Word: prefer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much prefer while young and free...
...painter of Queens, he has produced dozens of slick portraits of Queen Mary for clubs, asylums, other institutions. That ardent water colorist Wilhelmina of The Netherlands is so enamored of his brush that she has made him a Grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau. Serious critics prefer to think of Sir William's hobby, which has made him an authority on 18th Century British painting, the sale prices and present whereabouts of thousands of paintings being at his finger tips. London newshawks questioned Sir William last week about present-day British painting, found him in melancholy mood...
...character. The simplest way to keep these men in the houses would be ultimately to discard cross-sections altogether. But the present generation in college may still enjoy the benefits of genuine cross-sections if the houses can be made attractive enough to draw in the men that now prefer to live outside...
...petition asking a special breakfast rate shows beyond a doubt that many who board outside prefer to live in the houses. Though such men as a rule comprise the wealthiest group in the college, to offer them a breakfast rate based on actual food costs cannot be regarded as an unfair privilege for the rich, particularly when the advantages of having them in the houses are considered. Furthermore the college does not stand to lose, as lunch and dinner would be served at the regular charges...
...cross-section as conceived by President Conant, are ever to come to life the university must let down the bars to the men who prefer to take only a few meals in the dining halls. An equitable breakfast rate would be a long step forward. Some such consideration is needed to make the houses financially attractive to those who eat outside, and a concession of this sort might pave the way for a successful solution of the problem within the cross-section ideal...