While media coverage of Satanism tends to err on the horse-mutilation side of things, my Satanist friend Phil Mawson who, granted, does work at a butcher shop actually prefers devoting his time to revising the work of Anton LaVey, author of the Satanic Bible and founder of the Church of Satan.
Upon ascending the throne at the age of 15, the Tianqi emperor preferred to devote his time to carpentry rather than to statecraft.
In those days, New Yorker artists preferred to devote May covers to traditional rites of spring — maypoles, ladies trying on hats, men refurbishing their yachts, and swells waving from cruise ships.
Otherwise he has preferred to devote himself almost entirely to his work, travelling out into the countryside in a 4x4 driven by an aide, armed with canvas, paints, brushes, lights and cameras.
In those days, New Yorker artists preferred to devote May covers to traditional rites of spring maypoles, ladies trying on hats, men refurbishing their yachts, and swells waving from cruise ships.
Instead, some managers preferred to devote more attention to development.
Directors, too, would prefer to devote their scrutiny on the operation of the company and might not want to challenge the chief executive over pay.
It was characteristic of him that he should prefer to devote his few weeks of leisure to an effort to help a struggling institution to find its feet.
The only long snapper on the club now is Kevin Maewe, who has told coaches he prefers to devote full time to playing center.
He married late, in his mid-40s, preferring to devote his energies to his writing, though he also worked as a civil servant for many decades, retiring in 1972 from a position in the ministry of culture.
