Word: preferably
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...vaguest idea what Hume really said, or in fact what he said in it, or in fact if he ever said anything. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue virtually without contradiction. Of course, some people are naturally conservative; they prefer to avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb, when they dont even know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality may be junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...
...sometimes asked why the articles in TIME are unsigned. Our usual reply is that each issue is the joint product of all the staff names listed in the adjoining column, and that we prefer the traditional anonymity followed by such English institutions as the Times of London and the Economist. But another reason is just as basic-the fact that individual TIME stories are generally the work of many hands. This week's cover story is a good example of how we go about...
...have to choose between the disclaimer and the new provision, we would prefer the latter," Edsall said, stressing, however, that the letter writers still stand behind their basic philosophical objections to the pending bill...
Efforts to resettle the refugees in other sections of the U.S. have been unsuccessful, even though job opportunities are often better outside Miami. There are an estimated 15,000 Cuban refugees in New York. 2,000 in Chicago, 400 in New Orleans. But the vast majority prefer to stick together in Miami, even if it means privation. The climate, they point out, is similar to Cuba's-and, looking toward the happy day when Fidel Castro is gone, Miami will be only a short distance from home. Says Laureano Batista Falla, president of the exiled Christian Democratic Party: "What...
...Angel 45027). Here the tenor is again Richard Lewis, whose Deposuit potentes de sede is one of the clearest and most satisfying interpretations of that aria; Geraint Jones conducts his own capable orchestra. On the same record--and, though unseasonal, it is probably this fact that leads us to prefer Jones' recording--is a performance of Henry Purcell's magnificent and rarely heard Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary. (Her majesty died of small pox on the fifth of March...