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 being shot, Dragutin Dimitrijević made a written confession to the court that he had ordered Rade Malobabić to organize the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Before being released back into the river, the used water was held in large tanks known as retention basins for up to six hours.

Before Maimonides concluded this, Sunni Muslims officially prohibited mutah ( i. e. temporary marriage ) relationships ; some commentators ' suggest that Maimonides changed his view in response to this development, similar to Gershom ben Judah's ban on polygamy being made after Christians had prohibited it.

Before the Datsun brand name came into being, an automobile named the DAT car was built in 1914, by the, in the Azabu-Hiroo District in Tokyo.

Before long, bills weren't being paid, authors ' advances and royalties were delayed, budgets were cut back, and most of Donald's time was spent trying to soothe authors and agents who were indignant, and had every right to be, at the way they were treated.

Before leaving, Lee learns from his teacher that Han's bodyguard O ' Hara ( Robert Wall ) had been involved in the death of his sister, Su Lin ( Angela Mao ), years ago, when she committed suicide to save herself from dishonour after being cornered by O ' Hara and a collection of Han's thugs.

Before the 1980s Soviet war, Afghanistan pursued a policy of neutrality and nonalignment in its foreign relations, being one of a few independent nations to stay neutral in both World War I and World War II.

Before being extradited, Van Hout and Holleeder stayed for more than three years in France, first on the run, then in prison, and then, awaiting a change of the extradition treaty, then with house arrest, and finally in prison again.

Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having " a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides ".

Before the launch of tubgirl. com, this image was featured in a rotten. com story " Fecal Japan " claiming that the subject matter is popular in Japan, and in a San Francisco Chronicle article by author Violet Blue, as well as being the subject of a joke by Gizmodo.

Before being promoted to the majors, Aaron spent the winter of 1953 playing in Puerto Rico.

Before becoming a full-time actor, Spader held a variety of jobs including being a yoga instructor, busboy, truck driver, stable boy, and railroad-car loader.

Before being awarded the title of Nur Jahan (' Light of the World '), she was called Nur Mahal (' Light of the Palace ').

Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by an admixture of 18th century French, Spanish, Native American ( Indian ) and African cultures that they are considered to be somewhat exceptional in the U. S. Before the American influx and statehood at the beginning of the 19th century, the territory of current Louisiana State had been a Spanish and French colony.

Before a battle the sarissa were carried in two pieces and then slid together when they were being used.

Before being read, the ballots are counted while still folded ; if the number of ballots does not match the number of electors, the ballots are burned unopened and a new vote is held.

Before being elected as Pontiff, Chigi served as Inquisitor on the Island of Malta where he resided mostly at The Inquisitor's Palace in Birgu ( alias Citta ' Vittoriosa ).

Before being sworn in as a minister, a person must first be sworn in as a member of the Federal Executive Council if they are not already a member.

Before Persephone was abducted by Hades, the shepherd Eumolpus and the swineherd Eubuleus, saw a girl being carried of into the earth which had violently opened up, in a black chariot, driven by an invisible driver.

Before his elevation to the papacy, Sinibaldo was Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church ( 1226 – 27 ), being created Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina on 18 September 1227 by Pope Gregory IX, later serving as governor of the March of Ancona from 1235 until 1240.

Before the launch of the Qt Project, it was produced by Nokia's Qt Development Frameworks division, which came into being after Nokia's acquisition of the Norwegian company Trolltech, the original producer of Qt.

Before being knighted in 1972, however, he was generally known as " Bob Askin ".

Before the 1980s, Chinese publishers hired teams of workers and selected a few thousand type pieces from an enormous Chinese character set.

Before returning upriver and across the mountains, Thompson hired Naukane, a Native Hawaiian laborer brought to Fort Astoria by the Pacific Fur Company's ship Tonquin.

Before production started, a film-student protégé of Ogilvie, Steve Wallace, hired Crowe for the film Blood Oath ( 1990 ) ( aka Prisoners of the Sun ), which was released a month earlier than The Crossing, although actually filmed later.

Before the advent of no-fault divorce, many private investigators were hired to search out evidence of adultery or other conduct within marriage to establish grounds for a divorce.

Before the invention of photography, people commonly hired painters and engravers to " re-create " an event or a scene.

Before the 2009 season, the Bluefish hired Willie Upshaw, a Major League Baseball alumnus and Fairfield County native, as their bench coach.

Before handing him The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer hired Dmytryk to direct a few low-budget films.

Before that, the younger sons of the nobles had received their share of the farm stock, bought or hired land, and settled down as agriculturists in their native villages.

Before the 2004 season, Jones hired Will McClay to replace Avezzano, and McClay struggled to a 6-10 record his rookie season as coach.

Before graduating from the UAM in 1978, Estrada had already been hired by Televisa.

Before filming began, Hughes bought some horses at the Oklahoma ranch that Johnson's father managed, and hired Johnson to get the horses to northern Arizona ( for The Outlaw's location shooting ), and then to take them on to Hollywood.

Before the Sycamore Shoals treaty, Henderson had hired Daniel Boone, an experienced hunter who had explored Kentucky, to travel to the Cherokee towns and inform them of the upcoming negotiations.

Before version 5 was released, Ubillos ' group was hired by Macromedia to create KeyGrip, built from the ground up as a more professional video-editing program based on Apple QuickTime.

Before 2001, tier-one contractors, or former members of elite, special forces units, were hired from a small pool of applicants.

Before being hired by Marvel, he wrote text articles for DC Comics official fanzine, Amazing World of DC Comics.

Before the 1999 – 2000 NHL season Torchetti was hired as an assistant coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning under Steve Ludzik.

Before the trial on 7 May 1997, Woodward decided to undergo a polygraph examination conducted by Dr David C. Raskin, a polygraph examiner hired by her own lawyers.

Before season 2007 TPS hired famous Finnish striker Mixu Paatelainen as their manager.

Before Cincinnati hired its team for the 1869 season, the strongest clubs were located from Washington to Troy, New York.

Before the introduction of rural free delivery ( RFD ) by the U. S. Post Office in 1896, and in Canada in 1908, many rural residents had no access to the mail unless they collected it at a post office located many miles from their homes or hired a private express company to deliver it.

Before the project ever hit the bookshelves it was bought by Alphanim, who hired Gayeton to develop the book as an animated series.

* Gambit ( Remy LeBeau ): Before joining the X-Men, Gambit was hired by Sinister to assemble the Marauders.

Before the university hired her in 1996, the chaplaincy position was called " Dean of Memorial Church "; in order to accommodate Karlin-Neumann, the position's name was changed to " Dean of Religious Life at Stanford ".

Before being hired by RAI, he had had some experience with a number of radio stations.

Before the 2004 NFL season, the Bears ’ organization fired coach Dick Jauron and then hired Lovie Smith.