Word: preferable
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...turn often bringing up a generation of motherless kids in rich countries - kids whose mothers return to work before their children are of school-going age; kids who spend long days with Filipina nannies as "surrogate mothers." Few children - rich or poor, in whichever corner of the globe - prefer gifts and toys to the presence of their mothers. In both cases, the mothers' drive to provide for their offspring financially seems to avoid the simplest of facts: parenting cannot be outsourced. Juliet Linley, Rome...
...annual income of about $100,000 and doesn't apply at all to income from investments. For most Americans holding jobs, FICA now takes a bigger chunk of their income than the income tax itself. And yet it rarely enjoys the tender concern of tax-cutting Republicans, who prefer to concentrate on tax breaks for capital gains. Cutting the FICA tax in half, for workers and for employers, would make it more affordable for employers to hire - or avoid layoffs - while giving everyone who makes less than $100,000 a 7.5% raise to spend and stimulate the economy even further...
When asked why the deans requested that the news of the cuts be kept quiet until today, Smith wrote in an e-mailed statement, “I prefer to communicate directly with my faculty...
...late William F. Buckley, Jr., himself a graduate of Yale, once famously remarked that he would prefer a government of the first 400 names in the Boston phone book to that of the Harvard faculty. Ancient collegiate rivalries aside, Buckley’s sentiment abides...
...Michaud. But the mood in the arena shifted after the Fighting Sioux found an opening at 9:24, and Ryan Martens popped the puck into the left corner of the Crimson net. At this point, Harvard’s apparent frustration and aggressive play backfired. Crimson players seemed to prefer the penalty box to the ice, allowing UND to score its last three goals on the power play. The Fighting Sioux’s Matt Frattin scored at 14:26 on a 5-on-3 man advantage. Just minutes later at 15:32, Martens scored his second goal...