Prior to World War 2, there was a higher percentage of endogamous marriages than after World War 2.

Prior to modern times, there was no distinction between architects, engineers and often artists, and the title used varied depending on geographical location.

Prior to the controversy surrounding Agent Orange, there was already a large body of scientific evidence linking 2, 4, 5-T to serious negative health effects and ecological damage.

Prior to major influence from outside, there were approximately 25, 000 Aleuts on the archipelago.

Prior to the charter, there were various statutes which protected an assortment of civil rights and obligations, but nothing was enshrined in the constitution until 1982.

Prior to the formation of the Dallas Cowboys, there was not an NFL team south of Washington DC.

Prior to dividing by, one needs to check if there are stationary ( also called equilibrium )

Prior to The Origin of Species, there was little appreciation or understanding of the dynamic and reciprocal relations between organisms, their adaptations, and the environment.

Prior to his death, Parsons stated that he wanted his body cremated at Joshua Tree and his ashes spread over Cap Rock, a prominent natural feature there ; however, Parsons ' stepfather arranged for a private ceremony back in New Orleans and neglected to invite any of his friends from the music industry.

Prior to statehood, there were five governors of the Michigan Territory.

Prior to Keynes, a situation in which aggregate demand for goods and services did not meet supply was referred to by classical economists as a general glut, although there was disagreement among them as to whether a general glut was possible.

Arthur Prior asserts that there is nothing paradoxical about the liar paradox.

Prior to this proposal, Goethe, de Saussure, Venetz, Jean de Charpentier, Karl Friedrich Schimper and others had made the glaciers of the Alps the subjects of special study, and Goethe, Charpentier as well as Schimper had even arrived at the conclusion that the erratic blocks of alpine rocks scattered over the slopes and summits of the Jura Mountains had been moved there by glaciers.

Prior to this period there was a general perception that the climate of Washington State was too cold to produce red wine varietals.

Prior to 1800 the majority of Maltese were engaged in agriculture or fishing, although there was significant trade.

Prior to 1950, there were only of railway lines.

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 the Garcia decision, the determination of whether there was state immunity from federal regulation turned on whether the state activity was " traditional " for or " integral " to the state government.

On 28 April, Powell spoke in the Commons against the Northern Ireland Secretary's ( Jim Prior ) plans for devolution to a power-sharing assembly in Northern Ireland: " We assured the people of the Falkland Islands that there should be no change in their status without their agreement.

Prior to Thurston, there were only a handful of known examples of hyperbolic 3-manifolds of finite volume, such as the Seifert – Weber space.

Prior to the European foundation of the city, there was no established nation state, and the population instead consisted of some indigenous semi-nomad groups that are collectively called Chichimecas.

For example, there is a story that at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346, the Prior of the Abbey at Durham received a vision of Cuthbert, ordering him to take the corporax cloth of the saint and raise it on a spear point near the battlefield as a banner.

Prior to that there had been an agricultural society in the town dating back to the 1790s, which held ploughing competitions.

Prior to the 1870s there were vast herds of buffalo in Nebraska which provided fresh meat and jerky for the trip.

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 this time clan Shinto had dominated and a codification of " Imperial Shinto " did not exist as such.

Delegations directly under the Prior General exist in Argentina, France, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, the Lebanon, the Philippines and Portugal.

Prior to the 1960s and ' 70s, specialized gay communities did not exist as such outside Berlin and Amsterdam ; bars were usually where gay social networks developed, and they were located in certain urban areas where police zoning would implicitly allow so-called " deviant entertainment " under close surveillance.

Prior to the state legislature ’ s decision in 1812, Columbus did not exist.

Prior to about 1970 in the United States, climbing relied mainly on pitons ; other types of gear such as nuts, Hexcentrics, Tricams and spring-loaded cams were largely unknown or did not exist.

Prior to the 1990s the term " carjacking " did not exist.

Prior to 2007, many theorists performed calculations indicating that vacancies cannot exist at zero temperature in solid helium-4.

Prior to 1940, Air Cadet squadrons did not exist and were in fact Army Cadet Corps that were affiliated with RCAF Air Reserve squadrons.

Prior to the 1953 season, no more than 8 teams participated in the Cypriot First Division, and half of which no longer exist.

Prior to the late nineteenth century, western ( specifically European ) empires studied what was said to be high culture of the Middle East, being literature, language, and philology ; however, a reciprocal program and curriculum of study did not exist in the Orient which looked at European lands.

Prior to the mid-1990s there was one national coordinator for all of the age groups. These positions exist on both a national and regional levels with the national level coordinators assisting the regional ones.

Prior to the hearing, nearly 100 very prominent scientists, psychiatrists and psychologists from throughout the United States and eight countries signed a friend of the court brief telling the Court that " repressed memory " has never been demonstrated to exist and should not have been admitted as evidence.

Prior to the fall of 2002, the NBA operating model prevented any WNBA team to exist without an NBA " brother " counterpart.

Prior to DC Comics ' Crisis on Infinite Earths miniseries, Minute-Man was said to exist on the parallel Earth-S, home of the Fawcett heroes.

Prior to this construction, non-diffeomorphic smooth structures on spheres — exotic spheres — were already known to exist, although the question of the existence of such structures for the particular case of the 4-sphere remained open.

Prior to the Göktürk state, there are references to the Sekiz-Oghuz (" eight-Oghuz ") and the Dokuz-Oghuz (" nine-Oghuz ") union.

Prior to this, there were references to elite Theban forces also numbering 300.

Prior references list it simply as " Cliptone " in 1086 AD and " Cliftun ultra Tamedan " in 934 AD.

Prior to publishing in North America, the title was changed to The Iron Giant ( as were all references to the metal man ) to avoid confusion and legal issues with Marvel Comics ' character, Iron Man.

Prior to its release, American International Pictures ' marketing department wanted to ensure that black audiences would be interested in Blacula ; some posters for the film included references to slavery.

One of the earliest references to the coal mining industry of the north east occurs in 1330, when it was recorded that the Prior of Tynemouth let a colliery, called Heygrove, at " Elstewyke " for a rent of £ 5 per year.