Word: prefered
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...Americans made their support for war conditional on U.N. backing. In the TIME/CNN poll, 36% said they would be prepared to send troops to Iraq even if the U.N. opposed it, up from 27% in mid-January. But even so, the Administration is acutely conscious that most Americans polled prefer that any war have the U.N.'s backing...
...consider not working and whose stagnant or shrinking retirement savings demand that they continue to earn a salary. "Retirees want and need to keep working now more than ever before," says Rudy Lewis, president of the National Association of Home-Based Businesses in Owings Mills, Md. "But they prefer not to do it on someone else's time clock at this point in their lives...
...much as Harvard fans have enjoyed getting to know FleetCenter staff during idle first-period conversations in ten—count ‘em, ten—consecutive 5 p.m. Beanpot games, they’d much prefer to pack some extra Maalox and watch their boys in the nightcap...
...chronic overcrowding might take their pick of House gyms, if they were not in a state of such disrepair—some with squash courts that accommodate a form of the sport that is only of interest to historians. Quadlings, and others willing to make the trip, might prefer the tiny, dilapidated Quadrangle Recreational and Athletic Center, if it were not so poorly equipped...
...Rock ’Em Sock ’Em aspect of hockey has long been appealing to fans of the men’s game. Many fans, myself included, often prefer to see bone-crushing hits over fancy goals...