Prior to its proclamation as a British settlement in 1836, the area around Adelaide was inhabited by the indigenous Kaurna Aboriginal nation ( pronounced " Garner " or " Gowna ").

Prior to the 1900 season, the league changed its name to the American League and moved several franchises to larger, strategic locations.

Prior to achieving its independence, Cuba was a colony of Spain.

Prior to its takeover the company was headquartered in a facility in Northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States that now serves as HP's United States headquarters.

Prior to the suspension, Peace Corps had more than 100 volunteers throughout the country, and the program is gradually increasing its numbers again.

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 implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

Prior to embarking for England, Hamlet hides Polonius's body, ultimately revealing its location to the King.

Prior to 1983, the town was in an eponymous seat of its own.

Prior to the invasion of neutral Belgium by German forces, Hergé published humoristic drawings in L ' Ouest, a paper run by future collaborator Raymond de Becker and which strongly advocated that Belgium not join the war alongside its World War One allies France and Britain.

Prior to 1990 Saudi Arabia played an important role in restraining the many Islamist groups that received its aid.

Prior to its conception, laparoscopy was a surgical approach with very few applications, mainly for purposes of diagnosis and performance of simple procedures in gynecologic applications.

Prior to its expansion under Philip II, the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, to which the modern region owes its name, lay entirely within the current Greek province of Macedonia.

Prior to its acquisition by Chevron, Unocal settled a similar human rights lawsuit for a reported multi-million dollar amount.

Prior to 1991, the Soviet economy was the second largest in the world, but during its last years it was afflicted by shortages of goods in grocery stores, huge budget deficits, and explosive growth in money supply leading to inflation.

Prior to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and its eventual decipherment, there had been no understanding of the Ancient Egyptian language and script since shortly before the fall of the Roman Empire.

Prior to his work on the saxophone, Sax made several improvements to the bass clarinet by improving its keywork and acoustics and extending its lower range.

Prior to its dissolution in 1991, the USSR had the second largest economy in the world after the United States.

Prior to its creation as the Territory of the Saar Basin by the League of Nations after World War I, the Saarland ( or simply " the Saar ", as is frequently referred to ) did not exist as a unified entity.

Prior to its formal accession to the United Nations, Switzerland had maintained an observer role at the UN's General Assembly and its Economic and Social Council.

Prior to the Omride period the site appears to have been the center of an extensive wine and oil production area, which may have accounted for its choice as the new capital.

Prior to its affiliation with The Greens – European Free Alliance, the SNP had previously been allied with the European Progressive Democrats ( until 1984 ), Rainbow Group ( 1989 – 1994 ) and European Radical Alliance ( 1994 – 1999 ).

Prior to the enactment of the federal securities laws and the creation of the SEC, there existed so-called Blue Sky laws that were enacted and enforced at the state level and regulated the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud.

Prior to the 2006 general election, the county was a dry county, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Prior to the November 2008 elections, Irving banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in stores, making it the largest in population dry suburb in North Texas.

Prior to the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010, large PFI projects were funded through the sale of bonds and / or senior debt.

Prior to the close of the sale, WGN-TV was one of two Chicago commercial television stations ( not counting network-owned stations ) to have never been involved in an ownership transaction ( WCIU is the other, having been owned by Weigel Broadcasting since its launch in 1964 ).

Prior to this sale, all houses in the town were painted in Gilchrist brown ( with the exception of a small area on the north end of town called Rainbow Circle by its residence ).

Prior to this move the event was invitation only, and the increased size of the Vector Arena enabled the event to be attended both by invitation and by the public through sale tickets.

Prior to the FCC's approval of the purchase which is expected in early 2012, Sinclair will manage the stations under local marketing agreements ( replacing Nexstar Broadcasting Group as Four Points ' LMA partner ) following antitrust approval of the sale by the Federal Trade Commission, Sinclair will also supply working capital to the stations in consideration of service fees and performance incentives through the LMAs.

Prior to the execution of the agreement Aircraft Services Corporation entered into an early termination accord with M / s Eagle Aviation Limited concluding an earlier contract between the parties to facilitate the sale of Fokker F28-4000 Serial No 11229 and Fokker F28-4000 Serial No 11231 to East African Safari Air Express.

Prior to the sale to Cadbury Schweppes, Procter & Gamble introduced several new Sun Drop flavors in 1985, including a reformulated Diet Sun Drop brand using aspartame instead of saccharin.

Prior to the sale, there were bids by Astroland owner Dewey Albert and the Handwerker family, owner of Nathan's Famous, along with the owners of many of the island's independent rides, to buy Steeplechase and keep it open ; however, Marie Tilyou declined the offers.

Prior to the sale, WBLK was CBS Radio's last urban contemporary station outside the southern United States since the company now only owns two urban contemporary stations -- WVEE Atlanta & WPEG Charlotte, North Carolina ( WPGC-FM in Washington, D. C. is an urban contemporary reporter per Nielsen BDS & the station's parent CBS Radio, but they are rhythmic contemporary per Mediabase reports, and therefore is not urban contemporary despite being the only rhythmic in the Washington, D. C. area since the Washington / Baltimore area is fielded by Radio One's WKYS & WERQ ).

Prior to this Act, the " exposure for sale " of " obscene books and prints " had been made illegal by the Vagrancy Act 1824. but the publication of obscene material was a common law misdemeanour The effective prosecution of authors and publishers was difficult even in cases where the material was clearly intended as pornography.

Prior to the introduction of a ban on the sale of alcohol it was estimated that many pregnant women in the town consumed alcohol, with nearly a third of babies suffering Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Prior to the Act coming into effect, Scottish Feudal Baronies ( including Lordships and Earldoms ) were the only genuine title of UK nobility capable of being transferred following the sale of land containing a " caput " ( or the sale of a feudal superiority ).

Prior to tickets going on sale in the United States, venues were switched from arena shows, to small and more intimate theater stops.

Prior to the station's sale to the University of Southern California, the call sign was KNDL, and was owned by the Howell Mountain Broadcasting Company.

Prior the Act there were two failed attempts made to control or eliminate sale of alcohol in the province.

Prior to release of the film, the Los Angeles Daily News reported that Bellaman " heads west to help Erich Wolfgang Korngold on the scoring " of the film, and that Bellaman used to be on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Prior to April 2010 news content was provided by BBC World News.

Prior to 1 April 2009, the following DMB-T / H channels were in operation: News & Business, a 24-hour news and finance news channel ; His TV, a 24-hour sports and infotainment channel aimed at men ; Her TV, a 24-hour lifestyle infotainment channel aimed at women ; Plus TV, a 24-hour documentary channel ; and HDTV, a 24-hour high-definition channel.

Prior to this, he had coauthored books with the Doug Anthony All Stars ( Book, DAAS Kapital and Trip ) and the writers of Good News Week ( Good News Week Books One and Two ).

Prior to Fox News, Roberts was a co-anchor of CNN's morning program American Morning from 2007 to 2010.

Engraving after Melton Prior of the Battle of Majuba Hill, for the Illustrated London News, 1881

Illustrations for newspapers and magazines continued a heroic style with perhaps more confidence than painters, and Melton Prior followed British forces around Imperial troublespots for decades, working for the Illustrated London News ; his scenes " helped to establish a style of action draughtsmanship which has left an indelible stamp on the art of the comic strip.

Prior to joining WMAL, Berry was vice president, radio for ABC News, based in New York.

Prior to the pivotal election of 1898 " The News and Observer " was instrumental in encouraging white supremacist attitudes.

Prior to the match, the Manchester Evening News reported that in December 2010, Gleeson had contacted the police alleging he was the victim of blackmail but had decided to drop the charge.

Prior to joining WEWS-TV, Bibb worked at WKYC-TV as the weekend News Anchor and News Reporter.

Prior to this, all network programs were received on kinescope and 16 mm film, with regular shows airing a week later after they were aired on the main stations, and the National News aired a day after.

Prior to the launch of Capital News 9, Time Warner Cable offered local news on its systemwide local origination channel ( also on channel 9 ) by repurposing WRGB's 6: 00 news.

Prior to working in television, Minsky was a writer for the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the New York Daily News, Premiere, New York, and Esquire.

Prior to joining MSNBC and Fox News, Colgan was a Democratic Party fundraiser and political consultant.

Prior to joining the Ford administration, Nessen served as a Washington, D. C. correspondent for NBC News.

Prior to his election, he was the editor of a weekly community newspaper called Brant News.

Prior to the 1934 World Series, the Detroit News brought Edna to Detroit to write about baseball, Schoolboy, cooking or whatever she pleased.

Prior to his current position, McKeown spent eight years working for Dateline NBC as a correspondent and five years with CBS News.

Prior to joining Fox, he was a correspondent for CNN as a political correspondent and ABC News covering economics ( receiving the “ Excellence in Financial Journalism ” award twice ).

Prior to writing the book, Byrne was a reviewer and Technical Director of Government Computer News, a trade publication focusing on IT use in federal, state, and local government.

Prior to joining Bloomberg News in January 2005, Hunt worked for the Wall Street Journal.