Word: preferments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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University officials prefer to emphasize the role inflation--not market forces--plays in tuition increases...
Hunneman says that the advances in equality between men and women in the past few decades have been beneficial because, she believes, most men prefer to have equality between the sexes...
Besides this senior, who was too prudent to give her name, would prefer to "let the chips--not computer chips--fall where they...
...interested in joining. One senior NATO official said talks are stalling over whether to invite just Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic or to add Slovenia and Romania as well. While the U.S. has not publicly said which countries it is backing for membership, officials say privately that they prefer to start with just Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The reason, reports TIME's Douglas Waller, is that the U.S. wants to admit a small number in the first round so that there will still be a pool of acceptable candidates in the future. The fear is that future...
...better. "All ages with good legs will wear miniskirts," says Bloomingdale's fashion guru Kal Ruttenstein. And Nicole Fischelis, fashion director for Saks Fifth Avenue, says the softer, swishier look is best topped with a tailored jacket, to break up the fluidity of the silhouette. Designers like Jill Stuart prefer a sweater. "A jacket is too hard for this collection," Stuart says. And while the dresses are soft, they're not always simple. A Chinese influence runs through many collections, evident in such touches as embroidery and delicate, frond-like decorations in the fabric. The cool looks could turn...