Word: prior
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...advantage of such a system as relieving both the University and the Unitarians from their present amorphous relationship. Throughout the Schools' history, although it has been nominally non-denominational, it has been generally regarded as a training center for Unitarian ministers. Practically all the private funds given the School prior to the current fund drive have come from Unitarians...
Finally, in 1886, requirement of attendance at chapel were dropped. Since that time there has been no religious compulsion. Many of the manuscripts and reports of the period immediately prior to and following this action show the general attitude to the services and the reasons that they were retained so long...
...confidential letters to editors all over Holland, the two reminded their colleagues of an agreement that they had secretly signed five years ago. At that time, all Dutch editors agreed not to print anything about the royal family without prior clearance by the government. Apparently, some of them had forgotten, so Rooy and Peereboom thoughtfully enclosed new copies of the agreement to be signed again. But this time, they made the mistake of sending the agreement not only to Dutch editors, but to foreign newsmen in Holland as well. They also reminded them that stories about the royal family should...
Tuttle had held his associate professorship since 1952. Prior to that, he served for ten years as chairman of the Department of Music at the University of Virginia and was also Glee Club conductor...
Dulles spoke in Manhattan to the Overseas Press Club of America, but rarely has a speech been so deliberately beamed across both oceans. He was, in effect, staking out a U.S. position prior to the Geneva Conference between the Big Four and Communist China late this month...