Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...waiting until the year 2000 for canal control We have two ways to go: either the slow way, over a generation, or by liberation war, which would be quicker, with a high price in blood-the lives of 50,000 young Panamanians. We prefer the treaty. If the United States does not keep its treaty pledges during the time ahead, then there surely will be trouble. The treaty must be observed. We shall observe it, and we expect the U.S. to do the same...
Growing Fast. In the troubled '60s there began to appear the "neo-Pente-costalists," most of whom prefer to be known as Charismatics. They share Par-ham's belief in baptism by the Holy Spirit, but they prefer to remain in their own churches rather than join a Pentecostal church. They are predominantly white and middle class, and they are growing rapidly. Starting within one parish in California in 1960, the Charismatics now number about 5 million...
Like Carter, the Arabs would prefer Geneva Up as a working model. But Begin made it plain that he would rather bargain face-to-face with Israel's enemies. Everything is, negotiable, he insisted, although it is clear that certain things are not-namely, any substantive Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank or restoration of Arab sovereignty to East Jerusalem. Begin also told Carter he was opposed to a single Arab delegation at Geneva and insisted that under no circumstances could known members of the Palestine Liberation Organization be present there, even as members of a Jordanian delegation. Explained...
...altruism and its calculus of self-interest. The socialization of children, at home and school, is as much forced indoctrination in reciprocal altruism as it is genuine teaching. Ethnic pride (as well as racism) can be viewed as an irrational generalization of the biological tendency to distrust strangers and prefer the company of individuals who look like ourselves. Says Wilson: "We are likely to see some of our most exalted feelings explained in terms of traits which evolved. We may find that there is an overestimation of the nature of our deepest yearnings...
...intrigued. Says one leading Egyptian official: "Rabin and [Labor Leader Shimon] Peres tended to sit in fixed positions, stalling for time and keeping the diplomatic front frozen. Begin seems to like a war of movement, probing and feinting, feeling out the other side's strength. Frankly, we prefer that...