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

Prior to that he was associated with Long Island University in Brooklyn.

With the Prior Analytics, Aristotle is credited with the earliest study of formal logic, and his conception of it was the dominant form of Western logic until 19th century advances in mathematical logic.

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

Prior to his death, according to the Book of Jubilees, Amram was among those who went to Egypt and recovered the bones of the sons of his grandfather and great uncles ( excluding those of Joseph which had already been brought to Canaan ), so that they could be reburied in the cave of Machpelah.

Prior to the First Buddhist Council, it was proposed that Ananda not be permitted to attend on the grounds that he was not yet an arahant.

Prior to the 1950s, Alberta was a primarily agricultural economy, based on the export of wheat, beef, and a few other commodities.

Prior to creating the Asterix series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in the Tintin magazine.

Prior to the Revolution, New Englanders consumed large quantities of rum and beer, as maritime trade provided them relatively easy access to the goods needed to produce these items: Rum was the distilled spirit of choice, as the main ingredient, molasses, was readily available from trade with the West Indies.

Prior to the emergence of the term Mizrahi, the term " Arab Jews " was sometimes used to describe Jews of the Arab world.

Prior to this definition, it was used by Persian-speakers ( and others influenced by Persian ) to denote the Pashtun people.

Prior to the tunnel being built, the LIRR's western terminus was Atlantic Street at Clinton Street.

Prior to burial in the Panthéon, the body of Victor Hugo was exposed under the Arc during the night of 22 May 1885.

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 1991 the law was stricter, when changes more clearly defined which businesses were exempt such as pharmacies, hospitals, and restaurants.

Prior to the release of the VHS Volumes, a laserdisc titled Beavis and Butt-Head: The Essential Collection was issued in 1994, containing sixteen episodes from the second and third seasons.

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 1931, as soon as the first necessary run to win the game scored, the play was over, and the batter was credited only with the number of bases needed to drive in the winning run.

Prior to the South African tour, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and a planned tour of Germany in the fall of 1980 was canceled.

Prior to the 1963 Act, it was chaired by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Prior to that, Memphis was served by two primary electric companies, which were merged into the Memphis Power Company.

* Auditor conflicts of interest: Prior to SOX, auditing firms, the primary financial " watchdogs " for investors, were self-regulated.

Prior to Aeneas ' arrival in Italy, Turnus was the primary potential suitor of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, King of the Latin people.

Prior to 1917, the city's primary channel of transportation was the Green River.

Prior to the second half of the nineteenth century, whale oil was the primary source of fuel for lighting in the United States.

Prior to 1980, Erskine's primary function was as a service community for the local agricultural community.

Prior to Clover's founding, Bethany and Bethel, communities located a few miles west and east, respectively, were primary population centers in northern York District, with well-established Presbyterian churches, post offices and stores.

Prior to 2003, it was known as the Primary Schools Mathematics Competition and was targeted at primary schools.

The Coverdale Building, Prior Pursglove College The town is well served with primary schools, namely Belmont, Galley Hill, Highcliffe, St. Paulinus ( R. C.

Prior to 1910 primary education was provided by the church schools.

Prior to this method, the most popular recording method was 3-Strip Technicolor, which simultaneously used 3 individual film magazines to record the primary colors.

Prior to the 2003 war, Umm Qasr had 13 primary schools ( four for boys, four for girls, and five coeducational ), two intermediate schools for boys, and five secondary schools ( two for boys, one night school for boys, and two for girls ).

Prior to the advent of factory farming with its use of " zero-grazing " feeding techniques, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses.

Prior to the New Hampshire primary, the so-called " Canuck letter " was published in the Manchester Union-Leader.

Prior to the 19th century, rock was classified into three main types: primary or primitive ( igneous and metamorphic rock ), secondary ( sedimentary rock ) and tertiary ( sediments ).

Prior to the establishment of Pudong International Airport, Hongqiao International Airport was the primary airport of Shanghai.

Prior to the establishment of the National Open Source Enterprise, the Foreign Broadcast Information Service ( FBIS ), established in 1941, was the government's primary open-source unit, transcribing and translating foreign broadcasts.

Prior to that the brand served as a primary sponsor for Ricky Rudd's # 88 Robert Yates Racing Ford as well as an associate sponsor for the team's # 38 car driven first by Elliott Sadler and then by David Gilliland, and an associate sponsor for the MB2 Motorsports # 36 Pontiac driven by Derrike Cope, Ernie Irvan, Ken Schrader, and others.

Prior to that, she was the first ever woman to be Controller of BBC One, the primary television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Prior to the war, Khorramshahr had grown extensively to become Iran's primary non-oil port city, and home to some of the most sprawling neighborhoods in Iran.

Prior to the see of Constantinople's elevation to the dignity of Patriarch by the Second Ecumenical Council in 381, the primary jurisdiction in Asia Minor was the Patriarchate of Antioch.

Prior to the founding of the United States ' first law schools, the primary means for a legal education was apprenticeship.

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, their primary military rival were the Apache and Yavapai, who raided their villages at times due to competition for resources, although they also established friendly relations with the Apache.

Prior to the primary, Ferrer was endorsed by New York state attorney general Eliot Spitzer, Carl McCall, Geraldine Ferraro, Sheldon Silver, the Transport Workers Union, current Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrión, Jr. and Ruth Messinger.