In Spanish, at least one reference reports estadounidense, estado-unidense or estadunidense are preferred to americano for U. S. nationals ; the latter tends to refer to any resident of the Americas and not necessarily from the United States.

Gregory the Great in an epistle simplified the Latinized name Anglii to Angli, the latter form developing into the preferred form of the word.

This latter translation is preferred by the New Revised Standard Version.

The latter system is preferred by some as it accustoms the weaners to the presence of people and they are trained to take feed other than grass.

are used, mainly due to an alternative spelling of Hristos ( Christ ) as Cristos, the latter being preferred by the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches.

Unobservable poles are not present in the transfer function realization of a state-space representation, which is why sometimes the latter is preferred in dynamical systems analysis.

Astronomers preferred the latter GMT convention in order to simplify their observational data so that each entire night was logged under a single calendar date.

Today, the term " holomorphic function " is sometimes preferred to " analytic function ", as the latter is a more general concept.

Although the latter pronunciation is closer to the Spanish pronunciation, it is not the pronunciation preferred by locals.

The latter rule is generally preferred, as it affords more strategic possibilities in declaration.

Kant preferred republicanism to pure democracy, on the grounds that the latter may be the unrestricted rule of the majority, unrestrained by law.

In most current networking environments, RIP is not the preferred choice for routing as its time to converge and scalability are poor compared to EIGRP, OSPF, or IS-IS ( the latter two being link-state routing protocols ), and ( without RMTI ) a hop limit severely limits the size of network it can be used in.

Sowell writes that affirmative action policies encourage non-preferred groups to designate themselves as members of preferred groups ( i. e., primary beneficiaries of affirmative action ) to take advantage of group preference policies ; that they tend to benefit primarily the most fortunate among the preferred group ( e. g., upper and middle class blacks ), often to the detriment of the least fortunate among the non-preferred groups ( e. g., poor whites or Asians ); that they reduce the incentives of both the preferred and non-preferred to perform at their best – the former because doing so is unnecessary and the latter because it can prove futile – thereby resulting in net losses for society as a whole ; and that they increase animosity toward preferred groups.

The latter information was of great importance to those visiting this Thames-side palace from London, as the preferred method of transport at the time was by barge, and at low water London Bridge created dangerous rapids.

The New York Times Vincent Canby preferred Annie Hall to Allen's second directorial effort, Take the Money and Run, since the former is more " humane " while the latter is more a " cartoon ".

Delgado was young, had a bright future and a low salary, while Gaston preferred Carter to Olerud, feeling the latter wasn't aggressive enough at the plate.

Although, like his teacher, he preferred contemplative ( theoretical ), to active ( practical ) life, he preferred to set the latter free from the restraints of family life, etc.

Also, while the terms " symphonic poem " and " tone poem " have often been used interchangeably, some composers such as Richard Strauss and Jean Sibelius have preferred the latter term for pieces that were less symphonic in design and in which there is no special emphasis on thematic or tonal contrast.

The former group resisted the taxation of land and favoured an increase in import duties ; the latter preferred the opposite.

The preferred forms of paper money were gold certificates and National Gold Bank Notes, the latter having been created specifically to address the desire for hard money in California.

Steuco preferred Plato to Aristotle and saw greater congruence between the former and Christianity than the latter philosopher.

Since marginal costs rise when the wage rate rises, the profit-maximizing price also rises when the public-limit price is elevated, and is likely to remain well above the latter.

Interestingly, viruses can remain intact from apoptosis particularly in the latter stages of infection.

It is thought the latter may remain from an episode of language shift.

It is comparatively easy to agree on observations of physical phenomena, harder to agree on observations of social or mental phenomena, and difficult in the extreme to reach agreement on matters of theology or ethics ( and thus the latter remain outside the normal purview of science ).

Following the latter conflict, France retained control of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Marie-Galante, St. Barthélemy, and its portion of St. Martin ; all remain part of France today.

" Diagnoses of " mental illness " or " mental disorder " ( the latter expression called by Szasz a " weasel term " for mental illness ) are passed off as " scientific categories " but they remain merely judgments ( judgments of disdain ) to support certain uses of power by psychiatric authorities.

Whether it is to be considered a part of the Doric Group or the latter a part of it or the two subgroups of West Greek: the dialects and their grouping remain the same.

The former work is still extant ; of the latter only excerpts remain, but the facts are largely incorporated in the work of Zosimus.

In May 1933, the American chargé d ' affaires reported that " Baron von Neurath has shown such a remarkable capacity for submitting to what in normal times could only be considered as affronts and indignities on the part of the Nazis, that it is still quite a possibility that the latter should be content to have him remain as a figurehead for some time yet ".

Balfour, trying to juggle different factions, had allowed both Chamberlain and Free Trade supporters to resign from the government, hoping that Devonshire would remain for the sake of balance, but the latter eventually resigned under pressure from Charles Thomson Ritchie and from his wife, who still hoped that he might lead a government including leading Liberals.

In 1966, Spellman offered his resignation to Pope Paul after the latter requested that bishops over 75 retire, but Paul asked him to remain in his post.

: The Government established by this Constitution is the successor of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, and all the laws passed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the officers appointed by the same shall remain in office until their successors are appointed and qualified, or the offices abolished.

The book explains that the former are in command of the latter and are the protectors, not opponents, of Buddhism-although the flaw of pride or ambition has caused them to fall onto the demon road, they remain the same basically good, dharma-abiding persons they were in life.

For the latter part of his reign, Gian Gastone chose to remain confined in his bed, tended by his entourage, the Ruspanti.

Only the westernmost and northeastern extremities of the island remain residential today, and the latter preserves some vestiges of its 16th century canon's houses.

In the latter case, the submission becomes subject to review by outside scholars of the editor's choosing who typically remain anonymous.

However, at least two PIRGs remain autonomous operations ; MPIRG ( Minnesota PIRG ) and NYPIRG, the latter supporting activities of U. S. PIRG while maintaining its independence and its governance by its student board.

The latter remain similar to standard footwear, but include an attachment point for the bindings near the toe.

They decided that the former were enemies who had to be exiled, while the latter were merely " misled " and were allowed to remain.

The Monmouthshire estates, which he had obtained by reversion from Cromwell, were allowed to remain in his possession, though they should strictly have reverted to his father ; the latter wrote to Lord Clarendon that his son was intriguing against him.

Now, only the sika and red deer remain, the latter being divided into three separate species European red deer, central Asian red deer and American elk ( though this remains controversial ).

He was traded to the Florida Marlins in June for Wilson Valdez, a minor-league second baseman who it was assumed would replace Luis Castillo before the latter signed a four-year contract to remain with Florida.

The Swedenborgian philosopher Mésès has excellently compared rudimentary creations with the most perfect, and embryonic beings with the most complete, in that the former lack all irregularities, protuberances and qualities, which leaves them in more or less spherical form, like the ovum and M. Ubu, while the latter have added so many personal details that they remain equally spherical, following the axiom that the most polished object is that which presents the greatest number of sharp corners.

During the latter stages of John's life, they became increasingly aware of the scale of their collection and wished that it would remain intact.

Three more singles — " Dead Man Walking ", " Seven Years in Tibet ", and " I'm Afraid of Americans " — did not fare so well, although the latter did remain in the U. S. charts for 16 weeks, peaking at number 66.