Despite the problems and demonstrably steep learning curve, Mr. Bloomberg told the favorable Idaho crowd what he tells New Yorkers: that despite his low poll ratings, he is confident of re-election, assuming crime stays down and he can make good on his pledge to improve education.
In a pair of cases to be argued on Oct. 31 — Lafler v. Cooper, No. 10-209, and Missouri v. Frye, No. 10-444 — the justices will consider whether defendants who were not told of favorable plea deals or were advised to reject them may pursue claims for ineffective assistance of counsel.
In a May earnings call, Perrigo's chairman and chief executive, Joseph C. Papa, told investors that a "favorable pricing environment" in the company's prescription drug business was one of the reasons prescription net sales increased last quarter by 84 percent.
"All I can tell you is that the responses we're getting are very, very favorable," she told host Andrea Mitchell.
Our model perceives something of a difference between state polls and national polls, with the state polls telling a more favorable story for Mr. Obama.
"The economic situation has become distinctly less favorable" since last summer, he told the House Financial Services Committee.
"My first impressions are very strong and very favorable," Senator Murkowski told Mr. Duncan.
We were told that the bank obtained favorable tax status because it was headquartered in Antigua.
"That group that filed the New York lawsuit spent many, many years figuring out what would be the most favorable jurisdiction," he told me.
"I expect that it will be favorable," Ms. Flores, 46, told reporters on Tuesday.
