Word: preferring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Matter of Taste. The spry old Prime Minister began his own holiday by flying to inspect British troops in France, retorted to reporters who complained that the war is proving boresome: "It is a matter of taste. Personally, I would prefer to be bored rather than bombed...
...addition there is a "March of Time" on the Associated Press, and "Gantry the Great," which is about a blind racehorse, and fine for those who prefer horseflesh...
...ironic tribute to the public-relations finesse of his opponents, who issued their statements to the press at night, forced newsmen to call Willkie by phone for his replies, which ran at the tail end of stories in morning papers. Said he: "Apparently, the foes of the utilities prefer to work under cover of darkness. At least their strategy requires me to stay at home at night, to be on hand for inquiries from the press, and that is probably salutary...
...Ninety per cent of the players prefer billiards," Ben claimed, "but they all start out wrong, in fact, everyone starts wrong. It is this early misunderstanding of the game that accounts for the fact that there are only 12 good billiard players in the country...
...Hard-plugging Herbert Hoover toiled in Chicago last week, conferring, dining, planning with top Midwest GOP conservatives, left two impressions: 1) he will be "available" in 1940, 2) he would prefer Tom Dewey in the vice presidential role...