Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Poland and World War II had begun by the time '41 returned to Cambridge as juniors. Another war had started too -- that between Conant, who advocated increased aid to the Allies, and prominent Faculty members such as Pitrim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, who in October, 1939 said, "I prefer unjust peace to a long...
...Soviets intend to use much of the irrigated acreage for wheat. No other large-scale wheat producer uses irrigation, for the simple reason that the method is so costly that other nations prefer to grow more profitable crops and buy the wheat abroad. But the Soviet Union is apparently so set on self-sufficiency that it is willing to pay almost any price for home-grown grain...
Most businessmen disagree at least partly with Rockefeller. For all their dissatisfaction with Johnson's arm-twisting, they prefer this to the harsher alternatives of higher taxes, still tighter credit or wartime controls...
...President realizes already that his actions are widely unpopular, and he will soon realize, if he doesn't already, that the results of these actions are likely to be even more unpopular. However, he also knows that the more harmful unpopularity comes from those who prefer escalation so withdrawal. If the present policy were ruled out as an alternative, the public would prefer expansion of the war to withdrawal by a 2-1 margin, according to the Stanford-Chicago poll...
...year term of active duty--enough to finance graduate school in some cases. When they complete their active duty they are eligible under the G.I. Bill, for $100 a month while they are in grad school. Charles Fiening '66, Cadet Commander of Army ROTC, says that graduate schools often prefer students who have served as officers in the armed forces...