Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days prior to reading "We, the Jury,..." I walked out of criminal court with eleven fellow jurors, having recommended the death sentence in a first-degree-murder trial. We shared one common feeling when the trial was over; we had done what we had to do, not what we wanted to do. Those six days were among the most difficult and exhausting of my life. It was an "irksome, boring, vital, rewarding" and sobering ordeal...
...some questions remained. Sadat's security men seemed slow to react, though the spectacular nature of the attack might well have stunned them. More important, the professional nature of the assault suggested the possibility of thorough training and a larger operation. Somehow the assassins evaded the security check prior to the parade. They were able to sneak live ammunition and grenades aboard their open truck. They positioned their vehicle in the column closest to the reviewing stand. Finally, they were able to reach the stand at the precise moment when the eyes of the President, his security detail and everyone...
...same time, the Securities and Exchange Commission began probing reports of rampant speculation in Santa Fe stock during the weeks just prior to the takeover announcement. The questionable trading involved large numbers of purchases in so-called call options on the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco. Options contracts are trading gambles in which buyers acquire, at a fraction of the stock's market value, the right to buy or sell a quantity of stock at a fixed price within a specified period, usually anywhere from a few hours to nine months. The heavy volume of transactions in Santa...
...Prior to the sixth inning, Reuss had allowed Montreal only three hits, all coming with...
Kellen said "the guidelines are ambiguous. If Kipp advises prior restraint, that's both advising and prepublication censorship...