Word: prefereable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...creative, to do new things, to do any better than you are doing. If you overfulfill your norm, they'll just give you a bigger norm the next time. It's that kind of mentality you develop." Schecter emphasizes that if confronted with a choice, he would "definitely" prefer to live under the American system because of the freedom it allows...
...hastened the King's planned visit to the area. Apart from regional dissidents, who complain that Juan Carlos is not reforming Spain fast enough, there is mounting pressure on the King from diehard right-wingers who protest that he is moving too fast. The King himself seems to prefer moderate gestures: last week, on the very day of the fatal confrontation in Vitoria, his government had sent a bill to the Cortes that would make political assemblies legal...
...Hunting Hypothesis is essentially a restaging of one of Ardrey's basic themes: "Man is man, and not a chimpanzee, because for millions upon millions of evolving years we killed for a living." It is a perfectly plausible statement but one that is likely to annoy those who prefer their original sin with religion, and psychologists who hold that aggression is mainly learned, not instinctual. Ardrey carefully avoids the word instinct, preferring the suggestion that as direct descendants of Cro-Magnon hunters, we retain "certain human propensities for the chase...
Drew Fixell '78, who transferred from South House to Quincy, said yesterday, "My roommates and I moved mainly because we wanted a suite, which would have been hard to get at the Cliffe. We also wanted the proximity to the Square and prefer the rowdier social life in the River houses. The Cliffe secmed a bit too quiet...
...enclosing a personal check in the amount of $10. This is all I can afford at this time. I am supporting you to the best of my financial ability with my sincere hopes and prayers that you win the coming nomination on any ticket that you may prefer and also that you win the election. Should this happen I firmly believe that you will be able to get the DAM loafers, deadbeats and chilizers off our backs. I for one am dam tired of going to the stores and supermarkets and seeing these reciependents fill their baskets with the best...