Word: prefered
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...bring about progress in areas like medicine, technology, and scholarship. Ultimately, it’s a trade-off. A society can either have complete equality and no social divisions but inadequate resources, or great inequality and social divisions along with the impetus to continually move forward. I reluctantly prefer the latter. I know that American society requires inequality to some extent. But our ability to progress can eventually close the gap. We just have to figure out how. —Staff writer Anna M. Friedman ’08 is a dirty dancing concentrator in Pforzheimer House...
Victorian explorer David Livingstone reported the existence of the Victoria Falls back to the West after discovering them in 1855, and the numbers of tourists streaming to visit the "smoke that thunders" have been increasing ever since. Although some folks still prefer to take in the majesty of this geological wonder from the viewing platform, excitement addicts microlight overhead, whitewater raft below or bungee jump betwixt and between. Last summer, 75% of foreign visitors to the falls participated in adventure sports, according to Zambia's National Heritage Conservation Commission. For some of these thrill seekers, the falls aren't even...
Victorian explorer David Livingstone reported the existence of the Victoria Falls back to the West after discovering them in 1855, and the numbers of tourists streaming to visit the "smoke that thunders" have been increasing ever since. Although some folks still prefer to take in the majesty of this geological wonder from the viewing platform, excitement addicts microlight overhead, whitewater raft below or bungee jump betwixt and between. Last summer, 75% of foreign visitors to the falls participated in adventure sports, according to Zambia's National Heritage Conservation Commission. For some of these thrill seekers, the falls aren't even...
...understand the astonishment and emotion" the bid caused, said Luc Chatel, a lawmaker from President Jacques Chirac's ump party. But he pointed out that the French find it natural for automaker Renault to buy a controlling stake in its Japanese rival Nissan, and added: "What do you prefer? To see European industries shift production to India, or to see Indians investing in Europe...
...lineup is a breakneck race called SBX (snowboard cross) that pits four to six boarders racing side-by-side along a man-made course of bumps, turns and jumps. Purists might tut-tut, but the close-cutting action should attract a fresh breed of fans who prefer wild moves and wipeouts to precision execution. However you like your Games, it all starts to crystallize into a vivid storyline as the wind whips around the Sacra di San Michele, where our guide, Cerutti, is pointing up toward the floor of the chapel. The entire church structure, he explains, was built into...