Prior to the December 1984 coup that brought Taya to power, the Mauritanian-Moroccan cooperation agency stated that relations between the two countries were on the mend in spite of alleged Moroccan complicity in a 1981 coup attempt and Mauritania's subsequent turn toward Algeria.

Prior to 1981, the Sydney Institute of Education was the Sydney Teachers College.

Prior to August 1981, no great white shark in captivity lived longer than 11 days.

Prior to serving as Governor, Davis served as Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown ( 1975 – 1981 ), a California State Assemblyman ( 1983 – 1987 ), California State Controller ( 1987 – 1995 ) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California ( 1995 – 1999 ).

Prior to 1981, the community suffered from grave water contamination and public health problems.

Prior to 1981, the community suffered from grave water contamination, severe septic tank failures, and public health problems.

Prior to establishing ceasefire in July 1981, U. N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim noted: " After several weeks of relative quiet in the area, a new cycle of violence has begun and has, in the past week, steadily intensified.

Prior to the launch of Major League Soccer in 1996, teams from Los Angeles played in the Western American Soccer League, the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League / A-League, winning ten league championships ( 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1976 ), seven Lamar Hunt US Open Cups ( 1958, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 ), four regional championships ( 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 ) and one international championship ( 1975 ).

Prior to this, the buses were painted blue and white until 1981, when the colours were changed to caramel and cream.

Prior to dedicating his professional life to politics, Hagen was CEO at Tate & Lyle Norway from 1970 to 1974, Consultant of Finansanalyse from 1977 to 1979, and economic policy consultant in the oil industry from 1979 to 1981.

Prior to his term as mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles, including Deputy City Attorney ( 1975 – 1979 ), City Controller ( 1981 – 1985 ) and City Attorney ( 1985 – 2001 ).

In September 1981, Prior became Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and was in this office until September 1984.

Prior to being elected as an MP, John Denham served as a local Councillor, initially as a member of the Hampshire County Council in 1981, where he remained until 1989 when he was elected as a councillor on Southampton City Council, on which he served until 1993 and was the Chairman of the City's Housing Committee.

Prior to becoming an MP he was a journalist for the Guardian from 1981 – 97, and was a councillor in Wandsworth from 1971 to 1982.

Prior to serving as Governor, Weld was a federal prosecutor in the United States Justice Department from 1981 to 1988.

Prior to Dear's revelations, Rona Jaffe had already published a thinly disguised fictionalization of the press exaggerations of the Egbert case, the 1981 novel Mazes and Monsters.

Prior to his political life, he was a businessman and coached the Cornwall Royals to a Memorial Cup victory in 1981.

Prior to the 1981 general election, PLAC lobbied all the major Irish political parties at the time – Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party – to urge the introduction of a Bill to allow the amendment to the constitution to prevent the Irish Supreme Court so interpreting the constitution as giving a right to abortion.

Prior to his death in 1981, he had accumulated more than 27 patents for aeronautics, navigation and oceanographic equipment.

Prior to 1981 foul balls that were not failed bunt attempts, were not called strikes ', even if the count was 0-0 ( ESPNClassic ).

Prior to 1981, the gender-neutral category of Best Jazz Vocal Performance existed.

Prior to 1981, the gender-neutral category of Best Jazz Vocal Performance existed.

Prior to joining MTV, Quinn graduated from Ossining High School in 1977 and NYU in 1981.

Prior to that, ( from 1981 to 2000 ) it was housed at Eastfield College, part of Dallas County Community College District, DCCCD in Mesquite, Texas.

Prior to 1981, the platform was coded as " SA2 " in the VIN.

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

Prior to 1969, the National League champion ( the " pennant winner ") was determined by the best win-loss record at the end of the regular season.

Prior to the season, Frank Robison, the Spiders owner, bought the St. Louis Browns, thus owning two clubs at the same time.

The disappointing season also saw fans start to become frustrated with the constant injuries to ace pitchers Mark Prior and Kerry Wood.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

Prior to the 1899 season, Frank Robison, the Spiders owner, bought the St. Louis Browns, thus owning two clubs simultaneously.

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 the start of the season the Astros acquired outfielder Billy Hatcher from the Cubs for Jerry Mumphrey.

Prior to the 2012 season, new Jaguars owner Shahid Khan announced that the team would once again use a black jersey, something they had not done since 2007.

Prior to the 2009 season, the Royals renovated Kauffman Stadium.

Prior to the 1999 season, Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees where he won his only two World Series titles.

Prior to this contract agreement the Padres had offered to renew Gonzalez's contract during the offseason at $ 380, 500, only $ 500 over the league minimum for the 2007 season.

Prior to Carroll Rosenbloom's death, the Rams had already announced their intentions to leave the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and move to Anaheim Stadium in Orange County for the 1980 season.

Prior to the season, the league declined to approve the Raiders ' proposal to move from Oakland, California to Los Angeles.

Prior to the 2001 season, star free agent shortstop Alex Rodriguez, was signed by the Rangers in the most lucrative deal in baseball history: a 10-year, $ 252 million contract.

Prior to the 2004 season, little hope was held out for the Rangers to improve on their losing ways.

Prior to the 1966 season, Reds owner Bill DeWitt sent Robinson to Baltimore in exchange for pitcher Milt Pappas, pitcher Jack Baldschun and outfielder Dick Simpson.

Prior to round one of the 1998 season, Carey booted six second half goals in the Ansett Cup Grand Final against St Kilda, earning himself the Michael Tuck Medal, as the best on ground in the pre-season Grand Final, and issuing an ominous warning to the rest of the competition that he was over his injury woes of the previous year.

Prior to the 2009 season, the maximum team roster size was changed from 13 players ( 11 active and 2 inactive ) to 11 players ( all active ).

Prior to the 2006 season, the franchise was purchased by Get Hooked, LLC, a group of investors from Fairfield County that included McGregor and Foster.

Prior to the 2007 – 08 season, the Devils relocated to Newark to play their home games at the newly-constructed Prudential Center.

Prior to the 1978 – 79 season, owner Jack Vickers sold the team to Arthur Imperatore, who announced that he wished to move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Prior to the 1991 – 92 season, the Flyers acquired Rod Brind ' Amour from St. Louis.

Prior to instituting controlled burns, the county forests and pastures burned for months during the dry season.