Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...purpose campaign slogan that touts his two decades of municipal experience: "He doesn't make a lot of noise. He just gets a lot done." His conservative Republican rival, George Deukmejian, 54, could make the same claim, with 16 quiet years served in the state legislature prior to his present post as state attorney general. However, the noise level of the race has risen dramatically as the candidates have spent more and more time and money responding to each other's aggressive TV and radio commercials. Bradley, who is black, may have gained some wavering Democratic votes three...
Ireland James Prior, a 78-member assembly composed of Protestants and Catholics would gradually assume administrative and legislative powers. The plan requires that at least 70% of the representatives agree on each step toward home rule, thus in effect developing a Protestant-Catholic coalition...
...even before the balloting last week, the candidates of both Catholic parties had vowed to boycott the assembly's meetings. Without their participation, the newly formed body would not be able to meet Prior's key condition of "cross-community" involvement...
Though the election did not turn out to London's liking, Prior downplayed the results. "These are setbacks which have been present in Northern Ireland for centuries," he observed. "I don't expect to put them right in a year. We just go patiently on." Lord Gowrie, Prior's deputy in the province, pointed out that some accommodation must now be reached with the Catholics, perhaps by enlisting the aid of the Republic of Ireland...
...factor behind Harvard's ability to reap full benefits from the markets' rally was the Universtity's financial strategy prior in the summer take-off. Virtuality all of Harvard's assets were lovested in either stocks or onds, Cabot said. He noted that many other institutional investers were holding significant proporions of cash, which has during the past several) months suffered a shapt drop in returns rates...