Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Moslem Asiatic, he has a deep interest in Pan-Arabia, would prefer tranquillity there and non-interference by the British. This was behind Turkey's offer last fortnight to mediate the Iraq Affair. But if forced to choose between the British and the Germans in the Middle East, there is little doubt which Inönü will choose-if there is any chance of Britain's winning through. For the Middle East under Germany would be like Eastern Europe under the Ottoman Empire...
Their immediate drive, says Burnham, is to control the instruments of production. They do not want to own them. The managers prefer to control them through their control of the state. "The state-that is, the institutions which comprise the state-will ... be the 'property' of the managers. And that will be quite enough to place them in the position of ruling class...
...session of Parliament will inevitably see Laborites in the driver's seat, but whether they will drive or not remains to be seen. Australian Labor, increasingly split among moderates, progressives and radicals, can put forward no single leader to head a government. The Laborites may prefer to use their advantage to get more social legislation rather than take over the War Government and its headaches by forcing and winning a general election...
...into Mount Athos, and war and world depression have sharply cut all other income. The ancient sins of luxury have been increasingly apparent both outside and inside the holy ground. Vigorous young monks are rare. "We need young men today more than ever," one Athonite has said, "but they prefer to fatten their ephemeral bodies and clothe them in silk shirts and ties...
Lampoon president Coles H. Phinizy '42 announced that his am would take an uncompromising stand in favor of Marx. "We prefer Groucho's teachings to Karl's," he said wittily. "We're going to demand a survey course called Elements of Humour A in which a good pun would guarantee a gentleman witster's C in the final exam. We also want a graduate seminar, Pornography...