Word: prior
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Almost as startling as Secretary Dulles' restrictive view, was the lethargy with which journalism responded. One of the few papers to protest was the New York Times: "Surely Mr. Dulles must realize that the right to publish news depends on the prior right to have access to it. If access is arbitrarily limited, as in the present case, the right of publication is interfered with to exactly the same degree. Would Mr. Dulles contend that freedom to produce a blank page is 'freedom of the press...
Dulles made the offer at a news conference yesterday, but attached these conditions: (1) any such "one-shot experiment" must not be permitted to weaken the government ban on travel by other Americans to the Chinese mainland; and (2) prior approval by "leading figures in the newspaper world" will be necessary before the State Department acts...
...volcanic Mount Haleakala), also the word Hurricane combined with a series of swift birds-Hurricane Hirundo (swallow), Hurricane Aquila (eagle), Hurricane Accipter (hawk). Slightly alarmed at the Moore deluge, business-wise Wallace warned: "It is unspeakably contrary to procedure to accept counsel-even needed counsel-without a firm prior agreement of conditions (and, indeed, to follow the letter of things, without a Purchase Notice in quadruplicate and three Competitive Bids). But then, seldom has the auto business had occasion to indulge in so ethereal a matter as this...
...Kathleen O. Elliot, Associate Dean of Instruction, explained the Council's three reasons for the refusal: it was not willing to levy an extra charge on the current graduating class without prior warning, there was not enough time remaining to change commencement preparations, and Sanders Theatre would probably be large enough for this year's exercises since the Class of '57 is ten percent smaller than the previous graduating class...
...happy to announce the resumption of normal mail service and am gratified to have the overwhelming affirmative vote of the Congress giving the department funds for this purpose," Summerfield said last night. "Within 24 hours mail service will be back on nearly the same basis it was prior to the issuance of our order last Friday...