In the bitter phrase of Jean-Paul Sartre, with whom he sparred for years, he preferred to view men like ants.

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Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said it was worth discussion but it "would not be a preferred option from the Canadian point of view".

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The public pensions funds and endowments and other institutional investors that entrust money with these firms are often taking the same long-term view on returns that the general partners have preferred.

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He says lots of bankers asked him if he wanted to buy back the business, but that he preferred to look through the windshield, and not the rear-view mirror.

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Although Guardi is best known today as a vedutista, or view painter, the British aristocrats on their "Grand Tour" preferred the near-photographic precision of Canaletto's views to take home as souvenirs.

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Three months ago, Microsoft, which had promised to offer a "choice screen" from which users could pick the browser they preferred, was upbraided by the EU's competition commissioner, who said many users had not been able to view a choice of screen between February 2009 and July 2012.

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