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"I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious," Trump said.

It is this second solution that is preferable for the environment, he said, but it requires coordination between government, planning officers and housing developers – and takes longer to implement.

But for millions of us, virtual innovation has made it possible, even preferable, to pass the days connecting to objects, knowledge and even other people without sharing physical space with another soul.

It might be preferable that sports and politics didn’t mix at all, but the two have been wound together tightly for decades.

Shadows' developers have defended the inclusion of Yasuke against critics who argued that a native Japanese character would have been preferable.