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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...view as a Middle American taxpayer is that I would prefer to see the Federal Government spend less, a lot less, rather than worry about the loopholes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1972 | 5/15/1972 | See Source »

Each of the three coaches involved--Penn's Ted Nash, Navy's Carl Ullrich and Harvard's Harry Parker--would prefer not having his boat selected as the favorite, and with good reason. Only once in the last four years has the favored crew won the Cup. In fact, last May the Navy eight that edged Harvard by half a length was the least seriously regarded of any of the three entrants...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Adams Cup--A Three-Way Dogfight | 5/5/1972 | See Source »

Berry hopes his precautions will make medication unnecessary. "Prescribing a cardiac drug on the lunar surface from 250,000 miles away would be a first that I would prefer to avoid," he says. But Berry hopes to score a first by learning-with greater precision than last time-how much potassium is lost by astronauts traveling and working in space. To do this, he determined the preflight potassium levels of each of the Apollo 16 astronauts. He has also asked them to bring back urine samples from a test to be conducted during the flight, and is confident that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Heart Trouble in Space? | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...clearly be staggering. It has already fueled a construction boom of tremendous proportions--a boom which will look feeble when compared to the commercial explosion expected to attend the Center's opening. Tax weary Cantabridgeans are likely to welcome an easing of the tax burden, and some consumers may prefer modernized shopping areas...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: The JFK Center and Harvard Square: At the Crossroad of Future Shock | 4/29/1972 | See Source »

...rewarding, Mrs. Hadley has updated and supplemented the original version of her guide, published in 1963. Among the new findings, for example, are department stores in Switzerland that offer nurseries where a mother can leave the children while she shops. A typical Hadley tidbit: "Your 5-10s might prefer the whoop-de-doo Jelmoli's [in Zurich]," which offers a snack, a run in a model train, a marionette show, a carrousel ride. She has also discovered that there are several new French hotels where children can be left on their own. These hotels are "dedicated to reliable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Take the Kids Along | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

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