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Word: prior (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...executives and their advisers were confident last week that they could defeat Mobil's latest threat. If the oil company starts buying U.S. Steel stock, the price of it is likely to shoot upward, which would make the deal less attractive. And under a federal law that requires prior notice for the purchase of large blocks of stock, Mobil has to wait at least 30 days before it can begin to acquire any more shares of U.S. Steel. But although Mobil's latest shot seems likely to fail, no one is underestimating the oil company's resourcefulness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clash of the Titans | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Siegel said Morrissey, who was free prior to the trial on $1000 cash bail, is 5'7" tall, slim with brown hair, and "he is known to frequent the Harvard Square area," Siegel added...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Man Convicted of Student Rape Disappears From Local Court | 12/17/1981 | See Source »

...move came after reporters from the newspapers that regularly cover the council protested a council closed session prior to the meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Merchants Appeal For More Parking | 12/15/1981 | See Source »

...there was Tony Visone, a sophomore who had never scored a goal in a varsity uniform prior to last evening, who already had two goals in the game, giving the Crimson sudden life. At 17:24 there was Tony Visone, on his knees, redirecting Greg Britz's pass from behind the net into the net, tying the game at five and giving sudden life and creating the chance for sudden death...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Life and Death | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

Dixon's long-awaited return collapsed, in disaster when the All-American middle distance specialist hurt his foot in the stretch run of the 1500-meter race, in which he finished second in spite of the injury. Before he started to work out just two or three days prior to the meet, a knee injury had sidelined Dixon for more than three months...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thinclads Upset Army, 79-57; Dixon Reinjured in Comeback | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

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