This would count as a favorable development for Mr. Obama.
"It is a favorable development," said Robert B. McKay, the director of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities in Cold Spring Harbor.
From the point of view of the resident co-op owners, the sales are a favorable development.
At present, tailings pond anti-seepage technology in China has entered into a favorable development period.
To most Americans, the prospect of a united Europe has long been viewed not only as a favorable development, but even as an increasingly inevitable one.
These efforts led to the identification of 26, an orally bioavailable inhibitor of human 11β-HSD1 with a favorable development profile.
"It's a favorable development and a pleasant surprise" for companies that have paid the alternative minimum tax, said Les Samuels, a tax partner at Cleary ,Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, a New York law firm.
One factor is that supporters of a particular candidate may be more enthusiastic, and more inclined to respond to surveys, after he gets a favorable development in the news cycle.
An hour after Mr. Giuliani announced that he and Donna Hanover were seeking a separation, a senior New York Republican described it as a favorable development, contending that it would put an end to intensive coverage in the New York tabloids about his close friendship with Judith Nathan, a pharmaceuticals executive.
At least in the short run, the merger probably will be a favorable development for the American steel industry because the management of Nippon Steel will include sen ior officers firmly com mitted to Japan's voluntary restrictions on shipments to the United States.
The research firm cited RealNetworks' agreement with Comcast to offer premium online radio service to Comcast's broadband subscribers as a favorable development.
