Prior to the December 1984 coup that brought Taya to power, the Mauritanian-Moroccan cooperation agency stated that relations between the two countries were on the mend in spite of alleged Moroccan complicity in a 1981 coup attempt and Mauritania's subsequent turn toward Algeria.

Prior to August 1981, no great white shark in captivity lived longer than 11 days.

Prior to serving as Governor, Davis served as Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown ( 1975 – 1981 ), a California State Assemblyman ( 1983 – 1987 ), California State Controller ( 1987 – 1995 ) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California ( 1995 – 1999 ).

Prior to 1981, the community suffered from grave water contamination and public health problems.

Prior to 1981, the community suffered from grave water contamination, severe septic tank failures, and public health problems.

Prior to establishing ceasefire in July 1981, U. N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim noted: " After several weeks of relative quiet in the area, a new cycle of violence has begun and has, in the past week, steadily intensified.

Prior to the launch of Major League Soccer in 1996, teams from Los Angeles played in the Western American Soccer League, the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League / A-League, winning ten league championships ( 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1976 ), seven Lamar Hunt US Open Cups ( 1958, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 ), four regional championships ( 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 ) and one international championship ( 1975 ).

Prior to this, the buses were painted blue and white until 1981, when the colours were changed to caramel and cream.

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 his term as mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles, including Deputy City Attorney ( 1975 – 1979 ), City Controller ( 1981 – 1985 ) and City Attorney ( 1985 – 2001 ).

In September 1981, Prior became Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and was in this office until September 1984.

Prior to being elected as an MP, John Denham served as a local Councillor, initially as a member of the Hampshire County Council in 1981, where he remained until 1989 when he was elected as a councillor on Southampton City Council, on which he served until 1993 and was the Chairman of the City's Housing Committee.

Prior to becoming an MP he was a journalist for the Guardian from 1981 – 97, and was a councillor in Wandsworth from 1971 to 1982.

Prior to serving as Governor, Weld was a federal prosecutor in the United States Justice Department from 1981 to 1988.

Prior to Dear's revelations, Rona Jaffe had already published a thinly disguised fictionalization of the press exaggerations of the Egbert case, the 1981 novel Mazes and Monsters.

Prior to his political life, he was a businessman and coached the Cornwall Royals to a Memorial Cup victory in 1981.

Prior to the 1981 general election, PLAC lobbied all the major Irish political parties at the time – Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party – to urge the introduction of a Bill to allow the amendment to the constitution to prevent the Irish Supreme Court so interpreting the constitution as giving a right to abortion.

Prior to his death in 1981, he had accumulated more than 27 patents for aeronautics, navigation and oceanographic equipment.

Prior to 1981 foul balls that were not failed bunt attempts, were not called strikes ', even if the count was 0-0 ( ESPNClassic ).

Prior to 1981, the gender-neutral category of Best Jazz Vocal Performance existed.

Prior to 1981, the gender-neutral category of Best Jazz Vocal Performance existed.

Prior to joining MTV, Quinn graduated from Ossining High School in 1977 and NYU in 1981.

Prior to that, ( from 1981 to 2000 ) it was housed at Eastfield College, part of Dallas County Community College District, DCCCD in Mesquite, Texas.

Prior to 1981, the platform was coded as " SA2 " in the VIN.

Prior to his appointment to Sydney University in 2004, he taught for over 28 years at the University of New South Wales.

Prior to its construction, major events were usually held at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as it was the largest stadium in Sydney.

Prior to construction of the tower, the height limit in Sydney had been set at, to allow for safe overflights by flying boats.

Prior to this GTV-9 was affiliated with ATN-7 in Sydney.

Prior to entering the Australian Parliament, Abbott studied for a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University and for a Master of Arts as a Rhodes Scholar at The Queen's College, Oxford University.

Prior to the events of the series, Jack fathered Sydney with Irina Derevko, a long-term KGB spy who married Jack to get close to the CIA, specifically to steal the details of Project Christmas, which Jack was developing for the Agency.

Prior to the arrival of the First Fleet, the Sydney region was home to the Darug people.

Prior to being signed by the Hawks on March 27, 2000, Barry played eight games with the Sydney Kings during the 1999-2000 Australian NBL season.

Prior to this, they spent an 18-month period in a safe house in Palm Beach, Sydney, with the then ASIO officer Michael Thwaites, who ghost-wrote their memoirs, published in 1956 as Empire of Fear.

Prior to making his first-class debut, Lee played for Mosman and played in the final of the 1996-97 Sydney Grade Cricket competition.

Prior to 2003 she partnered Huang Nanyan with whom she earned a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and gained the winning point against South Korea in the 2002 Uber Cup ( women's world team championship ) final.

Prior to this it was administered alternately by South Sydney Council and Sydney City Council at various periods throughout its history.

Prior to his appointment as Cultural Attache, he completed what he described as a “ five-day crash court in World Culture ” at the University of Sydney.

Prior to electrification and diesel locomotives, Brooklyn was a staging post for trains heading south to Sydney with " push up " or bank engines being attached to the rear of steam trains here for extra assistance on the eight kilometre climb to Cowan.

Prior to 1851 the area of Australia now known as Victoria was part of the colony of New South Wales and was administered by the Government of New South Wales in Sydney.

Prior to the 1997 – 98 QMJHL season, the Granby Prédateurs, winners of the 1996 Memorial Cup, relocated from Granby, Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia and were renamed the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.

Prior to white settlement, the local Aboriginal population kept the Sydney area well cleared with regular low-level fires.

Prior to the Eagles ' arrival, Sydney played host to the AHL's Cape Breton Oilers from 1988 to 1996.

Prior to its exiistence, referral health services were provided in inner-city centres such as the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital.

Prior to 2003, Murdoch and Sarah were owners of " Berthong ", a house in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, which was subsequently bought by Russell Crowe.

Prior to his breakthrough season in 2005, Lenny had been a performer for the Brumby Runners and his club Sydney University.