Word: pre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot believe Robin Gibb has the audacity to compare the Bee Gees to the Beatles. The Bee Gees' music consists only of pre-teen whining, while the Beatles are thought of as modern-day Mozarts. That is quite a difference...
...Hispanics, Asian-Americans, native Americans. If you aren't a racist and you aren't a cop, you should step right in, maybe dance a little to the strains of Gil-Scot Heron before the organizers begin assembling the ranks. "New York just arrived in 103 buses," says a pre-march speaker. "There's 20,000 of us here now! Ain't we nice...
What the workmen found was not gold, but a treasure nonetheless. It has now been identified as a huge pre-Columbian bas-relief of the Aztec moon goddess Coyolxauhqui. Probably sculpted in the early 15th century, the circular stone, 3.3 meters (11 ft.) across and weighing some 20 tons, has relief images of the dismembered goddess's limbs, torso and head scattered all over its surface. The carnage depicts a well-known episode from Aztec mythology. When the mother of the gods was pregnant for the last time, so the story goes, her other offspring-the moon, planets...
...perfectly preserved, a sign that it was apparently buried prior to the Spanish invasion, thus escaping destruction by the conquistadors. Along with the stone, diggers found six skulls, stone knives and other objects possibly linked to the ritual human sacrifice practiced by the Aztecs. Scientists suspect that many more pre-Columbian objects may lie hidden under Mexico City's streets...
...return to the useful pre-Nixon term to characterize the proper relationship of press and Government: independent?This definition assumes that the press will not print handouts without questioning them and is free to investigate wherever it suspects wrongdoing. And it more correctly describes the actual day-to-day relationship with Government, much of which is the gathering of information and the reportorial pursuit of understanding. Private briefings by policymakers become the insider's wisdom for many Washington columnists. Many officials and politicians speak to the press in private candor, trusting reporters to honor confidences and in return winning...