Some surgeons may quite reasonably prefer later pre-operative CT prior to surgery, and this would generally be a local preference [Figure 12].
However, this speaks more to the tendency of CVC investors to prefer later-stage investments in proven startups than it is a true measure of their investing prowess.
Even though they had just had their fill of the first food, they still cached it, presumably because they thought it would be their preferred choice later.
Although the United States preferred a later date for President Bush's visit, Mr. Jiang insisted on a meeting early in the year so that he would have time before his retirement for a high-profile return visit to Washington in the fall, a Chinese journalist said.
Second, the first fragments appear to be preferred over later ones; these with an unset MF flags are preferred over those with a set flag.
Our results have shown that a sustainable fishery of the commercially preferred larger, later reproducing fish can be obtained by limiting the value of (h_{3}), i.e., by placing an upper limit on the proportion of large adult fish harvested.
They took the successor company, AK Steel, public in 1994, selling about 74% of the common stock-plus preferred stock later that year-raising $654 million of equity, which paid off the debt, leaving the company in strong financial condition.
It was employed to designate mirror images, shadows, scarecrows, and everything that appears in dreams and visions; in this sense it is synonymous with the term mithâl, which was often preferred by later authors.
Microsoft, which had a decent prior relationship with Immersion, settled in July 2003, agreeing to pay a one-time licensing fee of $20 million and to buy $6 million in preferred stock later converted to 2.2 million shares, or a 9.4% equity stake in Immersion.
