Word: prior
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...must be remembered that Turkey was torn asunder by the collapse of the Ottoman Empire prior to and during World War I. The Armenians, supported by the Russians, resisted the Constantinople government and went so far as to displace other ethnic groups from the traditional Armenian homelands, murdering indiscriminately. Nobody can deny that the results of Talaat Pasha's orders were tragic. However, the events that occurred more than 60 years ago, under the aegis of the Ottomans, should not be avenged today. Turkey has long since put behind her the evils of her empire. Terrorist acts will...
...homosexual men. Most are Caucasians in their 30s and 40s with a college education, incomes averaging $20,000, a history of prior infection with mononucleosis and venereal disease, and a sex life that has included many partners, more than 500 in several cases...
...appreciate CBS for charging in its program The Uncounted Enemy: A Viet Nam Deception that Pentagon Hero William Westmoreland knowingly underestimated the strength of enemy forces. Prior to the 1968 Tet offensive, I could not go on a patrol without seeing numerous North Vietnamese troops. As those who were on the scene can attest, the number of encounters with skilled North Vietnamese fighting men increased greatly between mid-1966 and Tet. But what does a foot soldier know...
...received notice of more than 3,500 adverse reactions linked to the drug, including the 61 deaths, many of them associated with liver, kidney or gastrointestinal damage. U.S. consumer groups contend that there was no way that Lilly could not have known about the 28 British deaths that occurred prior to the drug's U.S. approval in April. Indeed, accounts of some deaths from liver disease, all among the elderly, were reported to the government in late 1981 and appeared in the Brit ish Medical Journal...
...that] do irreparable damage to the good name of Ireland and to the cause of Irish unity." Traveling in the U.S. to explain Britain's plan for returning local power to Northern Ireland, which is now governed directly from London, British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Prior urged Irish Americans to stop supporting the I.R.A. with money and weapons. Said he: "The way to make progress in Northern Ireland is through the ballot box, not by the use of violence...