Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...great deal is likely to remain forever uncertain. Said Republican Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont after the CIA director died of pneumonia last week, following several months of illness: "There are some things about this scandal that he takes to the grave. Knowing Bill Casey, I think he'd prefer it that...
...never has been clearer why The National Enquirer has one of the largest circulations in America. Most Americans would prefer to read about Elvis Presley's ghost than about South Africa or Nicaragua, and those who feel uncomfortable indulging in such nonsense are overjoyed at the arrival of a respectable scandal, at the opportunity to turn The New York Times into a hotbed of gossip...
...worse that nothing else can concern us in the same way. Richard Secord's joking reminder to the committee investigating the Iran-Contra scandal that at least he was not on Bimini is a sad indication of our citizenry's misplaced priorities. It reminds us that most Americans would prefer a president who supports the endless murder of the innocent to a president who commits adultery...
...prefer to make arbitrary assessments at the end of the semester," said the professor, flashing a writerly grin into the chest of an Edwardian gown above a pair of purple hightops...
Superconductivity is aptly named. It involves a remarkable transition that occurs in many metals when they are cooled to temperatures within several degrees of absolute zero, or, as scientists prefer to designate it, 0 Kelvin. Absolute zero, equivalent to -460 degrees F or -273 degrees C, represents a total absence of heat; it is the coldest temperature conceivable. As the + metals approach this frigid limit, they suddenly lose all their electrical resistance and become superconductors. This enables them to carry currents without the loss of any energy and in some cases to generate immensely powerful magnetic fields. Scientists have recognized...