But from Britain to Mexico, he said, the authorities increasingly favor a stronger stance.

Almost all the authorities favor encouraging more people to take the test voluntarily, provided that it is purely an adjunct to counseling.

As the investigation continued four days after the incident, authorities are favoring the possibility that the blast was caused by an accident and not a terrorist attack.

Mr. Coleman said the authority favored a two-year lease for American Stevedoring, to keep its options open.

Some authorities favor the arrogance explanation.

Some officials in New York City have expressed concern about that gap, complaining that the authority was favoring Newark.

There is a pervasive sense among Christians here that the military authorities have long favored the northern Islamic groups, who make up about half the country's 88.5 million people.

They came to the brink of violence out of frustration after local judicial authorities consistently favored the landowner.

Moreover, there is a pervasive sense among Nigerian Christians that the military authorities favor the northern Islamic groups, who make up about half the country's 90 million people.

The Polish authorities declined to create a secular Ukrainian university, and had favored Polonization policies.