Prior to 1960, in order to provide matching for the minimum ( base ) allotment, State funds had to equal 1954 State funds.

Prior to the featured race, the stewards announced that apprentice James P. Verrone is suspended ten days for crowding horses and crossing the field sharply in two races on Wednesday.

Prior to the year 1878, all apostolic letters and briefs requiring for their validity the leaden seal were engrossed upon rough parchment and in Gothic characters ( round letters, also called Gallicum and commonly Bollatico, but in Italy today Teutonic ) without lines, or diphthongs, or marks of punctuation.

Prior to the Smartmodem, modems were almost entirely manual in operation, having developed from acoustic couplers that used a traditional telephone for dialling and hanging up.

Prior to that Bernd Kellner computed B < sub > n </ sub > to full precision for n = 10 < sup > 6 </ sup > in December 2002 and Oleksandr Pavlyk for n = 10 < sup > 7 </ sup > with ' Mathematica ' in April 2008.

Prior to 1948, various standards for luminous intensity were in use in a number of countries.

* CPR, in suicide prevention, the three risk signs for suicide: Current plan, Prior Attempts, and Resources

Prior to the standardization of rapid radiosity calculation, some graphic artists used a technique referred to loosely as false radiosity by darkening areas of texture maps corresponding to corners, joints and recesses, and applying them via self-illumination or diffuse mapping for scanline rendering.

Most notably, they traded with the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Kenny Lofton and third baseman Aramis Ramirez, and rode dominant pitching, led by Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, as the Cubs led the division down the stretch.

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

Prior to Kidd returning to New York City, he learned that he was a wanted pirate, and that several English men-of-war were searching for him.

Prior for it seems quite probable that the shape of the flowers suggested the idea of a glove, and that associated with the name of the botanist Fuchs, who first gave it a botanical name, may have been easily corrupted into foxglove.

Prior to the hiatus, the strip ’ s characters had aged at the tectonically slow rate standard for comic strips.

Prior to World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended ocean operations ; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together.

After he completed his studies, Bishop Martin Bazan and Prior Diego d ' Achebes appointed Dominic to the cathedral chapter and he became a regular canon under the Rule of St. Augustine and the Constitutions for the cathedral church of Osma.

In the spring of 1203, Dominic joined Prior Diego on an embassy to Denmark for the monarchy of Spain.

Prior Diego saw immediately one of the paramount reasons for the spread of the unorthodox movement: the representatives of the Holy Church acted and moved with an offensive amount of pomp and ceremony.

As time passed, Prior Diego sanctioned the building of a monastery for girls whose parents had sent them to the care of the Albigensians because their families were too poor to fulfill their basic needs.

Prior to the outbreak of the 1998 – 2000 Eritrean – Ethiopian War, landlocked Ethiopia mainly relied on the seaports of Asseb and Massawa in Eritrea for international trade.

Prior to the modern proliferation of environmental regulation, the doctrines of nuisance ( public or private ), trespass, negligence, and strict liability apportioned harm and assigned liability for activities that today would be considered pollution and likely governed by regulatory regimes.

Prior to the 1996 Australian Grand Prix, an earlier configuration of the current circuit was used for both the 1953 and 1956 Australian Grands Prix.

Prior to his employment with Talleyrand, Carême had become known for his pièces montèes, which were extravagant constructions of pastry and sugar architecture.

Prior to the late 18th century, diners who wished to " dine out " would visit their local guild member's kitchen and have their meal prepared for them.

Prior to the 2002 season, the Marlins traded RHP Matt Clement and RHP Antonio Alfonseca to the Cubs for RHP Julian Tavarez, LHP Dontrelle Willis, RHP Jose Cueto and C Ryan Jorgensen.

Prior to this educational structure, the town had a selective secondary and grammar school system which consisted of Windsor Park Boys ' School, Oldfields Girls ' School and Alleyne's Grammar School.

Prior to the Second Morrill Act, 17 states excluded blacks from access to the land grant colleges without providing similar educational opportunities.

Prior to vivisection for educational purposes, chloroform was administered as an anesthetic to this Common Sand Frog | common sand frog.

Prior to this transition, Marylhurst University had been the only Catholic institution of higher learning to serve the educational needs of Oregon women.

Prior to entering Parliament she was educational adviser to Arsenal Football Club from 1985 to 1989.

Prior to 1996, she had been responsible for educational policy.

Prior to this calling to a full time church position, McKay had planned on a career in education and educational administration.

Prior to this, Letter People educational products were copyrighted in 1968 and published by New Dimensions in Education, Inc. ( located in Plainview, New York ).

Prior to the widespread use of the Internet, Nadin developed several computer-aided educational aids.

Prior to Idealab, he founded GNP Loudspeakers ( now GNP Audio Video ), an audio equipment manufacturer ; GNP Development Inc., acquired by Lotus Software ; and Knowledge Adventure, an educational software company, later acquired by Cendant.

Prior to assuming the university's current form, charters had been granted by the Texas Legislature ( Texas Congress 1836 – 1845 ) to establish four educational institutions: Rutersville College of Rutersville, Texas, Wesleyan College of San Augustine, Texas, McKenzie College of Clarksville, Texas, and Soule University of Chappell Hill, Texas.

Prior to Napoleon's invasion, almost all of Egypt's educational, legal, public health, and social welfare issues were in the hands of religious functionaries.

Prior to widespead use of radio, popular corridos were passed around as an oral tradition, often to spread news of events ( for example, the La cárcel de Cananea ) and popular heroes, and popular humor, to the population, many of whom were illiterate prior to the improvements to the educational system that occurred after the Revolution.

Prior to World War II and the Holocaust, Agudath Israel operated a number of Jewish educational institutions throughout Europe and continues to do so in both the United States as Agudath Israel of America and in Israel.

Desmond Beirne as Principal in 1992, the College's educational links with the Vincentians came to an end, although the post of chaplain was held by a Vincentian ( Rev Dr Perry Gildea CM ) until 1996 and one teaching post in the Religious Studies department ( Rev Dr Michael Prior CM ) until later.

Prior to this date, the Armenian Evangelical community of Beirut, to complement its high schools, had established two post-secondary educational entities: the Teacher ’ s Training Institute, which was housed in the library of the Central High School and operated from 1948 – 51, and the Armenian Evangelical College, which held a Freshman Arts and Sciences program under the sponsorship of the First Armenian Evangelical Church of Beirut.

* Prior learning assessment and recognition, an educational term used mainly in Canada

Prior to founding the McCall MacBain Foundation, Mr. McCall MacBain had an extensive educational career at notable institutions, such as Harvard and Oxford University, as well as a successful entrepreneurial career as the founder of Trader Classified Media.