Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other Olympic action prior to last night's closing ceremonies, an East German team led by Meinhard Nehmer won the four-man bobsled competition in record time...
When Tai and Randy skated out onto the ice Friday night with the other pairs for their warmups prior to the pairs short-program competition, the crowd gave a pleasant stir of anticipation. The U.S. pair struck a pose, glided around the rink and then went into a sit-spin. Randy fell out of it. He got up and brushed off the ice. They skated over to Coach John Nicks, talked anxiously, came back and tried the sit-spin again. This time, Randy stayed up, but he had to put a hand down to keep from tumbling...
...ascent was also aided by his craggy good looks-no handicap in a visual medium-and by a canny sense of what the tube could do for him. He left nothing about his on-camera appearances to chance, including apparently spur-of-the-moment remarks. "We all give prior thought to our ad libs," says CBS News Correspondent Robert Pierpoint, "but Dan even writes down the colloquialisms in his ad libs. He thinks them through, and they give his stuff a quality." Indeed, Rather's Lone Star tropes have become something of a trademark. Interviewing G.O.P. Presidential Contender George...
...complex. In one sense, it follows directly from their long-term geopolitical policies in the region. As any Soviet spokesperson will rapidly make clear to an inquirer, they look with anxiety to their southern borders, stretching from Turkey to a now unstable Iran to a potentially unstable Afghanistan (though, prior to the invasion, it already had a Marxist government which came to power through a coup d'etat in 1978) and to an openly hostile China. Some experts, therefore, clearly trace this invasion to Soviet concerns for their southeastern borders and the increasing belligerence with their Chinese neighbors. While Soviet...
There is still some dispute, however, over just when the committees must be told. Carter argues that the President should be allowed to withhold information about some especially delicate operations if prior disclosure would endanger lives or embarrass friendly lives or embarrass friendly governments. Some Senators consider that too wide a loophole...