Word: priore
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...associate in 1996. Some said then-Governor William F. Weld '66 should have nominated a African-American judge for the seat, since the Massachusetts bench had until that time been occupied entirely by white males, with only one exception. But many pointed to her stance on racial matters; prior to immigrating to the U.S., she was active in anti-apartheid matters in her native South Africa. And so despite her detractors, Marshall became the second woman ever to sit on the SJC bench...
...victory against Wagner reversed the Crimson's recent losing trend. Prior to the Wagner win, Harvard had accumulated a 1-4 record in its last five matches and had lost all four of those matches in three straight games...
Those aghast at this suggestion might console themselves by considering the words of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which in Article 26 nobly declares: "Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children...
...saying, but most of us can mysteriously understand what she's feeling. Her fifth solo release, the double-CD set To Venus and Back reaffirms the notion that even a string of random words can, in some way, convey angst, love, and yes, even more angst. Unlike her prior albums, which dealt with Amos's traumatic past, To Venus and Back doesn't really have a theme, but Amos insists that it was instead inspired by her Muse. "I look at the piano, I stalk her, she looks at me, takes a yawn, and goes to sleep . . ." Amos says...
Kety was the first scientific director of the National Institutes of Mental Health, where he worked for 16 years prior to arriving at Harvard Medical School. He also served as the Director of the Psychiatric Research Laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital...