Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because his book is such a sprawling survey, Wagar never comes to grips with any of the many problems he envisions in world civilization. He hasn't time. Instead, he wriggles around stumbling blocks most of his readers would prefer to see confronted. He is notoriously relaxed about not defining his terms; he relies heavily on the Artful Equivocation and the prestige of the thinker he is discussing to make many of his more doubtful points...
...Soviets Prefer Economic Competition
...prefer not to regard it as waste if a great many words are required at the outset to establish a point that eventually can be made simply. We find such detailed preparation essential to provide the documentation that buttresses a judgment or rebuts a counterargument. But when all is said and done, we are happiest when the essence of a story can be told as quickly as the description of the 88th Congress in this week's NATION section...
Seagrams Vice President Edgar Miles Bronfman, 33, son of the company's Canadian founder and president, credits the switch to lightness to the influence of women, who prefer drinks without a lingering taste, and of young people, who find the "lights" easier to learn on. "Basically," argues Chairman John Martin of Heublein, which specializes in vodka (Smirnoff) and ready-mixed cocktails, "Americans don't like the taste of alcohol-it's too strong for them." Slightly more than half of the liquor Americans drink is still considered heavy by the new standards-such as bourbons and most...
...girls seem to prefer working on their own; certainly the Smith faculty is very much available. Everyone agreed that the professors are "always there, and always nice about listening to you," but they felt that it "just never seemed important to see them about anything...