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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...free will," that "New Hampshire voters like to be wooed," and that students "have given up protest because it is just not as much fun as blowing weed and making love." Darling, shall we join the action against the JFK Building tomorrow? Oh no, dearest, I'd much prefer we stay home and blow weed...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: You Must Remember...This? | 5/26/1972 | See Source »

...University possibly expect resident tutors to take seriously the responsibilities of the job, when they are being asked not only to forego an element of their compensation but as well to pay for meals which, from a financial, to say nothing of a digestive, viewpoint, they might prefer to take elsewhere...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Innovation In Procrastination | 5/23/1972 | See Source »

...Given a little time to think about it, any reasonably perceptive social philosopher might have predicted that the average Princeton man, ten years out of college, would earn more than $20,000, prefer Marlboros (if he smokes), German cars and Jack Daniel's, live in a colonial home decorated in contemporary style, wear his hair longer than he used to, and choose Richard Nixon over any Democrat.* He might even guess that 41% of Princeton's class of 1962 have tried drugs, or that 24% have tried extramarital sex-all deductions confirmed in a ten-years-later booklet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

...prefer TIME to any other magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Report Card | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

...December's currency realignments. At a conference of U.S. and foreign bankers in Montreal, he outlined a ten-point program that was the first statement by a high U.S. official of goals for a new money system. It does not commit American negotiators-Treasury Secretary John Connally would prefer that the U.S. build up a stronger balance of payments position before sitting down to parlay-but Burns called his speech "a pretty fair summary of the U.S. position." His main points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: Burns Prods for Reform | 5/22/1972 | See Source »

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