Before admission to the Union, Texas, as an independent nation, controlled water within three miles of the coast, the normal limit for nations.

Before Oklahoma's admission as a state, the county was the entire small portion of Indian Territory allocated to the Seminoles.

During his voyages he had kept a diary, and in 1840 ( coinciding with his admission to the bar ) he published a memoir, Two Years Before the Mast.

He kept a diary throughout the voyage, and, after returning, he wrote a recognized American classic, Two Years Before the Mast, published in 1840, the same year of his admission to the bar.

Before the changes, the licenciatura diploma ( 4 to 6-year course ) was required for those applicants who wished to undertake ( the old ) master's and / or doctorate programs but admission were only allowed for licenciatura degree owners with grades over 14 ( out of 20 ).

Before official admission of women to the University, several women were able to complete graduate degrees through credit earned during the summer sessions.

Before signing a peace treaty, however, Britain demanded war reparations in the form of rice for shipment to Malaya, and France refused to permit admission of Thailand to the United Nations ( UN ) until Indochinese territories annexed during the war were returned.

Before the Cheers pilot, " Give Me a Ring Sometime ", was finalized and then aired in 1982, the series originally consisted of four employees of Cheers, the bar, in the original script.

Before the impact, models of Jupiter's atmosphere had indicated that the break-up of the largest fragments would occur at atmospheric pressures of anywhere from 30 kilopascals to a few tens of megapascals ( from 0. 3 to a few hundred bar ), with some predictions that the comet would penetrate a layer of water and create a bluish shroud over that region of Jupiter.

However, the episode " Flashes Before Your Eyes " suggests that minor changes are possible, unlike the totally fixed timeline postulated by Novikov's principle: in this episode Desmond's consciousness time travels back to a point in his past, where he ends up in a bar, where he remembers ( from his previous experience of this time ) a man named Jimmy Lennon entering and attacking the bartender ; in his attempt to warn the bartender, he himself gets attacked instead.

Before heading to a nearby bar, both declare " I don't drink " in Hank's voice.

Before his days as a saloon proprietor, Mickey Finn was known as a pickpocket and thief who often preyed on drunken bar patrons.

Before opening a bar, known as Quark's, on the station, Quark served as a cook aboard a Ferengi freighter for eight years.

Before that, lawyers in Quebec, like in the United States, did not need a law degree and typically pursued five-year apprenticeships to be called to the bar.

Before disembarking, the bar must be swung up, out of the way.

Before the Dead Kennedys, East Bay Ray played guitar with a San Francisco Bay Area based rockabilly / doo-wop bar band Cruisin ', releasing one single, " Vicky's Hickey ", sold primarily at their shows.

Before boarding the Andrea Gail, he lived above his favorite hang-out, The Crow's Nest, where his mother, Ethel, would tend the bar.

Before World War II, the front wheel drive Citroen Traction Avant ( 1934 ) had independent front torsion bar suspension and a flexible trailing dead axle, also sprung by torsion bars.

Before leaving the bar to meet Ransom Stoddard, Liberty Valance wins a hand of poker with two pair -- aces over eights -- known as dead man's hand.

Before Fosbury, most elite jumpers used the Straddle technique, Western Roll, Eastern cut-off or even Scissors-Jump to clear the bar.

Before that, during Prohibition the bar was known as Mr. O ' Brien's Club Tipperary ; a password was required to gain entrance to the establishment.

Before reaching the age of 21, he was admitted to the bar.

Before the fight came to a conclusion the scene faded out and the viewers saw that it was a fantasy dreamed up by two men in a bar discussing what would make a great commercial.

Before leaving Denver, Kowalski pulls into a biker bar parking lot around midnight to buy Benzedrine pills to stay awake for the long drive ahead.

Before going out to bat in the second innings at Sydney, he was seen, " padded up, whisky with his mates at the members ' bar ".

Before the litigation began, Ralston had been called to the bar, but the change in the fortunes of his family compelled him to seek at once some remunerative employment.

Before the ship passed the bar, a storm blew in and caused the vessel to run aground.

Before 1984, restaurants did not offer a hot food bar, but marketed a long salad bar as " The World's Biggest, Best Salad Buffet ", as advertised on TV by then-company-president Gerald Office.

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.