Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...magical power--whether medicinal or mystical--resides within the drug rather than within the consciousness of the user, is the cause of most drug abuse, and, more generally, harmful conceptions about the consciousness itself. Anxious Americans try to escape with drink or dope for the same reason that Indians prefer an injection to the medicine man's traditional methods. Weil's most important and far-reaching point in The Natural Mind is simply this: that the power to heal and to perceive the self fully lies within the mind, not outside...
Carter played in the novice division just to try his hand at tournament play and found he had an aptitude. "I was playing under my station," he said. "I didn't have a ranking, so they let me." He added that although he'd prefer a higher level of play in his next tournament, for this time, at least, "winning...
...that many qualified professors in Afro-American Studies are not at this University as a result of the prohibitive hiring practices of the University in light of the great demand for instructors in this field. Many qualified professors cannot live off the prestige that Harvard University bentown and would prefer to work where the money...
Nonetheless, the summit was relaxed and even breezy. When Tanaka laughingly complained that he was "slightly drunk" because he had had some potent Chinese mao-tai at his guest cottage, Chou assured him that he would "prefer mao-tai to vodka. It's smooth on the throat and doesn't go to your head." He added smilingly that Tanaka, a self-made construction millionaire who is not averse to taking a drink on occasion, "should be able to hold it." Tanaka's hour-long audience with Chairman Mao Tse-tung at midweek was equally jocular...
...Prefer Collective Statement...