Formerly the Department of the Ancient Near East, with a collection numbering some 330, 000 works, the British Museum possesses by far the world's largest and most important collection of Mesopotamian antiquities outside Iraq.

Formerly in Pakistan most transportation was done by horse-drawn carriages called tongas, but more cost-effective auto rickshaws have now taken their place in small cities.

Formerly self-styled as the " World's Greatest Newspaper " ( for which WGN radio and television are named ), it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is currently the eighth largest newspaper in the United States by circulation ( and became the second largest under Tribune's ownership after the Chicago Tribune's parent company purchased the Los Angeles Times ).

Formerly, in most parts of the area, leaders were chosen not through inheritance, but based on their personality.

Formerly, the most senior of the Law Lords took these posts.

Formerly it was in the county of Middlesex, which was its postal county that remains in use by most residents and businesses.

Formerly called CBS Studio 50, it had been home to several TV programs over the years, most notably The Ed Sullivan Show.

Formerly of the Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, and most notably the Buffalo Sabres.

DU Players, one of the most prolific student-drama societies in Europe which hosts more than 50 shows and events a year in the Samuel Beckett Theatre ; The DU Film Society ( Formerly DU Filmmakers, formerly the DU " Videographic Society ", founded in 1987 ) which organises film-makers and film-lovers on campus through workshops, screenings, production funding, etc.

Formerly, madrigal comedy was considered to be one of the important precursors to opera, but most music scholars now see it as a separate development, part of a general interest in Italy at the time in creating musico-dramatic forms.

Formerly the most common dhow in the Persian Gulf used for fishing as well as for coastal trade.

Formerly, it was believed that the Chu monarch fell under the influence of other corrupt, jealous ministers who slandered Qu Yuan as ' a sting in flesh ', and therefore the fooled king banished Qu, his most loyal counsellor.

Formerly restricted to the Black Sea and the eastern Mediterranean this species has now expanded over most of Europe as far as the Great Britain and Ireland, with 37 sites: 543 – 592 pairs in the United Kingdom in 2008.

Formerly a plaintiff had to disavow any claim to the res in order to avail himself of the interpleader remedy, but this requirement has also been relaxed or abolished in most jurisdictions.

Formerly the centre of the Transylvanian Saxons, the old city of Sibiu was ranked as " Europe's 8th most idyllic place to live " by Forbes.

Formerly a land of woods and bogs, the Principality of Tver was quickly transformed into one of the richest and most populous Russian states.

Formerly one of the most important towns on the island before suburbanization, it was the center of much activity during the American Revolution.

Formerly home of the Miss America pageant, Atlantic City has been featured in numerous films and television series, most notably the setting of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

Formerly, like most other African societies, they also held slaves (" Jonw "/" Jong ( o )"), often war prisoners from lands surrounding their territory.

Formerly, it was placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating Poecile more adequately expresses these birds ' relationships ( Gill et al., 2005 ).

Formerly walled, most of the gates to the Old City survive.

Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 only ninety-two are permitted to do so.

Formerly, its official name was Kaupþing Búnaðarbanki hf., but the name was changed as the former name was considered too unwieldy for most people.

Formerly home to one of the most powerful Communist organizations, the Communist Party of Germany ( KPD ) was quickly and easily suppressed.

Formerly mid-sized cars, like the AMC Matador sedan that had a combined passenger and cargo volume of, were now considered " full-size ".

Formerly competing with smaller cars only, the Germans entered the new 3 litre sports car prototype class in 1968 with the Porsche 908, while Ferrari raced the Ferrari 312P in only few events in 1969.

Formerly these offices as well as those of the other chancery officers from the Regent down were occasions of venality, until popes, especially Benedict XIV and Pius VII, gradually abolish that.

Formerly acute accents could be used on á, ó and é, which were used to indicate a specific vowel quality.

Formerly, they were administered from Paris by an assisted by a secretary-general ; since December 2004, however, their administrator has been a préfet, currently Rollon Mouchel-Blaisot, with headquarters in Saint-Pierre on Réunion Island.

Formerly two separate German protectorates, they were joined as a single mandate on 20 July 1922.

* Formerly, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following 14 September were observed as one of the four sets of Ember days.

Formerly, a number of monumental sculptures were located on the east facade and lawn of the Capitol including The Rescue and George Washington.

Formerly the Danish West Indies, they were sold to the United States by Denmark in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916.

Formerly allied with the English, the treaty assured the Iroquois would be neutral if France and England were to ever resume hostilities.

Formerly they were thought to have originated in the unique conditions of the American frontier experience.

Formerly named Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International, it changed its name to Fairtrade International in 2009, when its producer certification and standard setting activities were separated into two separate, but connected entities.

Formerly, plain hinges were used with a casement stay.

Formerly there were more chapels of various Methodist sects ( Wesleyans, Bible Christians ), for example at Trenale and Trewarmett: the Methodist Cemetery is at Trewarmett.

Formerly, however, there were several other genera, and forests of ginkgo existed.

Formerly one of the four largest lakes in the world with an area of, the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects.

Formerly the regulator for the sport, The Jockey Club's responsibilities were transferred to the Horseracing Regulatory Authority ( now the British Horseracing Authority ) in 2006.

Formerly, appeals were heard in the House of Lords Chamber.

Formerly, all or a majority of their members were itinerant, and this largely holds true today.

Formerly there were sixteen: 1 ( Marshall ), 2 ( Shelton Laurel ), 3 ( Bull Creek ), 4 ( Middle Fork of Ivy ), 5 ( West Fork of Ivy ), 6 ( Sandy Mush ), 7 ( Little Pine Creek ), 8 ( Spring Creek ), 9 ( Hot Springs ), 10 ( Big Laurel ), 11 ( Upper Laurel ), 12 ( Big Pine Creek ), 13 ( Meadow Fork of Spring Creek ), 14 ( Grapevine ), 15 ( Mars Hill ), and 16 ( Foster Creek ).

Formerly a resident of New York City, Abdel-Rahman and nine others were convicted of seditious conspiracy, which requires only that a crime be planned, not that it necessarily be attempted.

Formerly, school boards were divided between Roman Catholic and Protestant ( called " confessional schools ").

Formerly vacant stores were tenanted, and additional retail spaces built as the area became known for its high quality Indian food, sweets, clothing ( particularly saris ), jewelry, music, and other goods.

Formerly, Anthracite coal mines were here, as well as hosiery mills.

Formerly, the manufacture of radiators and boilers were the chief industries.

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