Czech liberals usually do not call themselves liberals, but prefer labels such as progressive or even national socialist (not to be confused with the German variant).

The Wyden-Ryan deal shows that smart liberals prefer a different future.

They include drug and alcohol treatment centers, prison programs and community-based help for young people - just the sort of responses to crime and the conditions contributing to it that liberals prefer.

The idea of political rights for women is still controversial in Kuwait, and even liberals who favor the idea may prefer to score points by standing up to the royally appointed Government.

This view had much in common with the continuing liberal preference for strong local government for a similar end, although liberals preferred the ownership of the economy to remain in private hands.

The Times still uses liberal, though many onetime liberals now prefer "progressive."

These are hardly radical proposals--old-style liberals would prefer to spend a budget surplus on social programs, and they want to increase the minimum wage by more than the $1 Clinton has offered.

Instead of arguing substantive issues, liberals prefer to drone on and on about the larger cosmic meaning of Bush saying "subliminable."

Since abortion is not the left's proudest moment, liberals prefer to keep reminiscing about the last time they were giddily self-righteous.

When Madisonians are asked about the left-leaning bent here, which most liberals prefer to call progressive, they generally reply that it has always been that way.