Word: prefer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Unpossessed is a telling caricature, the work of an artist who will undoubtedly do even better. Miles and Margaret lived unhappily together. He wanted to love her but he had a New England conscience which was always shutting her out. In the end, when he persuaded her to prefer abortion to motherhood, it was he who was shut out. Jeffrey, whose time was spent getting himself seduced against a literary background, had luckily acquired a solid woman in his wife Norah. He was always thankful to come home to her, but neither would he let her have any baby...
...Spitfire" is all Katharine Hepburn and very little else. For those who worship the great Hepburn, this picture is very acceptable; but those who prefer a well rounded story with balanced presentation will be unsatisfied. Miss Hepburn, whose Hollywood career has been what they call "dynamic," finds a role that is still different from any of her others in the rustic lass of the Tonnessee mountains, who merits the name "Trigger" and the picture's title, "Spitfire...
President's proposal has not been made public and I prefer not to discuss it until...
...VERY kind to me. My age? I decline to answer, but I will say I weigh 134 pounds. Oh, well, you can say I am 20. . . I've been in the burlesque circuits for four years now. I enjoy my work very, very much, but I did prefer my old job as a radio artist. Still, I get more audience response on the stage. (Note: This is only natural. Miss de Shone must be seen to be appreciated...
Please let me know which course you elect. Personally, I prefer #1. Although your publication has "damned us with faint praise" only too often, I am, and hope to remain, one of your boosters. I believe I have subscribed to TIME for at least ten years, if not longer...