Instead, the communique endorsed Mr. Netanyahu's preferred plan to move directly to "final status" talks.

Deming preferred plan, do, study, act because "study" has connotations in English closer to Shewhart's intent than "check".

Indeed, an Olympic-size pool was the preferred plan until studies deemed the maintenance too expensive.

The Administration's preferred plan: international institutions like the World Bank finance half of the reconstruction, with the European Union and other countries paying the rest.

As of late 2010, the preferred plan is to use a slightly modified Progress spacecraft to de-orbit the ISS.

Washington's preferred plan is to help the Karzai government hold on until its new army and a new national police force being trained by Germany are ready.

The high out-of-pocket costs involved with joining a preferred plan also raise questions about the ability of these plans to attract Medicare beneficiaries.

Even someone in traditional Medicare, who buys supplemental insurance, may not be spending much more than they would if they chose the preferred plan, she said.

Medicare only recently began a pilot program in which the elderly could opt to join a preferred plan, she said.

"The preferred plan is to open in England first, but in London there's nothing suitable."