If Rasmussen is right, though, the race is very tight in the key states and Obama would be much less of a favorite than the polling consensus suggests.
That will not be an easy role to fill, considering how much of a fan favorite Avery had become in his season-plus with the Rangers.
MONTREAL — Homecoming aside, Jesse Levine realized he would not be much of a fan favorite when he was introduced before his opponent Wednesday in a second-round match at the Rogers Cup.
Despite a Hall of Fame coach (Popovich) and one of the greatest players in NBA history (Duncan), the Spurs were never much of a fan-favorite outside of Texas, and having them play against the most anonymous team in the playoffs doesn't help their drawing power either.
ABC's program, for example, is much more a favorite of Democrats than Republicans.
Championing Mr. Lonergan's work is much like having a favorite out-of-the-way restaurant that you want to tell special people about, as long as they don't tell everybody.
But if you've recently latched onto the tablet trend, you might find that you no longer have much of a use for your favorite stories in print.
In fact, much of my favorite music has an album structure or concept — and I would argue that it's because having that kind of concept indicates more care and craft taken with the music, more time and more planning.
I discovered much of my favorite music through LPs and CDs, and I am not about to join the party of Luddite lament.
