Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...oyster-smooth politician who suggests a corpulent Fu Manchu, is a man of pronounced dislikes (among them: Jews, Britons, Americans). In World War II he worked in Berlin for a time with the pro-Nazi Mufti of Jerusalem. He professes not to fear Russia: "The Arabs would prefer a thousandfold to become a Soviet republic than a prey to world Jewry...
...kind of gossip that doesn't hurt anyone." A typical Lyons anecdote: "I owed the Trumans a dinner, for they had been our hosts on that memorable last night in the White House . . . During the cab ride [to a restaurant], I suggested a private screening of ... Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. He shook his head, glanced at Mrs. Truman's new hairdo, and said: 'Real gentlemen prefer grey hair...
...servants and war widows get a pension ranging from $24 for the wife of a streetcar driver to $80 for the wife of a field marshal-but the money stops if the woman marries again. The result has been a flood of what the Church calls "pension concubines." Laymen prefer such gentle euphemisms as "life companions." But however tolerant the neighbors, many Catholic concubines are unhappy about being cut off from the sacraments of the Church...
Campbell also pointed out that "most students prefer the 1b arrangement because they find it easier to understand constitutionalism than the difficult views of Plato and Aristotle...
...other movies which were mentioned are "Hondo," "Torch Song," "Call Me Madam," "Easy to Love," "I, the Jury," "Salome," "How to Marry a Millionaire and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...