"I want to be your second choice, " Bush told them, tipping his hand.

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Some believe the eventual choice is most likely to be a second runway at Stansted, where the airport layout is most practical and where opposition could be least.

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Votes not needed by a candidate, because they have too few to be elected to a post or enough to guarantee a position, are transferred to the voter's second choice.

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Under the government's plans, local authorities will be given a choice as to whether to charge full council tax on second homes.

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If not, the remaining candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their second preferences (or third preferences if they were the second choice of someone who voted for the first candidate to be eliminated) reallocated.

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And with the help of behavioral science (plus the mere accumulation of experience that people gain using the exchanges), I expect the second or third generation of exchanges will be less likely to create choice overload for potential customers.

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We will give consumers and advertisers more choice and our cable and digital assets will be second to none.

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And this leads to the second false premise of Internet dating: that choosing a mate should be a rational choice, in which people carefully comparison-shop for partners.

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Second, the people of Scotland will one day be asked to vote on whether to become independent, a choice which must have profound consequences for Britain as a whole.

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