Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Swedish munitions king who endowed the prizes that bear his name, directed that they be given "to those who had most contributed to the benefit of mankind during the preceding year." But in times as touchy as these, for awards as political as Peace and Literature, the Scandinavian selectors prefer to play much safer than that. Last week they chose for Peace two Americans who were more active during World War I than after World War II-and for Literature a German who left his native land not under Hitler but under the Kaiser...
...Some will prefer to say 'Church, Bible and Spirit, but the greatest of these is Bible,' or 'Church, Bible and Spirit, but the greatest of these is Spirit.' What we must all learn to say is 'Church, Bible and Spirit, these three remain...
Although the nearest source of female talent is the Connecticut College for Women in New London, most Elis prefer the offerings of Smith, Vassar, or the vast and varied resources of New York City. New Haven is a poor town for entertainment, night life being limited to beer drinking at Mory's for members and at the Old Heidelberg for non-members, chow at George and Harry's, and indoor athletics at the Hotel Grade. On weekday nights the students must content themselves with a movie, an occasional play, or a racy meeting of the Political Union...
There was the question of the La Follette-Monroney reorganization bill, passed by the 79th Congress, which reduced the old hodgepodge of 81 Congressional committees to 15 in the Senate, 19 in the House. The 80th Congress, however, was not bound to go through with this streamlining. Many would prefer the old committee system, because there were more chairmanships to go around. A fight was due over that...
...unique situation, Switzerland is also the musical Mecca of Europe. On one hand are the ex-collaborationists such as Alfred Cortot and Willem Mengelberg, who were chased out of their native countries and took refuge in Switzerland. On the other, there are the already successful artists who would prefer to stay in Switzerland and make less money. The result is a country filled mountain high with the world's greatest musical talent...