Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offenses -was not unprecedented either. But it was conspiracy with a difference. Far from being yippies or antiwar militants, the defendants were middleaged, middle-class white-collar citizens, and the cause of their anger was the Internal Revenue Service. In December, the San Diego Ten, as they would doubtless prefer not to be known, were duly tried and convicted for their part in a demonstration against Government policy. Last week, as they appeared for sentencing, some of them faced the theoretical prospect of 20 years in prison...
...statement, issued by Editorial Director Ralph Graves, pointed out that Time Inc. would prefer to rely on constitutional defenses of newsmen's privilege. But the refusal of the Supreme Court last June to protect newsmen and the frequent issuance of subpoenas has made the company conclude "reluctantly" that "the First Amendment now needs legislative support...
...leaf from Coley's book and have been trying, with some success, to awaken sleeping immune systems to combat cancer. The techniques of this approach vary widely. Some doctors still use Coley's bacterial-toxin formula; others inject vaccine made from killed mumps virus and diphtheria bacteria. Many, however, prefer a live-bacteria tuberculosis vaccine called BCG (for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, after the Frenchmen who developed...
...such traditional deflationary methods as curbing their own spending, raising the cost of credit and restricting its growth. Today they are fearful of using those weapons vigorously, lest they create unemployment. Says Raymond Barre, a former vice president of the Common Market Commission: "Most people have decided they prefer inflation to joblessness...
Steven E. Asher '76, another member of the Mankiewicz Film Society, said that he opposed the further involvement of Freshman Council representatives in the management of the film society. He added that the society would prefer to sever connections with the Freshman Council, rather than see the society run by a group of students interested in the commercial rather than aesthetic aspects of film...