Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.

Before the fight was over, the Harlem boy had a concussion and Trig was cut up badly.

Before he left the apartment he knocked on their door and asked if there was anything he could do for them.

Before he left town Pat saw to it that I was fixed up with a job.

Before the airplanes came, he said, travel in Laos was just about impossible.

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

Before he was forty Griffith had created the art of the film.

Before appealing to the U.N. or to Russia, he first appealed to the U.S. for military help, and was rejected.

Before her chore was finished she was rescuing wind-blown sheets of music, trundling microphones about the stage, helping to move the piano and otherwise joining in the informal atmosphere.

Before ASCII was developed, the encodings in use included 26 alphabetic characters, 10 numerical digits, and from 11 to 25 special graphic symbols.

Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term " ocean " itself was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that we now know as the Atlantic.

Before he could pass the river with safety, however, it was necessary to subdue certain fortresses, one of which was for several days vigorously defended by the governor, Yussuf el-Harezmi, a Khwarezmian.

Before the 1989 series began, the win-loss ratio was almost even, with 87 wins for Australia to England's 86, 74 having been drawn.

Before the late modern era, the abbot was treated with the utmost reverence by the brethren of his house.

Before the creation of the world, God was all by Himself, in a Self-absorbed state.

Before the Tennessee electorate voted on secession, Johnson, at his peril, toured the state, speaking in opposition to the measure, contending it was unconstitutional.

Before his death, he was absolved from the excommunication ; moreover, the Pope also promised that the King of Hungary and his relatives would not be excommunicated without the special permission of the Pope.

Before the 2007 season began, Vick was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after pleading guilty to charges involving dog fighting in the state of Virginia.

Before the War, Paul was a creative, sensitive, and passionate person, writing poems and having a clear love for his family.

Before the war Tjaden was a locksmith.

Anne Shirley also appears in Budge Wilson's Before Green Gables, an authorized prequel to Anne of Green Gables supported by the heirs of L. M.

It was the people as the sovereign who authorized drafting those first constitutions that gave them their legitimacy, not whether they used procedures that matched what was later understood to be necessary to create fundamental law .”< ref > Fritz, American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition Before the Civil War ( Cambridge University Press, 2008 ) at p. 33 978-0-521-88188-3 For more on the role of the requirement of complying with specific procedures and processes, see Christian G. Fritz, " America ’ s Unknown Constitutional World ," Bonus Article, Common-Place, Vol.

Before the entry into force of that Code, it was an almost universal custom to confer all four minor orders at one time, since the bishop was authorized to dispense from the rule that each order had to be exercised for some time before reception of the next highest order.

Before sending data, a transmitting device checks that the receiver is authorized to receive it.

Before the existence of the Apple Store, Apple sold computers through authorized resellers, either brick and mortar or mail order.

Before leaving office, President George W. Bush authorized SAD's successful killing of eight senior al-Qaeda operatives via targeted air strikes.

Before resigning he formally convened the already existing Council of Constance and authorized it to elect his successor.

Before a medical school is considered for listing in IMED, the authorized agency of the government in the country where the school is located must write to FAIMER to provide the following information.

Before Exterminator could begin his third season, Milam sold him to Willis Sharpe Kilmer for $ 9, 000 and a pair of fillies, quite a bit of money for the times ... especially as Kilmer had only authorized his future U. S. Hall of Fame trainer, Henry McDaniel, to pay about $ 700 for a " workhorse.

Before the payer's banker will allow the transaction to take place, the payer must have advised the bank that he or she has authorized the payee to directly draw the funds.

Before its adoption as Australia's national anthem, Advance Australia Fair saw considerable use elsewhere.

Before the Test series started he scored consecutive centuries against Tasmania and Australia A these were his first in two years.

Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, MPs tended to have historical liberal or conservative beliefs.

Before the end of the year, Psyche had been back to Poland, played as part of the Endless Danse Macabre Festivals in the Netherlands, and Belgium as well as played for the first time ever in Australia.

Before World War I, the title was used only in federated colonies in which each of the previously constituent colonies of these federated colonies already had a Governor, namely Canada, Australia, and the Union of South Africa.

Before entering state politics, Gallop worked as a tutor and lecturer at both Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia, and was a City Councillor at Fremantle from 1983 to 1986.

Before motor transport became common, the Australian wool industry was heavily dependent on itinerant shearers who carried their swags from farm to farm ( called properties or " stations " in Australia ), but would not in general have taken kindly to being called " swagmen ".

Before the arrival of Europeans, the malleefowl was found over huge swathes of Australia.

Before European colonisation of Australia, there were two species.

Before his other two brigades could arrive from England and Australia, Wynter became seriously ill. Blamey decided to send him home and appointed Morshead to command the 9th Division on 29 January 1941.

Before European settlement of Australia, there were about 53 species of Macropods.

Before her appointment to the UN, she had been British High Commissioner to Australia.

Before the 1950s, the department store held an eminent place in both Canada and Australia, during both the Great Depression and World War II.

Before 1949, there were five main department stores in Hong Kong and Shanghai: In Hong Kong: Lane Crawford-In 1850 founded by Thomas Ash Lane and Ninian Crawford, opened in Des Voeux Road Hong Kong ; Wing On-In 1907 Kwok's family returned to Hong Kong from Australia with accumulated savings and founded the Wing On Company ; Sincere-Founded by Ma Ying Piu in 1900 after returning from Australia and partnership with others to form the first Chinese department store in then British Hong Kong.

* Elizabeth Kwan Living in South Australia: A Social History Volume 1: From Before 1836 to 1914 ( 1987 )

Ten's current Australian programming lineup consists of television shows including: Ready Steady Cook, The Biggest Loser, Bondi Rescue, Before the Game, Good Chef Bad Chef, It's a Knockout, Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield, Talkin ' ' Bout Your Generation, Don't Tell the Bride, Recruits, Recruits: Paramedics, MasterChef Australia, Bondi Vet, Huey's Kitchen, I Will Survive, Puberty Blues, The Living Room, ifish, Can of Worms, Offspring, and Young Talent Time.

Before leaving England, Stirling had studied the available charts of the west coast of Australia and had concluded that the Swan was a possible site for a harbour and settlement and had hoped to be the first European to explore and chart it.

Before that he held academic posts in the UK and Australia and the Sir John Lubbock chair in Banking Law at QMW, being a professor of Law at Queen Mary and Westfield College from 1986-91.

Before the 2005 Ashes series he predicted a 5-0 whitewash for Australia, and even said that if England won the Ashes he would return to Australia by boat, but England prevailed 2-1.

Before 1996, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia all had different laws, in Queensland long guns were not registered ; however, the owners of firearms were required to be licenced from 1988, and licences were only introduced for long guns in Tasmania in 1991.

Before she was 18, her mother had been killed by whalers, her first fiance had died while saving her from abduction, and in 1828, her two sisters, Lowhenunhue and Maggerleede, had been abducted and taken to Kangaroo Island, off South Australia and sold as slaves.