Word: prior
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kingdom as Lear does, or fall prey to jealousy or doubt as do Othello and Hamlet. While Fate does bring him low, Macbeth's power ploys are realistic assessments of how to seize and hold the crown. But he is afflicted by conscience of a kind. Just prior to killing the gentle Duncan, Macbeth ponders how the horror of it will be perceived in the minds of others...
...growth of this potentially unruly force in a civil war-torn country, Neto's government closed down the F.N.L.C. office in Luanda last January. Apparently with some reluctance, it also allowed some of its Cuban advisers to visit the main Katangese camp at Chicapa in northeastern Angola, prior to the incursion, to provide last-minute tactical advice...
...conservative military chiefs?behind-the-throne powers who carefully monitor the country's civilian governments?are considered to be staunchly opposed to such an idea. But some NATO analysts fear that continued neglect of Turkish needs could drive the country toward a more neutral posture. They also note that prior to his departure for the U.S. Ecevit received a precedent-shattering visit from Soviet Chief of Staff Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov...
Nobody likes a wildcat strike, which often polarizes workers and employees. This kind of strike--when employees walk off the job without prior warning--indicates a dangerous level of discontent on the part of the employees, a feeling that desperate measures are the only recourse...
...Actis was ambushed and machine-gunned by Montoneros guerrillas. Montoneros members are known to be discussing the fomenting of demonstrations during the series, though they are also thought by most authorities to have decided that violence in the soccer stadiums themselves (the games will be played at six sites prior to the finals) would be counterproductive...