Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prefer them in the balcony", was her laconic reply...
...prefer going around Robin Hood's barn every trip instead of in the front door...
...discussed. But it was not expected that these pistons would perform any prodigies in the American Legion track meet in Boston last week. Mr. Hubbard needs to be out of doors to run well. He does not feel free or limber under a roof. His great black legs also prefer spikes and a cinder track to rubber sneakers and a smooth armory floor. Yet Mr. Hubbard, who holds the world's broad-jump record, won the 50-yard dash, finished second in the low hurdles, and rounded off his day by sprinting 65 yards in 6 4/5 seconds breaking...
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS - Anita Loos, Boni, Liveright ($1.75). These confidences should be read in connection with that diverting hoax, The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion in the Year 1764-65, by "Cleone Knox" (TIME, Feb. 15). They are those of an unamed young lady who was acquitted of murder by a weeping judge and jury in Arkansas, went into cinema, and has since been pursuing her education in Manhattan under the care and guidance of a gentleman named Gus Eisman. The latter is in the button profession in Chicago, and she calls him "Daddy" only when a place...
...summer so one needn't be afraid of the stories that are told about high prices. As more students are exchanged between the American and French universities, so better feeling will prevail between the two countries. You know even though the French often try to overcharge Americans they usually prefer them to English. You Americans are so likely to be cordial and friendly, the English are sometimes a little stiff...