Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...might begin with questioning the "logic" of identifying the newsworthy aspect as having been the demonstration by Zionist students rather than the event which provoked it. And without quibbling over numerous minor inaccuracies in the article, let me say simply that in my conversation with Ms. Bernstein several days prior to Mr. Abdul Rahman's talk I had painstakingly listed for her the eight student organizations co-sponsoring the event, and provided her with the names of responsible officers for some of them. One would expect that a statement of interest by such a broad and diverse coalition of student...
Also here in the United States, the issue of East Timor has gained attention. Last October, President Suharto visited this country. Just prior to his arrival 100 legislators from both houses sent letters expressing concern about East Timor to President Reagan and to Secretary of State George P. Schultz. The national media also raised the issue prominently for the first time. Criticism in Congress has been mounting. Sen. Paul Taongas (D-Mass.) and Rep. Tony Hall (D-Ohio) introduced a concurrent resolution last fall demanding negotiations for the withdrawal of Indonesian troops and the right of the East Timorese...
...assume that the entire audience could have sat listening to Rahman's racist attacks, lies,-and anti-semitic slurs, in absolute silence. Even Jews who were willing to listen to "the other side," were provoked to respond to such outrageous comments as "the Jews collaborated with the Nazis prior to WWII...
...rambling interview published in the mass-circulation Buenos Aires Clarin, Galtieri revealed just how I little he understood U.S. and British attitudes prior to the invasion. Blind to the close ties that bind the U.S. and Britain, Galtieri had managed to convince himself that his cordial relations with the Reagan Administration meant that the U.S. would remain neutral. "I was North America's pampered child," Galtieri said. He also admitted that "we would never have invaded" if he had known that the U.S. would eventually give logistical support to the British forces after the failure of Secretary of State...
...Arab leaders, such as President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Jordan's King Husein, have made clear to the Administration that Reagan's Middle East peace initiative is now virtually dead without prior agreement on a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon...