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Following the three Kennedy Center performances, “Moon” will be visible in the next seasons over parts of America, including Southern California, where Morris has a large following and favored status in many venues.

From the “Road to” series through buddy action movies and bromances, male friendship as comic fodder has been a constant pull, one that has increasingly favored immaturity as the catharsis.

Defending champion Bell has been inconsistent but still is favored to win the Eastern League.

The Trump administration has generally favored development of fossil fuels over clean energy.

President Obama continued somewhat in that vein by dangling huge grants — as schools were trying to recover from recession funding cuts — to adopt favored policies, including using test scores to evaluate teachers.