Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Guillen said he has done most of his work in the U.S. He has been content to write away from his homeland, he said, although he added, "As a poet I would prefer to have my own language around...
Like everyone else, Presidents prefer to surround themselves with people they like and trust and whose ideas closely parallel their own. This week Jimmy Carter is expected to name to one of the top economic posts in his Administration an imposing (6 ft. 4 in., 235 Ibs.), voluble, roughhewn Georgia banker named Thomas Bertram Lance, 45, who not only is a close friend but whose no-nonsense ways and conservative fiscal views match Carter's own. The most likely bet for the slot he will fill: director of the Office of Management and Budget, a job that would seem...
Burt's allies prefer to believe the psychologist was careless but honest. The suggestion of fraud "is so outrageous, I find it hard to stay in my chair," says Harvard Psychologist Richard Herrnstein. "Burt was a towering figure of 20th century psychology. I think it's a crime to cast doubt over a man's career." Professor of Educational Psychology Arthur Jensen of the University of California at Berkeley adds: "If Burt was trying to fake the data, a person with his statistical skills would have done a better job. It is a political attack. The real...
...speeding up inflation. But Burns was careful not to come out flatly against the tax cut that many of Carter's economic advisers want. Lately he has been passing the word that he might eventually back a cut if the economy continues to be sluggish-though he would prefer a permanent tax reduction that would benefit corporations as well as individuals, rather than the one-shot rebate on 1976 individual income taxes that some Carter advisers favor...
...officials prefer to compare the average Nielsen figure for Barbara's first seven weeks on the job, 10.5, with the program's average rating for the same period a year ago, 9.9-which translates into a gain of more than 700,000 viewers. But again, CBS has done better, rising from 13.9 to 15.7. NBC's rating is virtually unchanged...