Word: prior
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This criticism had not been widespread prior to the war in Vietnam, because the non-military service was at least allowed to continue. But now the issue has become crucial: college students and graduates wishing to work in nonmilitary, international service have been unable to do so for fear of being drafted. Countless individuals have been refused deferments for educational, agricultural, or technical work in underdeveloped countries, and so returned to the once-safe haven of academia. By default, we are leaving the leadership to others. And, as in Vietnam, others who take the defaulted leadership might well be considered...
...Prior to his work at Harvard and Columbia, Hudnut served as professor of Architecture at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and as professor of Architecture and director of the McIntire School of Fine Arts at the University of Virginia from...
Austen acknowledged that a lot of work had been done on heart transplants in dogs prior to the human operations, but he would not characterize the results as favorable. "We do know," he said, "that in the great majority of cases with dogs they run into a lot of problems, some dogs live for a long perod of time though, that is to say, for months...
Hayes and Alfred E. Vellucci (the just-elected vice-mayor) then clashed over an alleged bargain made at a caucus which they and the other three "independent" councillors attended prior to the election of Sullivan as mayor. Vellucci claimed that DeGuglielmo, speaking through Hayes, had agreed not to ask for public hearings on the dismissal motion. In return, none of the independents opposing the manager would call for a special meeting to speed his possible removal...
...Michael Caine--all so quickly we might have seen four separate shots. The interior-exterior point-of-view cutting in the scene where Palmer discovers the dead Doctor Kaarna reveals Russell's sophistication concerning standard devices, as does his tendency to cut to paintings and other background objects prior to introducing characters into the frame. The cross-cutting between a Moscow-bound train and Plamer's Pursuing car is riveting, and Russell shows sensitivity in handling the Francoise Dorleac character in a style markedly different from the rest of the shooting. A night scene where she is shown from several...