Prior to 1962, in addition to comics published through Dell, Western published some comics under its own name, particularly giveaways such as March of Comics and the annual kite safety title ( which featured an array of licensed characters ) published over a span of 32 years for power utility companies.

Prior to 2009, the requirement was for six concerts in addition to the Last Night when purchasing a ticket in advance.

Prior to World War II, the British Air Ministry had identified Germany's heavily industrialised Ruhr Valley, and especially its dams, as important strategic targets: in addition to providing hydro-electric power and pure water for steel-making, they also supplied drinking water and water for the canal transport system.

Prior to this, according to Robert Plot, it was performed on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Twelfth Day, in addition to the local Wakes Monday-though upon its revival in 1660 it was confined to the latter alone.

Prior to his election to Parliament and in addition to State Secretary, Beattie was a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and secretary of the Railway Stationmasters ' Union.

Prior to the run, the Skins were 5 – 7 and, in addition to suffering through the Taylor tragedy, the team had lost starting OG Randy Thomas, OT Jon Jansen, CB Carlos Rogers, OLB Rocky McIntosh, and QB Jason Campbell to injury.

Prior to 2004, the Director of Central Intelligence ( DCI ) was the head of the IC, in addition to being the director of the CIA.

Prior to the addition of other reagents, mercuric sulfate can be added to the sample to eliminate chloride interference.

Prior to the start of the 1948 – 49 season the league was expanded to 16 clubs, largely through the addition of the ' A ' teams of four London clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.

Prior to entering federal politics he was a provincial politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2005 and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves serving as the Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, Energy and Francophone Affairs in addition to being the Government's Chief Whip.

Prior to the addition of Mac to the show, she was the more " normal " character on the show.

Prior to the addition of a turntable at Waipara, the engine had a cowcatcher fitted to its tender ( a requirement for tender-first running )-this was removed in 2009.

Prior to this addition, alcohol was not permitted in the hall.

Prior to the late addition of Zack, Nojima had asked the staff to add details to some scenes so as to give clues about him, despite the fact that he did not reveal to the staff Zack's existence until later.

Prior to the 2012 – 13 season, Bayern Munich announced that capacity had been increased to 71, 000 for domestic matches and 68, 000 for UEFA matches, with the addition of 2, 000 seats in the upper tier of the arena.

Prior to being donated to the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, the station aired mostly syndicated shows from Fox Sports and ESPN Radio, in addition to the Dan Patrick Show and the Jim Rome Show.

Prior to the addition of the Forfeda to the original twenty letters, both and were probably symbolized by the same letter: Beith.

Prior to winning the Miss America title she had worked for the Christian Broadcasting Network in addition to her diabetes advocacy.

Prior to recording their demo, Carey had signed a contract that entitled Margulies to half the proceeds she made from any recordings involving his material, in addition to songwriting royalties.

Prior to the 1981 season, Greer underwent a number of renovations including the addition of over 1, 200 box seats and over 1, 000 new general admission seats.

Prior to making his England debut Skinner was required as a late addition to the England squad for the inaugural World Cup in 1987.

Prior to his religious conversion, after successfully performing in California clubs, Gibson's first record deal as a secular artist was with SOLAR Records in 1983 where he worked with both Stevie Wonder ( including being introduced by and performing " Ebony and Ivory " on stage with Wonder at a San Francisco Bay Area concert between 1983-1984 ) and Michael Jackson ( singing backup vocals on the song " So Shy " but not appearing in the video ), in addition to keyboardist Bill Wolfer.

Prior to the ballpark's opening, the station's ballpark entrance underwent a major expansion, with the relocation of the farecard mezzanine to street level, along with the addition of an extra escalator and elevator to handle the crowds.

Prior to the 2005 season, six new luxury boxes were added in addition to a state-of-the-art video board in right field.

Prior to touring, G. Elwyn left the band, followed shortly by Bernie Heveron.

Prior to that, in 1975, together with Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta and Bernie Wrightson, he was one of four comic book artists-turned-fine-illustrator / painters who formed a small artist ’ s loft commune in Manhattan known as The Studio, with the aim of pursuing creative products outside the constraints of comic book commercialism.

Prior to his election, he was a community development consultant and public official, serving, among other positions, as Director of Community and Economic Development in the administration of then-Mayor Bernie Sanders.

Prior to joining The Supremes, Greene sang with Ray Charles ' Raelettes and Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove, which paired her with Deniece Williams and Shirley Brewer.

Prior to the opening of the Hearnes Center, the Missouri basketball team played its home games at Brewer Fieldhouse, which was built in 1929 and has since been remodeled into a modern recreation center.

Prior to 1954 I imagine that a majority of Southerners would have voted against the Confederacy.

Prior to this, the monastery would be a mere priory, headed by a prior who acts as superior but without the same degree of legal authority that an abbot has.

Prior to the bridge, travellers and businessmen would use an inter-island ferry to commute between Fidalgo and Whidbey islands.

Prior to the 1906 separation, congregations would typically be named " Disciples of Christ ," " Christian Church ," and " Church of Christ.

Prior to the modern proliferation of environmental regulation, the doctrines of nuisance ( public or private ), trespass, negligence, and strict liability apportioned harm and assigned liability for activities that today would be considered pollution and likely governed by regulatory regimes.

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

: Prior to the 19th century, Otomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly ; and therefore, if that commonly-accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:

Prior to the late 18th century, diners who wished to " dine out " would visit their local guild member's kitchen and have their meal prepared for them.

Prior to the feast, Hengist enjoined his daughter to serve the guests plenty of wine and ale so that they would get very intoxicated.

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 that his mother tutored him and he had learned, virtually by heart, a book called the Child's Guide to Knowledge, a popular book of the day — even as an adult he would quote from it.

Prior to 2006, service departments would review older service records, service histories, and all available records to determine if a veteran authorized a retroactive Purple Heart.

Prior to arriving at Montreal, Saladin withdrew, realizing that if he met Nur ad-Din at Shaubak, he would be refused return to Egypt because of Nur ad-Din's reluctance to consolidate such massive territorial control to Saladin.

Prior to his graduation at the top of his class, Adorno was already swept up by the revolutionary mood of the time, as is evidenced by his reading of Georg Lukacs's The Theory of the Novel that year, as well as by his fascination with Ernst Bloch's The Spirit of Utopia, of which he would later write:

Prior to 2012, the two losers of the knock-out rounds would race for the Bronze Medal ; this change was instituted to encourage performance from all qualifying teams since all would have a chance to race for a medal depending on their performance.

Prior to vaccination with cowpox, the only known protection against smallpox was inoculation or variolation ( Variola-the Smallpox viruses ) where a small amount of live smallpox virus was administered to the patient ; this carried the serious risk that the patient would be killed or seriously ill.

Prior to Return to Flight, NASA Administrator Sean O ' Keefe declared that all future flights of the shuttle would go to the ISS, precluding the possibility of executing the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission which had been scheduled before the Columbia accident, despite the fact that millions of dollars worth of upgrade equipment for Hubble were ready and waiting in NASA warehouses.

Prior to the onset of ' no-fault ' statutes, a party would have to prove a ground, typically ' desertion ,' ' abandonment ,' ' cruelty ,' or ' adultery.

Prior to the wide availability of steel, rocks of iron pyrite would be used along with the flint, in a similar ( but more time-consuming ) way.

Prior to this time, lobster was considered a mark of poverty or as a food for indentured servants or lower members of society in Maine, Massachusetts and the Canadian Maritimes, and servants specified in employment agreements that they would not eat lobster more than twice per week.

Prior to Marx, economists noted that the problem with using the " quantity of labour " to establish the value of commodities was that the time spent by an unskilled worker would be longer than the time spent on the same commodity by a skilled worker.

Prior to the IEEE standard, programmers often used a special value ( such as − 99999999 ) to represent undefined or missing values, but there was no guarantee that they would be handled consistently or correctly.

Prior to highly mechanized container transfers, crews of 20-22 longshoremen would pack individual cargoes into the hold of a ship.