Word: prior
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According to the Bible, a good name is worth more than a precious ointment -- and choosing one can be just as sticky. Since December, when Jesse Jackson proposed that the group now called blacks (formerly known as Negroes, and prior to that as colored people) should adopt the designation African American, the idea has been catching on. In a recent poll conducted for TIME by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, 61% preferred to be called black, vs. 26% who supported African American. (Though the survey was too small to be statistically valid, it indicated that the name change has made some headway...
...Prior to the Olympic games, he said that he admired my sister-in-law [Jackie Joyner Kersee] and myself," Joyner added...
...interview, Tower read a portion of a letter from Lichliter that said tests that were conducted prior to his surgery to remove a colon polyp foundnormal liver functions, and that there was noevidence of alcohol withdrawal following theoperation...
...real problem with the Reagan administration's obsession with secrecy is the infringement on civil liberties. Prior censorship, life-long restictions on the free expression of government employees, and spying on library patrons are unconscionable violations of constitutional rights, and are inexcusable on any grounds--even national security concerns...
...most important vote of the evening was the vote to reconsider--reversing prior decisions the developer didn't like. Reconsideration requires six votes; supporting reconsideration were Councillors Danehy, Saundra Graham, Sheila Russell, Walter Sullivan, William Walsh and Vellucci...