Prior to 1970, writers only voted for the best pitcher and used a formula of one point per vote.

Prior to joining the BPP, Shakur had met several of its members on a 1970 trip to Oakland, California.

Prior to 1970 residents were served by a bookmobile.

Prior to 1970 they were known as the scotties, a small dog being the mascot.

Prior to 1970, Indian Hill was incorporated as a village, but under Ohio law became designated as a city once its population was verified as exceeding 5, 000.

Prior to about 1970 in the United States, climbing relied mainly on pitons ; other types of gear such as nuts, Hexcentrics, Tricams and spring-loaded cams were largely unknown or did not exist.

Prior to 1970, when the current taxonomic divisions for North American black widows were set forth by Kaston, all three varieties were classified as a single species, L. mactans.

Prior to 1 November 1970 Southern's coverage did not include all of the Hannington transmitter region ( Berkshire and northern Hampshire ) either, or the county of Surrey.

Prior to the ascendancy of Anwar Sadat to president of Egypt in 1970, the Middle East had been an important arena in the global superpower competition, most lucidly displayed in the arms sales and cooperation between the American and Soviet governments with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran allied to The United States, and Egypt, Syria, and Iraq allied with the Soviet Union.

Prior to 1970, the town was Niagara, and the title was Mayor.

Prior to the 1970 season, Minnesota released Joe Kapp and re-acquired Fran Tarkenton.

Prior to dedicating his professional life to politics, Hagen was CEO at Tate & Lyle Norway from 1970 to 1974, Consultant of Finansanalyse from 1977 to 1979, and economic policy consultant in the oil industry from 1979 to 1981.

Prior to 1970, no Ranchero had any interior badging identifying it as such.

Prior to 1970, Cormack was a member of the Bow Group and the Conservative Monday Club, resigning from both at the end of 1971.

Prior to 1970, Papua New Guinea was known as the Australian Trust Territory of Papua and New Guinea, and its flag for sporting events was the bird of paradise on a green background.

Prior to 1970, the tallest building in Pittsburgh, at 44 stories, was the Gulf Building.

Prior to 1970, the various monetary functions associated with a central bank were performed by several government departments and agencies.

Prior to 1970, the four regular battalions of the now disbanded Canadian Guards provided the infantry element of the Household Division.

Prior to 6 November 1970, the office was known as the Minister for External Affairs.

Prior to this, from 1936 through 1970, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association ( USILA ) awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy to the NCAA Division I annual champion based on regular season records.

Prior to the 1970 general election, the Conservative Party compiled a manifesto that highlighted free-market economic policies.

Prior to its status as an NHRA national event track, the Bristol Dragway was the flagship strip of the rival IHRA organization ; the strip's owner Larry Carrier formed the IHRA at the Bristol Dragway in November 1970.

Prior to 1970, an annual Provo event called the " Timp Hike " sent thousands of people up the mountain's slopes.

Prior to joining the PHS, Whitney was director of the U. S. Army training program in laboratory animal medicine and served a year in Vietnam ( 1970 ) as commander of a veterinary medical detachment.

Prior to World War I, Baedeker's guides were famous enough that baedekering became an English-language term for the process of travelling a country for the purpose of writing a travel guide or travelogue about it.

Prior to 1966 road traffic between the southern counties of Wales and the southern counties of England either had to travel via Gloucester or take the Aust Ferry, which ran roughly along the line of the Severn Bridge, from Old Passage near Aust to Beachley.

" Prior to automobile travel, most visitors arrived by boat from Washington, D. C.

Prior to the actual construction of the navigation, there had been almost 120 years of proposals for such a scheme, and opposition from the port of Maldon, which anticipated that its revenues would fall if vessels could travel to Chelmsford.

Prior to this, travel was only possible via the ancient packhorse route which ran along the hilltop, dropping into the valleys wherever necessary, as was the case with Hebden Bridge.

Prior to the game's release, the publishers launched a web site purporting to be that of an intergalactic travel agency called Starlight Travel, which in the game is the Starship Titanic < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s parent company.

Prior to this, the disposing of justice had been made difficult by the fact that the Lord Chancellor was required to travel with the King wherever he went.

Prior to 1958 it was even possible to travel all the way to Whitby and Scarborough along the highly scenic North Yorkshire coast railway.

Prior to the locks being completed on the St. Lawrence in the late 1840s, the Rideau served as the main travel route for immigrants heading westward into Upper Canada and for heavy goods ( timber, minerals, grain ) from Canada's hinterland heading east to Montreal.

Prior to launching the publication, Shanken engaged in extensive market research, collecting more than 1300 four-page surveys of cigar smokers which detailed their occupation, income, net worth, travel tendencies, as well as their drinking and smoking habits.

Prior to its completion, traffic travelling from nearby Southampton and Portsmouth ( major ferry ports ) and from farther west to London and the north had to exit the truncated M3 and travel on the heavily congested 1930s Winchester Bypass.

Prior to the signing of the Sycamore Shoals Treaty, Henderson had hired Daniel Boone, an experienced hunter, to travel to the Cherokee towns and inform them of the upcoming negotiations.

Prior to the use of time travel as a plot device, the self-fulfilling prophecy variant was more common.

Prior to the swing, the player chooses a club, a general direction and range for the ball to travel.

Prior to this, the cars had to travel at the same time, which presented maintenance and emergency response issues.

Prior to 1990, there was no coastal route between Falmouth and the Chain of Lagoons – one had to travel into and out of St Marys, both roads being steep grades.

Prior to this, people used trackways to travel between settlements but this was unsuitable for the swift movement of troops and equipment.

Prior to this, residents living in the Sherrill area needed to travel to Dubuque to attend mass.

Prior to the game, many of the Green Bay players were unable to start their cars in the freezing weather, forcing them to make alternate travel arrangements to make it to the stadium on time.

Prior to the initial construction of the freeway in the 1960s, all inbound and outbound road traffic to south-eastern South Australia and to Victoria had to travel on a two-lane highway originally built in the early part of the 20th century.

Prior to Cleveland folding, the Steel Army would travel en masse to Cleveland when the two teams met, and the Green Army would travel in waves to Pittsburgh.

Prior to the opening, the first vehicle to officially travel the new roadway was a covered wagon navigated by local resident John Madsen who took 5 days to make the journey.

A list of the nearly 700 books in his library is preserved in the Bodleian Library while architecture and related crafts made up the bulk of his books ; other subjects covered included: antiquities, coins, and heraldry ; histories of England, Scotland and Rome and other nations ; literature included works by Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe and Matthew Prior ; travel books including Egypt, the South Seas, Russia, Hungary, Lapland, Virginia, Ceylon and Abyssinia, missionary travels included China, Formosa, Guinea, Borneo and the East Indies ; books on religion included both Anglican and Roman Catholic works ; and even cookery books.