Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discussion of Catholic teachings on the subject of conscience and the individual, Monsignor Francis J. Lally. editor of the Pilot, official newspaper of the Boston archdiocese, emphasized the pre-eminence of moral law over statutory law. "There is a higher law than the law of the land. We must put moral law above the law of the land; conscience must always receive the first choice...
...undergone repeated surgery in a Chinese hospital, now has a plate in his shortened leg, and probably will need further surgery. Lieut. Parks had an eye ailment; Captain Fischer needed dental work. But in general, all four were in good health. The clothes that had. been bought from, pre-prison measurements fit fairly well...
...generation has passed," he once complained, "without producing any really great works on American history . . . none with fire in the eye, none to make a young man want to fight for his country in war or live to make it a better country in peace." To Morison, history was pre-eminently "a story that moves . . . that sings to the heart while it informs the understanding." In the front of one of his books stands a quotation that he might have written himself: "Dream dreams, then write them -aye, but live them first...
...Intense and studiously silent, U.S. Air Force Lieut. Joe Conrad, 25, allowed himself only a low little pre-putt whistle to relieve the tension of the final round of the British Amateur golf championship. It was enough. Unruffled by the rain and hail that blew off the Irish Sea, Conrad staved off England's Alan Slater and won the match on the Royal Lytham and St. Anne's links...
...meet the Lord Jeffs, who tied for the Little Three championship with Wesleyan this year. Although Amherst's season record shows eight losses against nine victories, the Lord Jeffs hold a 1-0, 11-inning decision over Yale, which defeated the varsity, 8-2, in the squad's final pre-exam contest...