Prior to the closing of the Vandenberg facility, orbiters were transported from the OPF to the VAB on their undercarriages, only to be raised when the orbiter was being lifted for attachment to the SRB / ET stack.

Prior to the closing of the International Paper Company mill in Camden, Ouachita County had considerable elements of organized labor, which traditionally favors state and national Democrats.

Prior to closing the Altus High School mascot was the Owls and competed in the 1A classification of the Arkansas Activities Association ( AAA ).

Prior to 1944, in British Columbia, the Public Schools Act ( 1872 ) permitted the use of the Lord ’ s Prayer in opening or closing school.

Prior to its closing in late 1969, Eastern State Penitentiary ( then known as State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia ) had established a far reaching program of group therapy with the goal of having all inmates involved.

Prior to closing the online store, he released all songs from World Domination and Crush Television ( plus some songs from Underground Archives ) for free download.

Prior to its closing on April 1, 2011, it was the last remaining island prison in the country.

Prior to the album's release, the song Something Special would be chosen to become the closing title music for the 1987 MGM production Overboard starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and the piano bridge from the song " Dixie Flyer " would subsequently often be utilized as break or filler music on public radio and public television.

Prior to closing, Casa Alianza Guatemala was the largest service provider to homeless youth in Guatemala, serving nearly 150 children each night in its residential program and having one of the region's strongest legal support programs for disenfranchised youth.

Prior to closing in 1994 it claimed to be the longest continually-manned military installation in the United States.

Prior to Ezra, the mitzvah of Torah reading was based on the Biblical commandment of Hakhel ( Deuteronomy 31: 10 – 13 ), by which once every 7 years the entire people was to be gathered, " men, women and children ," and hear much of Deuteronomy, the final volume of the Pentateuch, read to them ( see the closing chapters of the Talmudic Tractate Sotah ).

Prior to that, the high school was located in a smaller building on Chancellor Street in Newtown ; a building that later became Chancellor Street Elementary school before closing in 2002.

Prior to this album, Jane Monheit's closing song in her concerts had usually been " Over the Rainbow ".

Prior to the company's closing in October 1998, they were working on Golgotha, a hybrid of first-person shooter and real-time strategy.

Prior to its closing, Vegas World featured the world's largest mural.

Prior to closing on Ruff's purchase, Congressman Reilly had crucial discharge pipes removed and sold for their value as scrap steel, so there was no practical way to lower the level of water behind the dam should repairs be indicated.

Prior to its closing in 2010, Olney was the home of Cardinal Dougherty High School which was once the largest Roman Catholic high school in the United States.

Prior to its closing, Tyndale was held afloat financially by Regent University for a short time, beginning in 2003.

Prior to the closing, there had been a partial merging of the newspaper staff with the Star.

Prior to 1960, in order to provide matching for the minimum ( base ) allotment, State funds had to equal 1954 State funds.

Prior to being a home for the USAFE, the base was operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Prior to the merger, America West operated two hubs: its base location at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona and a secondary hub ( now defunct ) at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Prior to this, the top rack had to be ring-shaped, to allow impeller water from the base of the unit to reach the top of the chamber unimpeded, and then fall back down onto the dishes from above.

Prior to the start of the 1965 season, the club moved to a new training, administration and home game base at Moorabbin Oval in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Prior to the Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) reorganization, Radcliff ’ s population reflected the transient nature of military officers who worked on the base.

Prior to moving the base to Lahr, Germany, there were ceremonies in these towns and in Longuyon, France ( Permanent Married Quarters ), where the Canadians left three small ' thunderbird ' totem poles.

Prior to its redevelopment, the land of Gateway Gardens housed residences of families stationed at a U. S. military base.

Ball four was a wild pitch from Prior, which allowed Pierre to advance to third base.

Prior to the onset of the summer monsoon, Peers set up blocking positions from the 4th's base camp at Jackson Hole, west of Pleiku, and launched Operation Francis Marion on 17 May.

Prior to that season, students had performed their own research for each event, and test writers did not have to base their questions on material USAD published.

Prior to the Second World War the British had built a large airfield to house a permanent RAF base, RAF China Bay and a fuel storage and support facilities for the Royal Navy and HMS Highflyer naval base based there.

Prior to Young's arrival on the forward base called Hancock Station, Honor had become romantically entangled with his former executive officer stationed there as engineering staff and whom Young blamed in part for troubles he'd experienced after trying to stick it to Honor in the first book.

Columb Barracks was a major military base in the county housing the 4th Field Artillery Regiment and the HQ of the 54 Reserve Field Artillery Regiment ( Army Reserve ) formally the FCA ( 9 FAR ). Because of a Government Decision Columb Barracks is to be closed on the 30th March 2012 and the 4FAR is to be moved to Custume Barracks Athlone and the location of the 54 Reserve Artillery Regiments HQ Battery and No 3 Gun Battery is unclear. This is the last Artillery Barracks in the Republic of Ireland and the largest barracks in the Irish Midlands. Prior to World War I Wellington ( Columb ) Barracks was the second largest recruiting barracks in the United Kingdom. On 28th March the 4 Field Artillery Regiment and members of the 54 Reserve Artillery Regiment marched out of Columb Barracks for the last time as the Gate was locked by the Barrack Accountant CQMS Eamonn O ' Reilly.

Prior to 2005, JAG Corps personnel primarily worked in one of three offices: Navy Legal Service Offices providing defense and legal assistance to eligible personnel ; Trial Service Offices providing courts-martial prosecution, court reporting and administrative trial support ; and Staff Judge Advocates providing legal advice to U. S. naval base commanders.

Prior to the collapse of Soviet Union, most MIPT graduates continued research at their base institutes or found jobs in OKBs.

Prior to Steam, Valve had problems releasing updates for their online games, such as Counter-Strike, wherein a patch would result in the disconnection of the larger part of the online user base for several days.

Prior to its most recent closure in the fall of 2010, the resort boasted several chairlifts, including one high-speed detachable quad, as well as a hotel, condominiums and a large base lodge.

Prior to throwing a pitch, the pitcher has the option of taking one step back toward second base or to either side, using his free leg ( left leg for a right-handed pitcher ).

Prior to the transfer of the treaty ports in 1938, Cork Harbour was an important base for the British Royal Navy.

Prior to the relocation to Tallaght, the club's support base had been reduced to a hardcore group of over a thousand people.

Prior to 2005 the houses formed a straight line along the base of the hill.

Prior to American entry into the Second World War, the governments of the United Kingdom and the USA led by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt came to an agreement exchanging a number of obsolete ex-US Naval destroyers for 99-year base rights in a number of British Empire West Indian territories.