Previously, there were a number of false etymologies, including a claim that the term derived from a New York brothel whose madam was known as Eve.

Previously there was a de facto moratorium on the death penalty in Turkey as the last execution took place in 1984.

Previously, there had been no speed limit.

Previously thought to be a single species, molecular phylogenetic evidence over the past couple decades has shown there to be great diversity in Symbiodinium.

Previously there were three brigades: 1st Infantry Brigade ( HQ in Teshie ), 2nd Infantry Brigade ( HQ in Kumasi ) and Support Services Brigade ( HQ in Burma Camp ).

Previously, there were efforts to unite Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak under the North Borneo Federation but that failed after the Brunei Revolt occurred.

Previously in April, 1880 there had been a Congressional investigation into corruption in the Post Office Department, where profiteering rings allegedly stole millions of dollars, employing bogus mail contracts called " star routes ".

Previously, there had only existed partial and restricted coverage for the unemployed.

Previously there was one Secretary of Commerce and Labor, uniting this department with the Department of Commerce, which is headed by a separate Secretary of Commerce.

Previously, labor unions had vetoed any proposal to provide new skills, saying there were already too many unemployed skilled workers.

Previously there were three editions each weekday, excluding Bank holidays.

Previously, during the Second Spanish Republic, there had been plans for constituting a second university in Barcelona, but the Civil War and the following years of poverty under the early dictatorship did not allow these plans to become a reality until that year.

Previously there had existed a fortress of Arabic origin ( Abrehui's castle ), of which some remains still exist.

Previously there had been considerable underground activity among them.

Previously there had been settlement in the area known as Old Walnut Ridge not far from the current city since about 1860.

Previously, there had only been the Community Clinic.

Previously there were 61 Local Government Councils, 6 of which were classified as Municipalities, 51 as Community Government Councils, 3 as Incorporated Associations and 1 Special Purpose Town.

Previously the work done there was of military and defense character.

Previously, there had been two committees, one for considering future legislation and another to deal with bills during their passage through Parliament.

Previously, there were several villages along this barren coast, but today everyone lives in the town of Båtsfjord, with a sheltered situation at the end of the Båtsfjord inlet.

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, there was a single award for " Best Actress in a Motion Picture " but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.

Previously, there was a single award for " Best Actress in a Motion Picture " but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress-Musical or Comedy.

Previously, there was a single award for " Best Actor in a Motion Picture " but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actor-Drama.

Previously, this journey would have taken two to three weeks.

Previously, the Magliozzis would take a break at approximately the half-hour mark of the show.

Previously, the character would simply crumple into a heap.

# Legal rule combination: Previously the government might need to search every house to confiscate guns, and such a search would violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Previously, publishers would have bought the original manuscript from writers for a lump sum ; with the passage of the Statute, they simply did the same thing, but with the manuscript's copyright as well.

Previously in 2001, Baker had presented his framework plan, called Baker I, where the dispute would be finally solved through an autonomy within Moroccan sovereignty, but Algeria and the Polisario front refused it.

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, hedgehogs would get their heads stuck in the container as they tried to lick the remaining food from inside the cup.

Previously, experts had told parents that babies needed to learn to sleep on a regular schedule, and that picking them up and holding them whenever they cried would only teach them to cry more and not to sleep through the night ( a notion that borrows from behaviorism ).

Previously such a battle would have lasted months with many hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Previously, Lukashenko had been limited to two terms and thus would have been constitutionally required to step down after the next presidential election, due in 2006, but this referendum opened the way to him to stay in power without any limits on number of terms.

Previously, using the camera obscura, artists would manually trace what they saw, or use the optical image in the camera as a basis for solving the problems of perspective and parallax, and deciding color values.

Previously, on February 24, 2004, Bush called for an amendment which would have outlawed gay marriage, and which would have disallowed states from recognizing or enforcing gay civil unions.

Previously a route to reconnect the Hatherton Canal to Grove Basin on the Cannock Extension Canal had been favoured, but met with opposition from landowners and on environmental grounds, whereas the Lord Hayes route satisfies the environmental concerns, is preferable to landowners, and would reduce the number of new road bridges needed.

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

The media captured the events and reactions at the time thus :" Previously regarded as a gentlemanly leader with a passion for golf, Kibaki has revealed a steely side. With a reputation as a mild-mannered, old-school gentleman ,... Kibaki, 76, showed a steely core by swearing himself in within an hour of being pronounced victor in an election denounced as fraudulent by opposition challenger Raila Odinga and questioned by international and Kenyan observers. Odinga's supporters said he would be declared president at a rival ceremony on Monday, but police banned the event hundreds of riot police sealed off the proposed venue, Uhuru Park for several days.

Previously, members of the grounds crew would use the ladder to retrieve home run balls from the netting hung above the wall.

Previously built to serve a war-faring species, he was tasked to build a supernova-bomb that would link the cores of every sun in the Universe together at the press of a button and cause the end of the Universe.

Previously, either machine operators would usually have to manually change the bit or move the work piece to another station to perform these different operations.

* Previously the Senate would not defeat a bill passed by the House of Commons, it was broken in 1989 when the Senate defeated a bill regulating abortions.

Previously, competitors would set off from all four corners of Europe and ‘ rally ’, in other words, meet, in Monaco to celebrate the end of a unique event.

Previously it was assumed that the President would nominate the candidate who in a third round of voting would have gained a relative majority, usually the leader of the largest party.