Not surprisingly, the Shanghai faction favors emphasis on and funneling of resources toward the more economically advanced and urbanized coastal region of China, of which Shanghai is the keystone.
He said that he believed it was essential to bring 20 million of the "hard core uninsured" under the insurance umbrella and that he favored more emphasis on reimbursing health care providers by outcome and doing more to lower the cost of care.
Others favor an emphasis on local ideas to embody New York at its most distinctive.
For their offspring, already steeped in ABC stuff, they generally favor an emphasis on individualized exploration and creative classroom collaboration to promote social and emotional growth.
Japan has sought to break out of the scientific ghetto of applied research, the long-favored emphasis on research with direct commercial applications.
The great emphasis placed on intercollegiate athletics is often attributed to a desire to please alumni, but when we surveyed alumni, we found that in general they favored decreasing their schools' emphasis on intercollegiate competition, not increasing it.
Both Raff and Telem told me that this financial disadvantage often works in these shows' favor, since the emphasis gets placed on the quality of writing and dialogue — transferable things — rather than on big-name actors or elaborate set designs.
The failure to send all the trainers promised in October underscores the difficulty the U.S.-led military coalition faces in trying to get Europe to live up to its commitments, even though the Europeans favor a greater emphasis on training and development aid rather than military operations.
It would seem it is the perfect toy for those who favor the modern emphasis on quantity over quality.
Mr. Broach buys small-company stocks with an emphasis on the sectors favored by Pequot and will short companies of any size.
Mr. Sarkozy also spoke of common French values, with an emphasis on avoiding religious exceptions favored by some Muslims.
