Word: preferring
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...Google, which makes its money on a free and open Web, was not happy with the Facebook platform. That's because what happens on Facebook stays on Facebook. Google would much prefer that you come out and play on its platform - the wide-open Web. Don't stay behind Facebook's closed doors! Hie thee to the Web and start searching for things. That's how Google makes its money...
...says. “So I try to be creative, but at the same time work within the confines of this music that I’m trying to extract.” One thing that Schreier will not do is choreograph her own dances. “I prefer to give direction to other dancers and see where they go with it,” she says. Schreier feels that, in choreographing, “There’s a sense of pride but also a sense of release.” She is still uncertain whether she prefers...
...more than two-to-one in the Democratic presidential race. The online survey, administered to 2,452 young people around the country, found that 70 percent of youth between the ages of 18 and 24 who plan to vote for a Democratic candidate in the November general election prefer Obama, whereas 30 percent favor New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. The margin has dramatically increased since an October IOP poll, in which Democratic primary voters between the ages of 18 and 24 gave Obama a slight advantage over Clinton: 38 percent to 33 percent. President of Harvard Students for Barack Obama...
...Since Capadocia began to air across Latin America in March, initial ratings have been promising. But it remains to be seen whether audiences will be able to stomach the heavy dose of violence and realism on a regular basis. Many in countries with crime and corruption problems may prefer not to see the misery replayed in their entertainment. One of the reasons telenovelas are so successful in the developing world is that they offer a pleasant escape, where the virtuous are rewarded and the endings are happy...
...system, according to Nassim Kerkache, supervisor of the mail center. The hackers have not been caught, he said. The mail center has now returned to the old system of using paper slips instead. According to mail clerk Paul S. Riley, an informal survey that asked students whether they preferred e-mail notification or paper slips in mailboxes was “pretty evenly divided.” However, freshmen interviewed said they preferred the e-mail system. “I don’t check mail very often so my packages sit there for awhile...