Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...female fellows. In universities in general. I said that while I realized the issue was an extremely difficult one and while I have known of cases where highly qualified women were able to attain positions they clearly deserved only because of the existence of some quota. I myself would prefer to work for a situation where hiring is done openly on the basis of merit without the establishment of artificial numerical pressures. I expressed confidence that "tokenism" would be avoided in the case of the Society, and a hope that it would be elsewhere...
...their small numbers and the fact that they are split up throughout the university. Yale women tend to become isolated from other women and frustration often takes hold. Noting the Wellesley recently voted to stay all-female, many Yale women say there always will be groups of women who prefer to be isolated with their own sex. But the source of alienation at Yale, they say, stems not from the desire of women to band together, but from the institution not being able to handle them equally, due to a discriminatory admissions policy which holds down their numbers...
...segregation," says Adele Allen, Brooklyn-born black president of student government at Wellesley. "When I socialize, I prefer to hear James Brown, not Joan Baez, and when I'm at a party, I prefer to have black men around. This is not segregation; it's a matter of personal taste...
This Yale team, which has lost only on artificial grass, does prefer natural turf. "Our kids feel more secure on it" the Eli coach said...
Peron has said that he wants to return home because "I prefer to die with my boots on in Argentina than to expire quietly in a hospital." For that reason alone, he will probably keep his date with destiny and with the estimated 1,000,000 supporters who are expected to be on hand to greet him at Buenos Aires' sprawling Ezeiza Airport...