Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second group, which Gelin seems to represent, feel that they have a clearer, less emotional perspective on the season. Christmas is simply more fun than Hanukkah, so any reasonable person will prefer Christmas. The holiday generates a lot of warmth, and besides, it's been totally secularized (to the chagrin of many Christians); so why not choose Christmas? Well, it never occured to me that Christmas was mine to choose. The birth of Jesus Christ, Savior, Son of God--I'm not sure, but he doesn't look Jewish...
...Moriarty, whose grandfather built the family's seven-bedroom English-style country house 70 years ago on a stretch of land just 100 ft. from the sea. Unimpressed by now with the daily show of aircraft carriers and nuclear subs cruising by the island, the four Moriarty kids prefer exploring secret trails in local forest preserves, watching the bald eagles or scouring nearby waters for killer whales and schools of frolicking dolphins...
...where he conferred with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, visited the former Nazi death camp at Bergen-Belsen and viewed 30 ancient Egyptian and Coptic relics on display in Bonn, Dayan was also asked about a separate peace with Sadat. "Any time, any time," he answered-adding, however, that Israel would prefer to negotiate with all the confrontation states. "But if they do not come, then it is better to negotiate with Egypt alone than not to negotiate...
...Most men prefer active, aggressive sexual partners. Female passivity is the most common male complaint about...
...governments of Australia, Finland and Norway; the city governments of Oslo and Stockholm; the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Investment Bank; the Japan Development Bank; the state-owned French railroad, telecommunications and electricity networks. Privately owned foreign companies still sell few bonds in the U.S.; they prefer to raise their money in Europe where, for all the disadvantages, there are no tough rules ordering disclosure of secret corporate information to lenders...