Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Again, the Christian Science Moniter, while agreeing with the broad outlines of what Mr. Wallace says, can only muster the feeble argument that Mr. Wallace is "making it harder" to put over the liberals' protest. With even Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (The Naton, April 5) declaring that "one must prefer" James Burnham's clearly faseist program, I, for one, rejoice that the liberal protest is in the hands of one with the sincerity and courage of Mr. Wallace. Durham M. Miller...
...Between the U.S. and China there is at present sad lack of contact and understanding. Communists and those they use . . . have succeeded in making Americans with some notable exceptions believe that China is only chaos, gloom, and doubt. ... So pervasive and persistent is that feeling that Americans prefer to sit back and wait, so far as China is concerned...
...born in another century," mused Henry Agard Wallace, answering a poll by This Month magazine, "I would prefer the 21st, the 22nd, the 23rd or the 24th . . . assuming that we learn how to control atomic power for peace...
...taste," burbles Chilean Author María-Luísa Bombal, "the grim, documentary type of writing is overdone today. I prefer-what you call-escape." Because escapist literature is Hollywood's meat, her new novel, House of Mist (Farrar Straus, $2.75), was a natural mouthful (at $125,000) for Producer Hal Wallis. Even without book royalties Author Bombal's literary take is tops for a Latin American writer...
...Rose Alschuler and La Berta Hattwick read some big meanings into little dabblings. Among them: emotionally well-adjusted little children incline to paint free, open forms, in warm colors. Unhappy ones often choose cold colors (especially black), paint tightly enclosed designs. Easygoing kids draw lots of curves; aggressive ones prefer straight lines. Children seem to connect blue with conscious control (most of them choose it for lettering), and red with their strongest feelings...