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- noun Plural form of
disfavour . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
disfavour .
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Essentially it details some core problems existent in the current American grant system that disfavours support for research that contradicts scientific orthodoxy.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Essentially it details some core problems existent in the current American grant system that disfavours support for research that contradicts scientific orthodoxy.
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If they simply followed the continental European rule of writing all opinions per curiam, or even a weaker rule that disfavours dissents, that would be fine.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Souter, Sotomayor, & Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts: 2009
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"We are looking for competency, and my plea is to eliminate whatever favours or disfavours to any particular person," he said.
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All these questions involve serious policy matters, for the liberation movements, for Governments and for the U.N. Much depends on the administration: there is a danger of political interference etc., if the liberation movements are to be at the mercy of its favours or disfavours.
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The facility of the comparison disfavours the raking up of similarities; I need not compare Mr. Shaw with Lucian or the persecution of Christians with the savage out-bursts of our shopkeepers against anarchists.
Art Clive Bell 1922
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Govt panel disfavours Vedanta mining project in Orissa
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Govt panel disfavours Vedanta mining project in Orissa
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Commission chairman K G Balakrishnan said he realised the gravity of the situation only when a series of such cases happened, yet disfavours a separate law against it.
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Govt panel disfavours Vedanta mining project in Orissa
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