In today's presumably practical era, they are once more in favour.
The pragmatists are certainly more in favour with the government of the day.
But it does tip the balance a little bit more in favour of wet and windy weather.
First, it is much esteemed, but much less read; second, the dead are more in favour than the living.
He made other arguments too including, interestingly, calling for policy to be balanced more in favour of savers.
He was much more in favour of encouraging people to express their own voice and took enormous enjoyment from watching that happen.
Other members of the committee were more in favour of the NYSE, though mainly out of caution about tinkering with a system that worked reasonably well.
Moore predicted that "if it had been a bunch of young, sociopathic vigilantes with Batman makeup on their faces, [Miller would] be more in favour of it".
I'm rather more in favour of the "slow" lanes, specifically aimed at mobile phone users, that have recently popped up in China and Belgium.
It also found that 73% of under 25s backed independence, with even over-65s – the cohort most opposed to independence in 2014 – substantially more in favour at 47%.
He too thought his members would be more in favour of the idea, but were confused by the government's response to it.
