Word: prior
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...Administration would like to virtually demolish the effectiveness of the bill through one clause is particular. Prior to a 1980 Supreme Court decision, plaintiffs in voting rights cases had to prove only that the laws were enforced in such a way that their effect was discriminatory. Courts would consider a number of factors to determine whether a law impaired a minority's right to vote. The House bill would reestablish this standard. But the Administration seeks to reaffirm at best the standard enunciated is Mobile v. Bolden (180)-which said that a plaintiff had to prove an invent to discriminate...
...short resume workshop of which Machiavelli himself might prove jealous. Dishonesty is the best policy. "If you have an extended unexplainable gap in your resume, you are frankly going to have to fudge. There are several ways you can go about this. You can take the job you had prior to your gap in time and extend it to cover...
...wake of the tragedy of Air Florida Flight 90 [Jan. 25], airlines should set up final de-icing procedures where and when it will do the most good-at the end of the taxiing runway just prior to takeoff. Laurence J. McCaffery Butte, Mont...
...attitudes of the Reagan administration are "a reincarnation of the prejudices of prior centuries that relegated women to second-class citizenship," Senator Edward M. Kennedy `54 (D-Mass.) said yesterday to a gathering of women with careers in science...
...largest controversy within the national medical community crupted when it was revealed after the train that three Harvard affiliated doctors wrote flattering letters of recommendation which Hussain used to obtain a position on the staff of anaesthesia at the Buffalo Children's Hospital. None of the letters mentioned his prior rape conviction...