When the game is rigged in your favor, you win.
But what I learned was that, in order to successfully gain a woman's favor, you had to give her things.
"You had to know somebody in power, and when you needed a favor, you could call them up".
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"He credited Bob Bales with teaching him what leadership meant, and how to handle a situation that doesn't favor you," Mr. Smith said.
Romney is a skilled debater, a cautious candidate and a smart man — exactly what you want when the fundamentals otherwise favor you.
"When you don't have Lady Luck, that unseen hand, working in your favor, you get very nervous and very discouraged," Resch said.
As a child, you want your parent to favor you and your siblings over other people; this is the emotional core of being a family.
To get people to turn out and vote in your favor, you also have to give them something positive to rally behind.
"There's a norm of reciprocity in nearly every country," Professor Lynn said, "the idea that when people do you a favor, you need to pay it back".
If the screenplay barely begins to explain their history of bad blood, which has to do with loans, debts, powers of attorney and competition for Siv's favor, you feel its depth.
