Other "China Hands" — an assortment of journalists, American Foreign Service officials, and soldiers who succeeded in meeting the Communists — preferred Mao to Chiang Kai-shek, who, though corrupt and unpopular, was receiving enormous amounts of military aid from the United States.
Sandman says it was nice to meet the girls, but prefers to maintain more of an avuncular rather than a paternal role: "I found out they like mint ice cream and Dr. Pepper just like me".
– For those patients not wanting to meet the radiologist: 'I prefer my referring physician', or 'the radiologist provides a good explanation during the examination (ultrasound)' and 'the radiologist is part of a team that discusses the results'.
In Abbo's version of events, the king refused to meet the Danes in battle, preferring to die a martyr's death.
Last year, he told NBC's "Meet the Press" that he prefers snail mail, because the National Security Agency may be monitoring his emails.
I'm waiting to meet the Brampton Batman (who prefers to be called the Dark Knight) at the corner of Steeles Avenue and Dixie Road in the bowels of Brampton, a gnarly notch on the commuter belt northwest of Toronto.
I'm waiting to meet the Brampton Batman (who prefers to be called The Dark Knight) at the corner of Steeles Avenue and Dixie Road in the bowels of Brampton, a gnarly notch on the commuter belt northwest of Toronto.
In the intensive system, the economy of scale is more preferred to meet the increasing demands for livestock products than small scale units of production.
