Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...season to be joyful, and joy is out in full force in bookstores this year. The perennial favorite The Joy of Sex decks the book stalls, together with its gleeful companion volume, More Joy of Sex. Chaster readers may prefer Joy of Cheesecake, or Joy of Photography with its predictably titled sequel (you guessed it) More Joy of Photography. And could any kitchen be complete withoutJoy of Cooking, cookbook cum encyclopedia--America's answer to Larousse Gastronomique...
...Soviet Union tries to challenge the MX with "more powerful and deadly weapons," the U.S. will be able to add more silos near the proposed Dense Pack field and move some of the 100 MX missiles into them, adding a shell-game kind of deception. "We would prefer that the Soviets dismantle SS-18s [which can carry either ten 1-megaton warheads or a single 25-megaton monster] rather than we build more holes," Reagan said. "But we can accommodate either." Weinberger had advised Reagan not to mention this option of deception, arguing that it would sound too much like...
...those millions of Americans who still prefer the programs to the advertising, this news is not so alarming as it sounds. The proliferation of cable and other non-network programming has put the networks on the defensive. The audience share of the Big Three-ABC, NBC and CBS-has been shrinking, and is expected to fall further. Thus the network stations, and their independent counterparts, are hesitant to drive viewers away with a barrage of commercials. Said Les Brown, editor of Channels magazine: "It becomes crazy to add commercials unless you have a captive audience...
...anyone who might come to see him, any constituent to whom he might be responsible. Evidently, when it came to this decision, 83 of the men in the big offices at the end of the hall decided that, rather than face visiting constituents on a regular basis, they would prefer to stay right where they were: at the end of the hall...
...hard-charging Mexican chains have carefully catered to regional tastes as they have grown. W.R. Grace's El Torito goes so far as to grind its beef in Southwestern cities like Houston and Dallas and to shred it in San Francisco and Los Angeles, where diners prefer it that way. Says Anwar Soliman, executive vice president for Grace's restaurant group: "You have to look at all these subtleties. It's critical in some places, particularly the Midwest." Soliman predicts that Mexican restaurants will double their business by 1985. Many others are bullish as well...