Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wrath of God. Agar practices what he has often told the U.S. press: "The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear." Like an early Father of the Church, Agar believes that Hitler and the other great malefactors of mankind are sent by Providence to punish people who have betrayed their spiritual heritage. The standard-bearers of democratic civilization failed to live up to their own standards. If they want to survive, they must practice what they preach...
Both contestants are steady players who prefer to stay at the baseline rather than rush the net, some long rallies seem to be in store at Jarvis this afternoon...
...Being Killed. Land fighting on Guadalcanal is unlike any other fighting in this war. The terrain around the flat beachhead is unique. It consists of high, steep ridges covered with chest-high grass, alternating with valleys choked with jungle. The Japanese cling, animallike, to the jungle. The Marines prefer the ridges, from which their weapons, particularly artillery, can dominate the valleys. But they go down into the tangle to hunt out their prey...
Wrote Pundit Dorothy Thompson: "It is now clear what all this means." Her major conclusion: Germany and Japan, inviting a war of atrocities, hope that the U.S. and British people will prefer peace negotiations to such a war. Miss Thompson also suggested that the Allies turn the German weapon upon Germany: "Whatever reprisals we take must be reprisals that divide the German nation and illustrate our policy of punishing only the truly guilty...
...Victory? The German explanation was that army reports "prefer not to give any premature announcement of the complete cleaning up of the city. The time when this announcement may finally be made has not the slightest influence on military events, since the strategic objective, namely the Volga, was reached weeks...