Earlier, while playing solitaire during his recovery from surgery, Ulam had thought about playing hundreds of games to estimate statistically the probability of a successful outcome.

Earlier video game " ports " were often not true ports, but rather reworked versions of the games.

Earlier that season, Niekro was suspended for ten games when umpire Steve Palermo discovered a nail file in his pocket.

Earlier sports games prior to this had displayed the entire field on screen, or scrolled across static top-down fields to show the action.

Earlier versions of the game made it extremely difficult for players to slam dunk, a problem that was rectified in later games.

Earlier in the season, in January 2008, the team had hosted the annual D-League Showcase, in which all the league's teams played two games each in a five-day period.

Earlier games in the series were playable on the Apple IIe, the Apple Macintosh, the Commodore 64, the Amiga and the IBM PC.

Earlier, Wisdom Tree games used the blue Color Dreams cartridges.

Earlier PC magazines such as PC Leisure, PC Format and PC Plus had covered games but only as part of a wider remit.

Earlier games, like 4x4 Evolution, Quake III and Need for Speed: Underground also have a similar function with consoles able to interact with PC users using the same server.

Earlier games could get away easily by simply removing the Nazi flags and references to them, but this could not be done with this game, as they were an important part of the plot and Hitler was featured as a central villain.

Earlier in the games he took third in the US sweep of the 400m.

Earlier games printed game status for the player on teletype machines or a line printer, at speeds ranging from 10 to 30 characters per second with a rat-a-tat-tat sound as a metal ball or belt with characters was pressed against paper through an inked ribbon by a hammer.

Earlier in his career, he had been a member of the San Francisco Giants ' original broadcasting team ( together with Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons ) when the Giants moved west from New York in 1958, had called University of California football and basketball games, and had served as the longtime radio play-by-play announcer for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders football team and the San Francisco / Golden State Warriors basketball team.

Earlier in the year, they again played against Namibia and Kenya in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup, losing both games.

Earlier, van Oosterom had had two Dutch International Masters on his payroll whose job was to analyse his correspondence games.

Earlier in the playoffs, Thompson's winning streak of seven playoff games was snapped ; it remains, as of 2008, the longest playoff winning streak to start a career.

Earlier games ( such as Dune II ) had different sides with different attributes, but not to the dramatic extent found in War Wind.

Earlier packages of Duke Nukem 3D also included the complete versions of Duke Nukem I and II as a bonus.

Earlier, the Empire's strength ( and finances ) greatly relied on the Empire's own lands, the so-called Reichsgut, which always belonged to the king of the day and included many Imperial Cities.

Earlier forms of English included the sound as gh ( compare Scots bricht with English bright ).

Earlier Cray designs at CDC had included separate computers dedicated to this task, but this was no longer needed.

Earlier processes for this included the finery forge, the puddling furnace, the Bessemer process, and the open hearth furnace.

Earlier killer apps included Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Gran Turismo and Crash Bandicoot.

Earlier recipes often included much less information, serving more as a reminder of ingredients and proportions for someone who already knew how to prepare the dish.

Earlier scheduled service included Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Santiago, Dominican Republic and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Earlier spellings included Berkhampstead, Muche Barkhamstede, Berkhamsted Magna, Great Berkhamsted and Berkhamstead.

Earlier episodes included a noticeably smaller ensemble cast, with episodes more self-contained.

Earlier spellings of the name have included Fradsham, Frandsham, Frodisham, Ffradsam and Ffradsham.

Earlier uses often included the type of vessel, as for instance " U. S. F.

Earlier releases frequently included vocal elements and lyrics, but since III ( and Mark Spybey's departure in 1996 ) their work has been strictly instrumental.

Earlier protests against the House Committee on Un-American Activities meeting in San Francisco in 1960 had included an iconic scene as protesters were literally washed down the steps inside the Rotunda of San Francisco City Hall with fire hoses.

Earlier literature included lists of prescriptions for specific ailments, exemplified by a manuscript Recipes for Fifty-Two Ailments, found in the Mawangdui tomb, which was sealed in 168 BC.

Earlier schemes included WGS 72, WGS 66, and WGS 60.

Earlier Cronquist in 1981 included the Ranunculaceae along with seven other families in the Rancunculales which was included in the Magnoliidae, which he regarded as a subclass.

Earlier maps and plans indicated that the Soviets would occupy an area that included the Potsdam-approved final Soviet Zone along with all of the 1937 German territory east of the Oder-Neisse Line.

Earlier justifications for solitary confinement in the mid 20th century included protection for a prisoner whose sexual orientation, religion, or race were far too different and seen as vulnerable to attack from fellow inmates.

Earlier annual passenger numbers included 3, 409, 456 ( 2009 ); 3, 549, 204 ( 2008 ); and 3, 714, 323 ( 2007 ).

Earlier forms of email addresses included the somewhat verbose notation required by X. 400, and the UUCP " bang path " notation, in which the address was given in the form of a sequence of computers through which the message should be relayed.

Earlier literature included lists of prescriptions for specific ailments, exemplified by a manuscript " Recipes for 52 Ailments ", found in the Mawangdui tomb, sealed in 168 BC.

Earlier filmed series included Your Show Time, The Stu Erwin Show, and The Life of Riley ; and Jerry Fairbanks had developed and was using multi-camera film production for television in 1950.