Word: prior
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Prior to the bombing," he said, "crowds had mobbed the streets outsid the school, and police had seemed reluctant to take any action. But once the bomb went off and Nashville became subject to national ridicule, police came out of their lethargy and cracked down on mob violence...
...first time since the Algerian war began, the F.L.N. has proclaimed itself ready to discuss a settlement with France without insisting on prior French recognition of Algerian independence. To indicate that they have an alternative, should De Gaulle not respond, the F.L.N. is talking up a daring scheme that could create real trouble: they would call for "armed volunteers" from the Arab world, not because they lack manpower but in order to widen the conflict...
Then, too, there are those who remember the rainy day last spring when the varsity baseball team was sent off for an away game at Cornell. A telephone call to Ithica, prior to departure time, was ruled out--apparently for seasons of "protocol." When the players arrived at Cayuga's waters and found playing conditions impossible, they were forced to turn around and fly right home. The whole fruitless venture cost $1000 in airplane tickets...
...Prior to June a "one-hour parking" rule was in effect on all Cambridge streets from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Because this law was never posted and seldom enforced, acute traffic problems arose with respect to one-way streets, fire and emergency calls, and snow removal. Attempts to resolve the problem through enforcement of the little-known law aroused the ire of students when they discovered that sufficient overnight parking accommodations were not available at any cost...
Canada has issued no formal statement of policy, nor has it announced any plans for the coming U.N. General Assembly. Washington hopes that the government recalls some clearheaded remarks delivered in the House of Commons last year: "I think the experience of the United Kingdom, which recognized Communist China prior to the Korean war, has added little to the extension or expansion of trade between that country and Communist China . . . Until such time as the Communist government of China expiates its wrongdoing under international law there certainly will be no justification for the granting of recognition.'' The speaker...