Word: preference
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...portions of the evidence. Such an opinion is worth no more than the judgment of the men who form it and can be accepted for no more, no less. We realize that admitted ignorance has a tendency to diminish the value of expression in the eyes of those who prefer to be told in positive terms what they should and should not think. It enhances the value of such opinion in the eyes of those who view the problem intelligently as one too large and too complex to be adequately treated by anyone less than an expert. And even...
...South Boston as more expensive liquor in the speakeasies that exist in quantities about the throbbing life of Times Square. The idea that men cannot obtain drinks in those places where there is a real demand for liquor is ridiculous. The workman can and does drink. He may prefer to make his own home brew, but if he does not there is ample opportunity to get what he wants at prices that he can or will afford. We do not subscribe to the idea that all speakeasies cater to the rich. The back room behind the corner grocery store...
...college; no, yes, frequently, occasionally?": "Do you drink outside of college?": "Do most elders in your home environment drink, frequently, etc.?"; "Did you drink before you came to college?"; "Which do you favor, strict enforcement or repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment?"; and "When and if repealed, would you prefer Federal or State control of the manufacture and sale of liquor?" Another question asked for a listing in order of the three alcoholic beverages most commonly indulged...
Italian fencer. In fact, all Italians (and Argentines) prefer the advance thrust to the lunge, thrust of the French (and Americans, English, and Belgians). The advance thrust, also, is a favorite device of short fencers when they compete with fencers of long reach, a fact which may explain the preference of short Italians for the movement...
...Arrest that editor!" commanded General Cihoski, and a little later Professor Maniu announced that the British, French and Polish Ministers had pledged him the joint support of their Governments if needed. "Personally I prefer to believe that no emergency exists," said M. Maniu to correspondents. He went on to suggest that the Soviet mobilization was to pre vent the escape from Russia into Rumania of peasants made desperate by the oppression of the Moscow Regime...