Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...usual time, dispensing his own brand of sugar-sweet demagoguery in his first nationwide TV appeal. For all the contrast, the substitution of George for Jeannie was bizarrely apt. For like the star of the show-a genie-Wallace is a specter that both major parties would prefer to see back in the bottle...
Huie knows that the Ray assignment is a possibly dangerous one. He hopes it will be his last. He would prefer to write novels now that at 57, he feels time is growing short. He has already written five, most recently, The Klansman, a powerful portrait of a Southern sheriff who is pulled one way by the Klan, the other way by his better instincts; the Klan wins. Huie also hopes that movies will be made of some of his civil rights books. "One of the great tragedies is that we've never had realistic films about race hatred...
...Other Democrats who have been fighting the Administration realize that whatever their differences with Humphrey, they prefer him to Nixon. Despite all the talk about Tweedledum and Tweedledee among the disenchanted, real distinctions exist between the major candidates and parties. Last week's acrimony and violence obscured it, but the Democrats assembled a platform and a public stance that differs markedly from the Republicans...
Some conductors prefer Beethoven, others Wagner. Some like sopranos, others tenors. Conductor Peter Maag's rather specialized preference is for the key of E-flat major. "Tonalities are like colors," he explains. "Have you noticed that when Mozart attacks E-flat he al ways uses clarinets, and when he attacks D-major he always uses oboes? E-flat suggests something very mature and saturated. D-major music is whiter and sharper. E-flat suggests a dark tone, a dark color like dark blue or green...
Personally, I prefer one-inch sisal for the job. You get too many blisters on your hands from nylon...