Word: priore
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...just a few decades Sweden's small, once homogenous population has undergone dramatic transformation. While immigrants constituted just 4% of the population in 1960, today more than a fifth of the country's nearly 9 million inhabitants are either immigrants or have at least one non-Swedish parent. Prior waves of migrants, like the Finns who arrived after World War II, assimilated quickly into Swedish society, their transition facilitated by racial affinity and the fact that the dominant culture was never seriously challenged. Today's newcomers are more likely to be refugees from Africa, Asia or the former Yugoslavia...
...even nonviolent drug crimes with the same zeal once reserved for violent offenders. The severity of the punishment varies from state to state. (There is no federal "three strikes" law.) "Various states have their own manifestation of three strikes - the essence of which is to put heavy weight on prior convictions, particularly prior convictions of a certain character," says San Jose criminal defense attorney Jerome Mullins...
McDonough said it is necessary that all students fill out a form prior to purchase...
...Prior to Saturday's competition, the Harvard women had occupied the top spot in the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association national polls since pre-season. Trinity, which began...
...prior First Family has reported a $190,000-plus haul in their last year (the Bushes only reported $52,000; Ronald Reagan's friends bought him a $2.5 million house, which he rented for $15,000 a month). While the givers may have hoped their generosity might remain a little secret between them and the recipients, the Clintons, well aware of disclosure requirements, had no such expectation. Even as Hillary was registering for the china (Spode) and the silver (Faberge), she understood that the day would come when she would have to admit to the world what she had done...