• Many rave about their time in the country, where they can write software code while sipping Pisco Sours (a favourite local tipple) and swapping tips with their peers.

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  • Both thought that decency (a favourite word of Orwell's) was to be found elsewhere.

    ECONOMIST: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh: Fighting against the future | The

  • Newt Gingrich is an angry politician and he's picking up on a sense of resentment, that some of the elite (a favourite word in America at the moment) have escaped crash and crisis - and indeed have made money out of it.

    BBC: Has America fallen out of love with wealth?

  • Try the main beach strip, which is thick with vendors serving breakfast favourite pav bhaji (a buttery bread roll dipped in curry).

    BBC: Mini guide to coastal Goa

  • Today, it is as much an accepted part of a Bogota Sunday as a tamale (a local favourite of rice, chicken, pork, egg and vegetables wrapped in a palm leaf) for breakfast.

    BBC: Reclaiming the streets in Bogota

  • With plenty of singing and dancing, some graveside chicken mole (or another favourite dish of the deceased) and a shot or two of tequila, it is an experience that's as moving as it is magical.

    BBC: Get spooked: Five sensational Halloween destinations

  • Raincity Grill (1193 Denman St), a slick city favourite, serves "biodynamic greens", apple jellies, sunchokes and "rhubarb clouds", all sourced from local suppliers.

    BBC: Vancouver: Land of the lotus-eaters

  • To work off that extra order of poutine (a Canadian favourite of fries topped with gravy and cheese curds), the labyrinthine James Bay neighbourhood is a short stroll away.

    BBC: British Columbia��s capital charms

  • Mr McCain has some credibility on this subject, since he voted against farm and ethanol subsidies (Mr Obama voted for both), castigated bloated Pentagon procurement and refused to ask for earmarks (funds set aside for a legislator's favourite projects).

    ECONOMIST: The Economy

  • Ms Merkel remains a strong favourite to defeat the SPD candidate (and foreign minister), Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in September.

    ECONOMIST: A German government shuffle

  • Although it is true that one-third of the money earmarked for prevention has to be spent on promoting sexual abstinence (a conservative favourite viewed with scepticism by many public-health officials), the overall strategy is to mimic Uganda's successful method, which focuses on abstinence, fidelity and using condoms.

    ECONOMIST: American foreign aid

  • To simplify Britain's messy state pensions in a way that rewards responsibility (David Cameron's favourite abstract noun) and pays for itself would be impressive.

    ECONOMIST: A new state pension

  • This long involved young men trying to catch the eye of women, typically by donning fancy dress (in the cold war a favourite was the garb of Soviet border guards) or through good-natured abduction often in combination.

    ECONOMIST: Finland leads the world in weird sports and pranks

  • Google Reader launched in 2005, when Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds were a new way to keep tabs on favourite websites and blogs.

    BBC: Google to retire RSS news-feed service

  • Thousands of IT types dub themselves things like (chief) scrum master, guru, evangelist or, a particular favourite at the moment, ninja.

    ECONOMIST: Inflation in job titles is approaching Weimar levels

  • GM, with its partner Fiat (in which it owns a one-fifth stake), was originally favourite to snap up Daewoo, though its bid is understood to have been much lower than Ford's.

    ECONOMIST: Making cars in Asia: Ford misses out again | The

  • The defending champion left it late to finish second in her semi-final in a season's best 50.35 seconds behind favourite Sanya Richards (50.21).

    BBC: Ohuruogu and Idowu reach finals

  • The favourite route of Bill Keogh, a guide with outfitter Big Pine Kayak Adventures ( www.keyskayaktours.com) and author of the Florida Keys Paddling Guide, is a day trip from Seven Mile Bridge in a kayak fitted with a sail.

    BBC: Kayaking the Florida Keys: A how-to guide

  • Crowd favourite Younes El Aynaoui , the tenth seed, delivered another blow to Argentina with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win over Gaston Etlis while 13th seed Max Mirnyi eased past Spanish qualifier Marc Lopez 6-4, 6-3.

    BBC: Nadal maintains form

  • Once the novelty of power wears off and the agony of austerity begins, these voters could migrate to a Labour Party rendered more Liberal-friendly by a non-tribal leader such as David Miliband (the former foreign secretary and favourite to take over the party).

    ECONOMIST: The new coalition government

  • They are lovingly put together, but feature a ghastly trio of (male) biographers sitting around chatting in The Ivy, Coward's favourite London restaurant, over what looks like a rather good lunch, when the subject cries out for one scholarly narrator with an overarching view and a rapidity of mind to rival Coward's own.

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