Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...midst of this confusion, Ronald Reagan seems to be sealed in a private bubble. The man who once disliked flight so much that advisers had to badger him into the air prior to the 1966 California gubernatorial campaign is now totally at home in a plane and absorbed in preparing his message. He has forgotten to remove the linen napkin tucked between the buttons of his white shirt (he always wears white shirts, usually adorned with a wide, solid-color tie; the color of the little RR monogram stitched under the left breast varies). His glasses-rarely seen in public...
...Tory left has never been comfortable with Thatcher's zest for monetarism, meaning the strict regulation of a nation's money supply as the key to economic revival. It is beginning to press for more flexibility and compassion. Employment Secretary James Prior warned the conference against endorsing the harsh anti-union stance favored by some rightist Tories. "It makes no sense," he said, "to act as though we are taking part in the Charge of the Light Brigade...
...evolutionary terms, the human species is already adapting to profound changes in the earth's chemical environment. Increases in environmentally induced birth defects, infertility and adult mortality prior to reproductive success reflect natural selection at work...
Quinn's appeal was in stark contrast to the stand-pat paper the Vatican had sent out prior to the synod. Other synod speakers joined in lamenting the growing gap between Catholic teaching and observance, but the first week's deliberations were cautious. Some conservatives said the church should do more to enforce its policy and a powerful Vatican conservative, Pericle Cardinal Felici, told the bishops, "There is nothing to re-discuss. I consider the encyclical closed...
...government investigation began in 1978 with compliance review conducted by HEW--now the Department of Health and Human Services--prior to the renewal of a $1 million contract with the Naval Biosciences Dept. at the university's Berkeley campus. Suspicious of possible affirmative action violations in other departments, the investigators requested records from six faculty hiring and promotion committees. All of the committees refused to comply, citing reasons of confidentiality and academic freedom...