Word: prefered
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...orders for as long as six months. The Justice Department sought these powers partly because the Sept. 11 inquiry has shown how difficult it is to root out terrorists who hide as law-abiding citizens. But the policy of rounding up all suspects has irked some agents who generally prefer to keep targets free and under surveillance in the hope that they will yield more clues. "I've spent the past two weeks talking to many of the same people I talked to in the first two days, and I'm not getting a whole lot more," says an agent...
Matching his woven knee-length gown with Nike sneakers and wraparound shades, Tempa was the picture of Bhutanese cool. "I prefer a T shirt and jeans," he said as he met us at Paro airport. "But the King says we have to wear traditional dress until 8 o'clock." As we drove to the capital Thimphu, it became clearer from his conversation?the latest Hollywood releases, Prince Charles, Britney?that a quarter century after opening its borders to the outside world, Bhutan is losing some of its splendid isolation. But while satellite TV may be superseding story-telling, and Internet...
Fash says he understands that some departments would prefer that concentrators engage in summer study, or internships in lieu of term-time study abroad...
...developing a model that matches them and predicts new results. There are no “cultural biases” to these truths—an experiment either worked or it didn’t. Or as Weinberg puts it, “Nature cares little about what scientists prefer.” Only the Standard Model, despite its various weaknesses, comes close to explaining our world. Yet the question remains as to whether another theory would explain all the phenomena we’ve encountered, and we just haven’t found it yet. Weinberg counters that although...
...says. Marah also won’t participate in any competitions in order not to damage her body. “During competitions, you have to be completely reckless and not care about anything else. You’re bound to break a leg. I prefer to watch the competitions,” Marah says...