Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...equity in Mare Nostrum for the rescue of that Army from the British. To Spain he was willing to sell another bit of the Mediterranean if Spain would help to close the Strait of Gibraltar. Altogether, having been whittled down to the size of his Mediterranean neighbors, Benito ("We Prefer to be Feared Rather Than Loved") Mussolini was feeling mighty friendly toward them...
...travel some 50,000 miles a year over highways and byways, up the creek forks, in fields, pastures, cactus and brush. Sellers know these men want a sturdy, clean-footed, straight-legged horse that "travels right" (straight, no pacers), has good bone, short backs for Army saddles, that they prefer a horse that is ½ to ⅞ thoroughbred, that 75% of the horses they buy are from the Remount's own studs. The horses must stand 15.1 to 16.1 hands high, weigh 1,050 to 1,300 pounds, be 4 to 8 years old, gentle...
...Many prefer to dance, others to gamble...
...prefer blondes, brunettes, or red-heads...
...themselves. Many of them do not take advantage of the opportunities which Dudley Hall offers--advantages such as inter-house sports teams, lectures, meetings, and organizations. Many commuters, in fact, do not even belong to Dudley. Frequently they could engage in extra-curricular activities during the day-time, but prefer to go home early instead. And often they do not attempt to enlarge their circle of acquaintances, and are content to know only a few members of their class. But the students themselves are by no means wholly to blame, and most of the other conditions are unavoidable under present...