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Word: prior (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dayan's suggestion of concessions was a major reversal of opinion. Prior to Carter's visit, Dayan had often said that Israeli control of Sharm el-Sheik, the strategic point on the southern tip of Sinai peninsula which controls the entrance to the gulf of Arabia, was worth more than a peace treaty with Egypt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dayan Dies | 10/17/1981 | See Source »

Councilor David Sullivan, a strong supporter of rent control, said yesterday that in the Columbia St. case, no removal permit was issued prior to the demolition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Will Consider Demolition | 10/13/1981 | See Source »

...respond at all prior to March 30. I blame her and I don't blame her. After March 30, I finally got a response out of her. It's now six months later, and she's playing it cool again. I can't take much more of this silent treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is He Crazy About Her? | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...charter to the B.N.A. Act and then give authority over the document to Canada. The British were willing in principle, providing the Canadian Supreme Court agreed. In its ruling, the court said that Trudeau could ask for the B.N.A. Act. But it also ruled that any prior tinkering with the act would flout unwritten constitutional tradition unless it went hand in hand with "at least a substantial measure of provincial consent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Well, Yes and No | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...since the city began a suit against Harvard in 1976--one year after Cambridge made final repairs to the bridge--city officials charged that Harvard knew about the structural deficiencies when it relinquished ownership of the underpass, Highly said. He added that Harvard has for the past decade denied prior knowledge of the leak...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: Cambridge St. Bridge Dispute Ends As Harvard Agrees to Fund Repairs | 10/6/1981 | See Source »

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