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Word: prefered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...which transformation would you prefer? At age 47, would you rather be a linear extrapolation of your present self, or a radical discontinuity that no one but your family could trace? It would be nice to think that we have some choice in the matter, but the signs of success in one pursuit or the other come all too late. A friend of my father's once intended to take a still-frame photo of his face every day for 50 years using a movie camera. The idea was, as I understand it, to eventually play the entire reel from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Trajectory in Pictures | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...prefer that students let the police officers do their job," McNamara said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Scares Away Intruder | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...Mystic off your list. It's ships galore, but you need not be a sailor to enjoy the maritime paradise. Mystic Seaport, the nation's largest maritime museum (and commonly mistaken name for the town) is a perfect introduction to the 18th and 19th century shipping port. If you prefer sealife to seaware, visit the neighboring aquarium. Or a slice of pizza from Mystic Pizza is always an option...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New England Towns Provide Quiet Alternative | 3/10/1998 | See Source »

...assure you that I would much prefer to die from the blows of the Communists (who are certainly hostile to royalty, but who have no contempt for us) than capitulate before you, who symbolize the worst in humanity, i.e., racism, discrimination, injustice, death and lies. NORODOM SIHANOUK Chief of State Pnompenh, Cambodia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sounding Off, Talking Back | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...girls told us with absolutely no emotion that they promised too many people," said one member of the pair, who prefer to remain anonymous...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cold, Hard Truth Is Almost Out for First-Year Blocking Groups | 3/6/1998 | See Source »

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