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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...making concessions to Israel and also get around Israel's rejection of a separate Palestinian delegation. Unfortunately, neither side is very hopeful about it. The Arabs, with their own political differences, would find it impractical and unwieldy to negotiate as a team. As for the Israelis, Jerusalem would prefer to sign peace agreements with each of the confrontation states. Barring a surprise, it still looked like a long, long way to Geneva...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Gloom in Israel, Joy for the Arabs | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

...CONDUCTOR who preferred a Bronx cheer to apathy would likewise probably prefer to be remembered as an egotist--that he wasn't--than be forgotten. For with his quirks and bitter sarcasm we inevitably associate his idiosyncratic genius and adventurous spirit--sometimes fatal to the ambitious musician's career, but always vital...

Author: By Judy Kogan, | Title: The Baton Also Rises | 9/20/1977 | See Source »

Carter's relief plan is being accepted by farmers-if only because it offers a safety net. Instinctively, many farmers prefer the vagaries of the free market to even a hint of intervention by Big Government: in this case, however, most recognize that they have come close to being overwhelmed. Ed Burds, 44, owner of a 373-acre spread near Peosta, Iowa, says of the Administration plan: "I don't like it, but that's what we'll have to do. We'd sooner go all out and produce, but we can't when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Swollen Silos, Edgy Farmers | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

...wide crustaceans are being marketed nationwide by The Great American Crab Co., Inc. of Orlando, Fla., which boasts it will sell some 750,000 in its first year. They will eat peanut butter and jelly, dog food, cereal, lettuce or fruit, though GAC would naturally prefer to have crab fanciers feed them its "special dinner mix" at $2 per 3-oz. shaker. Many owners buy fancy shells to serve as crab pads, coral trees for them to play in and, of course, leashes. Though they have less personality than, say, dolphins, fond owners aver that they are never crabby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Feeling Crabby? | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

...talk about my book. But practicing on-the-air civility, I offered a few economic answers no more radical than Adam Smith's. We have a reasonably free society. People, including people who play first base, are privileged to offer their skills to the highest bidder. Personally, I prefer this to either monopoly sport or socialized sport. A lot I knew, said a radio listener in Dallas. The goddam greedy athletes were ruining the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: One treasurer's report | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

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