Previous to the war, the city's civilian population was about 300, 000, but before it was over, most of the populace had sought refuge elsewhere in Iran.

Previous to 2001, the salary cap was set at $ 200, 000 per year.

Previous scholarly disputes over Tara's initial importance advanced as archaeologists identified pre-Celtic monuments and buildings dating back to the Neolithic period around 5, 000 years ago.

Previous military expeditions against the Sioux by Alfred Sully, Henry Hastings Sibley, and Patrick Edward Connor from 1863 to 1865 had numbered more than 2, 000 soldiers.

Previous Defense Ministers Rončević and Vukelić both went on record stating the requirement for up to 20, 000 rifles.

Previous to his arrest more than 200, 000 Bibles had been found.

Previous to the 1960 change, the ' Improved Lunar Ephemeris ' had already been made available in terms of ephemeris time for the years 1952-1959 ( computed by W J Eckert from Brown's theory with modifications recommended by Clemence ( 1948 )).

Previous years ' guests have included Roger Clyne, John Doe, Neko Case, Ike Reilly, Ryan Bingham, Vermillion Lies, Jason Molina and Magnolia Electric Co, Built To Spill, Brant Bjork and the Bros, Clem Snide, Gram Rabbit and The Bellrays.

Previous estimates had placed the age of the canyon at 5 to 6 million years.

Previous predictions portrayed the system's stable orbit as likely to last for another seven million years.

Previous work has indicated that this process would take tens of years.

Previous to this time he had been for a short time master of the Levant, and thus was captain of a deep sea vessel before he had attained the age of twenty years.

Previous years " All-Stars " and " Pop-Ups " enlarged sets were now produced in the standard 2½ " by 3½ " card size.

Previous statewide terms of office were two years.

Previous to entering parliament she was the first woman to be elected in 1977 to the then Waipa County Council where she served as a county councillor for 8 years. She was involved in community organisations like the NZ Plunket Society, SPELD and Hamilton Speech Therapy Association.

Previous academic positions include a Harkness Fellowship at Stanford University and ten years as head of the Cambridge sub-department of Animal Behaviour.

Previous to this he played for Yorkshire for a total of thirteen years.

Previous Assistant Principals from the past three years include Stan Buckley and Ms. Macomber ( spelling and first name needed ).

Previous owner CN had limited tonnage on these lines as a result of the light rail and poor track base ; however OmniTrax has been able to successfully operate heavier rail cars and longer trains in recent years without difficulty, resulting in increased business to the Port of Churchill and from various mines and pulp mills.

Previous to settlement, and perhaps for years after, the bay was a stable tidal lagoon ( in its natural state ) despite significant tectonic activity, primarily due to its location in proximity to the Cascadia subduction zone.

Previous years of the ZX-6R's engines were all built from the same basic design, but the all-new engine for 2007 was redesigned from the crankcase up.

Previous years have also allowed guests to bathe in hot tubs, ride in hot air balloons, take motorbike rides around the oval and view fireworks displays.

Previous years ' Graduation Commencement Ceremonies have taken place at Reunion Arena and the Dallas Convention Center.

Previous to joining the IDB, Moreno served as Colombia's Ambassador to the United States for 7 years.

Previous years included Cinderella ( 1999 ), Big Brother ( 2000 ), The Wizard of Oz ( 2001 ) and The Sound of Music ( 2005 ).

Previous to that, he worked 10 years in radio, with approximately half that time spent in smaller cities such as Saskatoon and Yellowknife, and the other half covering national and international events for Broadcast News, the radio service of the Canadian Press.

Previous accounts of a bright flash in the sky were dismissed as occurring too late in the evening to have caused the crash.

Previous attempted restorations by Greece damaged the roof of the Caryatids ' porch with concrete patches, along with major damage caused by pollution in Athens.

Previous director Jules Schucat had been very popular, and his ouster caused several members to go on strike.

Previous attempts using non-polymerized hemoglobin caused vasoconstriction.

Previous similar cases had failed before criminal courts as they attempted to prove assault had caused harm, whereas this case was heard before a civil court which worked on the balance of probability and found for the complainant, Marcus Hallows.

Previous RF adapters required the user to slide a switch on the adapter by hand.

Previous styles have included a series of fictional flags set to music between 1997 and 1999 before the major relaunch, incorporating the new contemporary music composed by David Lowe, and graphics developed by Lambie-Nairn.

Previous Holy Roman Emperors had thought it their right, granted by God, to name the Pope, as well as other Church officials, such as bishops.

Previous releases were identified only by the release number prefixed by " 4D1 -", e. g. " 4D1-2. 2 ".

Previous attempts by the U. S. Military to replace the M16 were unsuccessful or only supplemented it.

Previous attempts by Valve Software with the Half-Life series, Ritual Entertainment with SiN Episodes and Telltale Games themselves with Bone were for a variety of reasons not considered successful implementations of the distribution model.

Previous apologies had been offered by State and Territory governments in the period 1997 – 2001.

Previous organizations such as the Mattachine Society, the Daughters of Bilitis, and various homophile groups had masked their purpose by deliberately choosing obscure names.

Previous governors were appointed by the President of the United States.

Previous to Kodak's announcement, the stock had been supplied by third-party vendors such as Pro8mm and Spectra Film and Video in the United States, and Witter Kinotechnik in Germany.

Previous to this the record was held in West Virginia, USA, by New Zealander Chris Allum, who bungee jumped 823 ft ( 251m ) from the New River Gorge Bridge on " Bridge Day " 1992 to set a world ’ s record for the longest bungee jump from a fixed structure.

Previous logic had dealt with the logical constants and, or, if ... then ..., not, and some and all, but iterations of these operations, especially " some " and " all ", were little understood: even the distinction between a pair of sentences like " every boy loves some girl " and " some girl is loved by every boy " was able to be represented only very artificially, whereas Frege's formalism had no difficulty expressing the different readings of " every boy loves some girl who loves some boy who loves some girl " and similar sentences, in complete parallel with his treatment of, say, " every boy is foolish ".

* Previous writings by Newton, including Quaestiones quadem philosophicae, De motu corporum in gyrum

* Previous DTM ( 1984 – 1994 ) then turned to ITCC by fia in 1995, based in heavily modifield cars, began to be too expensive and due to retilrement from Opel and Alfa Romeo the ITCC series were cancelled in 1996.

In later life, Heath's peculiar accent – with its " strangulated " vowel sounds, combined with his non-Standard pronunciation of " l " as " w " and " out " as " eout " – was satirised by the Monty Python's Flying Circus in the audio sketch " Teach Yourself Heath " ( originally recorded for their 1972 LP Monty Python's Previous Record but not released at the time ).

Previous definitions of " pseudohermaphroditism " relied on perceived inconsistencies between the internal and external organs ; the " true " sex of an individual was determined by the internal organs, and the external organs determined the " perceived " sex of an individual.

Previous to Solon's reforms, the Athenian state was administered by nine archons appointed or elected annually by the Areopagus on the basis of noble birth and wealth.

Previous Belgian kings had taken the royal accession oath only in French ; Albert innovated by taking it in Dutch as well.

Previous locomotive boilers consisted of a single pipe surrounded by water ( though the Lancashire Witch did have twin flues ).

Previous agrarian law specified that no citizen would be allowed to possess more than 500 jugera ( that is, approximately 125 hectares ) of the ager publica and any land that they occupied above this limit would be confiscated by the state.