Word: prefered
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...bishops more to the liking of U.S. conservatives - under a complicated system that still gives Episcopalian Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori some say in their regulation - the Communion has engaged in unusual interference with the polity of a member church. But it has also hinted that it would prefer that Episcopalianism remain the main U.S. Anglican branch, provided it is willing to accommodate some more conservative leaders...
...What's fascinating about all of this is that Jefferts Schori appears to have been involved in putting together parts of this solution, which suggests that she is committed to making them work. If so, she will face stiff opposition from many U.S. Episcopalians, who would probably prefer second-class status -or no status at all - in the Communion, rather than retreating from a position on homosexuality that they feel more closely reflects the spirit of the Gospel than the exclusionary position of the majority of the primates...
...fish in the Czech town of Olomouc, where he played with another team. But in all the time he spent at the local river there, he managed to catch only "one trout and a karpyonka [Russian for carp]." He is mystified about the kind of bait Eastern European fish prefer. "I don't know what they eat here. I try sausage, popcorn, but they...
This year’s survey features 31 quirky questions that force lonely hearts to choose whether they prefer Shrek to Roald Dahl’s “BFG” or “savage poking” to news feed voyeurism...
Proximity is of such fundamental importance at Harvard that student groups will prefer working out of Yard and river dorm rooms irrespective of the quality of facilities at the Quad. Not even a Quad chateau could mitigate the horrors of a ten-minute trek on a cold winter day with inconvenient shuttle times. And to think it has been a warm winter. What happens when we get a blizzard...