There have been several reasons why Roman law was favored in the Middle Ages.

Altman favored stories expressing the interrelationships among several characters ; he stated that he was more interested in character motivation than in intricate plots.

While the NLRB initially favored plant-wide units, which tacitly favored the CIO's industrial unionism, it retreated to a compromise position several years later under pressure from Congress that allowed craft unions to seek separate representation of smaller groups of workers at the same time that another union was seeking a wall-to-wall unit.

Being easier and cheaper to make than double-edged swords, backswords became the favored sidearm of common infantry, including irregulars such as the Highland Scots, who in Scottish Gaelic were called the claidheamh cuil ( back sword ), after one of several terms for the distinct types of weapons they used.

The Chōshū leader Kido Takayoshi had favored a constitutional form of government since before 1874, and several proposals for constitutional guarantees had been drafted.

The Supreme Court this time favored Shawnee and for several years county officers transacted business in downtown Shaw ­ nee buildings.

After reconvening, Congress failed to pass a bill favored by Lincoln to sanction his suspensions, and several more district and circuit court rulings affirmed Taney's opinion.

Therefore, instruments held in the hands ( clarinet, violin, trumpet ) or supported by a neck or shoulder strap ( accordion, cimbalom, drum ) were favored over those that rested on the ground ( cello, bass violin ), or needed several people to move ( piano ).

The Mountain was then split into several distinct factions, those who favored an alliance with the people, and social measures – led by Georges-Jacques Danton – and the proponents of The Terror – led by Maximilien Robespierre.

It resolved the debate between those who urged greater government control of speech for reasons of security and those who favored allowing as much speech as possible and relying on the marketplace of ideas to reach a favorable result, leaving the law in a state along the lines of that which Justices Louis Brandeis, and, post-Schenck, Oliver Wendell Holmes advocated in several dissents and concurrences during the late 1910s and early 1920s.

Western honey bees show several nest-site preferences: the height above ground is usually between and, entrance positions tend to face downward, Equatorial-facing entrances are favored, and nest sites over from the parent colony are preferred.

The tune of this instrumental anthem, which was chosen by Boris Yeltsin in the early 1990s and favored by the Russian Orthodox church, went without lyrics for several years.

Saint Mary's College was once known for its American football team led by Edward " Slip " Madigan, which dominated west coast football, indeed beating USC and Cal during the thirties, and with several wins against eastern powerhouses during the 20s, 30s, and 40s including winning the 1939 Cotton Bowl by crushing favored Texas Tech 21 to 13.

Red Jacket took his name, one of several he used, for a highly favored embroidered coat given to him by the British for his wartime services.

It incorporates several movements from other kata in the Isshin-Ryu syllabus, as well as from kata from other instructors, in addition to techniques and concepts Shimabuku favored.

These include more than ten California state beaches, several other beaches owned by counties and municipalities, many of the beach cities favored by tourists, as well as Century City and Marina del Rey.

The forkball has been favored by several current and former major league pitchers, including Hideo Nomo, José Valverde, Jose Arredondo, Kazuhiro Sasaki, José Contreras, Chien-Ming Wang and Edwar Ramirez.

His promotion of railroads and his alleged involvement in several scandals caused him to lose popularity as his opponents, who favored the creation of canals, considered railroads to be a fantasy idea.

However, several landmarks in the area, including the beach, had been named Hampton, after a local market gardener Dyas Hampton, and as wealthy landowners began buying subdivided land in the area, they favored the name Hampton as it sounded more regal.

He has favored several constitutional amendments including an amendment banning same-sex marriage and an amendment to restrict burning the U. S. flag.

He experimented with several new photographic techniques, and eventually favored his " Mammoth Camera ," which used large glass plate negatives, and a stereographic camera.

After enormous negative publicity surrounding the alleged or actual involvement of several star players in the BALCO steroid scandal, the players dropped their opposition to a steroid testing program and developed a consensus that favored testing.

She favored scripts with topical and frequently controversial themes, including Irish politics, teenage sex, abortion, illegitimacy, and syphilis, and several of her films were banned by local authorities.

In disagreement with several writers at National Review and conservatives in general, Podhoretz has aggressively favored a more open immigration policy for the United States.

On one hand, the library profession called for designs that supported efficiency in administration and operation ; on the other, wealthy philanthropists favored buildings that reinforced the paternalistic metaphor and enhanced civic pride.

Many CBT treatment programs for specific disorders have been evaluated for efficacy ; the health-care trend of evidence-based treatment, where specific treatments for symptom-based diagnoses are recommended, has favored CBT over other approaches such as psychodynamic treatments.

According to Ellis, REBT has favored E-Prime more than any other form of psychotherapy and I think it is still the only form of therapy that has some of its main books written in E-Prime.

On the other hand, property rights theorists argue that there is no " favored distribution.

The introduction of universal suffrage for men and women favored the Rechtspartei ( party of the Right ), which played the dominant role in the government throughout the 20th century, with the exception of 1925 – 26 and 1974 – 79, when the two other important parties, the Liberal and the Social-Democratic parties, formed a coalition.

The moderate democráticos, led by Federico Chaves, favored free elections and a power-sharing arrangement with the other parties.

Likewise, when it is written that " the most probable explanation " of the name of Ludlow, Massachusetts " is that it was named after Roger Ludlow ", what is meant here is not that Roger Ludlow is favored by a random factor, but rather that this is the most plausible explanation of the evidence, which admits other, less likely explanations.

Educators, scientists, and other distinguished laymen favored evolution.

This provides something of a passive safety measure, as removing the water from the reactor also slows the nuclear reaction down – however other methods are favored for stopping a reaction and it is preferred to keep the nuclear core covered with water so as to ensure adequate cooling.

Taft's spouse was determined to gain the White House and pressured him not to accept a court appointment ; other family members also strongly favored the Presidency for him.

The name Tamar is of Hebrew origin and, like other biblical names, was favored by the Georgian Bagrationi dynasty because of their claim to be descended from David, the second king of Israel.

While the other colonies all held the idea of colonial rights as paramount, they were split between those who sought legislative equality with Britain and those who instead favored independence and a break from the Crown and its excesses.

Unfortunately for Humphrey and his campaign, outside the convention hall there were riots and protests by thousands of antiwar demonstrators, many of whom favored McCarthy, George McGovern, or other " anti-war " candidates.

Among the other senior members of the central government, Li became the one who most strongly favored violence.

Smith wrote specifically against monetarism, where fiat would be exploited to protect favored industries, monopolize precious metals, and other goals that were not generally shared between the state and the more general public.

He favored his hometown above all other provincial cities, and the buildings and wealth he lavished on it made Leptis Magna the third-most important city in Africa, rivaling Carthage and Alexandria.

Arborvitae and red cedar are the favored host trees of the evergreen bagworm, but cypress, juniper, pine, spruce, apple, birch, black locust, elm, maple, poplar, oak, sycamore, willow, and over 100 other species are also attacked.

The first thirty draws favored one urn and the next thirty favored the other.

For heat dissipation purposes, cross drilling is still used on some braking components, but is not favored for racing or other hard use as the holes are a source of stress cracks under severe conditions.

The plant is favored by honeybees and other pollinators because it produces large amounts of nectar and pollen.

However, it has been displaced by other wireless technologies such as WiFi and Bluetooth, favored because they don't need a direct line of sight, and can therefore support hardware such as mice and keyboards.

Educators, scientists, and other distinguished laymen favored evolution.

The historic origins of sesame was favored by its ability to grow in areas that will not support the growth of other crops.

Explosives, and thus firearms, do not work in Amber, until Corwin discovers that Jeweler's Rouge from Avalon ( a world Corwin frequented in his past and favored above all other shadows save Earth ) meets the chemical requirements to combust in Amber.