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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report says that Safran "would prefer" to step down "under circumstances of continuing controversy associated with the Center, and out of a commitment to the interests of the Center and his colleagues...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss, | Title: Safran To Leave Top Center Post After Inquiry Into CIA Funding | 1/6/1986 | See Source »

...most hapless figure in the book is a muscle-bound liberal who wants to save the property. He fails. Too many tenants prefer their own chaos to someone else's order, in this case the Gorilla Management Co.'s. Glynn concludes with an inevitable apocalypse, and none too soon. By the time the Nordic Ice Queen and the Madonna of Heat wrestle for the soul of the building, the author's inspired riffs on urban rot have been overworked as allegory. But not before a strong and exuberant talent has shown his stuff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Off the Wall the Building by Thomas Glynn | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

...honestly do not think that being able to sit down and work on a novel at the age of 20 is a sign of talent. In fact, I prefer someone who writes shop price and develops his style to someone who has been typewriting the same work for two or three vears," Gadol savs...

Author: By Andre T. Dryansky, | Title: Aspiring Novelists Re-Joyce | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

...jump in voluntarism, then, is difficult to explain. What some students and administrators dismiss as efforts by students to stuff their resumes, others prefer to greet as a rebirth of on-campus altruism. One intermediate explanation, advanced by Epps, is that students have begun to realize that they can devote a few hours a week to service without feeling obliged to spend most of their lives on public work. "Harvard students have strived for and achieved a balance so that it's not all or nothing. They have found that they can pursue their studies and at the same time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Taking a Step Into the Community | 11/21/1985 | See Source »

Graham, however, said her constituents would prefer to keep the street's present moniker. "It would be costly for Western Ave. residents to change their addresses and identification," said Graham...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: City May Dedicate Ewing St. | 11/19/1985 | See Source »

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