Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...played right, Pete's testimonial could have been the sort of denouement that was a Preston Sturges specialty, an inadvertent confession of blindness and stupidity. It could have had a well-honed double edge of irony, but such style should not really be expected from film makers who prefer a bludgeon to a blade...
...more distinctive, however, and connects its evaluation that much more closely with that of Gen Ed. The program is hard to duplicate largely because it is hard to find faculty talented enough to sweep over broad interdisciplinary areas of thought all by themselves; even within single disciplines many faculty prefer to cop out of teaching introductory courses, and avoid the challenge of comprehensive generalization...
Many conservatives-or traditionalists, as some prefer to be called-are also alarmed at what they see as the casual abandonment of a culture that once seemed both rich and reassuring. They miss not only the Latin Mass and many familiar old hymns but many other pious practices that have been widely discarded since Vatican II: novenas, benediction, meatless Fridays, priests wearing cassocks and birettas, nuns wearing wimples. The old rituals and disciplines were visible symbols that Catholics were different from (and perhaps better than) other people. Many who resent the passing of traditional Catholic ways seem to feel that...
...people would prefer, if he were alive, to cast Boris Karloff in the role instead. At the very moment of its triumph, the press has become a villain to many, for Watergate has also focused attention on journalism's weaknesses. Despite the accomplishments of the past two years, newsmen have ample reason to feel besieged, and many are torn between self-congratulation and self-doubt...
...newsmen would prefer to identify their sources in print rather than mask them. It is often all too easy for sources to talk without having to take full responsibility for what they say. In many cases, however, attribution is impossible because people who possess highly sensitive information cannot be expected to sacrifice their careers in order to divulge it. A Capitol Hill staffer or an FBI official, for instance, may have evidence of serious abuses that should be aired. If he cannot get a hearing within...