Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...individuals and nations-by giving in on every point until one is stripped of everything except peace-the peace of the grave. . . . We shall of course stand up against any future aggressor, from wherever he might come. We shall fight with everything we have. . . . Once more we shall prefer to die on our feet rather than live on our knees...
...conferences in Room 313 at the Sarasota Terrace Hotel. Now, after practice, he goes directly to his own room, has his bottle of ale sent up, apparently enjoying and certainly inviting hostility. When asked by a Manhattan newspaperman (a man he had known for 20 years) what made him prefer Johnny Pesky at third base and Vern Stephens at shortstop, McCarthy snapped: "I just pushed a button and they came out that way." Marse Joe has been called a push-button manager by sportwriters-and dislikes it as strongly as the late John McGraw resented being called "Muggsy...
...poems, ranging from the twisted, Donne-like prayers of colonial minister Edward Taylor to a fine elegy by 31-year-old Robert Lowell. To introduce the poems, Rodman has written a breathless essay which takes the reader on a dizzy, profitless tour of American poetic history. Most readers will prefer to skip Rodman's off-the-hip grading of American poets and go directly to their work. On the whole, his selections are very good. He has omitted such chestnuts as The Raven and 0 Captain! My Captain! and included less well-known poems. The book is spiced...
...Bloodless Battle. One misconception is a tendency to confuse the Russians with democracy's late enemies, the Germans and the Japanese. Both the Axis nations were militarist, which means that they had a preference for going to war to get what they wanted. Militarism is not one of the numerous moral spirochetes in the Communist mind. The Reds understand very clearly the importance of military power, but they prefer not to use it if they can reach their objectives by propaganda, conspiracy or blackmail. The Communists are not likely to unify the U.S. with a military Pearl Harbor...
...they prefer the South, especially sea port towns...