Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thus last week a pampered philodendron was placed on the road to recovery from root disease. The indoor plant, belonging to a childless couple, had been wilting, yellowing and defoliating. Worse, when its owners-they prefer the term parents-talked to it, the philodendron would not listen. They gave it fertilizer treats, bathed it with the sun lamp and, fearing insect infestation, sponged its leaves with Baby-Wipes dipped in Scotch. Finally, in despair, the philodendrophiles called Karl Robinson's Mother Nature Hospital. At last report, the plant was out of intensive care and listening again...
...lowest and least imaginative level, why not diversify the whole requirement at the 100 group level? Individualized courses tailored to particular interests and tastes would be more engaging for students and teachers alike. As there is an imminent shortage of graduate students, and as the best ones sometimes prefer sections of lecture classes to Expos, the staff could be supplemented with local writers and Phoenix and Globe reporters. Such appointments might give a student access to more experienced, seasoned, and unusual perspectives than those of overworked, Ivy-bred, 23- or 24-year-old graduate students...
...present government wins, it will settle with the miners and give them what they want--a fact which nobody, even in Conservative circles denies--then the issue of "Who Governs Britain" will be shown to be stupid. All that one can say is that the Conservatives would prefer to settle with the miners at the beginning of a five-year period of office than near the end of their present term. Prime Minister Edward Heath has already lost one clash with the miners, two years ago, and in view of his "get tough with the unions" stand, he dared...
Soviet leaders have reason to fear him: no man alive today has more au thority than Solzhenitsyn to draw world attention to the Kremlin's long record of inhumanity. In an era of detente, many would prefer to have that record forgot ten. Yet Solzhenitsyn ? martyr, survivor and great writer ? demands a hearing...
Twenty-five years ago, Carol Channing first enchanted Broadway as Lorelei Lee, the platinum-haired, platinum-headed blonde who gave the world the Little Rock wisdom that diamonds are a girl's best friend. That was in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the musical hit that made her an instant star. It may be too late to revive that show, which never laughed quite hard enough at itself, but Lorelei is a particularly tawdry retread. Jule Styne has added a few routine songs; and the book, originally by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields, has been updated by Kenny Solms and Gail...