The public also has a strong preference for national unity coalitions, according to opinion polls.
Mr Roberts has a strong preference for making "narrow" decisions that have limited value as precedents.
And on regulatory policy Democrats have been more willing to challenge Mr. Greenspan, who has a strong preference for deregulation.
He has a strong preference for taking over firms that have been family-run for generations, and for managers with a commitment to lifelong self-improvement.
Despite the Forest Service's commendable action, such a policy seems as remote as ever, in part because Gale Norton, the interior secretary, has a strong preference for local stewardship over top-down federal management.
The middle ground (funk music like James Brown is what the experimenters reference most) hits the sweet spot between predictable and chaotic, for which the brain has a strong preference.
Ford will not sell all the assets to one buyer, but investment bankers say Ford has a strong preference for a "strategic" buyer from within the industry, rather than a financial firm.
The policy is not without its critics, many of whom are concerned about the cost implications, since the new policy has a strong preference for facilitating free access by paying publishers an "article processing charge" (APC) to ensure the paper is made freely available upon publication (one of the forms of gold open access).
Santana has a full no-trade clause and has a strong preference to play for the Yankees, the Mets or the Red Sox, who may be the only teams that can afford to make him the first pitcher to earn $20 million a season on a multiyear deal.
