Word: prefered
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Castano is a backer of Plan Colombia--in which the U.S. is funding a $1.3 billion drug-eradication program--even though most of the AUC's funds come from shaking down drug traffickers. "I prefer taking cash from the narcos than from honest people," says Castano, who explains that his group, like the rebels, collects a "tax" on coca paste and on the drug's transportation in AUC-controlled areas. Castano has given orders not to shoot at the government crop-spraying aircraft when they swoop over coca fields in his areas...
Sharon isn't just taking fire from the left. Inside his own party, he is stalked by ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Cleared of corruption charges, Netanyahu is the favorite to unseat Sharon as Likud leader and perhaps to topple Barak. Leading Barak in all the polls, Netanyahu would prefer to see the Prime Minister fall, which would prompt new elections. So Sharon needs to move fast: his ideal play would be to cut a deal with Barak that would lever him into power and keep Netanyahu out of the picture. Sharon would stick around just long enough to establish...
...Harris saved some airtime for a few digs at the Florida Supremes' messing with her deadlines. Bush has asked the high court to upbraid the Florida Supreme Court for making a shambles of the legal election process - but now that he's won by their rules, he'd prefer not to talk about...
...prefer taking cash from the narcos than from honest people whose legitimate businesses can't finance this...
...reason the census is relevant to the imbroglio in Florida is because it has to do with theories of counting citizens (or voters, if you prefer) - and the way Democrats and Republicans divide on that issue directly mirrors the tactics of the Gore and Bush forces in Tallahassee...