Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Madrid revealed his own view of himself in an unusually candid description written in response to a request from TIME. "I consider myself to be of normal, serene temperament, but I become enthused or moved by interesting questions or things that impress me," he wrote. "I prefer dealing with people to solitude, but once in a while I appreciate being alone with myself and my reflections. I have always been concerned with equilibrium and avoiding easy irritation or depression. I am fundamentally an optimist...
Nearly one-third of the 1983 budget is devoted to France's independent nuclear force, which is made up of six nuclear submarines, 36 deep-penetration bombers and 18 land-based missile systems. Says Hernu: "Anybody who tells me he would prefer an army division of soldiers to a nuclear submarine is living in the wrong era." One such purchase of costly nuclear weapons will be the multiple-warhead M-4 strategic missile, which is to be deployed on the new nuclear submarine L'Inflexible in 1985. "We want to stress our commitment to the nuclear deterrent," said...
Despite the harsh conditions, most Vietnamese say they prefer living in NW 82 to returning to Viet Nam. Indeed, more than 600 land people cluster around hospitals in three border camps, hoping to get into NW 82. Says Nguyen Quoc Khanh, 41, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, whom the Communists sent to a jungle work camp for three years: "If we can get into NW 82, perhaps we can eventually get on a resettlement list. If you lived in South Viet Nam, you would understand why people have to flee. If it takes three years, I will...
...RARIFIED CULTURAL ATMOSPHERE of Cambridge, it is hard to praise a street movie like 48 Hours. You sound mean and hissing, like Peter Lorre. "But 'low-brow trash' is such an ugly word. I prefer to call it 'escapism'. You despise me, Rick, don't you?" On the other hand, it is necessary to distinguish intelligently among Hollywood's blood'n' guts action offerings...
...courses affected, the nature of the subject matter is very highly structured and the teaching fellows are carefully supervised. Several professors say that despite these precautions against what Verba calls "letting it get out of hand," they would still prefer to hire graduate students...