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• “Reassure yourself,” said he to his young compeer; “only let us not denounce each other, for our prior is not a man to pardon us for having come here and infringed our vow of silence, and we should both receive a punishment, the recollection of which would long remain.” The treaty was at once concluded, and from that day forward the two Carthusians came very often to converse with me. —  Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men
• He was afterwards successively named sub-prior, and then prior of the monastery of Santa Maria Nuova; and was later the associate and support of Francesca in the foundation of her congregation of the Noble Oblates of Tor di Specchi CHAPTER IX. —  The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
• Among the revelations is word that other Rockstar studios are helping the Bully veterans at Rockstar Vancouver with the anticipated sequel -- prior to the had suggested that The Warriors veterans at Rockstar Toronto were working on the game -- and the return of "Max's ever-present internal monologue." —  *Shacknews* Games
• The same last-minute scoring blitz that had decided the regional semifinal a day prior was absent, and the endurance test swung against the Texans this time.
• One provision in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) - poses serious disagreement with the World Bank, as the latter has not accepted such and instead coined and followed its own words to read: "free, prior and informed consultation." —  Bulatlat

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