Word: preferments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prefer to believe that our interest in the long-range welfare of Harvard more than justifies constructive criticism whose ultimate purpose is nothing less than to express in a truly practical way our loyalty to Harvard as a glorious institution rather than to any of its administrators. Those who criticize constructively also serve, perhaps even in a more effective way than those on the University's payroll...
...Dominican should not feel compelled to prefer Latino or Hispanic. What's wrong with simply using "Dominican"? Germans don't generally call themselves Europeans. Canadians don't refer to each other as North Americans. It makes sense to use a name that is descriptive and meaningful...
...President, world leaders prefer the devil they know...
...mystery why the overwhelming majority of the world's Presidents, Prime Ministers and potentates reflexively want to see an incumbent President returned to office. Even America's foes prefer the devil they know to the one they don't. In the eyes of a nervous world, continuity is nearly an absolute virtue. But it is not a particularly American one. The razzle-dazzle of U.S. politics has a way of lifting from obscurity the most unlikely characters, usually by way of some provincial statehouse. A peanut farmer? A movie actor? The Governor of what? Where's that? No wonder that...
...Aliens prefer Pepsi. In another commercial, they go for Mars candy. Or never leave home planet without their American Express. Or their L.A. Gear. Uh-oh, they're yuppies! Watch for a new network series: martiansomething...