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 1941, commercially successful color processes used special cameras loaded with black-and-white separation stocks rather than color negative.

Before the war, trade reform and price liberalization were the most successful part of the country's structural adjustment program under IMF sponsorship.

Before came Orphée, later turned into one of his more successful films ; after came La Machine infernale, arguably his most fully realized work of art.

Other successful animated musicals included Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pocahontas from Disney proper, The Nightmare Before Christmas from Disney division Touchstone Pictures, The Prince of Egypt from DreamWorks, Anastasia from Fox and Don Bluth, and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut from Paramount.

Before appearing in television, Rayburn was a very successful actor and radio performer.

Before he left Oxford ( sometime in 1600 or 1601 ), he wrote and published three long poems in popular Elizabethan styles ; none appears to have been especially successful, and one, his book of satires, ran afoul of the Anglican Church's ban on verse satire and was burned.

Before and during World War II, Lucy had made several notable and successful guest appearances on several radio programs ; among them Jack Haley's radio show and bandleader Kay Kaiser's radio program.

Before the premiere of Yeomen, Sullivan had recently been lauded for the successful oratorio The Golden Legend and would produce his grand opera, Ivanhoe, only 15 months after Yeomen.

Before the Second World War, the city's most successful club was Slavija Osijek, which collapsed in 1941.

Before establishing himself as a successful writer and comic Monkhouse appeared on stage in London, first as Aladdin in a stage show of the same name written by SJ Perelman and Cole Porter.

Before Sunset, the Linklater-directed sequel to Before Sunrise which Hawke co-wrote with Linklater and Delpy, was more successful, with a contributor of The Hartford Courant reporting that the three collaborators keep Hawke and Delpy's characters " iridescent and fresh ", concluding that they are the most delightful and moving of all romantic movie couples.

Before the outbreak of the Rising of the North in 1569 he unsuccessfully urged James Pilkington, the bishop of Durham, to put the city in a state of defence, but he was more successful at Newcastle, which resisted the rebels.

Before the War, he lived in Germany as a successful, famous, German-language playwright, and became a Nazi propagandist.

Before that point, the Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball franchises, winning the first World Series and amassing five World Series titles.

Before becoming a successful musician, he worked at a seafood wholesaler and was a sous-chef at a restaurant named Ray's Boathouse.

Before university he spent a summer working for BHP Billiton in Newcastle, New South Wales, though he was not successful in gaining a university scholarship with the company.

Before the season started Brad Banister promised the fans the playoffs and they were successful in achieving this goal.

Before the First World War the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) was the largest party in Germany and the world's most successful socialist party.

Before Radiohead became successful, Selway studied Literature, Life and Thought ( English and History ) at Liverpool Polytechnic's CF Mott Campus near Prescot ( prior to it being renamed Liverpool John Moores University ).

Before the end of 1098 Dagobert set out for the east with a lawless Pisan fleet, which made successful raids on Byzantine owned islands and skirmished with the Byzantine navy, before going on to Syria.

Before the successful recall of Gray Davis, no California statewide official had ever been recalled, though there had been 117 previous attempts.

Before long Du Val became a successful highwayman who robbed the passing stagecoaches in the roads to London, especially Holloway between Highgate and Islington.

Before Run – D. M. C., Simmons was the lead vocalist in the hip-hop group called " The Force.

Before launching his own solo career with his 1998 album " Velvet ", Standring represented a third of the band SolarSystem, a one-shot project that combined elements of jazz and hip-hop.

Before and during his political career, Disraeli was well known as a literary and social figure, although his novels are not generally regarded as a part of the Victorian literary canon.

Before, during and after his career as a bureaucrat Karmal was a leading member of the Afghan movement.

Before the end of 1976, Bowie's interest in the burgeoning German music scene, as well as his drug addiction, prompted him to move to West Berlin to clean up and revitalise his career.

Before his appointment to lead the Discovery Expedition, Scott had followed the conventional career of a naval officer in peacetime Victorian Britain, where opportunities for career advancement were both limited and keenly sought after by ambitious officers.

Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine, credits Adams for launching his career as a cartoonist.

Before he dies from a gunshot wound, he tells his ex-wife Siobhan Ryan, the intended victim, about " losing my timing so late in my career ".

" Waits also continued to further his acting career with a supporting role as Rudy the Kraut in Ironweed ( an adaptation of William Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ) alongside Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, in which Waits performed the song " Big Rock Candy Mountain ", as well as a part in Robert Frank's Candy Mountain, in which Waits also performed " Once More Before I Go.

Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician ; he failed in all of these efforts.

Before and during their marriage, Crawford worked to promote Tone's Hollywood career but Tone was ultimately not interested in being a movie star and Crawford eventually wearied of the effort.

Before the war Heath had won a scholarship to Gray's Inn and had begun making preparations for a career at the Bar, but after the war he instead passed top into the Civil Service.

Before he began his writing career he worked as an illustrator in New York and, in 1960, as an art director in a London advertising agency.

Before the game, the Mariners honored him with a 15-minute presentation which included a highlight reel of his playing career with the Mariners, a presentation of a " The House that Griffey Built " memorial by Mariners hall-of-famers and former teammates Jay Buhner and Edgar Martínez, and a 4 minute standing ovation from the sold-out crowd.

Davis later recalled that it inspired her full commitment to her chosen career, and said, " Before that performance I wanted to be an actress.

Before he began making films, Shelton had a five-year minor league career in the Baltimore Orioles ' organization, which included a stint in the Carolina League.

Before becoming famous, for a couple of years Susana worked as an executive secretary for a large factory, but realizing that she needed a more exciting career at 19 yrs.

While at the Chapel Road studio, in about 1981, Norman, backed by the Barratt Band, recorded songs for Before and After, a tribute album of Bob Dylan covers scheduled to be released in 1982 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dylan's recording career.

Despite their new image and Hendryx's growth as a songwriter ( the song " Hollywood ", or "( Can I Speak to You Before You Go To ) Hollywood ", allegedly dedicated to Cindy Birdsong, was a notable highlight in their career ) and the presence of Stevie Wonder on the single, " Open Your Heart ", Pressure Cookin again failed to attract a commercial audience.

Before his solo career, Thomas sang in a church choir as a teenager then joined the musical group The Triumphs.

Before starting his own academic career, he worked at his father's chemical business and in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich with Georg Lunge.

Before deciding on the career of theological professor, he had in view that of a missionary in the East.

Before entering the university, he had begun his literary career at Budapest as contributor and dramatic critic for Der Zwischenact.

Before starting his acting career, Baldwin was a fashion model for Calvin Klein.

Before his political career Sorsa worked for UNESCO in Paris 1959 – 1965, and was Secretary-General of Finnish UNESCO board 1965 – 1969, and official in the Ministry of Education 1967 – 1969.