Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They also agree that Republicans and Congressmen in general would prefer Nixon's resignation to his removal from office by impeachment--if the question reaches that stage. Despite the massive public outcry for impeachment and the flooding of Congressional offices with anti-Nixon letters, few people on Capitol Hill believe they have the required votes to carry out impeachment...
...Zayyat: I prefer intentions, not demands. If the cease-fire comes only at the '67 lines, this would be a regrettable situation. For us, it has already meant six years of political frustration and economic deterioration because of the amount of resources we have put into the war effort. It has been an almost unbearable situation in which we have spent heavily on defense to keep our men in uniform-all the while waiting for something to happen...
...show that British voters are dissatisfied with both parties. In the past year, the tiny Liberal Party, led by the effervescent Jeremy Thorpe, has won four out of eight by-elections. Most voters may not know what the Liberals would do to solve their problems, but they seem to prefer untried faces to the old ones that have failed. In Parliament the Conservatives now have 322 seats, Labor 287, and the Liberals 10. Popularity polls, however, now show the three parties with about one-third each. There is a real possibility of an even three-way split in the next...
...useful purpose" and thus the post should be abolished. He saw no way to make the job more important and found it unsurprising that the position so often goes to unimportant men-"people who are willing to be nothing on the gamble that they will be everything." He would prefer to work with the Presidential Succession Act, which allows other officials to take over for a deceased or disabled President...
...have no such compunctions about applying for women's jobs, despite the traditionally lower pay. During the second quarter, 2,656 were hired as operators, filling 17% of the openings (the company's goal was 10%). Some possible explanations: many men as well as women may prefer the relative comfort of tedious indoor work to the rigors of outside jobs, and many men may still consider white-collar work more socially prestigious than better-paying blue-collar jobs...