1.   Men, however, overwhelmingly favored Republican ideas on downsizing government, balancing the budget and welfare reform.

2.   Television news directors and producers are well aware of this fascination, and almost universally favor the idea of televising actual trials.

3.   Her father favored the idea of her going to law school.

4.   Bar-Yosef also favors the idea of a latent genetic ability in the first anatomically modern humans that was not triggered until much later.

5.   Biologists favoring the idea of punctuated equilibrium have argued that there are natural constraints that may keep a species unaltered for millions of years.

6.   But not everyone favors the idea, especially some third-generation business owners who would be displaced and would perhaps only find suitable replacement property in the suburbs.

7.   But not everyone favors this idea.

8.   Candace de Russy, a SUNY trustee who heads the academic affairs committee, also favors the idea.

9.   Fuschillo said he generally favored the idea of a state takeover, although he said he needed to see more specifics.

10.   Grinberg, who favors the idea, then told the full board about the proposal and called a board meeting about it on Wednesday.