1.   The administration clearly preferred not to have any federally funded programs directly aimed at local economic development.

2.   But the administration apparently prefers not to ask industry to bear even those small costs.

3.   For that reason, he said, the administration preferred a more modest agenda for the Singapore talks.

4.   So the administration prefers to hit Iraq from the air, if necessary at frequent intervals.

5.   The administration prefers to maintain federal control of the health plans and other federal aid program, typically known as entitlements.

6.   The administration also would prefer that an income-based premium be created not by Congress, but by a commission on the future of Medicare.

7.   The administration generally prefers to smile on established governments, even if they are neither democratic nor open-minded.

8.   The administration prefers the Senate bill.

9.   The administration prefers a standard that emphasizes abstinence, which has not proved effective in the United States at delaying sexual activity.

10.   The Bush administration prefers the Senate bill.