Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time when Moscow was beginning to exploit the situation in the general area. Now there is no chance at all of a rapprochement between Sadat and the Soviets. As a Russian in Cairo remarked: "Even if Sadat turns against the U.S., we would not accept him again. We would prefer to see him overthrown and to deal with someone else...
...business taxes must be cut to stimulate more-and more innovative-investment. But which taxes? And how much? The conference turned up a sharp schism between two groups: those who want a deep cut in capital gains taxes and those who prefer almost any other approach...
...located in the poverty-stricken northeast, where nearly one-half of the country's deprived young are to be found. Well-intentioned attempts by agencies and individuals to find adoptive parents are hampered by the fact that few eligible grownups want to take in dark-skinned children; they prefer the relatively few who are blond and blue-eyed...
...passing interest in drugs. Said one father with a shrug: "Oh, that stuff has run its course." Few bellyache about the tuition, either. Nor is there much audible concern about whether the kids' costly education will lead to a job. Today, school officials say, parents still seem to prefer a liberal education to a narrowly vocational one. "They are concerned that students not specialize too early," says Goldberg. "Many were caught in the vagaries of the job market themselves and had to go into a second career...
...appointed by Rosovsky. In a recent interview, the dean said he has spent the summer conferring with faculty members and administrators, and intends to name the committee members by the time classes begin in September. "People think I moved slowly on these things, but that is the way I prefer it," he says adding that he has spent most of his time weighing the appointment of the committee chairmen. The size of the committees is another point yet to be decided: "They have very large consitiuencies, so they obviously can't be too small." Rosovsky estimated that he will appoint...