Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ecumenicism has to come, Southern Presbyterian conservatives prefer a face-saving union with the Reformed Church in America, a smaller, 230,210-member body concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest. Yet Moderator McCorkle is not an unyielding roadblock to unity: "Eventually I think we will get together and all of the Presbyterian families will...
...note well his enthusiastic reception. As he moved on through the green meadows of the Meuse valley, every village was filled with rubber-booted farmers, schoolchildren with flags, drum and bugle corps. At Charleville, the crowd overflowed the arcaded square, and De Gaulle jeered at "those who would prefer that everything failed, either because it is in their nature or because they count on finding in a setback-but aren't they mistaken?-some chance for themselves...
Gathering in Buffalo, the delegates, representing about 2,000,000 Protestants in 40 denominations ranging from Assemblies of God through Evangelical Mennonites to Free Will Baptists, seemed to be more for than against. Although conservative Protestants generally prefer to see the wall between church and state kept high, the association this year issued a surprisingly moderate statement. It resolved that Christians are "citizens of two cities" who exist "in relation to the church and also in relation to the state. These two aspects may overlap but they do not coincide. Neither are they properly considered in conflict." The Evangelicals reaffirmed...
...nouveau riche and the ancient upper crust, shuttles between St. Moritz and Egypt's resort of Helwan. Its reigning beauty is the statuesque blonde daughter of Banker Miine-mann, "Antschi," who hurtles around town in an eggshell-colored Ferrari; however, many families with "von" in their names still prefer to drive Volkswagens. "Everything," sighs a jet-set princess, "is so mixed up these days...
Threats of Reprisal. Unlike U.S. steelmen, who bank their furnaces when demand drops but keep prices fairly steady, the Europeans prefer to slash prices and keep production high to avoid politically unpopular layoffs and the expensive overhead of idle plants. In addition, Belgium and Luxembourg, argue that they must export at almost any price to get foreign exchange to finance their heavy imports. The angry Common Marketeers contend that the U.S.'s anti-dumping law is outmoded in that it restricts free trade, but they have little hope that the U.S. Government will do anything to encourage further competition...