Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...embarrassing failure. Nine months ago CBS invented one: The Morning Program, a relentlessly cheery farrago of entertainment and information that featured stand-up comedy, personal ads and an intrusive studio audience. Scorned by critics, the show plummeted in the ratings to a record low (10% of the morning audience). Prior to the show's debut, says one longtime CBS producer, "everyone thought we had the lowest ratings you could have in the morning. The Morning Program proved us wrong." Indeed, its abysmal numbers were hurting the following shows of affiliate stations, and mass defections appeared imminent...
...Prior to the event, because of concerns aboutthe way tickets were being distributed and otherissues raised in preparation of this event, Idecided to form a working group to developguidelines reflecting the need for security ofspeakers and the free speech rights of allinvolved," Vorenberg said in a statement releasedyesterday...
...Tuesday, Fitzwater said Reagan may put his funding request before Congress prior to the Nov.7 deadline...
...Prior to this season, Harvard had won only nine of 42 matches. But this year, the Crimson has quietly posted a respectable 8-3 mark...
...Awkward Revelation. The Kinnock kleptomania was particularly damaging to Biden since it underscored the prior concerns that he was a shallow vessel for other people's ideas...