Word: prior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barely pausing for breath, Smith has directed a far-reaching corporate reorganization and has been snapping up high-tech companies that make everything from industrial robots to computer software for artificial intelligence. Prior to last week's agreement, GM's boldest acquisition was the $2.55 billion 1984 purchase of Electronic Data Systems, the world's largest data-processing firm...
...general reaction in Israel was one of skepticism. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, visiting in New York City, emphasized to TIME editors that Israel insists on nothing less than direct negotiations with Jordan without prior conditions, and is not convinced that Hussein will accept such a process. But, Rabin continued, if the King wanted to assemble a Jordanian- Palestinian delegation for direct talks, "it's fine with us." Rabin said he personally favored an Arab delegation that included representatives from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip because it is those territories that would be directly affected. Israel's only...
...German and the pale, intense Frenchman stood outside the monastery church at Birnau, overlooking Lake Constance, near the West German-Swiss border. A Cistercian monk uttered words of welcome. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl lifted his arms to the skies, clear after a daylong rain, and smiled: "Thank you, Prior, for we have been praying all day for the weather to improve." The quip brought a laugh from Kohl's companion, French President Francois Mitterrand...
...publishers sought $12,500 in damages, the amount lost when TIME, which had purchased first magazine publication rights, dropped its plan to print a 7,500-word excerpt. A contract clause had been specifically designed to protect TIME in the event of prior publication by another magazine or newspaper. The publishers won in federal district court. But the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York City held that the unauthorized publication was justified under the fair-use clause of the copyright law. The clause allows protected works to be quoted for purposes of criticism, teaching, research or news reporting...
...will go on trial in July. Baessler, who was given immunity in return for his cooperation, has implicated some of his superiors, but neither the investigators nor the company has released the names of those under suspicion. At GE's headquarters in Fairfield, Conn., top executives have denied any prior knowledge of the fraud. A letter to employees, signed by Chairman John Welch and other officers, stated: "We've seen, all too clearly, how the actions of a few can hurt an entire company and all of its employees...