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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although inmates point out that no prison can be pleasurable, most occupants of the coed facilities prefer them to standard slammers. As Toni Brook Chandler, 18, a Framingham resident, puts it: "When you see a man around and he sees you, you stop and say, 'Wow, I've got a reason for getting out.' " The quickest way out is to stay in line while in prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Coed Incarceration | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

Such relentless optimism provides ready ammunition to those who would prefer to gloss over genuine problems. Statistics documenting what Wallenberg, in a dreadful stylislic lapse, calls the "deeliticization of American higher education," say nothing about the quality of life on campus. Nor does the claim that aimless retirement or a dreary nursing 'home are belter for the elderly than "dying in the traces" provide much comfort for hungry old people languishing on park benches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: These Folk Can Cope | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

...plight of the drug smugglers will undoubtedly evoke many letters from sob sisters and bleeding hearts, but mine isn't one of them. They deserve everything they get and then some. I much prefer the treatment handed out here hi Iran for dealers in hard drugs. They put 'em against a wall and shoot 'em. Long live the Shah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Sep. 2, 1974 | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

...percentage of women in the college is rising, Radcliffe is gradually merging with Harvard, and rarely do professors admit they would prefer to teach only men. But administrators still claim openly that the college must continue to admit many more men than women because the rich and powerful men will donate generously to Harvard's endowment. Women, they say, will raise children and let their husband do the donating...

Author: By Beth Stephens, | Title: The Battle Begins Here | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

...merger-non-merger of Harvard and Radcliffe which left all of us hanging, unsure of where we went to school. Radcliffe seemed to be a convenient fiction, designed by Harvard to protect the university from feminine pollution. All Harvard University-- the administration, faculty, alumni and many students--seemed to prefer to remain a man's world. The academic community was no escape from the pressures of the real world. The battle began here...

Author: By Beth Stephens, | Title: The Battle Begins Here | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

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