Prior to Perspex becoming available in 1933, windows were either safety glass, which was heavy, or cellulose nitrate ( i. e.: guncotton ) which yellowed quickly and was extremely flammable.

Prior to 1933, the name was spelled " Opdal ".

They came under the leadership of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovitch to 1933, and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovitch to 1956, both holding the title of " Grand Prior ".

Prior to 1948, the stadium had been used as a cycle track and had been home to Poole Town Football Club since 1933.

Prior to the Carolina League years, the Twins played in the Virginia-North Carolina League in 1905, the Carolina Baseball Association from 1908 to 1917 and the Piedmont League from 1920 to 1933 and again from 1937 to 1942.

Prior to the Nazis taking power on January 30, 1933, the newspaper was particularly critical and hostile to their program.

Prior to 1978, the Aggies had played on the same site since 1933.

Prior to Adolf Hitler coming to power in Germany ( 1933 ), Ott had been the adjutant of General Kurt von Schleicher.

Prior to 1933, BT Monocerotis had an average magnitude of 15. 52 with a variation of 1. 2 magnitudes.

Prior to World War II, he was Queen's Commissioner in Groningen ( 1925 – 33 ) and envoy to Brussels ( 1933 – 36 ).

Prior to 1933, British subject status was lost even if the woman did not acquire her husband's nationality.

Prior to 1976, the SVM line, which was electrified between Reading Terminal and Norristown in 1933, ran parallel to the PRR's Schuylkill Branch ( which was also electrified to Norristown, in 1930 as part of the PRR's main electrification project ), which connected Philadelphia, via the East-West Mainline, with Norristown, Reading, and Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

" Prior to the arrival of Greg Haslam in 2002, Westminster Chapel had four particularly well-known pastors: the Rev'd Samuel Martin ( 1842 – 1878 ), Dr G. Campbell Morgan ( 1904 – 1917 and 1933 – 1943 ), Dr D Martyn Lloyd-Jones ( 1939 – 1968 ) and Dr RT Kendall ( 1977 – 2002 ).

Prior to the 1974 – 75 season, Scallen and his ownership group from Minnesota sold the team to local media mogul Frank Griffiths for $ 9 million.

Prior to the 18th century, private property usually referred to land ownership.

Prior to the close of the sale, WGN-TV was one of two Chicago commercial television stations ( not counting network-owned stations ) to have never been involved in an ownership transaction ( WCIU is the other, having been owned by Weigel Broadcasting since its launch in 1964 ).

Prior to the Mad Dogs, Fred Smith was part of an ownership group ( along with such entities as the estate of Elvis Presley ) that tried to get a National Football League team into Memphis in 1993.

Prior to this, the IFA Cup had been played at the then Jones ' Road in 1901, but this was 12 years before the GAA took ownership.

Prior to this, the ITA had moved away from the idea of satellite stations ( companies owned by distant management as seen with Southern Television in the south of England ) towards companies that had strong local ownership.

Use of such knowledge without Prior Informed Consent of or compensation to those claiming such ownership may be termed ' biopiracy '.

The Prior regime is based on a governance regime in which the members of a mutual ditch company will vote based on their proportional ownership of shares so that larger farmers have more votes.

Prior to September 18, 2008, DCI's ownership consisted of three shareholders:

Prior to the outbreak of the English Civil War, Murray shrewdly transferred ownership of the house to his wife for the duration of her life and thereafter to his four daughters, to be held in trust.

Prior to the Reformation they were, like many Kilpatrick properties, transferred from the ownership of Paisley Abbey to the Hamilton family.

Prior to the official spinoff of LP, Georgia-Pacific had transferred several of its operations to LP ownership, including its Samoa, Ukiah, Intermountain, Weather-Seal, and Southern divisions, as well as its 50 percent investments in Alaska's Ketchikan Pulp Company ; Ketchikan Spruce Mills, Inc .; and Ketchikan International Sales Company.

Prior to December 2009, ownership of CAMI was split 49-51 % between Suzuki and General Motors of Canada Ltd., the former of which withdrew from the venture after poor sales of its CAMI-manufactured models.

Prior to that year, there had been a dispute with Saudi Arabia over the ownership of the Buraimi Oasis, which was important for oil exploration rights.

Prior to his ownership of the Cardinals, Bidwill was a successful businessman and wealthy lawyer in Chicago, Illinois, with ties to organized crime boss Al Capone.

Prior to this time black businesses operated largely in downtown Atlanta — a business district integrated as far as business ownership was concerned.

Prior to ownership by BSC, Ridge house was a sorority house for the University.

Prior to the Department of Defense's ownership of the land in 1917, many old roads that would eventually be incorporated into use for training exercises by the Army existed.

Prior to Intrawest's ownership, Steamboat was owned by the American Skiing Company.

Prior to the creation of the group management board in 2006, HSBC's chairman essentially held the duties of a chief executive at an equivalent institution, while HSBC's chief executive served as the deputy.

Prior to his career in philosophy and education with Dr Adler, Weismann was a consultant in the field of architecture, construction management and exhibit design and fabrication.

Prior to MRP, and before computers dominated industry, reorder-point / reorder-quantity ( ROP / ROQ ) type methods like EOQ ( Economic Order Quantity ) had been used in manufacturing and inventory management.

Prior to the launch of the comics division, Disney management proclaimed their intention to quickly become a dominant presence in the comic book market, competing with industry leaders DC and Marvel.

Prior to March 2009 digital music files with digital rights management were available for purchase from the iTunes Store encoded in a proprietary derivative of the AAC format that used Apple's FairPlay DRM system.

Prior to European intervention, indigenous land management practices involved controlled burning in order to maintain grassland.

This consists of an animal management centre and a modern building, the Priory Centre, which is shared with Prior Pursglove College

Prior to its merger with Swiss Bank Corporation, UBS operated as a full-service bank and a provider of wholesale financial services through its retail banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management and wealth management businesses.

Prior to the STB merger finalizing, some of 3dfx's OEMs warned the company that any product from Juarez will not be deemed fit to ship with their systems, however 3dfx management believed these problems could be addressed over time.

Prior founding the Western Design Center in 1978, Bill Mensch held design engineering and management positions at Philco-Ford, Motorola, MOS Technology and Integrated Circuit Engineering. Bill Mensch, creator of the 65C02 and 65C816 microprocessors, and co-inventor of the Motorola 6800 | MC6800 and MOS Technology 6502 | MOS6502 microprocessors.

Prior to their divorce in 1999, she was married to Republican businessman William Tauscher, former Chairman and CEO of Vanstar Corporation, current director of Safeway, Inc., and founder of the Tauscher Group, which invests and assists in the management of enterprises in home products, transportation, security and real estate.

Prior to his election, some Hutton offices engaged in an aggressive cash management scheme.

Prior to being named COO, McCulley was Vice President and Deputy Program Manager for the Space Flight Operations Contract ( SFOC ), where he assisted USA ’ s Vice President and Program manager in the management of the Space Shuttle Program.

Prior to going bankrupt, the firm had in excess of $ 275 billion in assets under management.

Prior to becoming a television writer, Boucher had worked at Calor Gas as a management trainee and he also gained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of Essex.

Board of directors: Prior to 1976, German coal and steel producers employing more than 1, 000 workers commonly maintained a board of directors composed of 11 members: five directors came from management, five were workers ' representatives, with the eleventh member being neutral.

Prior to the draft, there was an effort by New Orleans Saints ' head coach Mike Ditka and management to get the Cincinnati Bengals ' high draft position so the Saints could get Ricky Williams.

Prior to 1994, when he started Peter S. Cohan & Associates, a management consulting and venture capital firm, Cohan worked for Index Systems, an information technology management consulting firm started by several MIT professors ; and at The Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm co-founded by Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter, an expert on competition and strategy.

Prior to 1999, the principal statutory responsibilities of UK NHS Trust Boards were to ensure proper financial management of the organisation and an acceptable level of patient safety.

Prior to 2001, the limited liability enjoyed by LPs was contingent upon their refraining from taking any active role in the management of the firm.

In this role, he shared leadership and management of AMD with former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of AMD Hector Ruiz .< ref > Executives <, Advanced Micro Devices .</ ref > Prior to this role, Meyer served as president and chief operating officer of AMD ’ s Microprocessor Solutions Sector where he had overall responsibility for AMD ’ s microprocessor business, including product development, manufacturing, operations and product marketing.