Word: prior
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...employment of economic pressure of curb conflict between nations presupposes prior agreement by all states concerning new rules of neutrality. A single country, even then, is in no position to set itself up as a judge of the action of another nation...
...Austrian crisis has been of but little benefit to the Germans who, to a large extent, were responsible for it, and has, in fact, left them in a much less favorable position than they occupied prior to the destruction of Vienna socialism. One power has, however, managed to do some very successful fishing in troubled waters and that power is Italy. What Italy has been able to get out of it is only now becoming apparent as the full implications of the conferences between Premier Goemboes of Hungary, Chanceller Dollfuss, and Mussolini, which start today, are seen...
...cancelling all air mail contracts with unmixed joy. Unfortunately, his telegram to Mr. Roosevelt was not appreciated by the President, who, oddly enough, felt that the former Boy Hero's motives were not entirely altruistic in spite of the fact that Lindbergh was thoughtful enough to publish the telegram prior to sending it so that Mr. Roosevelt could read all about it in the papers before he received...
...Gregg, new No. 1 U. S. Weatherman; Elmer A. Sperry of gyroscope fame and many and many another bigwig. There they were, all day long, chilling their bones and cramping their fundaments in classroom chairs, because it was the second annual meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. Prior to the business meeting at which Treasurer Lawrance had made his report, they had taken part in learned discussion of problems in meteorology, radio, metallurgy, aerodynamics, fuels, engines, instruments...
...quarterly preferred payments. The New Deal, so far, has not been an unmixed blessing to the steel industry. "Due to the requirements of the steel code," declared U. S. Steel Chairman Taylor last week, "wages in the fourth quarter . . . averaged an increase of about 24% over the rates prevailing prior [to the code]." Although U. S. Steel was operating at less than one-third of capacity in the last three months, there were 190,000 people on the payroll-about 90% of the total number who normally look to Steel for employment...