Before the 2008 elections in Bavaria, the CSU perennially achieved absolute majorities at the state level by itself.

* Before the 2008 season, the temporary luxury boxes installed for the 1999 All-Star Game were removed and permanent ones were added to the State Street Pavilion level.

Before the 2008 season, Fenway Park's capacity was increased to 37, 373, where it remains following additional renovations for the 2009 season, making its total capacity the fourth smallest, ahead of Marlins Park, the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, and Tropicana Field.

Before the end of 2008, Jeepster would also release another Belle & Sebastian compilation, The BBC Sessions, collecting the tracks that the band had recorded for the BBC in 1996, which included rarities and unreleased songs, together with live recordings from Belfast.

Tom Moon, former music critic at the Philadelphia Inquirer, included " Forever Changes " in his 2008 book " 1000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die.

Before the 2008 presidential election he said, " On social issues, I lean Libertarian, minus the crazy stuff ," but said in December 2011 that if he were president he would do whatever Bill Clinton advised him to do because that " would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground.

Before season 2008, the Archer-Hird Medal was created honouring Hird and former North Melbourne Football Club star Glenn Archer.

Before the album's release, on 9 September 2008, Marillion achieved a world first by pre-releasing their own album via P2P networks themselves.

Before the economic crisis of late 2008, the MoMA ’ s board of trustees decided to sell its equities in order to move into an all-cash position.

Before its outright purchase by Nokia in December 2008, Symbian Ltd. was owned by Nokia ( 56. 3 %), Ericsson ( 15. 6 %), Sony Ericsson ( 13. 1 %), Matsushita ( 10. 5 %), and Samsung ( 4. 5 %).

Before the 2008 season, when Super League established a franchising system and ended automatic promotion and relegation in Super League, the National Leagues also used this system to determine the team that earned promotion to Super League.

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Before the 2008 recession it was predicted that the coming of the East London line to Crystal Palace station would make the area more attractive for property purchasers and business owners.

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* Naked Before the World: A Lovely Pornographic Love Story-( 2008 )

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This was followed on April 30, 2008, by an appearance on American Idol when he sang " Pretty Amazing Grace " from his album Home Before Dark.

Home Before Dark was released May 6, 2008.

On May 18, 2008, " Home Before Dark " also entered the UK charts at No. 1, his second British No. 1 album, after hitting the summit in 1992 with a compilation album.

Before 2008, the likelihood of consolidation was low.

Before the start of the 2008 season, the team's prospects improved dramatically.

* Essays on Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Before Sunrise, edited by James Luchte, London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2008.

He confirmed on TRL on September 10, 2008 that his fourth studio album, Before I Self Destruct, will be " done and released in November ".

It received a number 83 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and inclusion in both the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ( 2005 ) and 1, 000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die ( 2008 ).

Before she started running, she played football.

Before becoming a sprinter, Morrow played football for San Benito High School.

Before closing, the school sent its 9-man football team to the Minnesota State Finals twice in the 1980s.

Before moving to the stadium, Manchester City spent in excess of £ 30 million to convert it to football use.

Before more modern football stadiums were built in the United States, many baseball parks, including Fenway Park, the Polo Grounds, Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, Tiger Stadium, Griffith Stadium, Milwaukee County Stadium, Shibe Park, Forbes Field, Yankee Stadium, and Sportsman's Park were used by the National Football League or the American Football League.

Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game.

Before graduating in 1886, he played football for his college, took a first-class degree in Classics, and was one of the rare Liberal presidents of the Oxford Union, becoming known as a good speaker.

Before the 1912 season, Peggy Parratt, an early football star with the Massillon Tigers, Franklin Athletic Club and the Shelby Blues, joined the Indians.

Before it morphed into a swing, Dixieland and bluegrass standard, " The Washington and Lee Swing " was one of the most well known — and widely borrowed — football marches ever written, according to Robert Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America.

Before arriving at Alabama, Bryant was head football coach at the University of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, and Texas A & M University.

Before joining the Australian club, he made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League over an 18-year career, and represented England in international football.

Before 1992 they were members of the English football pyramid, peaking with the Northern Premier League title in 1982 and being FA Trophy runners-up in 1984.

Before moving into motorsport, multitalented Sainz played football and squash.

Before playing cricket professionally, Gatting used to play football for Watford reserves.

Before he was a professional wrestler, Goldberg was a football player.

Before Swansea Town was established, children would play football on waste ground in which a plant, called " vetch " ( a type of legume – not a cabbage as popularly misbelieved in most of south Wales ) was grown.

Before a school football game, Sam confronts Austin about his cowardice and lies.

Before the final play of the game, he sees Sam making her way out of the stands, and finally faces up to his father that he wants to attend Princeton rather than simply play football all his life.

Before Brown, football was seen as a chaotic affair where winning was a product mostly of physical prowess.

Before the introduction of overtime to college football, nine ties were logged in the series.

Before emigrating, Malcolm and brother Angus were keen football fans of the Glasgow-based Rangers Football Club and remain so to this day.

Before returning to football management with Luton Town, Kinnear was a front runner to replace Martin O ' Neill at Leicester City,

Before he focused on ice hockey he had also played football.

" Before leaving for college football he coached with the Seattle Seahawks as cornerbacks coach.

Before the breaking of the £ 20 wage-cap by Johnny Haynes, many British football players received ciphered boot money, by fans paying for entrance but not being counted in an official match attendance.