Word: priore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...danger as Atlantis was docked to Mir and could not immediately dash after Godwin or Clifford in the unlikely event that their tether broke. NASA took extra precautions, giving the two astronauts jet packs in case their lifelines broke. Also, the hatches between shuttle Atlantis and Mir were closed prior to the spacewalk to allow for a quick shuttle getaway in the unlikely event that a tether broke and the jet pack failed. Atlantis will depart Mir on Thursday, leaving astronaut Shannon Lucid for her five- month stay...
...sarcastic, short-tempered--and that's just how he treated his friends. Yet TV viewers in the 1960s couldn't get enough of the neurosurgeon or of Edwards, who portrayed the combative Casey as the polar opposite of his ratings rival, the saintly Doctor Kildare (played by Richard Chamberlain). Prior to Ben Casey, Edwards was a B-movie gangster. After, he appeared in forgettable film and TV work, including the inevitable Return of Ben Casey...
Today, the improvement that the white South has shown is mostly attributable to the effects of the civil rights movement. Prior to this crusade, Dixie's inbred racism was choking out most prospects for cultural betterment...
Eager not to make next week's California contest anticlimactic, the Dole camp said it would not claim victory regardless of yesterday's results. Still, Dole knew the prize that eluded him in two prior White House bids would soon be his. "I think this virtually locks it up," Dole told the Associated Press. "...It is 230 days to defeating Bill Clinton. The first time I came up empty. The last time I came up short. This time I'm coming up full...
...Prior to the discussion, Dershowitz attended a tea sponsored by the Hillel Jewish Learning committee and spoke with a group of approximately 30 students for about an hour