Word: precedental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Neal I. Koblitz '69, assistant professor of Mathematics and a member of the committee, said yesterday Holcombe "set a precedent for non-academic members of the Harvard community standing up for their rights."
Although few leaders in the Caribbean had been fond of the flamboyant Sir Eric, they were alarmed by the precedent that might be set by a coup d'état-the first for the English-speaking islands of the area. Barbados, Jamaica, Dominica, Guyana and St. Lucia issued a...
Cairns said a decline in infectious diseases occurred in the 19th century mainly because of improved nutrition, and not because of scientific discoveries. "There's a fairly good precedent for saying that cancer will be conquered by charges in life-style rather than by the actions of science," he said...
"I think the FAA will have to prepare an EIS," Marchi said, adding "Since this has never been done about airport flight procedures before, it will set a precedent in a way." Marchi also said preparation of the assessment would be a year-long, "dragged-out" process.
If the events of the current Sino-Vietnamese conflict follow historical precedent, we should expect the Chinese to punish the Vietnamese, the Russians to punish the Chinese, and the Americans to punish themselves.