Word: prior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Prior to the match, Barttaby had cited the hazards of playing away from home. "Winning away is always difficult." he said. "We drive 100 miles, jump out of the car, and are expected to give a top performance...
Lebanon would support the Arab cause. In return, Lebanon insisted on drawing up the rules that will require prior Lebanese permission before significant numbers of guerrillas may move through the country. The fedayeen must remain inconspicuous in Lebanon, avoiding principal cities and tourist centers. In hopes of avoiding Israeli reprisals on Lebanese towns, the guerrillas must not linger in settled areas. They are also ordered not to start incidents along the border but to sneak deeply into Israel before they strike...
...serenity for centuries. In recent years, though, the monastery has welcomed the outside world with a sign at the gate proclaiming: "The brothers would like you to share in their search for spiritual unity and liberty." Since 1964, the abbey has been a center for audacious innovation under its prior, Dom Bernard Besret...
Last week a new prior arrived in Boquen. Dom Besret (pronounced beret) had been summoned to Rome and dismissed for threatening to destroy the monastic concept. Cistercian superiors were unmoved by his pleas to be permitted to stay on as "president" of a more open community. Explained a Vatican official privately: "If you are going to have a monastery, you must have a monastery. It can't be a country club...
EVERY December prior to the enactment of the New York State budget, John Lindsay has trekked to Albany to bang his head on the legislative wall. This past year he pleaded for help with his expected "gap in the budget" of over $500 million. Governor Rockefeller, "although expressing sympathy for New York City's fiscal problems," said he could not help Mr. Lindsay, for he too had a gap in his budget-$700 million...