1.   By waiting, Morales reaps political benefit in getting to meet and bestow favors on the titans of the computer world.

2.   History bestows its favors with an uneven hand.

3.   Radiating charm, she uses her regal height to advantage, bowing her head as if bestowing favor, and transfixing her prey with her intense eye beams.

4.   That sort of stonewalling is unacceptable from a mayor in a position to bestow favors on the very corporate interests that have now agreed to make him wealthy.

5.   Why was this young man, upon whom God bestowed so many favors, ostensibly so cynical at such a young age?

6.   People also complain that top officials bestow favors on friends and relatives.