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The principal courtyard of the University is marked by a belltower and surrounded by historic buildings on three sides.
The NYT starts off with Bush's profession of opposition to most abortions but then immediately cites his remark that in his presidency an anti-abortion stance would not be the principal consideration for appointment to the Supreme Court.
' The principal parent of Yiddish is High German, the form of German encountered by Jewish settlers from northern France in the eleventh century.
As the analysis points out, the House Appropriations Committee report and a floor statement by the principal sponsor of section 330--Representative DeLay--describe section 330 as permitting NHTSA to establish a 1998 standard "identical to" the model year 1997 standard.
Its principal heroes--King Vittorio Emanuele II, Garibaldi, Mazzini, Cavour --are commemorated in the names of the main streets and piazzas of virtually every city and town in Italy, not least in Rome.