Earlier pens leaked or clogged because of incorrect viscosity of the ink, and depended on gravity to deliver the ink to the ball.

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, 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 strips did engage in a degree of low-key political satire ( for instance, a series of strips in 1992 where Dogbert runs for President ), but since the early 1990s Adams has mostly focused the strip on corporate issues.

Earlier increases in sclerophyll vegetation during shifts to cooler, drier conditions about 120 and 75 thousand years ago did not have any obvious impact on megafaunal abundance.

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

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

Earlier, in November 2004, Congress replaced the majority of judges on the country's Electoral Court and Constitutional Court by a similar process.

Earlier in December 2005, the European Commission initiated the second stage of infringement proceedings against the British Government relating to Gibraltar ’ s failure to transpose five European Union directives on electronic communications, but these were closed after the relevant legislation was passed into law by the House of Assembly in June 2006.

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 versions also ran on the i860, Alpha, MIPS, Fairchild Clipper, and PowerPC architectures.

Earlier, on January 23, 1949, William T. Knott, W2QGH, Larchmont, NY, had been able to make rough copy of W6PSW's test transmissions.

Earlier in the inning, a failed sacrifice bunt by Felipe Alou had ultimately resulted in his brother Matty not scoring on Mays ' double.

Earlier in the year, in January 1882, he had switched on the first steam-generating power station at Holborn Viaduct in London.

Earlier dukes had been illegitimate, and William's association with his father on ducal charters appears to indicate that William was considered Robert's most likely heir.

Earlier versions of HP-UX supported the HP Integral PC and HP 9000 Series 200, 300, and 400 computer systems based on the Motorola 68000 series of processors, as well as the HP 9000 Series 500 computers based on HP's proprietary FOCUS processor architecture.

Earlier ccNUMA systems such as those from Silicon Graphics were based on MIPS processors and the DEC Alpha 21364 ( EV7 ) processor.

Earlier, the waste disposal system had merely consisted of collecting waste and dumping it on the ground or into a river.

Earlier in that same dynasty, a similar attack on Hatshepsut was carried out.

Earlier treatments may be found in history of religion and belief in magic power of spells, also later in monotheistic religions, such as in the works of some church fathers, following much cited New Testament ideas like ζάω γάρ ὁ λόγος ὁ θεός καί ἐνεργής ( Hebrews 4: 12 ) in turn based on much cited Old Testament ideas like כן יהיה דברי אשר יצא מפי לא ־ ישוב אלי ריקם כי אם ־ עשה את ־ אשר חפצתי והצליח אשר שלחתיו ׃ ( Isaiah 55: 11 ).

Earlier in 1974-when the Brandts and the Guillaumes took a vacation in Norway together-it was Matthias, then twelve years old, who was the first to discover that Guillaume and his wife " were typing mysterious things on typewriters the whole night through.

Earlier it plays as Luke mentions her name on Dagobah.

Earlier that season, Rose had been ranked at number 25 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players.

Earlier, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Johnson — who has described himself as " pretty much center-left before 9 / 11 "— transformed his blog's discussion of bicycle racing, programming, web design, and the occasional humorous news item into a very active discussion of the War on Terror, Islam and Islamism, Eurabia, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Earlier in the week, Bill Elliott had qualified his # 9 Coors-Melling Ford Thunderbird at a record 212. 809 mph ( a record which still stands today ) for the Winston 500 at the unlighted Talladega Superspeedway.

Earlier versions of the standard, ISO / R 9: 1954, ISO / R 9: 1968 and ISO 9: 1986, were more closely based on the international scholarly system for linguistics ( scientific transliteration ), but have diverged in favour of unambiguous transliteration over phonemic representation.

Earlier in the year ( on 9 June ), units of the 7th ( Meerut ) Division had captured two hills just inland from the coast, depriving the Ottomans of two important observation points overlooking the Allied bridgehead north of the Nahr-el-Auja.

* Shakespeare's Poems: Bibliography of the Earlier Editions ( 1878 -' 9 )

Earlier in that campaign they recorded their biggest single leg ( 5 – 1 ) and aggregate ( 9 – 3 ) wins in Europe ( against Welsh Premier League club Rhyl ).

Earlier in the day on June 9, Butler had summoned Peirce from Camp Hamilton to Fort Monroe to advise him of the plan.

* Earlier versions of tracks 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 first appeared on the 1994 debut tape The Revenge of the Midget Punchers.

Earlier in her career, she was a morning radio personality on Toronto's Mix 99. 9 from 1992 to 1994, co-hosting with Tom Rivers along with Larry Fedoruk.

Earlier, on November 9, 1862, Miss Holmes reported,

Earlier work, including Luis Buñuel's 1933 Land Without Bread, Orson Welles's 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, various April Fool's Day news reports, and vérité style film and television during the 1960s and 1970s, served as precursor to the genre.

" Earlier, on 12 September 1731, Rear Admiral Stewart had written to the Governor of Havana to complain of the " violence and villainies " of a Guarda Costa commander named Fandino who, " about the 20th April last sailed out of your harbor in one of those Guarda Costas, and met a ship of this island bound for England ; and after using the captain in a most barbarous inhuman manner, taking all his money, cutting off one of his ears, plundering him of those necessaries which were to carry the ship safe home ...".

Earlier, in April and May 1521, five Portuguese ships docked at Tuen Mun to begin trading, but were ordered to leave once officials came to the region to announce the emperor's death.

Earlier, in April 1935, Italy had joined Britain and France in protesting against Germany's rearmament.

Earlier in April during that year in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, he had taken 4 wickets for 25 runs against Kenya during the match.

( Earlier in the month, on April 5, 1865, Seward had been injured in a carriage accident, and suffered a concussion, a broken jaw, a broken right arm, and many serious bruises.

Earlier in April of the same year, Apostle John W. Taylor had resigned for the same reason.

Earlier the Agra Division also include Hathras District, Aligarh District & Etah District, but in April 2008 Aligarh was made into a new division which included Aligarh District, Etah District, Hathras District and the newly created Kanshi Ram Nagar district.

Earlier in the year, they performed a concert special at Epcot in Walt Disney World, broadcast on April 29, 2000, under the name " M2M and BBMak in Concert ", performing six songs with breaks in between of them walking around the park and seeing the sites.

Earlier in 1944 Bet Zuri had suggested assassinating Prime Minister Churchill and other highly placed British political personalities, according to secret files not publicly released by MI5 until April 2011.

Earlier in the season, Spend A Buck had won two races at the newly reopened Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, NJ: the Cherry Hill Mile on April 6, and the Garden State Stakes on April 20.