Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jews of the world, the founding of Israel-those steeped in biblical faith prefer to speak of its "restoration"-was something of a miracle. So, in a way, is the fact that a nation of 3,000,000 people, surrounded by implacably inimical Arab states whose populations outnumber it 42 times, has not only survived a quarter-century of strife and war, but grown and prospered beyond its founders' wildest dreams. Thus on May 7* Israelis will celebrate their nation's 25th anniversary by throwing the biggest bash in its history. The ceremonies will begin at sundown...
...even in single frames, as well as the director's nearly traditional ease and genius of characterization. In 1959, Truffaut was going to be a genius. He isn't, and it's because he hasn't tried. He simply doesn't want to tax himself, and he'd prefer not to tax us either. He could make forgettable movies; he does not. There is no paradox, only the director's caution. tuned to a precise knowledge of the familiar and the comic. Truffaut makes movies that are merely funny, but makes merely funny movies almost...
...would prefer to investigate the Economics Department first," he said, "because that's what people are talking about the most...
...these gifts have posed some problems of their own aside from strict dollar value. Although the Harvard Administration would doubtless prefer that all donations be made without restriction as to their use, the donors usually feel otherwise. Because of the large number of conditions that donors put on how their money is to be used, the greatest part of Harvard's endowment, and thus the income earned on it, is restricted to special purposes...
THESE OVERPRIVILEGED Americans have had tremendous advantages. By the time they arrive in Cambridge they have been class presidents and National Merit finalists, and secretly wonder whether or not Jesus of Nazareth is their half brother. But they prefer to look like Indians and smell like buffalo...