Previously, Canadian painting had been mostly portraits and representational landscapes.

Previously, Orchard was a member of the now defunct Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC Party ), and opposed the party's merger with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada.

Previously ordered by the U. S. Department of Justice to divest itself of the Canadian company, ArcelorMittal has now been allowed to retain Dofasco provided it sells several of its American assets instead.

Previously, Dashan served as Team Attaché to the Canadian Olympic Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Previously, a San Marino side had lost 1 – 0 to a Canadian Olympic team in 1986, but this was not an official match.

Previously this position was held by the Renault Alliance until Renault withdrew from the U. S. and Canadian markets in 1987.

Previously, the British team had finished third ( 1924 ), and fourth ( 1928 ) but with teams that were, " largely composed of Canadian Army officers and university graduates living in the U. K ." It was decided that their team must be British-born this time, and while only one player on the team was born in Canada, nine of the thirteen players on the roster grew up in Canada, and eleven had played previously in Canada.

Previously Canada had mostly imported books from the United States, but it was now unlawful for Canadian merchants to engage in this trade.

Previously Paul Martin had voiced vague support for missile defense, but a concentrated effort by the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois by the Canadian public made that position politically untenable.

Previously, he had been the Canadian ambassador to Cuba from 1986 to 1989.

Previously known as Canadian Satellite Communications Inc., or Cancom, Shaw Satellite Services is wholly owned by Shaw Communications.

Previously, he was Deputy Editor of the Global Television Network, a Canadian TV network.

Previously, a tan version of the olive combats had been used for tropical wear by soldiers deployed to the Middle East, particularly during Operation Desert Storm and were to be worn by the Canadian Airborne Regiment ( Cdn Ab Regt ) for the ( subsequently canceled ) deployment the Western Sahara in 1991.

Previously, he played for Deportivo de La Coruña, and was the first Canadian to play in the Spanish La Liga.

Previously she was a financial comptroller and municipal councillor in Arviat, Karetak-Lindell ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in the riding of Nunavut.

Previously, power was supplied to Nunavut by the Northwest Territories Power Corporation ( NTPC ), a Northwest Territories company, from 1988 to 2001, and its predecessor, the Northern Canada Power Commission, a Canadian crown corporation, from 1958-1988.

Previously, in 1993 a federal injunction had prohibited Lexington from barring individuals ' displaying the Confederate flag.

Previously affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada, the British Columbia Liberal Party has been independent of its federal counterpart since the late 1980s and subsequently displaced the British Columbia Social Credit Party as the province's de facto liberal-conservative coalition opposed to the social democratic, pro-union British Columbia New Democratic Party.

Previously under the Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994, United States Attorney General Janet Reno had Donald C. Smaltz appointed Independent Counsel by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ( Division for the Purpose of Appointing Independent Counsels Ethics in Government Act of 1978, As Amended, Division 94-2 ) on September 9, 1994, to " investigate to the maximum extent authorized by law " whether the US Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy " committed a violation of any federal criminal law.

Previously, Dutch judges shared no common dress as the Spanish Netherlands and the Dutch Republic, as the Netherlands were highly decentralised with only provincial and urban law and no federal law.

Previously, CEI has claimed that automotive downsizing due to federal fuel economy standards increased road accident deaths, and criticized the delayed availability of new medical therapies due to Food and Drug Administration rules.

Previously a member of Liberals For Life, and campaigned for a pro-life Liberal candidate in the 1988 federal election.

Previously, no one had served more than three consecutive terms as Speaker of the Senate since Tennessee's current constitution was adopted in 1870.

Previously a ruler could, like Gilgamesh, become divine after death but the Akkadian kings, from Naram-Sin onward, were considered gods on earth in their lifetimes.

Previously in the United Kingdom, under the Companies Act 1985, protections for non-member stakeholders were considerably more limited ( see for example, s. 309 which permitted directors to take into account the interests of employees but which could only be enforced by the shareholders and not by the employees themselves ).

Previously, monks would count their prayers by casting pebbles into a bowl, but this was cumbersome, and could not be easily carried about when outside the cell.

Previously the three judge committee could declare the case inadmissible, but could not make decisions on the merits of the case, which could only be done by a chambers of seven judges or the Grand Chamber.

Previously drow could also worship Ghaunadaur, Kiaransalee, Selvetarm or Vhaeraun.

Previously, if a race started dry and rain fell, riders or officials could red-flag ( stop ) the race and either restart or resume on ' wet ' tyres.

Previously, in an attempt to win Thomas ' friendship, Flagg had shown him a secret passage where Thomas could spy on his father.

Previously recycled resins are coded with an " R " prefix ( for example, a PETE bottle made of recycled resin could be marked as RPETE using same numbering ).

( Previously generated output is not affected by the code-width change, but once a 6-bit value is generated in the dictionary, it could conceivably be the next code emitted, so the width for subsequent output shifts to 6 bits to accommodate that.

Previously, curves had been described as " geometrical " or " mechanical " according to how they were, or supposedly could be, generated.

Previously, other researchers created a ring-shaped molecule which could be placed on an axle connecting two sites ( called A and B ).

Previously only nobles could enlist into the Savaran cavalry which was very limited and created shortages in well trained soldiers.

Previously, papers were critical of fellow Japanese who could not sing " Kimigayo " properly at ceremonies overseas.

Previously, when the implement hit an obstacle, the towing link would break or the tractor could flip over.

Previously, a single company could have many different ticker symbols as they varied between the dozens of individual stock markets.

Previously, another security flaw was that a script could automatically be opened as an attachment.

Previously a mediocre student, Binford excelled in college and considered pursuing an academic career in biology until he was put off the idea when a professor suggested that there were " still a few species of blind cave salamanders " that he could be the first to study.

Previously in the United States, mandibular advancement splints were considered to be class 2 medical devices and could not be legally sold without a prescription.

Previously, communication between Europe and the Americas could only happen by ship.

Previously, the 1979 Lugosi v. Universal Pictures decision by the California Supreme Court held that Bela Lugosi's personality rights could not pass to his heirs.

Previously, almost any male could join and soldiers were mostly poor, landless and illiterate peasants.

Previously ardent and bombastic, French became hesitant and cautious, giving different answers about the date when the BEF could be expected to begin operations in the field.