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Word: preferably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Funnyman Brown's report, in May 10 TIME, that soldiers in the South Pacific prefer BBC radio news did not surprise us Americans in Trinidad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1943 | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

...will speak frankly to you about whether we bomb military targets, or whole cities. Obviously, we prefer to hit factories, shipyards and railways. It damages Hitler's war machine the most. But those people who work in these places live close by them. Therefore, we hit your houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF EUROPE: High Road to Hell | 6/7/1943 | See Source »

...They live a communal existence, share food and work (although males usually retire at the age of eight and thereafter devote themselves to mastering and using the spear, crossbow and dah, a wicked knife). They are capable though casual farmers. Some raise pigs for trade, but for eating they prefer the dog, which is bred for the Naga table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASES: Kehoe of the Head-hunters | 5/31/1943 | See Source »

...Army is now rushing construction and delivery of a compact entertainment package, the B-kit, containing a seven tube radio and record player, mechanical phonograph, records, transcriptions, song books and six harmonicas. Sidelight on radio tastes: soldiers in the South Pacific who hear radios prefer BBC news to the "too optimistic" newscast from KGEI, San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MORALE: Funnyman's Report | 5/10/1943 | See Source »

Seekers of spevin entertainment will find two choice liens on the bill at Soldiers Field this afternoon. For these who prefer their athletics on the formal ride an Amherst naval training nine, composed of such major league worthies as Red Williams Johnny Posky, Johnny Sain, and Buddy Gremp, will oppose the Harvard team in a game scheduled for 4 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Williams, Pesky Face Nine; Crime-Lampy Revel Today | 4/30/1943 | See Source »

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