Word: prior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...This letter was received prior to Collins' trial and conviction this week...
...Governor of Alaska, Hickel had been closely identified with the oil interests. Prior to his extended and embarrassing confirmation hearings before the U.S. Senate Interior Committee, he made such unfortunate observations as: "I think we have had a policy of conservation for conservation's sake." Several Senators and the nation's most potent conservation organizations bitterly opposed Hickel's appointment. In only eight weeks, however, the new Secretary has shown an extraordinary flair for confounding his critics. Michael Mc-Closkey, acting executive director of the powerful Sierra Club, says: "Conservationists remain to be convinced by Hickel...
...various other fields, ideological systems, and so on), which is too bad. But this is the realm in which the auditor of the lecture is asked to think for himself, and with which he is made competent to deal by the matter of the lecture and by his prior knowledge (hopefully he has prior knowledge of the dimension he is interested in). "Les enragés" appear to think that if a student is sitting silent, heavy-lidded, and impassive, then he is not thinking but rather simply accepting the ideas of the lecturer and incorporating them into his belief...
...Prior policy limited financial aid for the two-year MBA program to $7500 and total indebtedness to $10,000. This year, the Financial Aid Office has liberalized the ceilings on loans and indebtedness. The new limits are $10,000 in Business School aid and $12,500 in total indebtedness...
Winthrop's "A" team appears to be the U.C.L.A. of House basketball, having amassed a league leading 13-2 record prior to last night's game with Dunster. "We really have a magnificent team this year," beamed coach Joe Mullin, "in fact, some of the boys are actually varsity potential. We're starting to think Strauss...