Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...generations, Hawaii's teachers have struggled to make their students learn English, and haven't succeeded yet. Most of Hawaii's polyglot population-Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Puerto Ricans-prefer pidgin English, the nearest thing to a common language in the Islands...
...fully in accord with Mr. Yates's statement that: "The average Briton . . . would much prefer to starve quietly than see our loathsome, contemptible politicians conniving with you to tie us up for generations with the dollar loans ..." I only wish there were more average Britons...
That's the way it goes all along the line, So-called "antart-cash" is down on Yale, while many of the brethren prefer to call it the other way, shrugging off their decision in much the same fashion as Vern Miller '42, ex-tackle and Globe reporter, who explains his hopes for a Harvani win with "I've just got the feeling in my bones, and it's always been pretty reliable...
...polls distributed, 302 have been returned thus far, the Council parking committee disclosed. Seventy-nine men favored the unprotected, free lot, while fifty-three said they would use the unguarded lot, but would prefer that it be fenced in. Rental would then he $5 per month...
...middle group of 55 men said it would use the first plan, but would prefer protection...