Word: priore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...after the midyear examination period, Seniors in good standing will be extended the privilege of unlimited cuts, according to the decision of the Faculty announced last night. This action does not grant to Seniors the additional Dean's List privilege of extending vacation periods by not attending Classes immediately prior to, and following holiday sessions...
Cause of Destruction: "The final destruction of the ship was due primarily to large, unbalanced, external, aerodynamic forces arising from high velocity air currents. Whether the ship, if entirely intact and undamaged, would have broken under the forces existing, or whether prior minor damage due to gas pressure was a determining factor in the final breakup, are matters which this Court is unable definitely to determine...
...coalition of the Left parties in the Chamber prior to the period of utter political chaos in which France has weltered of late. Le Cartel existed as a solid bloc which dictated the policy of the Government...
...most important decisions of the tribunal concerned the claims of an American in New Zealand. William Webster, a Maine man, bought 500,000 acres of land in New Zealand from native chiefs during the five years prior to 1840. His medium of exchange was described before the commission as consisting of rum, duck trousers, blankets, tobacco and powder. Other speculators purchased large tracts of land, and soon 650,000 acres more than the total area of New Zealand had been sold in all. To complicate matters, Great Britain annexed New Zealand in 1840. Only titles recognized by the land court...
...although we ourselves doubted Miss Yurka's adaptability, prior to Monday, we never remember having seen so complete a transformation, on the stage before. She was foreign, she was fascinating, she was alluring. Without the usual qualification of beauty, she gave an impression of beauty. To her belonged the charm of a facile temperament, soft clinging gowns, add sentences of Russian and French stuck in here and there. And as Lisa, the capricious and the magnificent, she ruled her audience as gently and as cleverly as she ruled her family...