As ever, the eurozone could do itself a huge favour by simply learning to speak with one voice.
The chairman of the International Rugby Board - the world's top rugby official - was in his usual ebullient mood, but did complain about having to do me a favour.
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If the Blues are beaten, then Ferguson would no doubt approve - and Bellion would welcome the chance to do his old manager a favour, even if the Scot hardly played him during his time with United.
But privately, some of Hamas's more pragmatic leaders are suggesting they are willing to do more, aware that most Palestinians now favour an end to armed hostilities in return for a permanent Israeli withdrawal from their towns, villages and refugee camps.
He has suggested many Lib Dem MPs would find it "hard to swallow" proposed changes to Commons constituency boundaries in 2015 - thought to favour Conservative chances of getting a future majority - if changes to the House of Lords do not proceed.
Mr Blair would do Britain, and himself, a favour, if he were to postpone the idea of a referendum until it is clearer what sort of union Europe is turning into.
They hold demonstrations and argue in favour of greater representation, but do so with a politeness to make a saint blush.
Irish voters may do France a favour by again rejecting the Nice treaty, widely if incorrectly assumed essential to enlargement.
And to do so on the basis of a future court decision finding in your favour is self-contradictory and absurd.
If it is, indeed, a common property of proteins that they can form amyloid when unfolded, even though they do not do so in a healthy individual, Dr Dobson thinks it means that proteins have evolved to favour forms that are less likely to aggregate into these potentially fatal clusters.
Perhaps if Disney shareholders want a solution to the unresolved issue of Mr Eisner's succession, they could do worse than vote in favour of the Comcast bid.
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