1.   Amazon, like many companies, had embraced e-mail as the preferred way to communicate about business matters.

2.   Analysts say stock buybacks by Chrysler and hordes of other companies have pushed dividends out as the preferred way to award shareholders.

3.   And every dedicated gardener has a preferred way of caring for them.

4.   At a press conference Saturday, the former professional basketball player praised the exercise device as his preferred way to stay fit.

5.   But a new program soon could push aside the collection plate as the preferred way for some congregants to show their Christian charity.

6.   But before titles, performing works in English translation was the preferred way to make opera accessible for English-speaking audiences.

7.   Dole will prepare for the debate in his preferred solitary way.

8.   Every coffee lover has a favorite or several favorite coffees, as well as a preferred way of making them.

9.   For many temporary workers, working on an as-needed basis is the preferred way of life.

10.   From the standpoint of both public opinion and the Constitution, censure is still the preferred way to punish Clinton.