Prior to entering politics in 1974 and serving in the Bavarian parliament, he was a lawyer and worked at the University of Regensburg.

Prior to entering politics, Johnson was a professional basketball player in the NBA, playing point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns.

Prior to the United States formally entering the war, the U. S. Army leased land near Albuquerque, New Mexico airport known as Oxnard Field, to service transient Army and U. S. Navy aircraft.

Prior to entering monastichood, she was a medical student and researcher.

Prior to entering provincial politics, Klein considered himself a Liberal Party supporter, although he did support the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Brian Mulroney in the 1988 federal election .< ref >

Prior to entering politics, Pryor worked as a private practice attorney.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Ambassador Battle worked in Uganda for 10 years, as well as in Pakistan and Libya.

Prior to entering politics in 1980, Chiarelli was a lawyer and businessman in the Ottawa area.

Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations ( which qualify automatically ) compete in a qualifying process.

Prior to entering the NBA, he played college basketball at the University of Miami.

Prior to entering the gubernatorial race, he was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.

Prior to entering the pageants, she worked as a weathergirl.

Prior to entering Parliament, Smith worked for Northumberland County Council, managed an Advice Centre in Dundee and was Constituency Assistant to North East Fife MP, Sir Menzies Campbell.

Prior to the introduction of the IBM PC there was no unique accepted standard for entering, displaying, printing, or storing the £ sign in the UK computer industry.

Prior to entering broadcasting, he was associate editor of America, a weekly opinion journal published by American Jesuits.

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

Prior to entering politics, Perez worked as a community activist.

Prior to entering politics, Bélanger held various positions in the public and private sectors.

Prior to December 31, 2001, the polluted water was being deposited directly into Howe Sound by means of Jane Creek and Britannia Creek and as much as 450 kilograms of copper was entering Howe Sound daily.

Prior to entering politics, Fentie was involved in a variety of economic activities in and around Watson Lake.

Prior to entering politics Watson worked in the trade union movement, for the Workers ' Educational Association, the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs ( ASTMS ) and the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union ( MSF ).

Prior to entering politics, he was a human resource manager with the Scottish Office.

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 his election to the Senate, Garn served on the Salt Lake City commission for four years and was elected as the mayor in 1971, entering office in 1972.

Prior to entering a feedlot, cattle spend most of their life grazing on rangeland or on immature fields of grain such as green wheat pasture.

Prior to the Formula Nippon, during the 1. 6 l 1967-1971 era, a Formula 2 series championship existed in Japan.

Prior to the inception of the Formula 1 World Championship, the first instance of grid positions being determined by qualifying times was in the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix.

Prior to the division between arcade-style racing and sim racing, the earliest attempts at providing driving simulation experiences were arcade racing video games, dating back to Pole Position, a 1982 arcade game developed by Namco, which the game's publisher Atari publicized for its " unbelievable driving realism " in providing a Formula 1 experience behind a racing wheel at the time.

Prior to his career in Formula One he competed during 1976 and 1977 in Formule Renault, and won the championship in 1978, in the BP Racing team.

Prior to his Formula One career, Andersson was a motocross rider and competed in Formula 3 racing as a privateer for almost ten years.

Prior to the race weekend Michael Andretti was informed by McLaren that the race would be his final Formula One start with the team due to poor performances, and he was to be replaced at the next race by Finland's Mika Häkkinen, the team's test-driver.

Prior to his brief time in Formula One, Pesenti-Rossi was a regular race winner in Italian Formula Three, narrowly missing the 1975 title when the final race was abandoned due to rain as he was leading it.

Prior to taking part in Formula One, Aston was a test pilot and motorcycle racer.

Prior to Formula One Lavaggi made two starts and failed to qualify for two additional races in CART for Euromotorsport and Leader Cards Racing.

Prior to Formula One, he was one of the leaders of the British Formula Junior scene, but an accident at Rouen-Les-Essarts in 1958, in which he broke his collarbone, considerably hampered his career.

Prior to his single grand prix entry, Morgan raced a Mini in the mid-1960s, and soon moved on to Formula Three.

Prior to approaching Field and asking him to join him in a new venture, Earle had had extensive experience in open-wheel racing, running the successful Church Farm Racing team in F3, F2 and Formula 5000 as well as previously working with Field and driver David Purley in the LEC racing team in Formula Atlantic, F2, European Formula 5000 and occasional Formula One races.

Prior to that, he competed in US SCCA Formula Mazda and SCCA Formula Atlantic.

Prior to working for Honda, Willis was employed as chief aerodynamicist by the Williams Formula One team and also worked as a consultant at the Leyton House team in the early 1990s.

Prior to Inseminoid, Ashley had starred in minor films of such independent studios as Crown International Pictures, while Clarke had just completed filming on the 1980 film The Formula.

Prior to joining the Toyota Atlantic series, she raced in several developmental open-wheel series in Britain, including Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Ford.