In some sectors of the economy, like retail trade, employers favor part-time contracts because scheduling flexibility allows them to accommodate peak shopping times and keep sales workers "fresher" on the job.
Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern said that "in principle" he favored using part of the pier for ferries.
Belichick hates the Jets so much, Sunday's postgame handshake may be more closely watched than much of the game, in which the Patriots are heavily favored, in part because everybody expects Belichick to run up the score.
The result was expected given that many residents who favored remaining part of Spain boycotted the vote.
Other sources include dental products other than toothpaste; air pollution from fluoride-containing coal or from phosphate fertilizers; trona, used to tenderize meat in Tanzania; and tea leaves, particularly the tea bricks favored in parts of China.
When President Bush meets Prime Minister Tony Blair in Northern Ireland on Monday, the discussion about the United Nations' role -- which Mr. Blair favors, in part because of pressure at home and in the rest of Europe -- will doubtless resume.
If anything, they are tempted to favor the part of the state that knows them least, in order to build support for their re-election.
They also favor transferring part of the general federal budget surplus to Social Security as one way to extend its solvency, although Mr. Florio proposes to transfer about three times more than the president and Mr. Corzine have advocated.
