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Word: preferred (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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CEOs have always been reluctant to get personally involved in Washington, he continues because they prefer the security of their own fiefdoms in New York, complete with well-established procedures, well-connected friends and absolute control over most people they deal with every...

Author: By Andrew P. Buchsbaum, | Title: Minding Everybody's Business | 4/12/1979 | See Source »

...tell it that movies are more fun. And there are other reasons for unease: the short story is a financial failure and its domestic life is a mess. Most of the old mass magazines that once made room for fiction are gone. The few that remain seem to prefer a composite of facts stapled with fictional techniques. During its fleeting life (1967-78), American Review established new boundaries and definitions for its writers. Editor Ted Solotaroff stopped using the term short story and simply called anything that wasn't poetry prose. He also had excellent taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Short People | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...have happened that way, of course, but that is the way Alan Ayckbourn, the playwright and strange-looking man, likes to remember it. Not being noticed is his idea of bliss. "When I leave a room," he says, "I'd much prefer for nobody to know I've been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Manic High | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...pool of minority applicants for faculty positions is shrinking at the same time. Talented students prefer professional school and a guaranteed future to the uncertain life of academia, panelists said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Affirmative Action Will Provide Limited Results, Experts Say | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

Which method of paying for a 21-14 meal [no breakfast] plan would you prefer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What's Your Opinion? | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

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