Word: prior
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...they had reservations about his chances for success. Because they are worried about the mounting influence of radicals in the Middle East, however, the conservative Saudis reluctantly endorsed Sadat's participation at Camp David in the hope that any peace progress would bolster the position of the moderates. But prior to Sunday night, King Khalid & Co. were running out of patience. Said an Arab official in Cairo of the summit early last week: "It is Sadat's last hurrah...
Says he: "The important thing to remember is that prior to this research, we didn't know if major earthquakes in Southern California occurred every 1,000 years or every 100. Now we know." Because the last big quake hit the area in 1857, Sieh concludes, "a major earthquake can be expected there within the next 50 years or so rather than, say, the next 500." Sieh may well be right. His telltale marsh is only 24 km (15 miles) from Palmdale, the center of a region that has been bulging upward for 17 years in what some seismologists...
Police arrested the youths prior to obtaining a search warrant for the Soldiers Field Park apartment where the two juveniles live, Capt. Jack W. Morse, head of Operational Services for the police, said yesterday...
...first arrived to emphasize the importance of continued cooperation and communication between the front office and patrolmen. That contact was one key ingredient that, Chafin says, he noticed lacking within the department when he arrived. To correct this lack, Chafin says he will consult all members of the department prior to making major decisions, whenever possible. "My management approach is to ask for input right down the line of the best way, within reason, to accomplish a given task," he explains...
...landing field, where two huge Soviet An-22 transport planes rested. But on the ground, all the reminders of that painful land war in Southeast Asia were washed away in atmospherics of amiability. Said Tran Quang Co, head of the North American section of Viet Nam's foreign ministry, prior to a welcoming banquet for the American visitors: "We hope that we can move to a new stage in relations between our two peoples...