Word: preferable
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrast to the strolling guitar players who frequented the Capriccio, Bach fugues and fifteenth century canciones provide background music at the Mozart. "I much prefer to listen to Schweitzer play Bach than have someone strumming in here. Besides I don't like the guitar much--except for Segovia. I also try to discourage the exhibitionist tendency so often found in today's coffee houses, and I think it is very well discouraged here...
Heretofore, studying Russian at Harvard has been the privilege of a diligent few. The notorious difficulty of Aab and Bab, full courses compressed into a single term each, has discouraged many people who would prefer Russian to German or the Romance languages. Credit for two courses is small consolation for one who must fulfill the requirements of another field of concentration. The proposed course presents Russian, which is not generally available in secondary schools, as a vital second language...
...only drawback to such a large program, aside from the language problem, Merrill said, is Russian unwillingness to send small delegations to dispersed places. The Russians prefer large groups, he stated, so that the members can "watch one another...
Officials in Washington speculated that Nixon may take the President's place at the NATO conference, though some sources have suggested that other participating countries may prefer to go ahead with the meeting on a cabinet level, postponing a summit consultation until Ike could attend...
...benefit from such a program, those who are entering public service, business, and journalism, often do not wish to take graduate training. A Ph.D. is not necessary for a career in journalism; often the public service career men enter government service directly, and those wishing to enter business usually prefer to go to business school, if they wish any graduate training at all. It would seem that undergraduate concentration in Regional Studies would be more valuable to most people than graduate work in the field...