Preference
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American foreign policy should have a general
preference
for multilateralism, but not all forms multilateralism.
The American
preference
for making anti-communist allies, however unsavory, tied Washington to Pakistan’s increasingly Islamist dictatorship, while India’s non-aligned democracy drifted toward the secular Soviet embrace.
In his memoirs, de Gaulle stated his
preference
for restoring the monarchy after the Liberation.
In asserting themselves, middle-class Muslims are guided by no particular political philosophy or religious
preference.
The simplistic categorization of political parties by their
preference
for a particular size of government masks more complex intraparty tendencies.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was designed as state of the art, which included a strong aesthetic
preference
for slender structures.
By opening up party primaries to more candidates, or by using ranked-choice voting (RCV) – which allows voters to list as many candidates as they want, in order of
preference
– we can ensure that elected officials represent the full spectrum of voters.
Belgium followed the mainly French monetarist school, while the Netherlands shared Germany’s
preference
for economic convergence before committing to exchange-rate parity.
Both men are remarkably similar - in physique, their
preference
for bucolic pleasures and penchant for personalizing politics.
Faster technological progress and a greater
preference
to work or to save were to be welcomed, because they would boost the supply of labor and capital – and thus employment and investment.
The revealed
preference
of banks’ and bankers’ behavior is that they did not lend more because they thought they could get away with it, but because they thought it was safe.
The EU does not have a common foreign policy and it will not have one in the foreseeable future, but this is no reason to continue to provide a
preference
to France and Britain.
Merkel’s
preference
for muddling through has been apparent in her approach to eurozone reform.
Néstor Kirchner, Cristina’s husband and Argentina’s current president, did not want to run for office again, despite being legally permitted to do so and voters’
preference
for him over her.
Strikingly, test subjects with gay male friends were significantly more accurate in predicting sexual
preference
than those unfamiliar with gay people.
But, like the 2008 photo study of anti-Semitic views, the ability to predict sexual
preference
appears to operate in the subconscious.
Enrollment is voluntary and expanding gradually; the poorest, who are fully subsidized, have
preference
and are required to participate in health promotion activities.
I personally blame some hardwired human instinct for sitting around eating salty, greasy, sugary snacks in
preference
to hard physical labor.
But there is nothing irrational in having a very strong
preference
not to have one’s body used for spare parts after one’s death.
We cannot use System II to fault this
preference.
Parliament's increasing irrelevance in sorting out these problems--indeed, its role in exacerbating them--is fueling a growing
preference
among Indians for a presidential system of government that removes executive functions from the oversight of an institution that has been addled and rendered impotent by undisciplined factions.
During the campaign, he did not try to hide his
preference
for a strong executive presidency and unabashedly supported the AKP – violating the neutral stance that Turkey’s constitution requires the president to maintain.
Economists call this “revealed preference.”
If it comes to a clash between the supposed interests of potentially rational but not yet even conscious beings and the vital interests of actually rational women, we should give
preference
to the women every time.
Trump’s
preference
for transactional realpolitik over Obama’s liberal interventionism should stabilize relations with Russia and China as the world is divided into spheres of influence.
The Middle East is bound to remain a cauldron of geopolitical unrest; but, even here, Trump’s
preference
for local strongmen over “democracy promotion” could restore a degree of stability (at the cost of human rights).
Unsurprisingly, Yanukovych has consistently stated his
preference
for an Association Agreement.
Not surprisingly, the
preference
has been for transfers, which, until the 2008 financial crash, took the form of cross-border private-sector lending to governments and banks.
With even his political opponents supporting him against the military coup, the Turkish people have made their
preference
known.
Its
preference
is a Europe that essentially consists solely of a common market.
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