Feeling like Bartleby the Scrivener by that point, I told him that I would prefer not to.

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"Mario made a tackle on his teammate that I would prefer to see in a game, and not against a teammate, " said Mancini.

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"Any time I explain we're not Muslims, it sounds like we would prefer them to harass Muslims, " said the man in the 'We the People' T-shirt.

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"I would of course prefer to play with Andy but I know that is not going to happen as he has to concentrate on his singles, " said Murray, who hopes to team up with fellow Briton Jamie Delgado later in the year.

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At this stage of the game, I believe that the stock market and Mr. Bernanke would prefer to do away with the not-too-cold part of the formula and get this economy moving forward as fast as humanly possible.

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