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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prefer to walk, anyway," she says. "And the times that I don't [like to walk] are when it rains or it snows, but then it's too slippery to ride your bike...

Author: By Abigail N. Sosland, | Title: Harvard Bicyclists Break Away From the Rules | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

While most Harvard cyclists use their bikes as transportation, members of the Harvard cycling club prefer the thrill of competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racing With the Club | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

...course the committee's vote could be rejected by the full council, or the Corporation could refuse to sit with a real, live undergraduate activist. What's more, the undergraduate that the committee chose--Noah Berger '89--said that he would prefer that the council chose a representative from RAZA or the Black Students Association to attend the meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Open and Shut Case | 2/23/1988 | See Source »

Over the last ten days, television has been consumed by "Campaign '88" coverage--even though the nation's viewers would prefer "Calgary '88." Consequently, we have witnessed a multitude of post-primary prognoses. Some have been accurate, others interesting, but most simply repetitive. It's time the candidates distill these messages into simple terms and answer the question that must be on everyone's mind: "Where do we go from here...

Author: By Brendan Barnicle, | Title: A Word to the Wise, Advice to the Ailing | 2/18/1988 | See Source »

Fragonard's rococo style and subject matter eventually lost favor with the public, which came to prefer the cool, luminous approach of Jacques-Louis David and other neoclassicists. Shortly after the Revolution began, Fragonard left Paris for Provence, but returned to the capital in 1792. By then, with many of his former patrons dead or exiled, he had virtually ceased painting. David, his friend and protege, found him a post with the arts commission that established what is now the Louvre Museum, but a Napoleonic decree of 1805 ousted Fragonard and other artists from their residences there. A year later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Visions of A Rococo Master | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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