Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...define themselves and their work in those terms. "I don't want to put down candids, but we portraitists have our eyes on something--a moment of grandeur," Bradford Bachrach says. "Candids are for the moment but portraits are for all time." Martin Schweig presents the opposite view. "I prefer candids; in the studio everything is phony except the photographer." Splitting Wedding between "Formal Portraits" and "Candids" (with a short "History" section), Norfleet has enforced this division...
Keenan says there has been no pressure on him to resign his overseeing commission. He adds, however, that friends of his in organizations like Amnesty International would prefer that no one work with Iran. He says that a boycott by himself "would be a hollow, ineffective and not necessarily morally brave option. Americans I think without being crusaders can bring moral pressure to bear in a way that maybe others won't be able to. But they will not be effective if they are simplistic." And, he adds, "If one were to accept Amnesty International's position for example, there...
Most of the third world students I sought to write about are scared--or at the very least, cautious in talking on subjects not involving the types of cuisine they prefer or even what they think about the unfamiliar largelecture style of education at Harvard. About personal life histories--almost all came from elite Westernized families in places like India, Bangladesh and Ghana--they are mostly open, some even voluble. But about polities outside the bonds approved by their governments they hesitate to speak, at least two of them citing fear of their country's secret police organizations or government...
...Higginson's stadia streakers, Gil Welch, said, "Freshman year of the erg was the worst thing I ever experienced, but now I'm on top of it and it's not that bad I much prefer it to stadiums--they're the worst...
Curiously, foreigners prefer restaurants that specialize in food from other than their own country. Indians are generally disappointed with Indian food, but relish Mid-Eastern cuisine. One Puerto Rican says there are no good Puerto Rican restaurants around--besides, she would rather dine on seafood, which she adores. A student from Kenya can't find restaurants that serve African food so instead he eats Indian foods that have a familiar flavor. Everyone salivates over Chinese food--except for the Chinese...