Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...withdrawal will be carried out: We decided to redeploy unilaterally in three phases to the international boundary, and maintain a security zone that will be manned by local Lebanese forces friendly to us, rather than be a daily target for every Shi'ite group, as we are now. I prefer offensive methods. We'll see what the Shi'ites do. If there is a problem, we'll bomb them, we'll shell them. If there is a need, we'll send an armored column in to cope with the area from which they have come. In any event, Lebanon will...
...business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region. We made it clear we don't link our unilateral decision to anything the Syrians do. They want to stay in Lebanon, let them stay. Militarily, for Israel, I would prefer to see two divisions in Lebanon than the whole Syrian army on the Golan Heights. I know that whoever sets his foot in Lebanon has sunk into the Lebanese (swamp). They want it, let them enjoy it. We want one thing: that they do not move closer to our borders. That...
...Masters reached, three said they prefer a more random system, five favor the current system, and four declined to state an opinion...
Many parishioners prefer the old traditions, however, and so do perhaps one- third of the nuns. Sister Mary Helen of Boston's Daughters of St. Paul is editor of a religious monthly. She wears a black habit, devotes three hours daily to prayers and believes that a Vatican decision means "it's a finished issue, and to keep hacking over it is like digging up somebody after they're buried." Says Sister Claire Patrice Fitzgerald, principal of a Catholic parochial school outside Los Angeles: "The Mother herself was obedient to her son, Christ. The authority of the church comes from...
Which would you prefer: To maintain the preference-based system of assigning freshmen to the Houses, or switch to a more random method? That's the question you'll be asked next week in a campus-wide referendum on the freshman housing lottery, perennially a source of anxiety and frustration for students and officials alike...