Its crime is to have passed an ordinance banning a treasured southern practice: assigning to the porch a decrepit couch or recliner on which to doze in a cooling breeze or watch the world go by.The Wilson city fathers think the battered old armchairs and sofas make the place look a mess, and prefer smart furniture made for the purpose.
Amazon's Echo speaker, and its descendents, Dot and Tap, are growing in popularity as consumers' preferred "smart" speakers and the voice computing platform for the home.
A relationship now will be dates like: -Recess Dates -Texting -Hanging Out On A Walk. Guys prefer smart girls who listen to the same music.
Of the two, I prefer the Smart Case with the iPad mini, since the leather shell feels great in the hand, and it offers peace of mind while still managing not to compromise the iPad mini's portability.
He went through a very public spat with his label, Atlantic Records, over the direction of his 2011 album Lasers, and was publicly indifferent about the finished product -- an indifference shared by many of his fans, who preferred the smart, uncompromising Lupe of his earlier albums to the guy who sampled Modest Mouse and relied on synths and simplistic hooks.
Josie, spirited and smart, prefers the local bookstore, where she hangs around so often that the owner, Charlie, gives her a room in the attic when she is 11.
Smart prefers to think of it as relationship building.
A smart person prefers to go places where they're actually viewed as smart.
He prefers a so-called smart wall, the deployment of camera and drone technology to trace movement on the border, especially in remote areas.
He prefers the term "water-smart gardening," which he describes as looking beyond native grasses to attractive imports from regions with similarly dry climates -- snow irises from eastern Asia, say, or daisies that thrive in the mountains of South Africa.
