For example, he said, officials generally favor insisting that prosecutors prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

A few days later, the easterly route the local officials favored was chosen.

Japanese press reports have suggested that Japanese officials favor such a proposal.

These officials favor negotiations with the Serbs to reopen the roads now blocked.

Environmentalists and some officials favor protecting the refuge as a pristine wilderness area.

The idea was that officials would favor the company if they realized that the family had a stake in it.

Some officials favor the law as an effective weapon against fraud.

American officials have long favored the principle of free trade for the two countries, but opposition in Mexico has made the issue moot until recent months.

Civilian officials at the Defense Department favored far broader inspection rights than were chosen.

Some officials favor Federal regulation of drug prices.