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Better to let the Americans do it, though of course these Shi’a leaders prefer a slow strangulation of al-Sadr to a direct and bloody assault.
They could well prefer this option to natural conception and the prospect of therapeutic abortion following a conventional prenatal genetic diagnosis.
Yet even with the know-how in place, the governance of high-tech companies such as Facebook and Snapchat can pose additional challenges, because both tech company founders and sovereign investors tend to prefer a high level of operational control.
Even if many emerging-market sovereign funds would prefer to remain quiet, non-voting investors with passive stakes in foreign companies, the tech-sector acquisition spree that is currently underway demands that they gain a better understanding of their rights as shareholders.
That is why private shareholders prefer to sell to the state, and why foreign companies prefer to do business only with state companies.
Big post-Soviet businessmen prefer complicated schemes so that few can understand what is really going on.
Like the residents of other “blue” (Democratic) states, Californians clearly prefer more spending on education and social services.
Blair himself seems to prefer to have “friends” who are very rich and who will lend him their holiday villas in Tuscany.
Of course, those who prefer to work at home cite not just the cost and time of commuting, but also the proliferation of meetings – too much culture, perhaps – and a steady flood of communication that simply interrupts their work rather than enhancing it.
Not surprisingly, American firms prefer to leave those profits abroad, either in financial instruments or by investing in new or existing subsidiaries.
The US, as the most powerful member of the international system, tends to prefer ad hoc approaches to global governance.
Europeans prefer a more systematic reliance on the rule of law, and also on what has come to be known as the global public-goods paradigm.
Moreover, they have the credibility that comes with a lack of desire to be re-elected, either because their term in office has been limited in advance or because they are known to prefer a quiet academic life.
If people are able to migrate, they will move to jurisdictions with the mix of taxes and services (e.g., quality schools) that they prefer.
And because the CDU would prefer to dominate a government – and if possible, govern without coalition partners – it has always sought to win a majority by appealing to German voters in the middle of the political spectrum.
It may happen that they prefer their supposed world order to friendship, justice, and the cause of true stability and peace.
Of course, the elite prefer an autocracy in which they rule alone and protect their own rights but no one else’s.
For now, however, European policymakers seem to prefer to keep escalating the size of bridge loans to the periphery, not wanting to acknowledge that private markets will ultimately require a more durable and sustainable solution.
Facts, however, rarely pose an effective obstacle to hardened nativists, which is why governments worried about immigrants prefer to see some jobs go to people in poor countries rather than see poor people come to jobs in rich countries.
Given that banks prefer lending to larger enterprises and borrowers with collateral, small and medium-size enterprises struggle to gain access to credit and capital.
Gore’s Democrats prefer more traditional public management and control.
Democrats oppose vouchers and prefer major federal investments in order to improve the quality of public schools.
American voter tend to prefer a system that balances the President and Congress.
Many right-wing politicians, however, appear to prefer taking refuge in populism, nationalism and nostalgia.
Many prefer to focus on preparing their students for the world of work.
Wouldn’t an Italian company facing grid failure prefer to shut down French rather than Italian consumers?
Others suggest that the North Koreans prefer conservatives in power in Seoul and Tokyo, because a more robust vision of national defense in Japan and South Korea will antagonize China, which, isolated in East Asia, will then be more likely to maintain its support for the Kim regime.
No matter how unenthusiastic the Japanese might be about Abe’s security bills and his attempts to change the constitution, they would prefer that the issue be relegated to a back burner.
For most private investors, the effort required to find, evaluate, and manage such projects is far greater than the return that they can expect, which is why institutional investors often prefer large, more easily assessed projects such as wind parks, pipelines, or motorways.
Much of his appeal (at least so far), may be lost, which goes some way toward explaining General Lebed's decision that he would prefer to run as the communist's candidate for president.
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