Word: preferring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Minister in Prague, Ernst Eisenlohr, received a telephoned dressing down from Berlin, the Sudeten party leaders went into hurried conference. Soon a party communiqué denied that Henlein had given any such interview. It appeared that for the present Germany is not ready for talk of "direct action," may prefer one of Mr. Henlein's alternative causes...
This Survey now shows on almost complete returns that 54.7% of the electorate approve Mr. Roosevelt, 34.4% disapprove and 10.9% "don't know." This indicates practically no change in popular sentiment since 1936. As to Congress, 47.2% think it should work more closely with the President, and 40.6% prefer it to behave independently. FORTUNE'S conclusion: "Whether business can stand two, four or six years more of what Mr. Roosevelt stands for is beside the point, Business may have no choice in the matter. For the chances that any important number of Mr. Roosevelt's men will...
...spawn and die exactly where they started. The system, consists of 1) two separate "stairways" (of one-foot waterfalls separated by pools 16 ft. wide) for fish who feel like climbing to the headwaters under their own power; 2) four "lifts," somewhat similar to ship locks, for fish who prefer a free ride up. For several years controversy has raged between Government engineers, who said the system would work, and Oregon's $10,000,000 salmon industry, which faced ruin if it failed. This spring Bonneville's fish ladders were put to work. Above white "flash-boards...
...people responsible for a situation of this kind are the merchants and jobbers in America who prefer to buy things manufactured abroad at cheaper prices in their greed for profit...
...sure to get in a House before the summer's over. A lot of guys drop out. And anyway, even if you don't; a lot of fellows prefer to live outside. Some of the ritzyest ones scorn the Houses. It really is just as nice outside the Houses, and some ways better. There's more freedom and everything...