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Preferring — Prefer Pre*fer , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preferring}.] [F. pr[ e]f[ e]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

preferring — предпочтение предпочтение …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

preferring of charges — index accusation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

anthropophilic — adjective Preferring human beings to other animals, such as a mosquito or a dermatophyte. It is especially alluding to: 1) bloodsucking arthropods, denoting the preference of a parasite for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over an… …   Wiktionary

crymophilic — Preferring cold; denoting microorganisms which thrive best at low temperatures. SYN: cryophilic. [crymo + G. philos, fond] …   Medical dictionary

History of Federal Open Market Committee actions — This is a list of historical rate actions by the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC controls the supply of credit to banks and the sale of treasury securities. At scheduled meetings, the FOMC meets and makes any changes… …   Wikipedia

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Charles de Gaulle — This article is about the French statesman. For other uses, see Charles de Gaulle (disambiguation). Charles De Gaulle President of the French Republic Co Prince of Andorra In office 8 January 195 …   Wikipedia

Schwartz set — In voting systems, the Schwartz set is the union of all Schwartz set components. A Schwartz set component is any non empty set S of candidates such that # Every candidate inside the set S is pairwise unbeaten by any candidate outside S ; and # No …   Wikipedia

Spanish literature — Introduction       the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… …   Universalium