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 making the news public Sherman sent an officer with the note to Thomas.

Before the Civil War, baseball competed for public interest with cricket and regional variants of baseball, notably town ball played in Philadelphia and the Massachusetts Game played in New England.

Before becoming public, the movement was secretive and held closed meetings in what was known as Sessions of Wisdom.

Before the revolution Mubarak tolerated limited political activity by the Brotherhood for his first two terms, but then moved more aggressively to block its influence ( arguably leading to its recent rise in public support ).

Before the advent of government-funded public schools, the primary mode of education for those of the lower classes was the charity school, pioneered during the 19th century by Protestant organizations and adapted for use by the Roman Catholic Church and governmental bodies.

Before his death, Meher Baba had made extensive preparations for a public darshan program to be held in Poona ( now Pune ), India.

There is a minimum share capital for public limited companies: Before it can start business, it must have allotted shares to the value of at least £ 50, 000.

Before World War II, rickshaws were an important part of urban public transportation.

Before the construction of the North Portico, most public events were entered from the South Lawn, which was graded and planted by Thomas Jefferson.

Before the end of a winless 1991 season Prost was fired by Ferrari for his public criticism of the team.

Before the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer to her grandson Prince Charles, and after Diana's death, Queen Elizabeth – known for her personal and public charm – was by far the most popular member of the royal family.

Before the 1880s mortality rates in lying-hospitals would reach unacceptably high levels and became an area of public concern.

Before the marching commences, the members of the Royal Family and public sing the national anthem before the Royal Delegation lead out after the main service.

Before the congress was convened, the SED had conducted a " People's Discussion " in order openly to air public concerns related to East Germany's responsibility in honoring the final document of the Helsinki conference.

Before his death the press and public had paid little attention to the extreme risks we took.

Before King Sisyphus died, however, he had told his wife to throw his naked body into the middle of the public square ( purportedly as a test of his wife's love for him ).

Before public electric service was available, a diesel powered generator fed street lights ( and some homes?

Before the establishment of centralized post offices, local offices were established in general stores, railroad depots and other public venues in densely populated areas.

Before the 2008-2009 school year, the arrangement of public schools was as follows:

Before Cullowhee Valley, the public school was in Cordelia Camp Laboratory School from 1964 until 1994, McKee Training School from 1939 until 1964, and Cullowhee Training School from 1923 until 1939.

Before 1894, students had two public school options.

Before Stewart's death, a museum to his memory was opened on the third floor of the local public library, and a bronze statue of Stewart was erected in his honor at the county courthouse during his 75th birthday.

Before 1915, no public water or sewer system was available, and water came from private wells or from nearby springs.

Before the educational system of Byron was moved to Cowley, public education in the town of Byron was provided by Big Horn County School District # 1.

Before his confirmation as Solicitor General, he served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and he became the acting Solicitor General on July 11, 2004 when Theodore Olson resigned.

Before heading to the studio to record the new still unnamed album, 8 Foot Sativa are to travel New Zealand, performing final shows, with In Dread Response, New Way Home, Bloodletting, The Rest Is Silence .., and other various local acts across New Zealand

Before the game was released, several early screenshots depicted Banjo and Kazooie flying and another featuring an unnamed industrial world of some sort.

Before the unnamed col is reached, the ridge throws up the small rock tor of Calfhow Pike ( 2, 165 ft ).

Before the screening of the film, Kevin Costner and his band ( unnamed at the time, now known as Kevin Costner and Modern West ) performed for two hours for the attending crowd of close to 1, 000 people.

Before ascending the throne in 1292, Smilec had married an unnamed Byzantine princess, the daughter of the sebastokratōr Constantine Palaiologos, a brother of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Before he can eat Tweety, however, he is interrupted by a crimson, erudite, milquetoast cat ( named " Clarence " or " Sam " in some sources but unnamed in the short itself ), who tells him that his constant cravings for Tweety are a sign of profound personal weakness, and that the only way for him to overcome this weakness is to kick the habit for good.

Before 1938, the federal courts, like almost all other common law courts, decided the law on any issue where the relevant legislature ( either the U. S. Congress or state legislature, depending on the issue ), had not acted, by looking to courts in the same system, that is, other federal courts, even on issues of state law, and even where there was no express grant of authority from Congress or the Constitution.

Before becoming President, he held offices at the city, state, and federal levels.

Before Robinson, the Eighth Amendment had only been applied against the federal government.

Before settlers arrived, the federal government also sent teams of negotiators to meet with the Native peoples of the region.

Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979, it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ( HEW ).

Before 1976 the federal tax code favored new construction rather than the reuse of existing, sometimes historical, structures.

Before he retired from federal service in 1907, Reeves had arrested over 3, 000 felons.

Before Lepke could be executed, New York State needed the federal government to turn Lepke over, as he was currently serving a 14-year sentence in federal prison.

Before the end of the 1960s, Trudeau would pass the Official Languages Act ( 1969 ), which aimed to ensure that all federal government services were available in both of Canada's official languages.

Before the end of the war, the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act ( Morrill Act of 1862 ) was passed to provide for federal funding of higher education by each state with the details left to the state legislatures.

Before the provincial election, there was a federal by-election scheduled for June 1921 in Medicine Hat.

Before these efforts could come to fruition, the federal government of Conservative Arthur Meighen disclosed allegations of irregularities in the management of the some of the UGG's elevators.

Before the 1911 federal election, several local Liberals opposed to Frank Oliver had asked Rutherford to run against him in Strathcona.

Before 1937 ( when commerce in medicinal cannabis was effectively banned by a federal law in the United States ), topical corn remedies usually contained tincture of cannabis, which possessed effective antibacterial properties.

Before becoming a member of the federal parliament of Canada, Duceppe worked as a hospital orderly and later became a trade union negotiator.

Before the complaints were raised in 2008, 2006 federal court had required the DOE to update and tighten misleading Energy Star ratings given to products in almost two dozen categories, including dishwashers, air conditioners, heaters, furnaces and clothes dryers.

Before statehood could be granted in 1896, however, the federal government required Utah to include a provision in its state constitution stating that " polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited ".

Before the 2010 federal election, Labor issued a statement recognising the legitimacy of the shooting sports and asserting that our firearms legislation is to protect both " the freedom of Australia's law-abiding sporting shooters and of the wider community.

Before they were caught, a group of mostly Republican politicians were able to siphon off millions of dollars in federal taxes on liquor ; the scheme involved an extensive network of bribes involving distillers, rectifiers, gaugers, storekeepers, and internal revenue agents.

* The Equal Justice Before the Law Act -- to crackdown on white collar crime ( e. g. levy stiff penalties in conjunction with savings and loan bailout ; ban on bidding by companies that defraud federal government on procurement contracts ; impose criminal penalties for willful violation of child labor laws by employers that result in serious bodily injury or death of minors in the workplace ; treat child labor imports as contraband ; and eliminate deductibility of legal expenses when a company is accused of a crime );

Before entering federal politics, Bellemare served on the council for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton from 1980 to 1985 and the township and then city council for Gloucester from 1966 to 1988.

Before and after the CFMA, federal banking regulators imposed capital and other requirements on banks that entered into OTC derivatives.

Before joining the federal administration in Moscow, Ivanov, a fluent speaker of English — served in the Soviet and later Russian foreign intelligence service as a specialist in law and foreign languages, both at home and abroad ( in Europe and Africa ) from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.