Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reports, neither confirmed nor denied by the authorities over the weekend, the French government is sending to Iraq five highly sophisticated Super Etendard fighter-bombers. The planes, flown by French pilots, were said to have taken off from Landivisiau air base in Brittany, bound for southern France or Corsica prior to being handed over to Iraq...
...Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Northern Ireland Office. Said British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in Ottawa at the start of a visit to Canada and the U.S.: "It is the gravest [breakout] in our present history, and there must be a very deep inquiry." An embarrassed James Prior, Britain's seasoned, avuncular Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, immediately announced a high-level inquiry headed by Sir James Hennessy, Britain's chief inspector of prisons...
...stability of oil prices. Said Heller: "There is no third oil shock anywhere in sight." James McKie, an economics professor at the University of Texas, agreed but added a caveat: "There was no second oil shock in sight before 1978 and no first oil shock in sight prior to 1973. The history of energy prices is a history of surprises...
...Prior to the math Gurdal mentioned that he foresaw a great deal of promise for his almost one-third freshman team. He indicated that although the defense and serving need work, his team has a lot of early-season spirit...
Certainly the odds against a peaceful transition to post-Marcos democracy had tragically lengthened. Deprived of their most visible leader, the President's moderate opponents called for Marcos' resignation and for the formation of a caretaker government prior to national elections. The moderates, however, grouped in an umbrella organization called UNIDO (United Nationalist Democratic Organization), stopped short of calling for a boycott of parliamentary elections scheduled for next year...