More often the forest's new owners are undermined by petty officials' preference for dealing with local elites.
Officials in Ms. Dow's office had said their policy was to not notify immigration officials until suspects were convicted, which they believed was the officials' preference.
Just as the State Film School at Łódź earned high standing in the filmmaking profession, so did the work of individual directors who broke free of official preferences.
Analysts said that Chinese voters were upset that the government had not made more progress in rolling back official preferences for ethnic Malays.
An official preference for General Alkhanov was apparent at two election commission offices on Friday.
Although his later works expressed accord with the aims of the Soviet regime, Bagritsky nevertheless retained his Romantic style despite the official preference for Socialist Realism.
The local community board has submitted a letter to state officials outlining preferences for historic preservation, affordable housing and community access to the pool and the gym, though in the end it is unclear how much sway the board will have.
But the governor did not fire the last two members of the previous board, who have refused to resign in the wake of an admissions scandal in which trustees and university officials gave preference to some applicants.
Because the court "insists upon litigation conducted by state officials whose preference is to lose the case," Kennedy continued, the majority's decision "means that a single district court can make a decision with far-reaching effects that cannot be reviewed".
More worrying still for private investors, this seems set to give official creditors preference over others.As a result, bail-outs are making private investors less rather than more keen to hold a troubled country's bonds.
