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Word: preferment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Under the circumstances, I would think that the Vietnamese might prefer the lions to the Christians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 19, 1969 | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...drugs. As in his politics, he is searching for a shortcut to euphoria, to a mystical oneness with-not God perhaps, but something quite approximate. Samuel Taylor Coleridge composed his ecstatic poem Kubla Khan under the influence of opium. The rock romantics of the Dylan generation prefer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The '60s to The 70s: Dissent and Discovery | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...would prefer that the materials circulate," said Posnansky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWS BRIEFS | 12/17/1969 | See Source »

...part is not militant or segregationalist. With the encouragement of our husbands, we are working to eliminate discrimination, create the opportunity for women to develop their intellect to its full fruition, and encourage women to make their own decisions governing their destinies. The Aunt Tabbies not only prefer the security of their pseu-doexistence, denying their talents and creativity, but fight tooth and nail to prevent any progress. Hopefully, your article will pry open some closed minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 12, 1969 | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...students in a typical class, Scovell said, 400 fall in the top third of the lottery list and are therefore liable to be drafted. Two hundred of these will be deleted for occupational or medical reasons, he added, and at least 100 of the remaining 200 would prefer two years as AROTC officers to two years as draftees...

Author: By Samuel Z. Goldhaber, | Title: Cadets Organize to Save AROTOC | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

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