Word: priore
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Workable? But Latin American countries are a long way from being democratic in the U.S. sense. Their history, geography, climate, religion, race are all different. As colonies of Spain and Portugal, they had none of the prior experience in self-government that the 13 North American colonies enjoyed. In such countries as Bolivia and Ecuador, backward, illiterate, aborigines who do not even speak Spanish far outnumber the whites. The entire area sags below the standards of health, education and economic development that political scientists consider essential for durable democracy. Even in relatively prosperous Cuba, per capita income is $300 compared...
...organizational meeting of all candidates for football to be held prior to the final examination period...
Smith, another neutral, was making a speech before the Orono-Old Town Kiwanis Club eight miles away. Ike, she said, "is on the verge of bandwagon support that may sweep aside all opposition prior to the convening of the national convention in Chicago . . ." Her words quickly reached Bangor,filtered through the meeting rooms, and added force to a trend...
...University of California complained that it lost its radioactivity too fast' Physicist Glenn Seaborg nodded, said-"I'll see what I can find." He found iodine-131 -Which is also believed to be the vital element in the H-bomb.*Thanks to the accident of prior discovery, radium has never been brought under similar control. Anyone can buy as much as he can afford and carry it home in his pocket. It might cost him $500,000 an ounce, but for a mere $3,000 he can get enough to burn through his pocket and flesh and well...
...price seemed high, especially as Schering no longer holds any exclusive patents, chief protection for the income of a drug company. Two months ago, on the same day the Government announced Schering's sale, it released the 215 formulas held by Schering prior to 1942 to any U.S. citizen who wants to use them. All patents developed since 1942 would be leased out for a "reasonable royalty." But the syndicate isn't worried. It plans to keep the present research-minded management, is counting on Schering's chemists for more new formulas...