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  • HRC rior to being elected Senator in 2000 Hillary Clinton has never held an elective office, and had never run for an elected office.

    Clinton camp signals it's not so close on Florida 2008

  • [P] rior to imposing discipline, the senior-level Ft. Worth managers had solicited advice ... from other Commission officials responsible for disciplinary actions.

    Grassley calls SEC response on alleged retaliation 'extremely disturbing' 2010

  • One of the companies JumpStart backed in 2006, CardioInsight Technologies Inc., raised a $6 million Series B financing earlier this year from p rior investors Case Technology Ventures and Draper Triangle Ventures.

    Putting Cleveland on Entrepreneurs' Map 2010

  • In a letter to the leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mr. Webb praised the push to control costs, but added that Mr. Gates's "lack of p rior consultation with Congress on his entire set of recommendations is deeply troubling."

    Pentagon Cost-Saving Drive Comes Under Fire 2010

  • The Pacifica opinion argued that broadcast signals represent an "intruder" in the home because, "[P] rior warnings cannot completely protect the listener or viewer from unexpected program content."

    Leslie Harris: Unhappy Birthday Pacifica 2008

  • The connection between turtleneck-wearing entertainers and a secretive group of war rior monks has me stumped.

    Reestablishing the Templars? 2008

  • The firearms of the Abyssinians were certainly infe rior to the Sniders and Enfields, but Henty is not quite fair to the Sikh Pioneers who enjoyed no advantage of weaponry against the enemy spear and swordsmen, were outnumbered, and still won a decisive victory with their bayonets, as Flashman, a veteran of the Sikh War, notes with satisfaction.

    Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

  • P rior to this he was Director, Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary Services Section (2003-04).

    Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to Bangladesh 2005

  • And not just any weapons, but blades of supe - rior craftsmanship, excellent quality.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • Parktown head office. rior to the receipt of the order, PPC was advised that complaints had been lodged with the Competition Commission.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

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