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 Stalin's death, Beria was appointed First Deputy Premier and reappointed head of the MVD, which he merged with the MGB.

Before it merged with Delta Air Lines it was headquartered at Los Angeles International Airport.

Before the single-sex senior schools were merged, the former girls school in Rushden was named " Chichele Girls School " after Henry Chichele who was born in the neighbouring town of Higham Ferrers.

Before it was merged with Saitama Prefecture in 1873, it was the capital of Kawagoe Prefecture ( 1871 ) then Iruma Prefecture ( 1871 – 1873 ).

Before that date, the area was two separate cities Hoya and Tanashi ; Hoya and Tanashi merged in 2001.

Before the takedown of Overnet and eDonkey2000, the two clients had merged into one client known as eDonkey2000.

Before being merged into the PdL, Forza Italia had a President ( currently Silvio Berlusconi ), two Vice-Presidents ( Giulio Tremonti and Roberto Formigoni ), a Presidential Committee ( presided by Claudio Scajola ) and a National Council ( presided by Alfredo Biondi ).

Before reading the first chapter, Winston reads the third chapter War is Peace, which explains that slogan-title ’ s meaning, by reviewing how the global super-states were established: The United States and the British Empire merged and they annexed Australia, Canada, and all of South America to form Oceania ; the USSR annexed continental Europe to form Eurasia ; and Eastasia emerged " after a decade of confused fighting ", with China ’ s annexation of the Indian sub-continent, Japan, Korea, et al.

Before the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen merged with the northern Yemen Arab Republic, Al-Eryani held posts as Minister of Development ( 1974 – 1976 ), Minister of Education ( 1976 – 1978 ), Prime Minister ( 1980 – 1983 ), and Minister of Foreign Affairs ( 1984 – 1990 ) in the northern YAR.

Before Baptist Bible Institute merged with Cedarville College and relocated from Cleveland, Ohio, BBI published: 1 ) Marturion ( a student yearbook ), and 2 ) B.

Before the two cities of Fort William and Port Arthur merged, it was called the Canadian Lakehead Airport.

Before the city was merged with New Taipei and became a district, it had the highest population density in Taiwan and second in the world ( after Manila in the Philippines ), with over 41, 300 people per square km.

Before he could die, Pai merged his soul with her own, transforming him into a Wu, which in turn made him immortal as long as Pai lives.

Before the failed merger of Melbourne and Hawthorn, on 4 July 1996, the Fitzroy and Brisbane clubs had been merged by the directive of the AFL commission to take effect as the Brisbane Lions on 1st November 1996.

Before the two districts were merged, Kardang was the capital of Lahaul, and Dhankar the capital of Spiti.

Before his senior year, Palos Verdes High School merged with Rolling Hills High School and Miraleste High School to form Palos Verdes Peninsula High School.

Before the parties merged in 1997, both TB and the LNNK received the most support from university graduates.

Before the 1984 elections the Left Camp of Israel merged into Ratz in a one-to-three ratio, bringing with them Ran Cohen amongst others.

Before 1 January 2005, the municipality of Skjerstad was part of the region, but it has since merged into the town of Bodø.

Before the town of Hamina and municipality of Vehkalahti merged at the beginning of 2003, Husula was part of Vehkalahti.

Before the start of the 2011 season, the New York Buzz and the New York Sportimes merged into one New York team, the Sportimes.

Before the 1973 elections, Gahal merged with several smaller right-wing parties, including its former breakaway, the Free Centre, the National List ( a small party founded by Ben-Gurion after he had left Rafi ) and the non-parliamentary Movement for Greater Israel.

Before his most recent term as the Metro Mayor of the merged city-county government Louisville Metro ( a merger he championed ), Abramson was the only person to have served three terms as Mayor of Louisville, fulfilling the allowed term limit.

" Before ALiR merged with the FDLR in September 2000, the military configuration was as follows: