Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Durban's quays in her invariable white dress and red hat, Perla Siedle amplifies her vibrant soprano with a ship's megaphone. Yanks ask for God Bless America, The Star-Spangled Banner, Tommies for There'll Always Be An England. Australians want Waltzing Matilda. South Africans prefer their own Afrikander folk songs like Sarie Marais. Czechs, Poles and Greeks like opera arias...
...Negro problem "in view of the coming recognition of the equality of other races with the white." They also wanted to know whether Mary Pickford was still married, what the Statue of Liberty represented, how much to believe of the Hollywood version of the U.S., whether the people prefer nightclubs to churchgoing...
...Sizable Following. Putnam does not write what he reports; that is ably done by NBC news writers. Putnam reads it after "processing" it for two hours. "Processing" consists of marking the copy to suggest intonations and going over it with Roy Porteous, night supervisor of NBC announcers. "I prefer," says George Putnam, "to say that Putnam works hours in the preparation of his news." He also says, of other radio commentators: "It doesn't matter that they've been all over the world. When these people are back a couple of months they can't tell...
...explosion may be along the line of least resistance. That this line may lead to a popular demand for the sales tax itself was the clear implication of a FORTUNE Survey finding released this week. Asked by FORTUNE: "If the Government needs to increase taxes, which would you personally prefer: to increase the withholding tax on your salary or to put sales taxes on all things you buy?" 52.3% of the public plumped for a sales tax, only 33% for a greater withholding tax. The preference was maintained on all economic levels...
Block has found that the British like old jokes to which they are sentimentally attached, whereas U.S. troops prefer a new twist. The British do not think insults are funny, whereas U.S. boys do. One of the few common denominators that both sides share is a knowledge of Hollywood and its personalities. Block also observes that the lower the humor, the more international...