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Prior to 1990, the only specialty performing laparoscopy on a widespread basis was gynecology, mostly for relatively short, simple procedures such as a diagnostic laparoscopy or tubal ligation.
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Prior to 1990 Saudi Arabia played an important role in restraining the many Islamist groups that received its aid.
Prior to 1990, all professors were appointed for life to their chairs by the King-in-Council, i. e. by the King upon the advice of the Cabinet.
Prior to the Gulf War in 1990 – 91, when the Intifada's intensity began to wear down, Arafat supported Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and opposed the US-led coalition attack on Iraq.
Prior to German reunification in 1990, the postwar eastern states were reconstituted, including the use of the full historic term Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Prior to restoration work performed between 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5. 5 degrees, but the tower now leans at about 3. 99 degrees.
Prior to Aristide's election in 1990, there were just 34 secondary schools nationwide.
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Prior to the first game of the 1990 Major League Baseball season, played at Fenway Park, Toni Giamatti threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Prior to 1990, the only Disney-published Disney comics were the ones published in Italy, after Disney Italia took over from Mondadori in 1988.
Prior to the opening of the Team Disney Burbank building in 1990, Disney executives were located in the old Disney Animation Building.
Prior to the opening of the Team Disney Burbank building in 1990, Disney Executives used the Animation Building as corporate offices.
Prior to the 2007 elections, the Party had only ever elected one councillor at local level: in May 1990, Roger ( aka Rory ) Winter, representing the Highland Green Party ( Uainich na Gàidhealtachd ), was elected in Nairn as Scotland's first Green regional councillor to the then Highland Regional Council.
Prior to Friends, she appeared in at least two produced network pilots: NBC's Just Temporary ( also known as Temporarily Yours ) in 1989, playing Nicole ; and CBS ' Close Encounters ( also known as Matchmaker ) in 1990, playing a Valley girl.
Prior to 1990, all professors were appointed for life to their chairs by the King-in-Council, i. e. by the King upon the advice of the Cabinet.
Prior to the Minnesota Thunder forming in 1990 Minnesota had two former professional soccer teams.
Prior to 1990, the responsibilities of the Industry, Science and Technology portfolio were divided between the now-defunct post of Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion and a Minister of State for Science and Technology.
Prior to the construction of METRORail, METRO consisted of the largest all bus fleet in the United States, only because Houston was the largest major city devoid of any rail transit since 1990.
Prior to 1990, late night service went to Lefferts Boulevard with no service to Far Rockaway.
Prior to the introduction of electronic trading on 1 June 1990, all trading was conducted on the floor of the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building.
Prior to 1990 this region was part of NAACURH.
Prior to 1990, this area was part of NAACURH.
Prior to the 1993 – 94 academic year, Jacksonville State competed in NCAA Division II athletics, winning national championships in men's basketball ( 1985 ), baseball ( 1990 and 1991 ), football ( 1992 ) and gymnastics ( 1984 and 1985 ).
Prior to revisions in 1990, the LDS Church's version of the endowment also included a gesture called a " penalty.
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Prior to meeting Mallowan, Christie had not had any extensive brushes with archaeology, but once the two married they made sure to only go to sites where they could work together.
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Prior to more general use of such technology these wheelchair users could only use specialist paratransit mobility buses.
Prior to 1931, as soon as the first necessary run to win the game scored, the play was over, and the batter was credited only with the number of bases needed to drive in the winning run.
Prior to 1970, writers only voted for the best pitcher and used a formula of one point per vote.
Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dated from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890.
Prior to that, hunting by local natives can be documented from Late Stone Age Scandinavia and eastern North America, as well as from early 5th century Labrador, where the bird seems to have occurred only as a straggler.
Prior to the Gatling gun, the only weapons available to militaries capable of firing many projectiles in a short space of time were mass-firing volley weapons like the French Reffye mitrailleuse in 1870 – 71, or field cannons firing canister, much like a very large shotgun.
Prior to the Babylonian exile, the names of only four months are referred to in the Tanakh:
Prior to the accident he had captained England 22 times, and, being only 27, was expected to lead them in the 1966 World Cup ; but he was never again selected for the national team.
Prior to Lesotho's independence in 1966, the only paved road in the country was the Kingsway in the capital, Maseru, between the Mejametalana Airport and the Royal Palace.
Prior to his death, Mahfouz was the oldest living Nobel Literature laureate and the third oldest of all time, trailing only Bertrand Russell and Halldor Laxness.
Prior to 1950, there were only of railway lines.
Prior to the 1999 season, Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees where he won his only two World Series titles.
Prior to that date, an award for working more than 100 countries on RTTY was only available via RTTY Journal.
Prior to his death, he had his chief officers swear an oath of loyalty to Izz al-Din, as he was the only Zengid ruler strong enough to oppose Saladin.
Prior to 2008, Stockholm University had only one student union
Prior to the civil war, Somalia had only one national airline, Somali Airlines, that serviced the entire country.
Prior to this contract agreement the Padres had offered to renew Gonzalez's contract during the offseason at $ 380, 500, only $ 500 over the league minimum for the 2007 season.
Prior to vaccination with cowpox, the only known protection against smallpox was inoculation or variolation ( Variola-the Smallpox viruses ) where a small amount of live smallpox virus was administered to the patient ; this carried the serious risk that the patient would be killed or seriously ill.
Prior to the introduction of this new technology, moving image production was only available to the consumer ( or the artist for that matter ) by way of eight or sixteen millimeter film, but did not provide the instant playback that video tape technologies offered.
Prior to his death, Lee told his then only two living instructors Kimura and Inosanto ( James Yimm Lee had died in 1972 ) to dismantle his schools.
Prior to the mid 1990s, WNV disease occurred only sporadically and was considered a minor risk for humans, until an outbreak in Algeria in 1994, with cases of WNV-caused encephalitis, and the first large outbreak in Romania in 1996, with a high number of cases with neuroinvasive disease.
Prior to the closing of the Vandenberg facility, orbiters were transported from the OPF to the VAB on their undercarriages, only to be raised when the orbiter was being lifted for attachment to the SRB / ET stack.
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