Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prefer being an image with answers for everyone--even for those who didn't want to ask questions. I wondered, too, if by now he had any control over what he was doing--if maybe the whole operation, like the problems he preached about, had gotten so complex and powerful that it acquired a force of its own, and was out of his hands...
...Peace Corps volunteer contributes needed technical aid in agronomy to the local communities. Very few Guatemalan agronomists will work with small farmers. They prefer working for private business with its higher pay and professionalism. The volunteer can actually accomplish more than the agronomist who makes only occasional visits because he lives in the area for at least two years...
When they have finished their term, some volunteers will extend their stay for one or two years more. Occasionally a volunteer will marry a Guatemalan and decide to remain indefinitely. Many of them realize that they prefer the rural way-of-life and will either buy land in Latin America or join an agricultural commune when they return to the United States. One volunteer was writing a novel and planned to work for a magazine in New York City while he tried to get it published. Another decided to get a job in the Caribbean and learn French. Those...
...prefer playing junior varsity to playing this type of ball," said Ron Volesky, a starter on last year's freshman basketball squad. "I think it would be more constructive for me. But I like playing with this team because it does keep a competitive edge on the game...
...Hall clearly does not comprehend just how many Harvard and Radcliffe students customarily remain in their suites for large portions of the holiday. Some students have no choice but to do so, others prefer to remain for compelling educational reasons. Nor does Mr. Hall appreciate the enormous potential for loss of property, administrative confusion, and sheer hopeless bustle that his proposal to move all remaining students into one house would create...