Having Cruz working with the group would be preferable, but the quarterback understood the business end, too.

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In the small towns of Chumbivilcas, this may be preferable to living side-by-side with someone you harbour negative feelings toward.

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In some cases, as with the elderly, pregnant women and children, these older, cheaper drugs may be preferable because they are less likely to have certain side effects.

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It is a recognition that it is infinitely preferable to encourage reform that happens with stability than to push societies into a revolution whose motivations will be mixed and whose outcome will be uncertain.

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