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.

Before the deal can be concluded, however, the Panarch is assassinated by his brother Bustamonte, using mind-control over the Panarch's own son, Beran Panasper, to do so.

Before Dong Zhuo arrived, however, He Jin was assassinated by the eunuchs and Luoyang fell into chaos following a clash between supporters of both sides.

Before being mysteriously assassinated, his father predicted that Dom too would be killed, on the day of his investiture as Chairman of his wealthy home planet of Widdershins.

Before his brother assassinated Lincoln, Edwin had appeared with his two brothers, John Wilkes and Junius Brutus Booth Jr., in Julius Caesar in 1864.

Before he could fully implement party reforms, Rockwell was assassinated on August 25, 1967 by disgruntled follower, John Patler.

Before Dong's arrival, He Jin was assassinated by the eunuchs and the capital city fell into a state of turmoil.

Before that, Sheikh Bashir Jumblatt was assassinated, during times of confrontation with the prince Bashir II, where a saying had spread at the time: El Chouf ma betse3 bashirein, which means the Chouf province cannot handle two opposing leaders ..

Before he become INO head in May, 1938, on Stalin's direct order, he personally assassinated the Ukrainian nationalist leader Yavhen Konovalets.

Before Ding Yuan could arrive, however, the eunuchs assassinated He Jin.

Before they could make their way, they and five to twenty black witnesses were assassinated by white paramilitary.

Before Li Jue's return to the capital, Dong Zhuo was assassinated by Lü Bu in the ruse by Wang Yun, and the Liang faction within Chang ' an yielded to Lü Bu.

Before the men could leave the region, they were assassinated by the White League.

Before they reached Minyue, however, the Minyue king was assassinated by his younger brother Yu Shan, who promptly surrendered.

Before they arrived, however, Artaxias was assassinated by some of his other relatives, and the Romans put Tigranes III on the throne unopposed.

Before the Caliphate of Umar bin Abdul Aziz, the record of Hadiths was confined to the memory of the people.

Before Umar could issue orders of reappointment, Khalid, residing in Emesa, died.

Before his march, Usama sent Umar to Caliph Abu Bakr and is reported to have said: However, Abu Bakr refused.

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 their salary negotiations for the third season, the cast decided to enter collective negotiations, despite Warner Bros .' preference for individual deals.

Before his tour was scheduled to commence in October 1973, Parsons decided to go on one more excursion.

Before opening the play in England, Whale decided to tour the art museums of Europe.

Before, athletes would start the final race in intervals, and the gold medal would be decided on points.

Before then every locality decided on what its devices would look like and where they would be applied.

Before completing his studies, Boyle decided " to gain learning, knowledge, and experience abroad in the world " and left London for a new start in Ireland.

Before the final color of the pixel can be decided, a lighting calculation must be performed to shade the pixels based on any lights which may be present in the scene.

Before the economic crisis of late 2008, the MoMA ’ s board of trustees decided to sell its equities in order to move into an all-cash position.

Before the trade deadline, the Spurs decided to part ways with Richard Jefferson and sent him to the Golden State Warriors for Stephen Jackson, who had been a member of the 2003 championship team.

Before 2010, commissioners were elected on a nonpartisan basis, but Sullivan County's commission election became a partisan election in 2010 after the county Republican Party decided to conduct a primary election for commission seats.

Before fighting, he decided to safeguard Mathilde's future in the event of his death by marrying her.

Before a tour of Japan beginning in September, Lynott decided to bring in another guitarist, Dave Flett, who had played with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, to enable Ure to switch to playing keyboards where necessary.

Before the tour to support the album it was decided that Crombie would return to percussion ( something he says he enjoyed more than drumming ), and the band would find a new drummer.

Before his other two brigades could arrive from England and Australia, Wynter became seriously ill. Blamey decided to send him home and appointed Morshead to command the 9th Division on 29 January 1941.

Before the 1927 season, the league decided to purge itself of some of the weaker franchise.

Before the building was fully decided, he began to enforce the construction of locomotives which could overcome such upward gradients.

Before the invasion, it had not yet been decided whether mainland France would be attacked ; this would depend on the outcome of Fall Gelb.

Before he died, Richard II had decided his elder son Richard III would succeed him while his second son Robert would became Count of Hiémois.

Before the failure of the blockade, the Restoration decided on 31 January 1830 to engage a military expedition against Algiers.

Before these rules went into effect, Corman decided to shoot one last film and scheduled it to happen the last week in December 1959.

The points scored by each entry are shown on a graphic scoreboard. Before the introduction of the current voting system in 1999, a group of regional or age-based juries decided the winner of Melodifestivalen.

Before leaving, Archy gives all the prize money he won at the race and tells Jack that he will not be coming home for he had decided to enlist.

Before Azai Nagamasa committed seppuku he decided to make one last siege on Nobunaga's main camp ; in the end, however, he failed and was instead captured.