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 deciding where it is going, however, a college or university must know where it is.

Before going further with serious experimentation, it can be convenient to check one ’ s programs at the PC using a suitable cross-assembler, such as the portable PDP-8 / DG Nova cross-assembler listed in the External links section, before attempting execution in the RDOS environment.

Before departing for Bennington with the news, Allen was visited by Duane, who offered Allen payments which Duane described in his diary as payment " for going among the people to quiet them ".

Before going sober, Chapman jokingly referred to himself as the British actress Betty Marsden, possibly because of Marsden's oft-quoted desire to die with a glass of gin in her hand.

Before going to Germany, Evans continued her interest in theological work with a translation of Feuerbach's Essence of Christianity, and while abroad she wrote essays and worked on her translation of Baruch Spinoza's Ethics, which she completed in 1856, but which was not published in her lifetime.

Before going to bed, each member of the household would leave an item of clothing or strip of cloth outside for Brighid to bless.

Before you get there, I am going to find your mother and fuck her ".

Before going into film-making, Anderson was a prominent film critic writing for the influential Sequence magazine ( 1947 – 52 ), which he co-founded with Gavin Lambert and Karel Reisz ; later writing for the British Film Institute's journal Sight and Sound and the left-wing political weekly the New Statesman.

Before going to Egypt, he grew a beard, which is a sign of a devout Muslim, but was also seen as a political gesture.

Before Brabantio reaches Othello, news arrives in Venice that the Turks are going to attack Cyprus ; therefore Othello is summoned to advise the senators.

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Before going into business partnership with Klement, Laurin was established as a bicycle manufacturer in the nearby town of Turnov.

Before going to trial, both parties settled out of court with Seattle agreeing to acknowledge ownership rights to the 12th Man slogan to A & M.

Before going bankrupt, Palisades Toys was to release a line of deluxe series action figures, for adults, as part of Sesame Workshop's push to expand into retro products for teens and adults.

Before going to Europe, Diệm went to Japan, where he intended to meet Cường Để to enlist support to seize power.

Before going into a deep sleep, the Emu squats on its tarsus and begins to enter a drowsy state.

Before going, Conchobar goes to the playing field to watch the boys play hurling.

Before interstate highways were built, Allendale had several motels, primarily serving travelers going between Northeastern states and Florida.

Before 1800 they made the Black Dog Trail starting east of Baxter Springs, Kansas and going northwest to their summer hunting grounds at the Great Salt Plains in present-day Alfalfa County.

Before FidoBBS could start spreading, it was seen that a uniform method of communicating with serial interface hardware was needed if the software was going to be used on other machines.

Before that fight, Robinson had a dream that he was going to accidentally kill Doyle in the ring.

Before the band's 1973 – 74 world tour, Hayward wrote a song called " Island " with the intention of including it on a potential follow-up album, which the Moodies recorded in 1973 before ultimately going their separate ways.

Before the eyes of the nation, Joe Louis, an American hero if ever there was one, was going to get beaten up.

Before going into their famous number, "( Can I Speak To You Before You Go To ) Hollywood ", the singer suddenly left the stage.

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 middle of the 20th century, electric and diesel-electric locomotives began replacing steam locomotives.

Before an electric field is applied, the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules is determined by the alignment at the surfaces of electrodes.

Before the development of the transformer, electric power distribution primarily used direct current at the same voltage used by motors and lights.

Before moving into the castle in the 1890s, Wilbraham Tollemache, 2nd Baron Tollemache added central heating and electric light.

Before the invention of electric lighting, candles and oil lamps were commonly used for illumination.

Before printer's magenta was invented in the 1890s for CMYK printing, and electric magenta was invented in the 1980s for computer displays, these two artificially engineered colors were preceded by the color displayed at right, which is the color originally called fuchsine made from coal tar dyes in the year 1859.

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

" Before his death at age 83 in 1931, the prolific inventor amassed a record 1, 093 patents for creations including the phonograph, a stock ticker, the motion-picture camera, the incandescent lightbulb, a mechanical vote counter, the alkaline storage battery including one for an electric car, and the first commercial electric light.

Before the advent of solid state electronics, camshaft controllers were used to control the speed of electric motors.

Before an assemblage of horrified guests, an intoxicated Uday bludgeoned Gegeo, reputedly administering the coup de grâce with an electric carving knife.

Before this, Morrison had primarily recorded and performed with electric musicians.

Before the widespread availability of electric blenders, milkshake-type drinks were more like eggnog, or they were a hand-shaken mixture of crushed ice and milk, sugar, and flavorings.

Before the development of the electric toaster, sliced bread was toasted by placing it in a metal frame or a long-handled fork and holding it near a fire or kitchen grill.

" Before this, electric toasters cooked bread on one side and then it was flipped by hand to toast the other side.

On It Won't Be Soon Before Long, however, the songs are less personal, and are more electric with more use of synthesizers, creating a retro feel.

While their second jazz rock album, Where Have I Known You Before, ( 1974 ) was similar in style to its immediate predecessor, Corea now played synthesizers in addition to electric keyboards ( including piano ), and Clarke's playing had evolved considerably-now using flange and fuzz-tone effects, and with his now signature style beginning to emerge.

Before Lover, electric guitarists were forced to cope with the 60-cycle hum inherent in single coil pickups.

Before electric power to supply refrigeration, bodies would decay rapidly and become unusable for study.

Before electrification occurred in rural parts of the United States in the 1940s, some small dairy farms would have tractors but not electric power.

Before the advent of electronic computers, data processing was performed using electromechanical devices called unit record equipment, electric accounting machines ( EAM ) or tabulating machines.

Before World War II, the company had built steam -, petrol-and diesel-powered railcars for overseas customers, not to mention bus bodies for Midland Red, and afterwards developed more motive power products, including BR's Class 26, Class 33 ( both diesel ) and Class 81 ( electric ) locomotives.

With The Albion Dance Band, performing traditional material on a mixture of modern ( electric ) and mediaeval instruments, Collins recorded The Prospect Before Us.

Before the availability of lasers and other electric lights, heliostats were widely used to produce intense, stationary beams of light for scientific and other purposes.