Earlier 10th through 12th century sources refer to " long swords " that while a common medieval term or orthography for naginata, could also simply be referring to conventional swords ; one source describes a naginata being drawn with the verb nuku, commonly associated with swords, rather than hazusu, the verb otherwise used in medieval texts for unsheathing naginata.

Earlier that year George IV had succeeded to the throne on the death of his long incapacitated father George III.

Earlier in that year he claimed for the public the right of printing an account of parliamentary debates, and after a long struggle, the right was definitely established.

Earlier monuments associated with a later henge might include Neolithic monuments such as a cursus ( e. g., at Thornborough Henges the central henge overlies the cursus ) or a long barrow such as the West Kennet Long Barrow at Avebury, Wiltshire, or even, as in the case of Stonehenge, Mesolithic post holes.

Earlier authors, such as Melouk ( 1957 ), have estimated a gestation period as long as 16 months, though the validity of this figure has subsequently been challenged.

Earlier in that year the brigade celebrated winning the C aggregate and the Victorian State Urban Championships held on the long weekend in March.

Earlier excavations were generally limited to rural areas, or towns which had been long abandoned.

Earlier Spanish popes of the Borja family held a long tradition of employing Spanish singers in the papal chapel ’ s choir.

Earlier in a long and well-regarded essay, Dubnow wrote about the " two halves " of Jewish history.

Earlier in history, its name was Tikirajualaaq (" a little long point "), and Ittaliurvik, (" a place where the people make tents ").

* 1-1 / 2 " Long ( Earlier examples commonly 2 " long )

Earlier in The Pleasures of Opium, De Quincey describes the long walks he took through the London streets under the drug's influence:

Newly-issued CRSids are at least five characters long, with between two and six initials followed by a number ( increasing with each person sharing the given initials ) of at least one digit, the first of which is not 1 in order to avoid confusion with the letter L. Earlier schemes used different rules to determine the number, and some early CRSids had no number.

Earlier Channel 4 editions were 45 minutes long, and later ones were 60 minutes, but were split into two 30 minute segments before moving to the 60 minute format in 1988.

Earlier speculation around the AMR-1 / LY-60 programme suggested that a ramjet engine was being developed for it, and such a powerplant would allow a missile to be effective at such long ranges.

Earlier that very year, an unnamed source within the party told the newspaper Dagbladet that Jagland " most likely " would remain leader up until 2004.

Earlier, he was the leader of a Russian delegation that met with Slobodan Milosevic during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Earlier, reacting to the report, former BJP leader Uma Bharti, who was in Ayodhya on the day of the demolition, said that the party should come clean over the issue.

Earlier in 1996, he also helped Benjamin Netanyahu oust Shimon Perez as leader of Israel.

Earlier, Chung also criticized opposition leader Park Geun-hye of the Grand National Party for immediately campaigning during that party's primaries after her recovery from an attack by a man who slashed her face with a small knife.

Earlier, in 1960s, a leader of the Ahmadya community, Ahmad Toufiq Chowdhury, had set up printing press in his residence at Maharaja Road to bring out a periodic magazine entitled Writupatra.

Earlier, this woman had been so filled with a chaotic variety of introjects that at times, when she was in her room alone, it would sound to a passerby as though there were several different persons in the room, as she would vocalize in various kinds of voice.

Earlier this month Edward R. Murrow, director of the United States Information Agency, came to Hollywood and had dinner with more than 100 leaders of the motion picture industry.

( Earlier the APG had used the name Alliaceae for this group .).

Earlier amnesties, requiring signed oaths and excluding certain classes of people, had been issued by Lincoln and by Johnson.

Earlier Andronikos III had effected the recovery of the islands of Lesbos and Chios from Martino Zaccaria in 1329 ( although the island remained under Benedetto III Zaccaria until 1330 ) and of Phocaea in 1334 from the last Genoese governor Domenico Cattaneo.

Earlier, Gongshan had approached Confucius to join him, which Confucius considered at first.

Earlier in 1961, a Television Audience Measurement ( TAM ) showed that 75 % of available viewers ( 15 million ) tuned into Corrie and by 1964 the programme had over 20 million regular viewers, with ratings peaking on 2 December 1964, at 21. 36 million viewers.

Earlier in the year, 13-year-old Sarah-Louise Platt ( Tina O ' Brien ) had become pregnant and given birth to a baby girl, Bethany, on 4 June.

Earlier, Dai had been involved with the Blue Shirts Society, a fascist-inspired paramilitary group within the Kuomintang, which wanted to expel Western and Japanese imperialists, crush the Communists, and eliminate feudalism.

Earlier British clipper ships had become known as extreme clippers, and were considered to be " as sharp as the American " built ships.

" Earlier, in December 1984, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs had issued a report condemning the Contras and the United States government as being among the worst human rights violators in Latin America: " The CIA directed forces are among the worst human rights violators in Latin America, responsible for systematic brutality against a civilian population.

Earlier dragoon responsibilities for scouting and picket duty had passed to hussars and similar light cavalry corps in the French, Austrian, Prussian, and other armies.

Earlier in the century, Norris had played on one of hockey's early powers, the Montreal HC, nicknamed the " Winged Wheelers.

Earlier in the year the band had performed at one of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics victory concerts at Whistler Medals Plaza and donated a collection of objects to the Ohio Historical Society including an energy dome, jumpsuit, stickers, and t-shirts.

Earlier, the Scottish philosopher David Hume had put forward a similar view on the difference between facts and values.

Earlier, the emperors had married women from families of the government-holding Soga lords, and women of the imperial clan itself, i. e. various-degree cousins and often even their own sisters ( half-sisters ).

Earlier Imperial sponsorship of Buddhism, beginning with Prince Shōtoku ( 574 – 622 ), had led to a general politicization of the clergy, along with an increase in intrigue and corruption.

Earlier constituent assemblies had written thirteen constitutions ( only ten of which had entered into force ), and the latest had been adopted in 1924.

Earlier pedal harps had a single-action mechanism that allowed strings to play sharpened notes.

Earlier in the 1970s, Conservative prime minister Edward Heath ( elected in 1970 ) had attempted to reduce trade union powers due to the rising level of strikes across the country.

Earlier that year, Francis Baring and Company of London had become the U. S. government's official banking agent in London.

Earlier submersible work had yielded dismal results.

Earlier, the two of them had also been caught in an attempt to assassinate Nasir when he was president and had been tried and imprisoned before being released in 1975.