It was reported that one of the aims of the programme was to prepare São Toméan troops for international peacekeeping missions. Previous phases of reform saw the armed forces downsized considerably in the early 1990s in line with a reduction in regional threat assessment.

Previous to this the firm of Crosby and DeForest had run a line of four horse stages to Croton Falls, from Danbury.

Previous techniques may be said to harmonically enhance and reinforce a single melodic line which is why it is essentially heterophony ; free organum is a definite break with ' harmonically shadowing ' chant as it places a new line in contrasting harmony with the chant in the lower voice.

Previous seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer had ended with an action episode which tied up all the threads of the season's main plot line, but series creator Joss Whedon wanted to end season four differently.

Previous to the construction of the Kinleith mill and the current Kinleith Branch line, a private bush tramway operated by the Taupo Totara Timber Company, used to operate along the route of the present line along its length between Putaruru and the company's mill at Mokai, near Taupo.

Previous to both Romans, Aeschylus used a similar phrase in Seven Against Thebes at line 592, at which the scout ( angelos ) says of the seer / priest Amphiaraos: " ou gar dokein aristos, all ' einai thelei " ( his resolve is not to seem the best but in fact to be the best ).

Previous owners of the large factory between the southern end of Canal Street and the former Leicester – Rugby railway line were Dunmores Biscuits whose large factory chimney dominated the local landscape.

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 U. S. administrations had offered to divide the region along the 49th parallel, which was not acceptable to Britain, as they had commercial interests along the Columbia River.

Previous attempts have included Piece Of My Heart, which was to star Renée Zellweger or Brittany Murphy ; The Gospel According To Janis, with director Penelope Spheeris and starring either Zooey Deschanel or P! nk ; and an untitled film thought to be an adaptation of Laura Joplin's Off-Broadway play about her sister, with the show's star, Laura Theodore, attached.

Previous to LeVar Burton being cast as Geordi La Forge, Tim Russ was a serious contender for the role and was almost picked.

Previous theory held that dietary deficiency is extremely rare unless the intestine ( small bowel ) was heavily damaged, resulting in malabsorption of the molecule.

Previous fantasy miniature wargames had been written, but this was the first one published.

Previous telegraph lines were overland or shorter, hence had less delay and the need for extra inductance was not so great.

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 ".

He was responsible for the " Galaxy Song " from The Meaning of Life and " Eric the Half-a-Bee ", a whimsical tune that first appeared on the Previous Record album.

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 to this, Thor and his companions had met the giant, who was under the assumed name Skrýmir, in the forest outside the castle.

Previous Visigothic kings had officially ruled only as legates of the Roman Emperor but Euric was the first to declare his complete independence from the puppet emperors.

Previous commissioners include Republicans Mary Walker, who was forced to resign after using millions of public dollars to benefit her family business ; Scott Croswell, the owner of Croswell Bus Company ; and Archie Wilson, who resigned after illegal drug use and relations with a prostitute in northern Kentucky.

Previous to this the nearest post office was Emporia.

" Previous questioning had established that the mystery guest's last name was synonymous with an automobile brand, Kovacs asked, " This may seem like a long shot, sir, but by any chance are you Abraham Lincoln?

Previous to Taylor's bridge, in 1864, Harry Rickets built and operated a ferry at this location and so this area of crossing at the Snake River was already known as Eagle Rock to those that did business or that traveled on the Montana Trail.

Previous to its incorporation it was " the Second Parish of Lancaster ," and was commonly called by a portion of its Indian name, Chocksett.

Previous owners of both teams, owned NFL teams in the same market.

Previous to those marriages she had been an Aztec princess who owned nothing except her distinguished name.

Previous snacks Wheat Crunchies, Chips & Burgers and the corn based Nik Naks are now owned by KP.

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 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 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 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.

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.