Word: preferably
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...same with monkeys. In experiments at U.C.L.A. and elsewhere in which apes were allowed large portions of cocaine, they were found to prefer the drug to food or sexual partners, and would willingly suffer severe electric shocks in exchange for large doses. "It is the most rewarding and reinforcing drug for a primate," says U.C.L.A. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel. "It doesn't matter whether he has a tail or a $100,000 income. Primates like cocaine...
...dismissing Steven Mosher [March 14], Stanford University's anthropology department may be trying to protect future research projects in China. But what is the value of a whitewashed view of life there? Our scholars should prefer doing no research to being used as propagandists for the host country. If Stanford valued truth and ethical pursuits, it would reward Mosher, not punish...
...report also demonstrates the inherently contradictory and ineffectual nature of the Reagan human rights policy. The introduction to this and last years' reports explains the double standard applied: "With friendly countries, we prefer to use diplomacy, not public pronouncements," and "A consistent and serious policy for human rights must counter the U.S.S.R. politically and bring Soviet-bloc human rights violations to the attention of the world over and over again." The Reagan Administration's policy of openly condemning human rights violations in Soviet-aligned nations--or in those alleged to be under Soviet control--while quietly applying diplomatic pressure...
...Unreported income from individual business activities: $26 billion. This includes doctors who prefer cash and contractors who work "off the books." Farmers are in a category all by themselves, and their cheating through hidden income is estimated at another $ 1.4 billion...
There is no need to eliminate the many fine courses already established which approach these disciplines more imaginatively; some students may well prefer them. But it would be foolish to maintain that students learn less about artistic inquiry by tracing the course of art in the Western world than by examining "The Development of the String Quartet." And it would be shameful to continue forcing students to eschew a broader grounding if they choose to seek...