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

Before independence, most Hindus did not have the right to cast votes and were not eligible to contest elections although were the majority ethnic group of the population.

Before the free democratic elections could take place after the revolution, a transitional government was created.

Before the end of the war, architect Charles Holden drew up plans to redevelop the city centre, but locals were so opposed that the Citizens ' Defence Association was formed and swept to power in the 1945 municipal elections.

Before long, the Moral Majority became heavily invested in presidential elections and national politics ; although at the state level branches of the Moral Majority continued to pursue specific issues at lower levels of government.

Before 1989, Jackson had a city commission government consisting of a mayor and two commissioners ; however, as a result of a lawsuit which declared that at-large elections served to dilute the voting power of the city's African-American residents, the city switched to election by districts.

Before local elections and in the face of widespread residents ' opposition to the distribution center, the Buda City Council unanimously voted against the land change.

Before elections started, he asked that the results be respected by everyone, and all agreed.

Before the 2006 elections the party announced that it intended to run for a third time, despite the threshold for representation having been raised to 2 %.

Before the 2009 elections, Shem-Tov was expelled from the party by Shlomi Sandak who was the temporary chairman of the Green Leaf Party.

Before his death, Arana had planned to run in the upcoming 1950 presidential elections.

Before the new deputies could take their seats, the directors forced through the councils the law of 22 Floréal, annulling or perverting the elections in thirty departments and excluding forty-eight deputies by name.

( Before 2004, when elections to the Legislative Council from the Election Committee was abolished, members returned through the Election Committee vote with members returned from geographical constituencies.

On November 3, the day after the 2010 mid-term elections, Stevens uploaded a new music video on YouTube entitled " Nightmare Before Christmas.

Before the national elections in 1976 there was a strong call for a change to a right-wing government in Sweden.

Before the 2004 elections Dua announced that if the party was supported by less than 280. 000 votes, the independent green political project would end.

Before the elections Levintal made several conciliatory gestures toward Hetz, attempting negotiations with them, the anti-corruption Tafnit party led by Uzi Dayan, and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak over the prospect of forming a united front, but to no avail.

Before the highway could be completed, Thomas McQuesten was appointed the new minister of the Department of Highways, with Robert Melville Smith as deputy minister, following the 1934 provincial elections.

* Margaret Atwood's 1979 novel Life Before Man is set in Toronto in the late 1970s and several characters watch and sometimes comment upon the elections and sovereignist movement in Quebec.

Before the elections, Leefbaar Rotterdam declared it would not enter in a coalition with PvdA and several members even declared that, irrespective of the coalition, they would leave the council if PvdA would become the biggest party ( which has happened ).

Before the 2001 elections, the party joined the Union for Victory Coalition under the leadership of the Democratic Party, which won 46 seats.

Before the 1992 parliamentary and presidential elections, SDSH was involved in bitter dispute with the SDP over its rebranding into the Social Democratic Party of Croatia.

Before the 2007 elections, PGS has announced coalition ( joint electoral ticket ) with Croatian Peasant Party and Croatian Social Liberal Party.

Before the 2007 parliamentary elections, HSS announced a coalition with opposition parties Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Croatian Social Liberal Party.

Before the 2007 general elections, Morauta lost the leadership of the party and founded his own party, the Papua New Guinea Party, while Wingti became the leader of the PDM again.

Before we get through he'll have the Blackfeet hankerin' for our hair and our goods.

Before dinner, he shaved for the second time that day.

Before leaving for America, he happened to see his old friend Jean Arp and confided to him his new resolutions.

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

Before you use 'em the light company's got to run in a heavy line and you'll need a new fuse box for the extra circuits.

Before you look for a farm you'll need to know ( 1 ) the kind and scale of farming you want to undertake ; ;

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 entering the service, Pfaff for five years did clerical work with a general merchandising and wholesale firm in New Orleans.

Before he testified for 20 minutes, Stein, who lives at 3300 Lake Shore Dr., admitted to reporters that he had a wide acquaintance with crime syndicate hoodlums.

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

Before thee, did not other kings possess it for a while, then pass away?

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 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 the Civil War, Carnegie arranged a merger between Woodruff's company and that of George M. Pullman, the inventor of a sleeping car for first class travel which facilitated business travel at distances over.

Before his death on August 11, 1919, Carnegie had donated $ 350, 695, 654 for various causes.

Before Thespis, the chorus narrated ( for example, " Dionysus did this, Dionysus said that ").

Before his departure for Rome, his friends had applied to the Venetian senate for a pension, to enable him to pursue his studies without embarrassment.

Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, a college town suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium.

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

Before the passage of the lex annalis, individuals could run for the Aedileship by the time they turned twenty-seven.