The patients' assessments of their physicians' communications were very high, and the patients may have preferred giving socially desirable responses.
That timetable still leaves him months to campaign strenuously, on a shorter schedule in late summer and fall -- one that the mayor has long preferred, given that he has full-time duties in New York City.
President Bush has always preferred giving speeches earlier rather than later in the day, and this week the reason was clear.
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"Sir Michael [Stoute] was obviously worried about his lack of experience beforehand and would have preferred to have given him another run, but it all worked out well on the day, which is great.
Still, Jarvis said he was shocked by his dismissal and would have preferred to be given the opportunity to finish the season.
Though other Sunni Arab countries have reached out to Iraq's Shia-dominated government, by opening embassies, cancelling debt and hosting Iraqi refugees, Saudi Arabia has preferred to give it a cold shoulder, though there have been hints of a slight warming.Despite tribal as well as sectarian ties, Iraq's Sunnis have notably failed to turn to the kingdom as a protector.
In a nine-candidate debate in Columbia, S.C., on May 3, Mr. Kerry declared: "I would have preferred if we had given diplomacy a greater opportunity, but I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein.
An administration official, amplifying Mr. McClellan's view but declining to be identified to avoid stirring conflict with Congress, said that the administration would have preferred the money be given to the Palestinian Authority.
4th over: England 11-0 (Cook 7 Strauss 3) "I'm a bit worried about the SA pace attack" writes Mohan, who must be a very sensitive soul indeed, "I would have preferred Zondeki to Nel, given that he's a different type of bowler to Ntini and Morkel.
