Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vital problem which the taxpayers of Massachusetts might well face frankly, but which they will probably prefer to dodge, is set forth effectively by Edith Hamilton MacFadden of Cambridge in her new book, "The Next Question." The subject with which she deals is tax-exemption, which is, of course, just another form of taxation for those whose property is not exempt. She points out that tax-exempt property is rapidly increasing. Its total in Massachusetts up to and including 1925 is $1,188,-768,668, and it is increasing at the rate of $60,000,000 a year. The list...
...Quotidien: "In America it would be fine for the election prospects of the Republican party if, after having overthrown the work of Woodrow Wilson, they could pose as the real founders of peace among nations. . . . But why should France play that game?" That is to say, France may prefer to work for universal peace through the League of Nations, and not through a U. S.-sponsored "multilateral pact...
Although the first-year men can not sign up for skating as a regular form of exercise, they may cut the sport they have signed up for on days when the weather permits and they prefer ice activities. This project was introduced as an experiment four years ago but had been dropped since then on account of the poor weather...
...there been any poetry lately? . . . "Belasco could recruit a troupe from our groups-Borah, the hero; Jim Reed, the villain; and Blanton, the mob scene! . . . "The press gallery often catches and transmits the noisy nothings at the discomfiture of the aggregate wisdom. Those journals, sniffing for human interest effluvia, prefer parliamentary riots and such outbreaks as the Battle of Blanton and Bloom to the interpretation of drab statistics assembled by the drudges of Congressional Committees engaged in formulating legislation of significance. "Ten thousand dollars unviolated looks handsome. The Congressional tengrands get badly nicked. The most appalling item is the slice...
...sorry Mr. Hurd, but we prefer individualism. --The Dartmouth...