It often occurs to me how little attention many businesses pay to the fact that most of us have a strong preference to be part of a group in which we feel comfortable, and react badly when that group is disturbed or broken.
At Victoria's Secret, which has made superstars out of dozens of models, including Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks and Alessandra Ambrosio, executives don't have to rely on personal preference to pick their next faces.
People have a preference not to engage in unlawful behavior, and ObamaCare hoped to take advantage of that to create a new social norm where everyone buys insurance.
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There are some people who buy Macs because they prefer OS X to Windows, but I have no preference when it comes to operating systems.
Worse, banks have come to rely on issuing their own preference shares to raise capital, and will find that harder if holders of Fannie's and Freddie's paper suffer losses.
The results of these studies have led researchers to believe that the monkeys have a preference for symmetry just as humans do.
Forecasts of a shortage of skilled and unskilled workers had led to an international recruiting drive, but have more recently given way to a preference for local labor.
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At least one theory posits that Cowgill's atypical preference may have as much to do with his eyes as it does with his hands.
But our strong preference is to have Iran meet its international obligations, negotiate diplomatically, to allow them to have peaceful use of nuclear energy in accordance with international law, but at the same time, forswear the weaponization of nuclear power.
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Put simply, it allows you to rank candidates in order of preference and requires every MP to have secured the support of at least half of their constituents.
Not really, just evidence of the familiar problem of British skills shortages a problem so acute that many employers prefer to hire a worker who does not have English as a first language, in preference to a less-skilled native.
Why give absolute preference to teachers who have simply stayed in one district for longer?
Unpledged delegates in the Republican Party do not have to indicate a candidate preference, but a majority are elected just like pledged delegates.
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While the idea of what constitutes the ideal body shape is changing in Sudan, the traditional preference for women to have thick legs remains.
Students with lower-than-average SAT scores tended to have a stronger preference for schools known for athletic success, while students with higher SAT scores preferred institutions with greater academic quality.
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Or she could make a portfolio sale to a large scale institution like TIAA-Cref or an endowment like Harvard, which are known to have a modest preference for farmland.
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The economy minister says preference shares should never have been sold to retail savers but agrees that bank investors must bear some losses.
In economics terms, highly-indebted persons have an infinite discount rate and an infinite preference for the present, which leads them to make decisions that can have disastrous long-term effects.
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When trading up from features phones to smartphones Americans have a slight preference for Windows over the iOS or Android.
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There is a second advantage to using lasers in preference to radar: while they have a similar range, laser sensors have a significantly wider field of vision.
Preference should be given to candidates who have recently exhibited outstanding international leadership in the science of hydrology.
Private employers have such a strong preference for foreigners that many resort to creating pretend jobs for Saudis to meet increasingly tough quotas.
In reality, the traders would have been unlikely to be able to sell their preference shares at a profit because they'd bought them at faked prices.
The RWCL board have indicated a strong preference for all future World Cups to be staged in just one country "unless compelling reasons can be presented".
Preference should be given to candidates who have contributed through both scientific and practical work, and who have made outstanding contributions to the hydrology community as demonstrated by active involvement in the work of IAHS or other international hydrological associations.
"You have to make up for it with increased customer preference, " said Delta's Mr. Cox.
The members have been asked to place each bid in order of preference.
Experimental economists have paid a lot of attention to so-called preference reversals.
Nelson is on the right track if in fact the conclusion is you would have to have a second primary, but my preference is that the delegates who were selected would go ahead and be seated.
He was also talking about some of the other provisions that we've set out in terms of hedge fund managers, who through a provision, a tax preference in the law, are allowed to have their income, which is designated income from their labor, be taxed at a capital gains rate -- called carried interest.
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