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 joining NASA as a member of the first group of scientist-astronauts in June 1965, he worked at the U. S. Geological Survey's Astrogeology Center at Flagstaff, Arizona, developing geological field techniques that would be used by the Apollo crews.

Before the parliamentary decision to join the EU, a consultative referendum was held on April 16, 1994 in which 56. 9 % of the votes were in favour of joining.

Before joining Hawkwind, he recalled Dik Mik, a former Hawkwind sound technician, visiting his squat in the middle of the night and taking speed with him.

Before joining the Grateful Dead, Hart and his father, Leonard Hart, a champion rudimental drummer, owned and operated Hart Music, selling drums and musical instruments in San Carlos, California.

Before joining Pakistan's nuclear energy programme, Mahmood was trained at the Nuclear Engineering Division of the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology ( PINSTECH ).

Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Staffell.

Before joining The Spectator as editor, Johnson had worked for The Times, the Wolverhampton Express & Star, and The Daily Telegraph.

Before joining with Taylor to become the Riverside School District, many of these geographic sections housed their own elementary schools.

Before joining the Libertarian Party in 2000, Irv Rubin was an active Republican, and served as a page at the 1964 Republican National Convention, at which Barry Goldwater was nominated to run for the presidency.

Before starting his professional life in entertainment, he explored a number of possible careers, such as medicine and professional boxing, before joining the entertainment world as a dancer.

Before marching to Tadcaster and then to Marston Moor, the Parliamentarians spent two days in Wetherby while joining forces with the Scots.

Before joining The Groundlings, Ferrell's attempts at standup comedy had little success.

Before joining Duran Duran, he performed with several school ( Park Hall School in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire ) and local club bands.

Before joining The Offspring, Noodles played in a local band called Clowns of Death ( there's been a rumor that Dexter Holland and Greg Kriesel were involved in that band ).

Before joining the Soviet army, Demjanjuk worked as a tractor driver on a Soviet collective farm.

Before becoming a university in 1992, Middlesex expanded further by joining three more colleges in north London.

Before joining NASA at Johnson Space Center ( JSC ) in 1977, Ron Dittemore worked as a turboprop / turbofan engine development engineer in Arizona.

Jim Fairchild of Grandaddy and All Smiles replaced Marr as guitarist, when Marr left the band after joining The Cribs, beginning with the support of No One's First and You're Next, which was released on August 4, 2009, composed of unreleased tracks from the recording sessions of Good News for People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

Before joining the cast of Holby City, her best-known role had been as the character Judi Jeffreys in the children's television series Grange Hill from 1997 to 1999.

Before joining The Runaways, Laurie played with Baby Roulette and the Rave Ons, who had one song released on a Kim Fowley compilation LP called Vampires From Outer Space.

Before joining Steps, he worked as a redcoat for Butlins holiday parks.

Before joining the Cowboys, Schramm was part of the Los Angeles Rams from 1947 to 1956.

Before joining the University of Guelph, she taught for many years at the University of Victoria where she was Director of the English graduate program and the first Associate Dean — Research.

Before the last ice age the River Frome continued to flow east through what is now the Solent, joining the Stour, Beaulieu, Test, Itchen and Hamble, before flowing into the English Channel to the east of the present day Isle of Wight.

Before the demise of the Ottawa Renegades after the 2005 season, that team played the nearby Montreal Alouettes on Labour Day weekend.

Before the Labour Party rose in British politics the Liberal Party was the other major political party along with the Conservatives.

Before 1997, the incoming Labour Government promised to reduce the number and power of NDPBs.

Before the 1997 General Election, the Labour Party acquired two floors of the building as its headquarters.

Before 6 May 2010 the MP was Stephen Ladyman a senior Labour minister, preceded by Jonathan Aitken.

Before 1983 the town gave its name to the Belper constituency, which from 1945 to 1970 was the seat of George Brown, the deputy leader of the Labour Party.

Before the election, the Labour Party held 49 seats in parliament.

Before becoming an MP, King was on the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, and worked as a political assistant to Glyn Ford MEP, the Labour Party Leader in the European Parliament, and later Glenys Kinnock MEP.

Before the Labour victory of 1997, Mullin had attained a reputation for campaigning on behalf of victims of injustice and opposition to the curtailing of civil rights.

Before becoming MP for Gillingham he had been on Gillingham Borough Council from 1982 until 1990 as a Labour councillor.

Before becoming an MP, Clarke had previously been a Labour Councillor on Northampton Borough Council.

Before his election he had held elected office within the Hornsey and Wood Green Constituency Labour Party as well as in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Before entering Parliament, Morley was a Labour member of Hull City Council representing Drypool Ward from 1979 to 1986.

Before the election, the Labour Party ( in government ) held 56 seats, giving it an absolute majority in Parliament.

Before becoming an MP he was leader of the Labour group on Harrow council and a senior lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, at the University of North London from 1983-97.

Before his election to Parliament in 1997, White had been Deputy Leader of Milton Keynes Council and the Secretary of the Local Government Association Labour Group.

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Before becoming an MP, he was a councillor for over 20 years, initially for the Labour Party, then for the SDP, and finally for the Lib Dems.

Before, he had been the Iranian Minister of Labour under Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a parliament representative from Behshahr, and a presidential candidate in two of the presidential elections in Iran ( running against Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami, both in their second terms ).

Before that election, Labour only had 52 seats in parliament ; but as a result of the election, Labour's total number of seats rose to 142.

Before Tony Blair's Labour government came to power in 1997, only four such referendums had been held.

Before the Labour Party had been formed, various candidates stood for Parliament with backing of the Liberal Party and the Labour Representation League, including Thomas Burt, Harry Broadhurst and Alexander Macdonald.

Before losing power, the Labour Party planned to reform the existing system, and was reviewing options including a trial re-integration in Scotland.