Word: prior
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ringing the college bell and waiting on table in the commons, Zachariah Bridgen, who entered Harvard College in 1657 at the age of 14, was given the sum of about $4 by the steward's office, on December 31, 1654, prior to his entrance as a student. This is the first record of an American student who earned part of his college expenses...
This debate is being sponsored by all the Harvard Clubs and all the Princeton Clubs of Connecticut, and will be held in the Civic Center at Meriden. It is estimated that an audience of at least 1000 persons will be present to hear the speakers. Prior to the meet, a dinner will be held, attended by the Harvard and Princeton teams, their respective coaches, and the officials of the Harvard and Princeton Clubs of Connecticut...
...form that it went in. Wages & hours were changed so that a store might elect to operate in one of three groups, classified by number of hours per week that it remained open. But no store might operate less than 52 hours a week (except those that did so prior to June i). Maximum hours in each group ranged from 40 to 48, minimum wages in big cities from $14 to $15 a week. Lowest wage allowed was $9 for villages in the South...
...Legion gave him an uproariously warm welcome. Donning an overseas cap to show his membership in the organization, he stepped up amid a cyclone of cheers to the same Stadium rostrum where 15 months prior he had accepted the Presidential nomination. His easy manner, his smiling charm softened his sternest critic in an audience of 30,000. He drew loud laughter when he interjected: "My, you're a young looking bunch.'' National credit based on national unity was the theme of his speech. In defense of his pension cuts he declared...
...national implications of the McKee candidacy were clear. James Aloysius Parley, the Democracy's New York State as well as national chairman, had spent two days in the city prior to Mr. McKee's fateful announcement. He had been closeted with Edward Joseph Flynn, New York's Secretary of State, Democratic ruler of The Bronx, Mr. McKee's next door neighbor and political mentor and the sole wedge by which the Farley-Roosevelt State machine might dislodge Tammany from control of the city. The night before Mr. McKee declared himself, reporters found little pucker-faced Louis...