Word: prefered
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Separate Development. If they had any say in the matter, the 12 million native Taiwanese would undoubtedly prefer a government of their own-though most of them are of mainland Chinese stock (200,000 are aborigines, chiefly Malay). It is considered treason for them to talk of independence, but their case rests on the fact that Taiwan was ruled as a fully integrated province of China for only 13 years-from 1886 to 1895, and 1945 to 1949. Thus the island has in effect been separated from the mainland for more than 70 years-and an international doctrine of "separate...
Hard Knocks. Illich skillfully picks holes in his own scheme. The drawbacks are vast. With total freedom to choose their education, people might prefer the bliss of ignorance or fall prey to "charlatans, demagogues, clowns, miracle workers and messiahs." Abolishing required school attendance, as Mississippi did after the Supreme Court's desegregation order, might encourage pinch-penny governments to reduce their spending on education. The poor would thus be abandoned completely to the school of hard knocks. More subtly, making teachers depend on student demand might do grave harm to universities that now support "impractical" scholarship...
...Soviets prefer to remain in the background, but they are deeply involved in the financing and control of programs in Cuba, Algeria, North Korea and among the fedayeen. The recent Mexican case revealed how closely the Soviets are working with the North Koreans. The Ceylon civil war demonstrated that the Russians still maintain a two-pronged policy of giving official support to relatively moderate leftist governments, while at the same time subsidizing local subversive opposition movements. Accordingly, the Russians have delivered six MIGs with pilots and ground crews to help the Socialist government of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike put down...
Sophomore Tony Herdemain has made several flashy pick-ups at shortstop, although he has blown seven throws to first. And if you prefer cameo performances. Tony Kubek's cousin, Joe, will be in the Springfield bullpen...
...course there are other factors involved. The core of Ananda Magra in Boston-Cambridge consists of about 20 people, but over 125 have taken "initiation" or preliminary instruction. Some people simply aren't interested in spiritual organizations and prefer to meditate on their own; and some newcomers are rubbed the wrong way by the enthusiasm of organizers. One Harvard student, for instance, said he felt put off by the group's intense style of interacting. Hassles have ranged from dealing with male dominance to overcoming the generation gap, from philosophical uncertainty to individual dislikes; and everybody has had struggles...