Prior to satellite geodesy era, the coordinate systems associated with a geodetic datum attempted to be geocentric, but their origins differed from the geocentre by hundreds of metres, due to regional deviations in the direction of the plumbline ( vertical ).

Prior to its dissolution Air Midwest, a regional airline, was based in Wichita.

Prior to 1992, Fairmont had been home to a major regional frozen food canning operation.

Prior to the 19th century, Singapore was a minor part of various regional empires, including Srivijaya, Majapahit, Malacca and Johor.

Prior to the Koine period, Greek of the classic and earlier periods included several regional dialects.

Prior to the 2007 elections, the Party had only ever elected one councillor at local level: in May 1990, Roger ( aka Rory ) Winter, representing the Highland Green Party ( Uainich na Gàidhealtachd ), was elected in Nairn as Scotland's first Green regional councillor to the then Highland Regional Council.

Prior to Chandragupta's consolidation of power, small regional kingdoms dominated the northwestern subcontinent, while the Nanda Dynasty dominated the middle and lower basin of the Ganges.

Prior to the U. S. invasion in April 2003, Al-Numan was the Baath Party's regional command chair, responsible for West Baghdad.

Prior and during the early days of the Greek War of Independence ( 1821 – 1829 ), a large variety of flags was designed, proposed and used by various Greek intellectuals in Western Europe, local leaders, chieftains and regional councils.

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 the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football ( CONCACAF ) being formed in 1961, association football in the region was divided into smaller, regional divisions.

Prior to the destruction of Alderaan and the Battle of Yavin, Palpatine ordered the Senate to be permanently dissolved, transferring powers to regional governors.

Prior to the 1997 municipal elections, the regional chairman was elected to the position from within the regional council — in that year, the position became generally elected by all voters in the regional municipality.

Prior to the 1968 contract round, smaller regional stations sought an affiliation with one of the four major ITV companies, who would provide the bulk of their programming.

Prior to 1973, four regional bowl games were played in order to provide postseason action for what was then called the NCAA College Division and a poll determined the final champion.

Prior to its dissolution, regional airline Air L. A. was headquartered in Westchester.

Prior to that, he had won the Mexican and regional NABF welterweight titles.

Prior to 1996, seeding was conducted on a regional basis.

Prior to 1999, the pairings for the CWS were not determined until after the completion of the regional tournaments.

Prior to the Uri Party's devastating defeat in regional elections held on May 31, 2006, Chung apologized for the party's " self-righteous attitude and inadequacy ".

Prior to its launch on 17 January 1983, BBC regional radio broadcasting for Cornwall amounted to the breakfast show ' Morning Sou ' West ' on the AM frequencies of Radio 4 in Devon and Cornwall.

Prior to this, Lagos Municipality had been administered by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs as the regional authority, while the Lagos City Council ( LCC ) governed the City of Lagos.

Prior to that season, teams qualified to the Serie A ( then known as the Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol ) through their performance in one of two regional leagues.

Prior to the Victorian era, courtesans were sometimes limited in their apparel by various sumptuary laws and were restricted in where they could appear at social functions.

| 5 | Prior to the Turkish era, the long medieval period had seen a cultural renaissance under the rule of native Berbers, already Arabized.

Prior to the Hellenic era, two civilizations had existed within the region, the Minoan and the Mycenaean.

Prior to the Meiji era, Japanese did not have its own shorthand ( the kanji did have their own abbreviated forms borrowed alongside them from China ).

Prior to the television era, radio-news broadcasts often mixed news with opinion and each presenter strove for a distinctive style.

Prior to the Meiji period, era names were decided by court officials and were subjected to frequent change.

Prior to the global conservation era, there was the coming of the age of conservation.

Prior to the Interstate era, US 181 traveled into Downtown San Antonio along Presa St. to an intersection with its parent route, US 81, which then ran along Alamo St.

Prior to Mokranjac's era, Serbia's representatives of the romantic period were world-renowned violinist Dragomir Krancevic ( 1847 – 1929 ), pianist Sidonija Ilic, Pianist and composer Jovanka Stojkovic and opera singer Sofija Sedmakov who achieved success performing in opera houses of Germany in the 1890s.

Prior to Marr the programme had a number of regular secondary presenters including Ken Sykora, Kenneth Robinson ( who began in 1971 during the Baker era ), Rosie Boycott, Catherine Bennett and Lisa Jardine.

Prior to the industrial era, the river contained many anadromous fish, in particular the Atlantic salmon.

Prior to the Formula Nippon, during the 1. 6 l 1967-1971 era, a Formula 2 series championship existed in Japan.

Prior to the era of the CIAW / AIAW, the DGWS also crowned an individual collegiate golf national champion from 1941 – 1965.

Prior to World War II, The Journal, as with many American newspapers of the era, praised Europe's dictators.

Prior to the Interstate era, it extended nearly 300 miles ( 483 km ) farther west to an intersection with US 80 ( now Interstate 20 ) before Interstate 10 supplanted it.

Prior to the inaugural Major League Soccer ( MLS ) draft in February 1996, the league allocated high profile players throughout the league ’ s ten teams ( except for the Dallas Burn, which alone amongst all MLS sides never received a US National Team allocation from the 1994 World Cup era ).

Prior to the Holocene era sea levels were considerably lower, such that the water width separating the mainland was much less.

Prior to the reform era, children over the age of seven were imprisoned with adults.

Prior to the rock era, which brought high-powered entertainment lawyers into the music industry, business was often conducted casually, sometimes on a handshake.

Prior to the Victorian era, when Clevedon became a popular seaside town, it had been an agricultural village.

Prior to the Spanish Mission era, native Huchiun and Jalquin tribes of Ohlone Indians populated the general area.

Prior to joining the FCC, Mr. Shapiro was Director of New Business Development with Sony Corporation of America responsible for identifying new opportunities for Sony ’ s Television Business Group in the emerging digital era.

Prior to the Dust Bowl era, agriculture in this section of the state had relied upon sources such as Boulder Creek, St. Vrain Creek, Little Thompson River, Big Thompson River and the Cache La Poudre River, all of which are a part of the South Platte River basin and flow into the South Platte River before the South Platte reaches Greeley, Colorado.