Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Perhaps the sole result of this ecclesiastical protest will be advertising for Mr. Maxwell Anderson and other writers who prefer their profanity straight. To some people it may be cheering to encounter such positive evidence of the fact that the ancient aristocracy of "cusswords" is at last emerging from dark corners and being received publicly. Time was when all the stage knew was the use of the least harmful of all emphatic monosyllables solely for comic purposes. Writers like Mr. George Moore who perpetually deplore how foreign words and phrases are emasculating the English language, should be pleased to witness...
Whether Colonel Charles Sweeney and other American fliers in Morocco prefer their present occupation* to immunity from $1,000 fine and three years in prison should soon become apparent...
...Highest said: "My whole life and work have been directed by the will of God, and that is why now a holy calm pervades me. The so-called democracy of today means death to the nation. It is an inadequate form of government, and the people within their hearts prefer the monarchy, or one-man rule...
Eugene V. Debs: "The cause of human progress sustains no loss in the death of Mr. Bryan. It is customary to speak only good of the dead, but I prefer to speak the truth regarding men, whether living or dead...
...believe that aestheticism and athleticism might mix in a very satisfying manner. The natural and healthy way is to prefer one more than the other, and to act accordingly. But it is unhealthy to follow one extreme to the utter exclusion and intolerance of the other. --The Dartmouth...