Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...kind of psychological advantage that the Nigerians are determined to prevent, and they may well let the Biafrans starve rather than make concessions. (Some of the federal officers frankly prefer starvation to fighting as an offensive weapon anyway.) At the same time, Ojukwu is equally willing to let his fellow Biafrans starve, unless he can get food on his own terms. It is a chilling standoff, and one in which it is both dangerous and difficult for outsiders to assess blame...
...congratulations, the candidate plunged into a round robin of meetings with advisers, aides and party leaders about the vice-presidential nomination. Ten days earlier, he had sent notes to a number of supporters, asking them to send suggestions to a post office box in New York, "anonymously, if you prefer." Whether he got any ideas from that source was not clear, but he did arrive in Miami with Agnew definitely on his mind...
...Summer School and have found it wholly one-sided and to a good degree mistaken. "Racism" is a very strong word and one should think twice before using it. Certainly, playing "psychedelic music" rather than "soul music" at mixers is a poor example of Racism. I myself prefer Beethoven, but I am hesitant on that account to think of mixers as "Anti-intellectualism at Harvard Summer School...
...live for one ideal, for a special cause, then you will prefer the nation that allows you to follow that ideal," he said slowly. "That is why I am happy in Czechoslovakia. It is a very personal thing...
Many blacks find Summer School social activities unattractive. Frank Sessoms, a member of the ISSP program, complained, "None of the events on campus are oriented toward blacks. At the mixers, they usually play psychedelic music, while most blacks here prefer soul music. So, we have our own dances...