Word: priore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...budget deficit--and loudly! Young Americans who want to work toward the future well-being of the country can do little more important than phone, write letters or meet personally with their member of Congress and emphasize the importance of reducing the deficit. This is how democracy works. Prior to the election, "Lead...or Leave" pestered candidates and staged rallies across the state. We were able to convince two local candidates to take the pledge, one of whom was elected...
...would also account for each vote by using randomly distributed, numbered ballots bearing a council logo and the signature of the vice-chair and by taking roll call prior to voting...
...Perot insists that he received a tip-off that high-level Republicans were plotting to wiretap his office telephone last August -- even though he had pulled out of the presidential race in July. Acting largely on information provided by both Perot and Scott Barnes -- a shady storyteller with a prior conviction for tape-recording his telephone conversations with other people -- Oliver ("Buck") Revell, the head of the FBI office in Dallas, sent an undercover agent disguised as a cowboy to meet with James Oberwetter, state chairman of the Bush campaign. The cowboy claimed to be hawking a wiretap tape...
Black and Lake contend that they have refrained from lobbying on issues involved in the campaign and have disclosed to campaign lawyers a list of ( clients, financial holdings and prior lobbying activities. Since early summer, both have promised to forgo lobbying the Executive Branch until after the election...
...Isabelle gets pregnant again, the national social security system will cover the bulk of her prenatal, delivery and postpartum expenses. She is guaranteed a six-month paid maternity leave, two months longer than for each of her prior pregnancies, to cover the added responsibilities of an expanding family. In the third month of her pregnancy, Isabelle will begin to accrue monthly benefits, eventually totaling $343, to defray the cost of another infant. If Isabelle decides not to return to work, she will get $563 in "parental education benefits" to reward her decision to stay home. If she does return...