Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plot centers around the disappearance of beautiful Laurel Lennox, third generation heiress to an immense oil fortune. Laurel is slightly unbalanced (sensitive, if you prefer), and at first it seems she might have vanished in reaction to an oil slick formed by the family company's offshore drilling operation. Then her father receives a ransom call, which would suggest this is a kidnapping. But fifteen years ago, Laurel was involved in a similar kidnapping which, it turns out, she masterminded herself to extort money from her parents...
Maloney, who was unaware of the fund cut-off, explained that the girls by and large prefer Tab to costlier beer...
...helping the homeless and crippled; others are seeking the fast and easy buck. Army deserters run bars in the coastal cities; honorably discharged veterans turn in their O.D.s for saffron robes and study to become Buddhist monks. Some of the American expatriates are fleeing broken marriages; others simply prefer the style and pace of life in Viet Nam to the rat race back home. Whatever their reasons, it is clear that the "yellow sickness" has now claimed its share of Americans. A sampling...
...campuses will be roughly the same as this year's 9.2 million. Turned off by high college costs (an annual average of $3,280 for resident students at private four-year schools) and no longer believing that a degree will automatically increase their economic status, many students now prefer to commute to cheaper two-year community and technical colleges near their homes. Enrollments at those schools rose 5.4% last year, and are expected to go up by the same proportion next fall...
...gone the way of the bison and the convertible by now. But there are no rational standards in love. Besieged by Masters tournaments, Olympics, track meets and Super Bowls, the fans have kept baseball incredibly popular. In a recent Harris poll, they were asked which championship event they would prefer to attend. Results...