But since then he has increasingly favored better relations with Western countries and private foreign investors.

It is a world that increasingly favors the fortunate few at the very top.

During the 1970s, scientific opinion increasingly favored the warming viewpoint.

So gas is increasingly favored by electric power plants that can switch fuels.

And so the income distribution increasingly favored brains rather than brawn.

And hedge funds increasingly favor research shops that can provide proprietary analysis, often based on expert knowledge.

This was not the kind of monolith Solti increasingly favored.

But today, the national mood increasingly favors a tougher approach, and states, free to adopt their own policies, are experimenting.

The free distribution of software over the network will increasingly favor those who want to freely share their software, they said.

Corporate executives who negotiate terms for their companies' 401(k) plans have increasingly favored funds with lower fees.