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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Would he prefer to have Brown's? Restic grimaced. "I'll take ours...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Harvard Readies for Brown Showdown | 11/14/1975 | See Source »

...Barnard has a lot of problems common to private women's colleges, but it also has many unique strengths," Mattfeld said. She added that she would prefer to study Barnard's problems, particularly the nature of the school's relationship with Columbia College, before proposing any specific solutions...

Author: By Steve Schorr, | Title: Mattfeld Named Barnard President | 11/14/1975 | See Source »

...Quad against their will. To the credit of the summer housing debates, one issue about the Quad was: "Can the disproportionate unhappy assignments of women there be justified?" At present an even sex ratio is coercively imposed at the Quad despite the fact that if women's actual preference were taken into account this could naturally lead to a 1:1 ratio in one or more River Houses. In this sense it is correct to say that a vocal part of the Quad community is forcing its wishes on others, particularly many women, who though they agree with the idea...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MORE 1-1-2 | 11/12/1975 | See Source »

...church matters and foreign policy on Tuesday, labor and industry on Wednesday, cultural affairs on Thursday, and military and scientific topics on Friday. Lately, his mornings have often been devoted to presiding at official functions, his afternoons to sports. The Prince hunts partridge, golfs, swims and water-skis ("I prefer one ski to two"). He holds a black belt in karate, a distinction he shares with his brother-in-law, former King Constantine of Greece. Juan Carlos was a member of the Dragon-class crew that sailed for Spain in the 1972 Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: THE PRINCE AS SLEEPING BEAUTY | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

...Stendahl says he is sad, in a way, to see what is happening to the Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) degree in the United States. Scholars here want Ph.D.s, traditionally the highest degrees for intellectuals; and universities hiring theological scholars prefer Ph.D.s to Th.D.s because the secular degree is better known and more widely accepted...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Big Change, Strange Circumstance | 11/1/1975 | See Source »

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