Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...noted for its ability to cope with poetic cadences. But when he says that the fall of Oedipus is inevitable, gods or no gods, you ought to believe him. The gods have been blamed long enough. Arrogance alone causes Oedipus' problems. His arrogant, or if you prefer, hubristic pride is the tragic flaw in an otherwise noble character...
...Costa e Silva held down the cost of living at great cost to himself. "We went through 1967 without any miracles," the President says. "I prefer a sure and measured success." Maybe some miracles are needed. Brazil should be taking off economically; it is barely holding its own. Education is a shambles: half of the population remains illiterate, and there is no room at the university for two of every three students who pass the entrance exam. Workers who earn only $40 a month must spend a fourth of that on bus fares to get to their jobs...
Alevizos said he cut his staff because he believed that the library was over-staffed last year. "Rather than have someone stand around or read on the job," he said, "we'd prefer to use that money for books or something useful for the library and the students...
...difference in approach. The Communists lean toward large prestige projects, such as their effort to build a railway linking Tanzania and Zambia, and because of the size of such projects, often fall behind. They also insist on sending hordes of their own laborers; the men from Taiwan prefer maximal participation by the host country. The Nationalists deny that political dividends are their main objective. But Vanguard's efforts quite clearly have a bearing on Taiwan's annual United Nations battle to keep itself in the world forum and the Communist Chinese out. Last year the vote...
...these revolutionary performers, the heart of drama is political or social "confrontation," Repelled by what they consider to be the sterile fantasy land of conventional playhouses, the guerrilla troupes prefer the realism of open-air settings for dramatizing their message to children, students, workers and activists. Naturally, the values of the Broadway stage are anathema to them. "You cannot respond to junk like Tennessee Williams or Arthur Miller," insists Luis Valdez, an alumnus of the Mime Troupe and founder of El Teatro Campesino. "Art is communication. The more artful you are, the more straight-telling you are." This is roughly...