Word: pre
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...back on target, Vaughn has upgraded pre-assignment training until it accounts for a quarter of his budget. Instruction has been stretched from eight to 14 weeks, with a minimum of 300 hours of language tutoring. Courses are offered in 183 tongues, including Twi, Tswana, Sesotho, Pushtu, Waray-Waray and Bicolano...
...pre-Hollywood superstars - Sarah Bernhardt, Eleanora Duse, Edwin Booth - survived in legend and, perhaps fortunately for them, their greatness has to be taken on faith by posterity. But Chaplin, Garbo, the Barrymores and other film greats survive on celluloid, and in the movie houses or on TV's late, late shows, their legends are constantly up for review...
...recent years the Harvard-Dartmouth rivalry has become an increasingly fierce battle of psychology, with each side trying to gain a pre-game advantage...
...another change in the defense, junior Mike Ananis has re-won the right cornerback post away from Joe Donnelly, who started at that position for the last two games. Ananis, the pre-season choice, has come along slowly, but apparently looked better than Donnelly this week...
...includes some twenty-two cities in Wales, Scotland, and England. The success or failure of this movement is significant for the United States because America and England share many of the same urban problems--congestion, segregation, and rundown housing. Only a few private corporations have attempted pre-preplanned cities in the United States. If the English new towns are successful, the U.S. Government might undertake a comprehensive program of such towns...