Word: prefered
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...informal poll of Government Department faculty, 10 of 12 professors surveyed, or 83 percent, identified themselves as Democrats and said they prefer calling themselves "moderates" and "centrists...
...fact that this middle-of-the-road district--voting for Bush in 1988 and Clinton in 1992--seems to prefer Democrats gives Murray reason to hope for an upset this year. Challenger Murray, who is pro-choice, has tried to turn Greenwood's support of the Contract with America into an an antiabortion position, but Greenwood's voting record is pro-choice...
...called character issue finally lumbered to center stage of the campaign, the press continued to be confounded by the fact that most Americans believe Dole has a "better character" than Clinton, yet most prefer Clinton to be President. But to American voters, there is not much contradiction here. To them, it's not so much character as competence mixed with compassion that matters. In the post-cold war era, when ideological differences between the parties are receding, voters know that they are not so much electing the Leader of the Free World as voting for the Mayor-in-Chief...
Moral reform may or may not come as Christians prefer--in the course of accepting Jesus as savior. But certainly Jesus said some things that could lead even an agnostic toward it. He asked us to doubt the moral basis of all hatreds--even of our enemies--and to doubt our frequent feelings of moral superiority, our illusion of clarity. ("You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye; and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.") Other religions also preach universal love and harsh self-scrutiny. Buddha said...
...course, is Odysseus, the epic hero of all that is to follow, and in calling him "the man of twists and turns" Fagles signals his commitment to economical, concrete descriptions. Fitzgerald's translation introduces Odysseus as "that man skilled in all ways of contending." Some readers may prefer Fitzgerald's rendering, of course, but the contrast shows clearly the straightforward method Fagles pursues...