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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hennings took over the fullback spot from Jauron, freeing the speedy Swampscott native for outside rambles. Hennings, who hails from Chicago and played halfback for most of his career, said yesterday he would prefer to run outside but will continue to grind out the attempt to consolidate their Ivy lead...

Author: By Daniel Swanson, | Title: Yale Dumps Favored Dartmouth, Takes Ivy Lead | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...some reason recently, biographers have gotten snotty about chronological order and prefer instead their own, sometimes psychedelic approaches. Teichmann's book is an "intimate portrait," so he packs a series of topical chapters ("...The Playwright, The Wit, The Cardplayer...") between two very thin slices of reminiscence. While the reminiscences are very good, the stuff in between would be bad filler for the Reader's Digest. In each chapter Teichman sloppily recounts a few Kaufman anecdotes, comes up with a few obvious generalities and sometimes even tacks on a list of short witticisms. The purpose of this approach is understandable...

Author: By Whit Stillman, | Title: Paying the Price in Posterity | 11/1/1972 | See Source »

Communist in print, explaining that it would prefer them to use the more neutral terms North Vietnamese and Viet Cong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: At Last, the Shape of a Settlement | 10/30/1972 | See Source »

ELIOT HOUSE DINING ROOM: King Kong and Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Oct. 27 and 28, Kong 8, Blondes 10, $1. HARVARD-EPWORTH CHURCH: Ghosts Before Breakfast by Hans Richter; Diving Sequence from Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl; Adebar by Peter Kubelka; A Movie by Bruce Conner: To Parallel by Bruce Beillie: Neurology by Standish Lawder; and Moon 1969 by Scott Bartlett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard | 10/26/1972 | See Source »

...point out reasons for the huge Nixon lead over McGovern in the polls [Oct. 2]. A single paragraph in the issue tells the reason: Americans are sick and tired of hearing people attack their country. McGovern is symbolic of those who spell America with a K, and most Americans prefer it with a C. Even millions of Democrats such as myself find him totally unacceptable on this one issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 23, 1972 | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

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