Before 1997, it was the duty of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.

* 1997 – Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.

Before 1997, POSIX comprised several standards:

Before the 1997 war, about 15, 000 Europeans and other non-Africans lived in Congo, most of whom were French.

Before the 1997 civil war, the Republic of the Congo's system of government was similar to that of the French.

Before the institution of interleague play in 1997, the two teams would have little opportunity to play each other.

Before 1997, the incoming Labour Government promised to reduce the number and power of NDPBs.

Before 1997, most organisations affiliated to the CWI sought to build an entrist Marxist wing within the large social democratic parties.

:: Example: Before 1997, the IDEA was silent on the subject of private school reimbursement, but courts had granted such reimbursement as “ appropriate ” relief under principles of equity pursuant to 20 U. S. C.

Before 2011 it held the same position in the administrative hierarchy, according to Law 2539 of 1997, the Kapodistrias Plan, except that Ithomi was an independent municipality and Ancient Messene was a local division ( topiko diamerisma ) within it.

Before the construction of the Betuweroute Highspeed Railway, thorough soil research was performed in 1997.

Other films have included the science fiction feature Gattaca ( 1997 ), the title role in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet ( 2000 ), the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13 ( 2005 ), and the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ( 2007 ).

Before long, OpenDoc was scrapped, with Steve Jobs noting that they " put a bullet through head ", and most of the team was laid off in March 1997.

Before long, OpenDoc was scrapped, with Steve Jobs ( who had been at NexT Computer during this development ) noting that they " put a bullet through head ", and most of the team was laid off in a big reduction in force in March 1997.

Before serving as president, Khatami had been a representative in the parliament from 1980 to 1982, supervisor of the Kayhan Institute, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance ( 1982 – 1986 ), and then for a second term from 1989 to May 24, 1992 ( when he resigned ), the head of the National Library of Iran from 1992 to 1997, and a member of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution.

* Released split single of the Rolling Stones song " Before They Make Me Run " with the Supersuckers ( 1997 ).

Before the addition of a score bug in 1997, the only graphic that utilized this was the on-screen text, which was italicized and underlined in red.

Before the stadium was opened in 1997, the club was based at the Victoria Ground, which had been their home ground since 1878.

* Come Before Christ and Murder Love ( Serpent's Tail, London 1997 ).

Before 1997, the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) was considered the only major MMA organization in the world and featured many fewer rules than are used in modern MMA.

Before 1997, the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( UFC ) was considered the only major MMA organization in the world and featured much fewer rules then are used in modern MMA.

In August 1997 the Central People's Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea promulgated regulations regarding use of the Juche Era calendar, according to which for dates occurring before 1912 the Gregorian calendar year is used exclusively, so that there is no " negative " Juche year, or " Before Juche " concept.

Before 1997, the team competition was structured differently.

American punk band Guttermouth covered " Happy Loving Couples " on the 1997 new wave tribute album Before You Were Punk.

Before the contestants are introduced ( and at the half-way point of a two-hour special ), Rogan utters a verbal disclaimer.

Before each bout, the wrestlers pour olive oil over their entire bodies, and the matches take place in an open, grassy field, with the contestants naked except for trousers made of leather, which extend to just above the knee.

Before the game began, the two contestants picked two out of a group of four celebrities to play on their team.

Before the game actually starts, two studio contestants are introduced, as well as three " street savants ", whose interviews were pre-recorded.

Before publishing the novel in North America, Reilly rewrote most of the novel, placing the contest in the New York Library, rather than a fictitious library, and added descriptions of and encounters with the other contestants to improve his story.

Before this could happen, contestants must make a bid as to how much money they are willing to risk for every question they get correct.

Before merging them into a common profile it is well to remember that their separate careers were extraordinary.

Before being daughter, wife, or mother, before being cultured ( a word now bereft both socially and politically of the sheen you children of frontiersmen bestowed on it ), before being sorry for the poor, progressive about public health, and prettily if somewhat imprecisely humanitarian, indeed first and foremost, you were a lady.

Before that we lumber dealers were working almost single-handed on the problem ''.

Before WWII British ' social anthropology ' and American ' cultural anthropology ' were still distinct traditions.

Before this, many of its families were assigned to the old order Liliales: a very large order containing almost all monocots with colourful tepals and without starch in their endosperm.

Before that time, at the peak of the last ice age ( c. 16, 000 BC ) sea levels everywhere were 130 metres lower, and there were large well-watered coastal plains instead of much of the northern Aegean.

Before the 20th century, most manufactured products were made individually by hand.

Before the mention of Alemanni in the time of Caracalla, you would search in vain for Alemanni in the moderately detailed geography of southern Germany in Claudius Ptolemy, written in Greek in the mid-2nd century ; it is likely that at that time, the people who later used that name were known by other designations.

Before the early 20th century, treatments for infections were based primarily on medicinal folklore.

Before Caesar's time they had attached themselves to the Romans, and were honoured with the title of brothers and kinsmen of the Roman people.

Before the arrival of the British, Rajputs, Jats, the Kathats, Cheetas and Rawat Rajputs were land-holders, as well as cultivators.

Before the Second World War, air shows were associated with long distance air races, often lasting many days and covering thousands of miles.

Before the 19th century, tattoos and piercings were very common among the Aleut people, especially among women.

Before the invention of electronic amplifiers, mechanically coupled carbon microphones were also used as amplifiers in telephone repeaters for long distance service.

Before that time, all sacrifices were counted as sacrifice hits ( SH ), which included both sacrifice flies and bunts.

Before the adoption of carbon fibre composite, racquets were made of light metals such as aluminium.

Before that, and in some places thereafter, bikes were known primarily as velocipedes .< ref >

Before the mid-1960s, computers were extremely expensive and used only for special-purpose tasks.

Before this time bricks were generally made close to their point of intended use.

Before this discovery, it is widely believed that bricks appeared about 3000 years ago in the Western Zhou dynasty since the earliest bricks were found in Western Zhou ruins.

Before Broadway became one-way, the main bus routes along it were the New York City Omnibus Company's ( NYCO ) 6 ( Broadway below Times Square ), 7 ( Broadway and Columbus Avenue ), and 11 ( Ninth and Amsterdam Avenues ), and the Surface Transportation Corporation's M100 ( Kingsbridge ) and M104 ( Broadway Branch ).

Before the rise of the mendicant orders ( wandering friars ) in the thirteenth century, the daily services were usually contained in a number of large volumes.

Before the advent of printing, breviaries were written by hand and were often richly decorated with initials and miniature illustrations telling stories in the lives of Christ or the saints, or stories from the Bible.