One publisher that seems to have been granted favored-nation status is the News Corporation, which is developing The Daily, an original iPad newspaper.
I am most enthusiastic about raising tax revenue by changing tax codes that grant favor where none is due — taxing at least some hedge-fund earnings as regular income instead of at the lower capital gains rate.
Indeed, analysts say, some banks grant favored debtors generous grace periods or other accommodations and call it a resolution to a bad debt.
Oaxacans practice a spunky form of Catholicism: in some villages, saints who fail to grant favors risk getting slugged by their petitioners.
These include taking gifts from, and granting favors to, a Florida eye doctor who was himself sentenced to 17 years in prison for Medicaid fraud.
According to China Daily, the state-run English language newspaper, Mr. Zheng was accused of enriching himself by granting jobs and promotions to workers and granting favors to subjects of criminal investigations.
Gideon Welles, the secretary of the Navy, confided to his diary that the president "is always disposed to mitigate punishment, and to grant favors," adding that "sometimes this is a weakness".
Indeed, Reynolds considered the opening sequence, which intercuts Connie Corleone Rizzi's marriage party with the Don granting favors in his office, one of the sublime challenges of his career.
The mermen are said to be handsome, with flowing hair, wearing the luxurious formal wear of centuries past, and are reputed to grant favors to mortals, changing financial fortunes, bestowing musical skills and the gift of genius.
But prosecutors do not appear to believe that there was a widespread effort to grant favors in the state's criminal justice system, officials involved in the case say.
