Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...possible that Wilhelmina and Haakon prefer to let their people starve. More probably, however, their feelings have been silenced by their British hosts. The French Ambassador has shown concern which we cannot overlook...
...uninitiated, who take their skiing vicariously from the movies and the newsreels, jumping is the zenith of competitive skiing. But only about one skier in ten is a jumper. Finns prefer the langlanf -racing on the flat. Precision-minded skiers like the slalom-a tricky obstacle race between pairs of flags set irregularly down a steep hillside. For daredevils with a taste for breakneck speed, slashing turns, there is only one sport on skis: downhill racing-probably the most difficult and dangerous form of skiing competition...
...machine tools, put their customers on rations (TIME, March 10). Last week three more industries went under full priorities. Two-nickel and magnesium-were competitors of aluminum (nickel is an ingredient of stainless steel). The third was neoprene, the high-cost Du Pont synthetic which too many defense manufacturers prefer to rubber (for gaskets, hose...
...questionnaire will ask undergraduates and graduate alike whether they need work, and if so what kind they would prefer. Also on the list of people to be quizzed are department heads, who will tell what employment they can offer...
...undergraduate viewpoint, work in an unorthodox manner. A few lectures, considerable reading, dinners, and many conversations supply the bulk of their time. Lectures are not as popular as might be supposed; the men have not the time to follow a subject comprehensively through a series of lectures. They prefer instead to go off on their own and dig up the ideas in which they are particularly interested...