The clarity of realism as a way of thinking about international relations is preferable to the weasel words of liberal interventionism.
Besides, if we're dealing in morality on serious methods for depriving Iran of nuclear weapons capability or a bomb, lowering the level of gasoline exports to Iran instead of carrying out airstrikes on presumed nuclear installations would seem to be a far preferable "humanitarian" approach (Mr. Rhodes' word) for both Iranians and the U.S. military.
Keeping the search to no more than three words is preferable.
It may be preferable to use other words, such as "several," "many," or "a great deal of" when referring to count nouns (things that can be counted individually).[2].
"One word would be preferable," David added.
In other words, secrecy was preferable to transparency and justice.
Yes indeed, short words are generally preferable to long ones, plain speech to ornate, simple structure to Ciceronian complexity.
Poorly worded apologies are preferable to none at all, Frantz said, because it shifts the power dynamic as the victim can choose whether to accept the apology.
For a while, her family was on food aid, or "relief" as it was then known, a word Morrison finds preferable to today's language.
In other words, cultural (a preferable term to civilisational) aspects shape societies' worldviews, but culture is not an impermeable barrier to a wider model of order that can bring different regimes together.
A certifiable bull-market genius, Mr. Blodget learned how unfun bear markets can be -- and that worshipful investors who hang on an analyst's every word are far preferable to the tediously litigious sort who sued him and Merrill in July.
