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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think Charles will prefer to go for an English girl as his Queen because it would make no difficulties regarding the country's acceptance. Nonetheless, there are problems that have to be overcome even in the case of a nice English girl who fulfills all the personal requirements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Getting the Right People | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...Prefer your comedy with some psychological thrills instead of social satire? Then check out Dumbwaiter, a one-acter by Harold Pinter, at the Explosives B Cabaret. It's a vaudeville comedy, in the tradition of Laurel and Hardy, that will keep you on the edge of your seat in suspence (according to director Peter Sellars). A piece for two actors--we can't seem to escape these British two-man works this weekend-Dumbwaiter pre-dates the playwright's well-known "Homecoming," and might be interesting for those who'd like to see early Pinter, as well as those...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Even Operas Have Ancestors ...As the Curtain Falls | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

...past 50 years because Davis usually gives the viewer a little piece of reality to hang on to--a word or a number slipped in among patches of color, or a form that distinctly resembles a human being. These touches are somehow reassuring to those who prefer traditional portrait and landscape art; Davis uses the reassurance to persuade viewers to move further into his art and enjoy the clever play of lines and shapes without worrying about what it all "means" or whether or not it is "good...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: Profundity or Paint Rags? | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

Once the Core is in operation, Rosovsky said he expects most students to prefer the Core to General Education, adding, "I am not convinced of the depth of student opposition to the Core...

Author: By Amy B. Mcintosh, | Title: A Banner Day For Rosovsky: Cameras, Cognac and the Core | 5/3/1978 | See Source »

...reiterated his opposition to the assumption that the Faculty could determine a set of courses representing knowledge that all students should be required to know. He added that he would prefer "a Core faculty" of professors who would impart their own views and perceptions to students, rather than a rigidly-defined set of Core courses...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Faculty Approves Core Proposal | 5/3/1978 | See Source »

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