Word: preferable
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...were going through the process as a student now, I would prefer 16," says Tucker, who says he still thinks there may be long-term positive effects from the decision...
...live in an age when inspired brats make great heads of software companies. But Americans would prefer a grown-up in the White House. Even the gaudiest prosperity is mortal, and one of these days, the ice floe may start to break up under our tents...
HEIGHT OF SUCCESS The long and short of it is that when it comes to human pairing, women prefer taller men. A study of 3,200 men published in the journal Nature shows that married men tend to be taller than bachelors and fathers tend to be taller than non-fathers. The researchers believe that as humans evolved, females began to view a male's stature as an indication of his ability to provide food and protection from enemies...
...that a campus arrangement is unacceptable and would be a "programmatic liability." By arguing that scholars, objects and books must be contiguous, he creates a need for an immediately adjacent library that does not exist. Few scholars worldwide have such an ideal arrangement. And regardless, who wouldn't prefer to walk through a garden to consult their sources in an above ground library with natural light...
...widespread community service involvement of Harvard students is a welcomed surprise. It seems that students prefer affecting change at the micro-level, in a hands-on, feel-good manner. Mentoring a disadvantaged child, for example, strikes many of us as more meaningful than supporting a candidate who promises to change educational programs for that child...