Perhaps they believe that even a deteriorating status quo is preferable to a heightened risk of sudden change.
The mortgage industry doesn't object to the congressional intrusion, since a federal law might be preferable to a patchwork of state laws (though the industry would have preferred a Republican-run Congress).
Those who urge that a global World Trade Organization agreement is preferable to a series of bilateral and multilateral pacts ignore the WTO's very limited progress towards creating global free trade.
Those experts calculate that North Korea is unlikely to provoke a war on the peninsula as it would almost certainly lose, and a nuclear-armed North Korea is preferable to a hostile leadership there, a complete regime collapse or rapprochement with the South.
Likewise an unstable, weakened mullocracy in Iran challenged by a well-funded, liberal opposition is preferable to a strong, stable mullocracy that has successfully repressed its internationally isolated liberal rivals.
And so the rising tide money the Fed supposedly creates inflates asset prices in such a way as to make an index fund vastly preferable to a hedge fund.
We will have to look at force structure and the size of the ground forces after Iraq and Afghanistan recognizing that a smaller, highly capable and ready force is preferable to a larger, hollow force.
In a Krugman world, centralized management of the money supply is preferable to a market-based outcome because the academically-informed economists will serve the best interests of the economy at large.
Ask any lawyer who has represented investors in industry arbitrations or an investor if the arbitration system is preferable to a court of law.
Perhaps he was mindful of an old adage repeated by conservative ulema down the ages that 80 years of tyranny is preferable to a single night of anarchy.
Although such satellites are small and (at least currently) incapable, that has not stopped their proponents from thinking big because several small satellites may often be preferable to a single, large one.
But the point is neither of these options is preferable to a balanced, broad deficit reduction package, which would be healthy, good for the economy, good for the American people, would protect the middle class as we move forward.
For companies, the specific, targeted nature of a StreetID search can also be far preferable to posting a job listing on a site like eFinancialCareers.com.
By contrast, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the threats of international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the instability of the greater Middle East draw many to the deduction that perhaps a multipolar world where no single power maintains hegemony is the preferable path towards a more stable and peaceful future.
That was once seen as a preferable path to athletic glory because of the honor and material benefits of being a soldier.
Professors of both sexes judged the male candidate to be more competent and a preferable hire.
Smart leaders understand an open position is preferable to filling a position with the wrong candidate.
It should be clearly preferable to be a friend of the United States, not its enemy.
Is this not a preferable state of affairs and expenditure to that scourge with which the nation is now afflicted?
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Is it a preferable alternative that he shouldn't be involved at all?
Clearly, for this purpose, it would be preferable to choose a department where your self-interest is not too obvious: this is about learning not lobbying.
If they had proceeded with the share sale at the time, they could have raised more capital by selling fewer shares, a preferable outcome for existing shareholders.
We watched one sitting on the high riverbank, stretching its legs and wandering along the curve of the river, before slumping down in a preferable place further along.
But Barnardo's says the introduction of new technology is a preferable option to proposals for Sarah's Law, which would allow parents to learn of registered sex offenders living in their area.
Since these payments narrow the disparity between employment and unemployment, and in some cases may even be preferable to accepting a low-paying job, workers are incentivized to reject employment opportunities that they might otherwise accept.
It would be far more preferable to have a national capability to rapidly deploy this gear wherever it might be needed than to perpetuate the present posture one which might be best described as every American for himself.
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In the short-term, then, it may be preferable to create a Sub-Unified Command for the continent within the European Command ? where much expertise on Africa is currently housed ? while working to relocate in theater in the longer-term.
He did not set a date, but said it would be "preferable to have as short a campaign as possible" and hold the vote in the minimum three months.
But if you are a low-skilled immigration pessimist, especially if you are conservative, then this seems like a far preferable system to points systems or other command and control government handouts that are usually proposed.
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The Jets may have a quarterback opening soon, and the gig might be less preferable than putting your face inside a trash bag full of bees.
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