Word: priore
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...Mellinger has told his wife, Kim, that this is his final Army posting, meaning he's likely to retire sometime next year. The couple has no children, although Mellinger has three grown kids from a prior marriage. The last draftee then plans to move to Alaska, where he spent much of his career, and spend his days reading history and running with his two Dobermans. "When I tell my wife it's my last assignment, she just rolls her eyes," he concedes. "This is my sixth 'last assignment...
...many fearful and disgruntled citizens, the body voted to keep surveillance cameras already installed in the city turned off, citing their possible contribution to the erosion of civil liberties. This move by the council was an overreaction in light of the surveillance program’s scope, purpose, and prior history. Funded by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security, a mere eight cameras were installed around Cambridge in 2008 to aid firefighters and other evacuation personnel in the event of an emergency. For a sizeable community like Cambridge, the cameras’ potential to be life-saving...
...slashed its planned hires in half in response to the financial decline, prioritizing the upkeep of existing academic programs, SEAS—as a recently-minted school—has maintained an emphasis on growth and has cut none of the seven faculty searches that it had authorized prior to the financial crisis...
...score.Ranked No. 3 in the country, Trinity represented the most formidable opponent that Harvard has faced this season. Not only did the team match up against the power and shot-making ability of the Crimson players, but they also challenged the team’s fitness and mental fortitude. Prior to yesterday’s match, Harvard as a team had only played one match out of 45 that extended beyond three games, while yesterday against the Bantams, seven out of the nine matches were decided in four or five games...
...senior faculty level, Harvard’s economics department saw its one search put on hold, while Yale has stayed the course that it set for itself prior to the crisis with between 5 and ten searches, indicating that preserving its commitment to hiring might give it a key edge...