Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When it comes to problems there are two kinds of people: those who prefer to take 'em straight--all pertinent points and no trimmings--and those who think they are more fun with the philosophy and red herring thrown in. We'd like to share our prize catch with...
...through the medium of a press, in Britain and in America, intensely, sometimes childishly, jealous of its independence. These governments have likewise had to undertake political warfare, i.e. propaganda, with the aid of information men who by habit and training have no party-or perhaps the other party-and prefer breaking a story to following a line...
...probable that Stalin, if convinced that he will not be seriously menaced by a post-war Germany, will prefer to turn his attention again to the upbuilding of Russia's proud internal economy and to repairing the ruins of war rather than to policing and controlling Germany. That is why it may be assumed that this unenviable task will fall predominantly to Great Britain and the United States...
...dogs, the soldier's choice of meat. Horrors! Soldiers prefer, first of all, steaks of any kind, secondly, roast beef or pork. "Coffee weak, prefers cocoa to coffee." I can hardly stand that one. Army coffee, if you can call it that, is never weak, but is so strong it eats your throat out (in a delicious manner) as it goes down...
...Generalissimo had determined to starve himself to death. "The martyrs of the former ages always defied death," he wrote in his diary. "I prefer to follow in their footsteps instead of disgracing myself...