Prior to Verdi's body's being driven from the cemetery to the official memorial service and its final resting place at the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti, Arturo Toscanini conducted a chorus of 820 singers in " Va, pensiero ".

Prior to the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 2007, the state-owned Liberia Telecommunications Corporation ( LIBTELCO ) held a legal monopoly for all fixed line services in Liberia, and remains the sole licensed fixed line telephone service provider in the country.

Prior to 2006, service departments would review older service records, service histories, and all available records to determine if a veteran authorized a retroactive Purple Heart.

Prior to 1987, all administrative tasks were handled by a district-based civil service which had been in place since colonial times.

Prior to his service with the Union Army, he developed several investigative techniques that are still used today.

Prior to World War II, hospitals provided ambulance service in many large cities.

Prior to the rise of the fast food chain restaurant, people generally had a choice between greasy spoon diners where the quality of the food was often questionable and service lacking, or high-end restaurants that were expensive and impractical for families with children.

Prior to independence, the act allowed the U. S to maintain military forces in the Philippines and to call all military forces of the Philippine government into U. S. military service.

Cadfael became a man at arms ( foot soldier ) in the war waged by Henry I of England to secure the union with Normandy, and returned again to England in the service of a nobleman, Roger Mauduit, who kidnapped Prior Heribert of Shrewsbury Abbey in an attempt to foil a lawsuit.

Prior to public service, McNamara was one of the " Whiz Kids " who helped rebuild Ford Motor Company after World War II, and briefly served as Ford's President before becoming Secretary of Defense.

Prior to Delta Air Lines establishing service between New York City and Accra, Ghana, on December 11, 2006, NAA's JFK-ACC and BWI-BJL services were the only scheduled non-stop service between the U. S. and West Africa operated by a U. S. airline for several years.

Prior to his legislative service, Bella was the fire chief in Berwick.

Prior to 1980, Erskine's primary function was as a service community for the local agricultural community.

Prior to 1966, the Erie Railroad's Caldwell Branch ( a part of New York and Greenwood Lake Railway ) ran passenger service through Verona from Great Notch.

Prior to the advent of leaded gasolines, poppet-valve engines typically required grinding of the valves and valve seats after 20, 000 to 30, 000 miles ( 32, 000 to 48, 000 km ) of service.

Prior to the 1970s, the main function of the constables was to provide court service and security to the Justice of the Peace courts.

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 his service in the military, Marquat was a reporter for The Seattle Times.

Prior to landing all loose items, trays and rubbish must be collected and secured along with service and galley equipment.

Prior to the invasion, about 500 of the over 22, 000 tanks then in Soviet service were of the KV-1 type.

Prior to his election as President, Köhler had a distinguished career in politics and the civil service and as a banking executive.

Prior to enactment of the Act, universal service had been funded through implicit subsidies, levied as above-cost business rates, urban rates, and above-cost rates for the “ access charges ” that long distance carriers paid as intercarrier compensation to local telephone companies for originating and terminating their subscribers ’ long distance calls.

Prior to Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon Mr Khaddam was in charge of Syria's Lebanon policy and mainly responsible for Syria's abuse of Lebanon's resources.

Prior to being a Jetson he belonged to the fabulously rich Mr. Gottrockets.

Prior to Mr Buckley being unmasked by the London Evening Standard, one urban myth grew that the nose is there in honour of the Duke of Wellington, who was known for having a particularly large nose.

Prior to taking on the role of Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Bartleman had a distinguished career of more than 35 years in the Canadian foreign service.

Prior to The Wild Wild West, Ross Martin co-starred in the CBS series Mr. Lucky from 1959 to 1960, portraying Mr. Lucky's sidekick, Andamo.

Prior to his flight, Mr. Shuttleworth completed Space Adventures ’ Orbital Pre-Qualification Program and underwent almost eight months of training and medical exams, including a one-week orientation program at NASA ’ s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Prior to this, Mr. Meale had been a member of the Socialist Campaign Group.

Prior to The Partridge Family the house facade was used by the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched.

Prior to the selection of the site Congress delegate Mr A. Evans wrote a paper, ‘ A Waterside Federal Capital ’, which, despite being written to advocate a different site altogether, identified large water bodies as improving the appearance and perspective of the built form.

Prior to the EAC, Mr. Wilkey served a four-year term as the executive director of the New York State Board of Elections beginning in 2003.

Prior to his career in professional wrestling Hellwig was an amateur bodybuilder, competing in a number of NPC contests and winning the 1984 NPC Mr. Georgia crown.

Prior to joining the Program, Mr. Johnson served as chairman of the board, chief executive officer and director of Mercantile Bank Corporation ( NASDAQ: MBWM ).

Prior to being Mayor of Osgoode Township, Mr Thompson was a councillor for the municipality.

Prior to Bionic Woman, she appeared in Jekyll for the BBC, a modern day version of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring James Nesbitt.

Prior to joining President Clinton ’ s White House as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff ( 1994-1997 ), Mr. Ickes was a director of Meyer, Suozzi for 14 years.

Prior to being named to head up Assa Abloy ’ s Global Tech Division, Mr. Grillo worked in the Identification Technology business unit, combining several disparate RFID and smart card businesses into one organization servicing several vertical markets with security based card, transponder and reader products.

Prior to Mr. Herbert, Sr .' s passing in the 1980s, he sold the business to Nick Karabots, who owned the printer where the titles were being printed.

Prior to joining the CBA, Mr. Campbell had a sixteen year career in the Ontario public service, including serving at the director level with responsibility for policy related to provincially-regulated financial services.

Prior to joining Providence, Mr. Gahan was head of Deutsche Bank ’ s corporate and investment banking in the Americas and chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank Securities.

Prior to the visit of the Society some excavations had been made under the superintendence of Mr. W Kinsey Dover, with the view of finding whether the subsoil would disclose anything that might lead to some conclusion as to the age or object of the circle.

Prior to February 27, 2006, his evening show usually ended with a brief conversation with Mr. KABC ; this tradition ended with the expanded syndication of Mark Levin on KABC and WABC.

Prior to his role at Burger King, Mr. Brenneman was President and COO of Continental Airlines under Gordon Bethune.

Prior to that Mr. Schuetz had been partnered in business with well known gunsmith P. O.