Events during the preceding week foreshadowed the announcement. The Postclassic Period was marked by changes from the preceding Classic Period. The quality of execution is often lower than in preceding and later periods. Preliminary design work occurred before extensive operation of the preceding three. Each age has less of a moral value than the preceding. Unstressed may represent that a preceding or following or is 'soft' (). Half of the taxes over the preceding year were still not received. Various sources deal with some of the entries in the preceding sections differently. Farmers were still recovering from damage incurred by Hurricane Irma during the preceding year. They often address different concerns to those of the preceding epistles. Distribution is a decline in price with higher volume than the preceding session. Landis and Hamilton repeated allegations made over the preceding years. The country was prosperous despite the plundering experienced in preceding centuries. The "Cleveland"-class was a development of the preceding . I, aside from being larger than any of the preceding variants.