Word: prior
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...traffic rules" prescribe that no place in the freshman class of a medical school shall be offered to an applicant more than one year before the actual start of instruction for that class, and the payment of a non-refundable deposit shall not be required of any applicant prior to January...
...succession of triumphs. No fewer than 28 major museums in 16 states contributed to the exhibition, and of its 54 canvases more than half are outright masterpieces. Seen in a body, they bring home with tremendous impact the vast and varied achievements of American painting. Said Harris K. Prior, director of the American Federation of Arts, in a foreword to the Wildenstein show: "Americans are finally accepting their art at its face value, as a valid part of a mature culture...
Over the intricate rhythms of drums hovered the fluid notes of a single bamboo flute and the wailng chant of a solo male voice. Against a plain black backdrop swirled brilliantly costumed dancers, unfolding exotic tales of lust and vengeance, ecstasy and evil. The occasion: the Broadway opening, prior to a U.S. tour, of the Indian dance group headed by Shanta Rao (rhymes with...
While the headliners each sang their own tunes, Florida's Smathers introduced an amendment to the Federal Communications Act to prevent broadcasters from owning stock in BMI or in publishing and record companies. Said he: "Had these [monopolistic] practices been in existence in prior years, many great songs such as The Missouri Waltz might not have been available for the enjoyment of the public...
...Thorniest case in point: a 900-word report from the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs urged Christians in countries that planned tests of nuclear weapons to take a calculated "risk for peace" by urging their governments to stop all such tests for a trial period-even without prior international control agreements-"in the hope that others will do the same." Attached to the report was a 3,000-word appendix on the dangers of radioactive fallout. Among other vague goals cited were the halting of nuclear weapons production under controls and "more effective mechanisms for peaceful settlement...