Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...workmen prefer the 12-hour day because it means more money...
William J. Bryan: The railroads should print on their stationery: "Remember Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth." . . . " While I prefer private ownership for the railroads, I fear the country will be forced to give in to Government ownership because private ownership will not endure...
Brigands who prefer murder...
...misogynistic squires, etcetera, should enjoy Time Is Whispering. Three hundred and seventy-nine pages devoted almost exclusively to the rise and dedevelopment of a middle-aged love affair, sans fireworks or asterisks, between a retired Indian administrator and a gentle and genteel widow, may seem to those who prefer excitement in their reading a little too placid. A safe book to give an old-fashioned aunt...
...Conference may be able to complete its business satisfactorily within two or three weeks. It is possible that she has discovered that continual swinging of her war club does not bring foreign money for the development of her resources. Turks are notoriously poor farmers, manufacturers and tradesmen. They much prefer to have others perform such drab necessities of life and in view of this, their policy of refusing guarantees to foreign investors has been extremely shortsighted...