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Word: preferably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with a reverse cordon sanitaire? The answers may be that:1) such a drastic action might endanger the U.S.S.R.'s relation with Britain and the U.S., and might even precipitate a war, which Russia would do anything to avoid; 2) the Russians know how to organize disorganized territories, prefer to let the small States run themselves in a stable (i.e., a proSoviet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The Test | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...carry out this policy, Russia may well prefer strong, popular-front nationalist governments based on the trade unions, but not revolutionary and not internationalist. Else they might then get together in larger units, turn against Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The Test | 1/17/1944 | See Source »

...Testaments are almost equally popular. Of Bible readers 29% prefer the New; 26% prefer the Old. The other 45% like them both equally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bible Poll | 1/10/1944 | See Source »

...Government survey showed that 91% of British women wear corsets or abdominal belts-or at least would like to. Wartime "utility" garments made of low-priority materials are a painful failure. One result: a "shocking" number of women prefer to use their coupons for outer clothing, wear no underclothes and sleep raw. Some individual comments on the wartime garments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Raw and Unrestrained | 12/13/1943 | See Source »

...There is not a single scientific work of any consequence written in the Afrikaans language. Today nearly all important works on science are being published in the United States-in English. ... If you prefer to confine your reading to Afrikaans, you needn't bother with science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pawky Scot | 11/22/1943 | See Source »

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