The goal: to improve the image of the Saudis in the U.S. Only 32% of Americans have a favorable opinion of Saudi Arabia, down from 60% during the Gulf War.

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Fifty-eight percent of those polled say they have a favorable opinion of the Democratic Party, down two points from December.

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Fifty-seven percent have a favorable view of the Republican front-runner, down from 63 percent in September.

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But we do allow for the stadium properties indirectly by applying a range of possible multiples: high ones for a good stadium available on favorable terms, lower ones for a run-down stadium or one available on poor terms.

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While housing must slow down, I continue to believe that favorable demographic trends, shortages of desirable land, historically low interest rates, relatively healthy economic data, economies of scale and market share opportunities argue for much higher housing-share prices.

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While there are some favorable trends driving growth for Expedia, here we list down certain drawbacks of the same.

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There are 10 bullish reasons why gold should go up and eight bearish reasons why gold should go down, Murenbeeld said, which makes him favorable toward the yellow metal.

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While investors showed disappointment in after market trading and pushed the stock down almost 7%, the trends continue to be favorable for Apple.

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The new excise tax comes when regulatory delays and uncertainty are increasing, and as many device firms are shutting down or moving abroad to take advantage of the more favorable tax and regulatory climate in Europe.

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Even though forecasters can now identify conditions favorable for tornadoes, they still cannot predict exactly when and where tornadoes will touch down.

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And this really is 48 million down the drain, because Hayward and Hambrick also showed that CEOs with more favorable press were completely unable to create additional value out of those acquisitions.

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When the new CBA went down I wrote how NBA commissioner David Stern had slam-dunked Hunter because of the favorable terms Stern had gotten for the owners.

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If Greece were to bring debt levels down to the 60% of GDP limit established by the EU by 2040, under very favorable conditions such as 6% interest rates on its bonds (compared with 16% currently), and 4% annual GDP growth, the country would need a primary surplus of 6% of GDP.

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