Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Appearing as a surprise lecturer in Richard Pipes' History 155 course, the man some may remember as the Socialist premier of Russia whom Lenin overthrew in October 1917, talked on Russia's pre-1917 parliament...
...were by far the most impressive Yardlings ever turned out, at least in the respect of appearance and writing clarity. They were printed issues and showed signs of ample early-morning work. The gulf between them and postwar Yardlings inadvertently appears in the volume number of current editions. The pre-war year is forgotten; the dateline slugs Volume 5, not Volume...
...only require our students to demonstrate an ability to keep up with the course. There are no formal educational pre-requisites," say Reginald H. Phelps '30, Director of the University Extension...
...used to beatings. It was a long series of beatings that had put Adolph ("Ad") Wolgast into the psychopathic ward of California's Stockton State Hospital in the first place. For eleven years the "Michigan Wildcat" had held his own in the savage battles of the pre-World War I prize ring. He had slugged and butted and cuffed his way to the lightweight championship of the world, and he had his brains unhinged in the process. A small-town scrapper from Cadillac, Mich., Ad Wolgast took the title from Battling Nelson in 1910. Their 40-round brawl...
...contests on the schedule include two freshman races, and a special "pre-Olympic" hammer throw...