Word: prefered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...infallible, but he had a grave, ruminating authority that no one now writing has. But then, in journalism as in everything else, such authority today is suspect. Op-ed-page editors feel that many a Washington oracle spreads himself too thin boning up on too many subjects, and frequently prefer to commission articles from specialists who know one field well...
Second, it insults the employers of these people by implying that they are the moral equivalent of slaveowners. Would Grossman prefer it if, out of concern for the dignity of these "slaves" and her own troubled conscience, they were fired from their jobs and left to fend for themselves? Or, better yet, that the illegal aliens among them be shipped back to Mexico where there is greater equality of misery...
Some students prefer to pursue their own regimen. Lucian Wu '90, who started working out on his own this year, says the finds the atmosphere can be somewhat intimidating, "especially if you're not on the football team...
...desk who transformed the idea of an arms-hostage exchange, originally ^ conceived as a test of mutual goodwill, into a principal objective of the dialogue with Tehran. This mistake eventually left the initiative mired in Iranscam. Says a recently retired senior CIA official: "Covert operatives despise grand strategy. They prefer tangible results that make them look good." The arms swap was sharply opposed by both Clarridge and Allen...
...seems that Miss Grossman's main objection is a common one: the sight of Mexicans working as servants and in other lowly positions makes her squeamish and uncomfortable. Perhaps she would prefer that the workers simply "go away," so their presence will not offend her liberal sensitivities. Miss Grossman does not realize that what for her is a source of irritation is for the Mexican worker a means, often the only means of survival. To stay "out of sight and out of mind" in Mexico would probably mean remaining unemployed, or at best accepting work at much lower...