Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bloc. Stokes' hand-picked successor in Cleveland was defeated, as were 233 of the 284 blacks who ran for office in Mississippi. Moreover, black voter turnout was far below expectations in many areas. Some black politicians have concluded that a national campaign is premature. They would prefer to see the funds and energy spent on grass-roots organizing -voter education and canvassing, and turning out the vote on Election...
...grew up with is not what he used to be. For one thing, his alter ego, Clark Kent, has given up the Daily Planet to become a newscaster for the Galaxy Broadcasting System, getting in and out of blue tights and red cape during commercial breaks. ("Personally, I still prefer Walter Cronkite," a mini-skirted Lois tells him. She, at least, is unchanged-as obnoxious as ever.) For another, Superman has succumbed to urban jitters; he obviously needs to spend some time on the couch. Just listen to some of his recent complaints: "I'm finished being anybody...
...with it'' in a society that is adopting increasingly permissive sexual rules. But ultimately it touches a basic theological issue. Against the traditional concept that God wants men to conform to a fixed divine design, the new morality stakes its case on the idea that God would prefer men to make their own responsible decisions...
...Your all-knowing writers have declared that busing [Nov. 15] is the only noble thing to do for the poor neglected black Americans. Does our Constitution state that all neighborhoods and schools must have a mixture of every race and nationality in them? There are some people who prefer to live with their own nationality or race. Because some interpret this as an evil racist attitude, the right of people to live with whom they please is denied. Is it the courts' duty to arrange us all in a very colorful pattern...
...condemns them to second-class status on campus. Female academics favored proposed amendments to federal college-aid bills that would have required all coed schools to do away with quotas entirely within seven years. The amendment was defeated early last month after vigorous lobbying by many Ivy schools, which prefer to integrate at a slower pace. Harvard's new president, Derek Bok, for example, recently called for changing his university's 4-to-l ratio...