in their favor, are usually doomed.

Even with the odds of detecting dark matter not in their favor, astrophysicists maintain an unwavering optimism.

The side which makes the bigger and louder noise is naturally the majority and the policy is decided in their favor.

Therefore, the resistance genes in a family help each other out and natural selection in their favor can be dramatically increased.

A group of parents went to court, and eventually the United States Supreme Court ruled in their favor in a case entitled Engel v. Vitale.

Local governments have incentives to skew the data in their favor in relation to the central government and potential buyers.

They look for situations where the odds are heavily in their favor to make an excellent return, and then they bet big.

Entrepreneurs don't have the luxury of asking "What about. . . " questions, and in disruptive circumstances that works in their favor.

This game is always tilted in their favor.

His prejudice disposed him to rule in their favor.

in the second case, the friars appealed to Rome and the Congregation of the Propaganda in due time decided in their favor.

Changes to the health care system and bottlenecks in primary care run in their favor.

Ttip the punctuated equilibrium of market economics in their favor.

They keep calculating odds and act only when mathematics point in their favor.

This financing, to some extent alleviate the liquidity problem of the business, expanding trade in their favor.

But for now, the economic weakness they helped cause is working in their favor.

Foreign LPs already had reason to worry that things weren't going in their favor.

A Cultural Analysis of "Official Interpret Law in Their Favor"

They have renegotiated the original contract in their favor .

Jennifer and many of the other young women realize the clock is ticking -- and it's not ticking in their favor.

When I rule in their favor, they assume that they controlled me.

BENJAMIN MKAPA, President of Tanzania: You see, we talk about a level playing field, but in fact it is very much tilted in their favor.

even if the scoreboard doesn't show the numbers going in their favor.

They are hoping to swing the voters in their favor.

The traditional handmade DIY products are not in their favor because it spends too much time and energy.

The funny thing is that most statisticians I know dont gamble at all because they know the odds are not in their favor.

It is this commitment that older workers have to their job that perhaps argues most strongly in their favor as being better employees.

Seven of ten complaining customer will do business again if you resolve the complain in their favor

Although they themselves seldom invoke it, they have an important argument in their favor