Sentences with phrase «as favored by»

Sons were more likely to choose siblings whom they perceived as favored by their mothers regardless of their own favoritism status and were less likely to choose siblings whom they perceived as disfavored when they did not perceive themselves as disfavored.

Thus, we hypothesize that adult children will feel the most emotional closeness to siblings whom they perceive as favored by their mothers, regardless of whether they perceive themselves as favored.

In contrast to theories of similarity, arguments on the influence of central members within social networks suggest that adult children will feel the most emotional closeness to siblings whom they perceive as favored by their mothers, regardless of whether they perceive themselves as favored.

Third, as noted above, we can not provide a definitive explanation for why adult children were more likely to prefer siblings whom they perceived as favored by their mothers.

Based on theories of influential members in social networks, we posed the alternative hypothesis that respondents would choose siblings whom they perceived as favored by their mothers, regardless of the respondent's own favoritism status.

The challenge facing (mostly North American) newspapers grabs the headlines, magazine publishing produces a tear or two, while book publishing is embattled merely by those silly eBooks, that may one day change the landscape of publishing, but in the meantime are what Geoffrey Moore might categorize as favored by «early adopters.»

Will they be as favored by the publishing gods?

Not exact matches

As the second blog post puts it — in the opaque and passive - aggressive language favored by the world's largest social network --» We anticipate that this update may cause reach and referral traffic to decline for some Pages.»

A judge ruled in favor of the House in 2016, but an appeal filed by the Obama administration allowed the CSR payments to continue as the case moved its way through the courts.

Germans, however, favor home - brewed beers, as well as offerings produced by giants such as Anheuser - Busch, InBev and Carlsberg.

Pabst Blue Ribbon is well - known as an inexpensive, blue - collar, Milwaukee lager favored by college students because of its cheapness and accessibility — that is, if you live in the United States.

Apple (aapl), for one, has planted a flag in the ground firmly in favor of privacy by default, as demonstrated in their recent battle with the Federal Bureau of Investigation over unlocking an iPhone used by a terrorist.

Cook was among those tech CEOs favoring Clinton, and according to a trove of emails uncovered by Wikileaks, he was in the running as a possible vice presidential pick before Tim Kaine got the nod.

And there is also no doubt that Apple's devices have benefited from group infatuation, a phenomenon that has often favored a product or a class of designs based on an allegiance that the devotees themselves have difficulty defining in coherent terms, as by people willing to pay high premiums for German engineering even after decades of Consumer Reports evaluations have failed to demonstrate any stunning superiority of German cars over Hondas and Toyotas.

As more states legalize cannabis, the burgeoning sector is embracing the digital - marketing tactics long favored by more traditional industries.

As legend has it, giving a murder victim «cement shoes» has long been a favored body disposal method of mafia hitmen, and it's the origin of the phrase «sleeping with the fishes,» which was made famous by The Godfather.

While Trump and Zuckerberg's FWD.us represent policy positions that are in direct conflict, SiliconBeat points out that Trump has supported some proposals favored by those in the tech industry, such as efforts to help foreign students stay and work in the U.S.

This is an idea favored by many congressional GOP leaders, but one Trump had previously described as «too complicated.»

He was frustrated by the fact that the venture capital model, as it exists today, favors companies that can promise investors a quick exit.

During the election, Trump scored points with an array of working - class voters by saying he would renegotiate trade deals, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which the president has said favored other countries over the U.S.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

The Rochester, N.Y. company, best known for its line of head - mounted video eyewear favored by soldiers and gamers (as well as a 2009 cameo on The Oprah Winfrey Show), launched its own smart glasses at the end of 2013.

Dating back to the mid-1950's, the term charm offensive is commonly referred to as a concentrated attempt to gain favor or respectability by conspicuously cooperative or obliging behavior.

I am nearly certain that the folks at the campsite figured they were doing us a great favor by saving such a plum space — boasting as it did a view of the Virgin River, a cow pasture, and the rust red cliffs against the horizon.

The board game is favored by AI researchers because of the large number of outcomes compared to other games such as western chess.

Energy Future's board favored Sempra's bid after it also offered assurances it could get its acquisition of Oncor approved by Public Utility Commission of Texas, as well as a U.S. bankruptcy judge, the sources said.

Offer yourself as a partner in self - improvement by telling others that their feedback is valuable and that you are happy to return the favor.

«Normally when you get to this part of the cycle, where the disparity in valuations between growth stocks and value stocks is as wide as it is today, accompanied by rising interesting rates, normally there's a shift where value comes in favor,» he says.

Meanwhile, trade in other alternative assets — such as fine art, wine and potentially, RVs — is less liquid, but has been favored by some as a hedge against volatility in the markets.

«Normally when you get to this part of the cycle, where the disparity in valuations between growth stocks and value stocks is as wide as it is today, accompanied by rising interest rates, normally there's a shift where value comes in favor.»

For example, the carry trade involving the Japanese yen had reached $ 1 trillion by 2007, as it became a favored currency for borrowing thanks to near - zero interest rates.

The announcement Monday by VA Secretary David Shulkin said Cerner's work on the Department of Defense's system, now known as MHS Genesis, pushed the decision in Cerner's favor.

While our Board does not anticipate that any of the director nominees will be unable to stand for election as a director nominee at our Annual Meeting, if that occurs, proxies will be voted in favor of such other person or persons as may be recommended by our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and designated by our Board.

For months, some of our internal strength measures have favored secondary stocks, indicating comparatively favorable action in indices such as the Russell 2000 and the Value Line Arithmetic average (which is not weighted by capitalization, so it reflects broad action).

«Almost all remedies proposed by global authorities to date have approached the problem from the standpoint of favoring capital as opposed to labor.

By now he is the proprietor of an enormous favor bank as well.

Xerox's plan to merge its business with Fujifilm of Japan looks to be increasingly in jeopardy, as its chairman, its chief executive and a majority of its board members said they would resign in favor of a slate of new leaders favored by shareholders opposing the deal.

During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke was acutely aware of the public's deep resentment of the Fed's emergency bailout of financial giants such as AIG as well as policies that inevitably favored the wealthy by spurring the stock market.

For example, if you set a 50 pip trailing stop on the EURUSD, the stop will not move up until your position is in your favor by 51 pips, and then the stop will only move again if the market moves 51 pips above where your trailing stop is, so this way you can lock in profit as the market moves in your favor while still giving the trade room to grow and breath.

[13] Once again, it seems appropriate to recount the basic normative argument in favor of director primacy for the benefit of new readers, while keeping the statement as brief as possible and incorporating by reference works in which the argument is laid out in detail.

In simplest terms, as the price moves in your favor, an exit order moves along with it, trailing the price by some set amount.

By only posting your best content, you can increase your engagement average, which increases the odds the algorithm will favor your content over that produced by pages that aren't as selectivBy only posting your best content, you can increase your engagement average, which increases the odds the algorithm will favor your content over that produced by pages that aren't as selectivby pages that aren't as selective.

The vote - counting methodology used by the Company does not inherently favor proposals submitted by the Board over proposals submitted by shareholders, as the vote - counting standard for approving any proposal other than for the election of directors is identical.

Stada's owners are also mulling bids for the generic drug business being sold by Sanofi, the sources said, and might favor this combination over Merck as generic drugs are typically valued at a cheaper multiple.

When market conditions favor wider diversification in the view of Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc., the Fund's investment manager, the Fund may invest up to 30 % of its net assets in securities outside of the U.S. fixed - income market, such as utility and other energy - related stocks, precious metals and mining stocks, shares of real estate investment trusts («REITs»), shares of exchange - traded funds («ETFs») and other similar instruments, and foreign government debt securities, including debt issued by governments of emerging market countries.

As I have trawled through the extensive recent press reports and academic and policy papers about trade, I've come up with a list of statements in favor and against the protectionist policies suggested by Peter Navarro, and by the Trump administration more generally.

Apple's recent $ 1 billion investment in Didi was seen by some as a way to curry favor with local regulators to help the tech company expand in the country.)

So my advice is to stack the odds as much in your favor as possible by taking the experienced money from people who have a reputation for really helping entrepreneurs.

Perhaps getting through bear markets like Ben Graham or Jim Slater or investing in the volatile small caps favored by the latter helped fortify them for the long - term — physically as well as financially?

We would actually dispute this conclusion, but decided to do so in a separate post (note: the report does not come out in favor of this conclusion either, it merely mentions the argument as one that is made by critics of bitcoin).