As a musical commentator in official disfavor, he was, of course, lucky to have run afoul of Truman rather than, say, Stalin.

The company, accustomed neither to competition nor official disfavor, fell into steady decline and was finally liquidated in 1794.

In Russia, where radio and television are often subject to bribery and political influence, that official disfavor can have real consequences.

Immanuel Velikovsky, the best-known catastrophist of the 20th century, is in official disfavor.

And he started performing prerevolutionary ghost operas, despite their official disfavor, for rural audiences.

For Mr. Gergiev, the restoration of so many Prokofiev operas, long in official disfavor, was an important step.

The work was written and revised mostly in 1950 and 1951, a period when Prokofiev was in declining health and official disfavor for formalism.

In rural areas, the traditional seven-day week continued to be used despite official disfavor.

Yukos, in official disfavor for more than two years, lost its largest production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, to tax authorities in December 2004 in a politically charged case.

A Place to Find Strength But despite official disfavor, the churches and mosques started filling up again in the early 1980's.