Word: preferable
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Although wins like Wednesday's will surely bolster the Crimson's regional ranking--Harvard and BC began the week No. 5 and No. 3 respectively--Harvard would prefer to assure itself a bid the old-fashioned...
...tenure track position, you will probably prefer that, but people may come here who could have gotten a tenure track...
That is the largest issue raised by the case--the jurisdiction of courts of law on a college campus. Currently, universities prefer to deal with most disciplinary matters in-house; 10 colleges in the area signed a legal brief supporting Brandeis in Shaer's case. There is a strong justification for a university disciplining its students in most cases--an institution of higher learning is a distinct community in which certain unique obligations exist between members. In addition, universities ought to have the ability to punish students for infractions of the rules that might not necessarily qualify as a crime...
...other hand, populist though you be, you don't entrust your life savings to a friendly guy named Bud whom you met this morning at the bus depot. You prefer men named Calvin who work in buildings with pillars...
...ROCKING CHAIRS There are more and more grandparents in the U.S.--69 million at last count--and they are overturning all the old stereotypes. Today some 74% of Americans 50 and older have grandchildren, and these grandparents are wealthier, younger and more active than previous generations. They seem to prefer working to retirement. Grandma is more likely to be making business deals than cookies. Boomer grandparents are also comfortable using modern methods, like e-mail, to maintain family bonds...