Word: prior
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...keep them that way. But the decision also ensures that spitball-flingers and bubble-blowers will receive the due process of law, just as somewhat more dangerous offenders do. Only in cases of extraordinarily disruptive behavior may a teacher smack a child on the spot. Normally teachers must give prior warning that a specific offense could be grounds for a paddling, a second school official must be called in to watch the whacking, and parents must get a written explanation of the incident if they want...
...legal issue involved in the Crossman case was the common law issue of prior restraint, an area in which British courts tend to be less concerned with protecting public acess to information than American ones. Hovering in the background, though not officially invoked, was the Official Secrets Act of 1940, passed under wartime conditions and giving the government broad powers to muzzle publication...
Pell, who served as a Foreign Service Officer for seven years prior to winning election to the Senate in 1960, is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee and the author of Power and Policy: America's Role in World Affairs...
Whether because the availability of guns does not cause crime or because gun laws have not prevented criminals from getting guns, or both, the record of such laws has not been good, Cassidy says. He says that "in 1965, prior to a city registration law and a strict state licensing law, Chicago saw 395 murders. After 8 years of strict gun control, 1973 saw 874 murders." Philadelphia also passed a strict gun licensing law in 1965 and according to FBI crime reports, the murder rate per 100,000 went from 5.4 to 11.5 in 1973. The FBI reports also show...
Last year Israel received $3 billion of emergency and regular aid, and a substantial sum for Israel has been in every budget for the last 15 years. Similarly, we had allocated a certain amount for Egypt prior to the agreement. Aid levels were never discussed with Egypt during the agreement. We set the levels unilaterally after the agreement was completed. Aid to Israel and Egypt reflects our own interests; it is not a payment for the agreement...