After all, voters plumped for spending over tax cuts in both 2001 and 2005.
French-speakers in the south plumped for Socialists, who want to keep the country together.
Dr Yamanaka used skin cells from the face, whereas Dr Yu plumped for ones from the foreskin.
As in other states, older white Democrats strongly preferred Mrs Clinton while younger ones plumped for Mr Obama.
The Warsaw Business Journal plumped for a figure of "500, 000 Poles who are likely to find work in Germany".
The Bank of Italy and the employers' association, Confindustria, have plumped for 4.9%.
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Many working-class voters who backed Mr Sarkozy for the presidency last year abstained or plumped for the left this time.
Leeds' Patrick Kisnorbo deserves some recognition for a strong season in defence but instead I plumped for Millwall's Paul Robinson.
Having declined to appear in an admittedly rather baronial hall he plumped for an altogether more minimal red brick establishment.
He plumped for a bird connection as both countries feature one on their national flags - the UAE has a falcon.
But the two together were the chief worry for 34% of the electorate, compared with just 22% who plumped for values.
Historically, Americans have generally plumped for fixed-rate mortgages, which can be swapped, with no penalty, for cheaper ones when mortgage rates fall.
Eventually the conference plumped for - dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot - a signal that is hard to mistake for anything else in the world of morse.
Some 57% of Italian voters plumped for parties that explicitly oppose austerity.
Although Minnesota saw the country's highest turnout last Tuesday, a staggering 59%, only one voter out of every four plumped for him.
Six in ten South Dakota voters plumped for George Bush last November.
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Even the small Pyrenean nation, which used to insist on performing in Catalan, has plumped for a Euro-friendly disco tune in English this year.
This time, Carwyn Jones has decided to look beyond his Assembly group and plumped for Theodore Huckle QC, from the Civitas chambers in Cardiff.
In America many newspapers have plumped for local news and sport, leaving everything else to bigger outfits or to wire services like The Associated Press.
Last week, though, Hispanic voters plumped for Democratic candidates by an overwhelming margin seven to three, up from six to four in the 2004 presidential election.
With a confidence borne of years of Tabasco abuse, I've plumped for the double-X chilli, a mid-strength choice that is awarded a "beware" on the menu.
The singer has plumped for a cover of Whitney Houston's power ballad I Will Always Love You, itself a rendition of a Dolly Parton penned track.
That is the course which, albeit reluctantly in a country where big bankruptcies have been rare, the government seems at long last to have plumped for.
In this week's poll, supporters of the Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's two biggest Muslim organisations, plumped for many different candidates of varying degrees of piety.
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Less than a quarter plumped for the Parliament in Westminster.
Mr Menderes says the constitution forbids a serving judge from being elected president and that Mr Sezer omitted formally to leave his judicial job before he plumped for the grander one.
Europe offered to make amends by lowering some of its own barriers to imports, but Congress, frustrated by delays and unpersuaded by wiser voices in the White House, plumped for punitive tariffs instead.
Last year, voters for the Critics' Choice Awards plumped for Slumdog Millionaire as best film, paving the way for the British hit to sweep the Oscars, where it won eight awards on the night.
" He also plumped for cutting the capital gains levy, understanding a fact missed by many economists, Potomac pols and pundits: "We are in a slump because venture capital fell 74% the past year.
Just six times since 1949 has there been a difference in winners at the two awards, although last year the DGA plumped for Rob Marshall for Chicago while the Oscar went to Roman Polanski for The Pianist.
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