Before Harmony had a chance to reply, Rod cracked his long whip over his thin oxen's backs.

Before long the atmosphere reverted to its old normalcy, and insects hummed and birds occasionally called.

Before the Second World War, air shows were associated with long distance air races, often lasting many days and covering thousands of miles.

Before finishing the musical, Lerner was eager to write while My Fair Lady was taking so long to complete.

: Before this time, and a long time thereafter, they believed in groves and barrows, sanctuaries, and sacred enclosures and in the pagan gods.

Before the invention of electronic amplifiers, mechanically coupled carbon microphones were also used as amplifiers in telephone repeaters for long distance service.

Before the publication of Villette, Charlotte received a proposal of marriage from Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father's curate who had long been in love with her.

Before long, the Spanish began growing cacao beans on plantations, and using an African workforce to help manage them.

Before long, and much to the embarrassment of the authorities, the media began to expose severe social and economic problems the Soviet government had long denied and actively concealed.

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 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 Guam's inclusion, calling the U. S. required dialing the international 011 first, thus resulting in higher long distance rates and less frequent calls to the U. S. by relatives in Guam.

Before long, much to the embarrassment of the authorities, the media began to expose severe social and economic problems which the Soviet government had long denied and covered up.

Before long, powdermakers standardized the process by forcing mill cake through sieves instead of corning powder by hand.

All Genoshan mutants leave for Asteroid M. Before long, the country is taken over by Magneto who is ready to declare war on humanity with the Genoshan mutants by his side, following an attack on Professor X during an anti-mutant summit.

Before long, much of the south and west was under the control of the Nationalists, whose regular Army of Africa was the most professional force available to either side.

Before long, a falcon representing Horus became the norm as the animal on top, with the individual Pharaoh's symbol usually appearing in the box beneath the falcon, and above the stripes representing the palace.

Before long steam power was applied to drive textile machinery.

Before long, scientific inquiries provoked by his claims had pushed back the age of the earth into the millions of yearsstill too short when compared with the accepted 4. 6 billion year age in the 21st century, but a distinct improvement.

Before long, the Americo-Liberian ruling elite was living rather prosperously, sending their children to America for ( often racially segregated ) high school and college education, and keeping the indigenous peoples excluded from all political and economic leadership.

Before long, the Borgia family no longer needed the Sforzas, and the presence of Giovanni Sforza in the papal court was superfluous.

Before long, the CEOs and CFOs of many smaller and mid-sized companies previously limited to the slow and expensive private-placement market were making early-morning pilgrimages to Beverly Hills seeking to issue high-yield and / or convertible bonds through Drexel Burnham.

Before World War I there was a well-known colony of Molokans that had been exiled to the Caucasus ( an area long within Russian hegemony ), mainly to what is now Armenia, Azerbaijan, and eastern Turkey ( Kars plain ).

Before the Governor's departure, he and the colonists had agreed that a message would be carved into a tree if they had moved and would include an image of a Maltese Cross if the decision was made by force.

Before 1976, part of King's Cross was an intermediate station.

Before becoming an MP he was a local councillor in Romford on Havering Council, winning the Chase Cross and Havering-atte-Bower ward from the Liberal Democrats in 1990.

Before his death in 2009, two days after his 90th birthday, Kenna was the last Australian Second World War VC recipient, and one of only two Australian living recipients of the ( original ) Victoria Cross, the other being Keith Payne who earned his VC during the Vietnam War.

Before moving to Drumcondra Shels had most recently been based in Harold's Cross Stadium, earlier they had been housed in Shelbourne Park, Irishtown Stadium and Dalymount Park.

Before its exits were renumbered to align with the Belt Parkway, they were numbered to co-align with the Southern State Parkway, which is why that parkway begins with exit 13 ( the Cross Island Parkway was once exits 1 to 12 ).

Before the sectorisation of BR in 1982 the system was split into regions: those operating around London were London Midland Region ( Marylebone, Euston, St Pancras and Broad Street ), Southern Region ( Waterloo, Victoria, Charing Cross, Holborn Viaduct, Cannon Street and London Bridge ), Western Region ( Paddington ) and Eastern Region ( King's Cross, Moorgate, Broad Street, Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street ).

Before Ritchie's arranged fight with Charley White, Welsh took in two more encounters, beating Leach Cross on points and then Joe Mandot on press decision.

Before Ginger struck North Carolina, the American Red Cross set up 28 emergency shelters in six counties, where about 5, 500 people stayed during the storm.

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Before Kingsford Smith's death in 1935, he donated the Southern Cross to the Commonwealth of Australia, for display in a museum.

Before 1900 there was little evidence of Cross Gates, and unlike nearby suburbs such as Halton, Seacroft and Austhorpe there is no mention of Cross Gates in the Domesday Book.

It also contains the episode at the Last Supper of the Round Dance or Circle Dance of the Cross initiated by Jesus, saying, " Before I am delivered to them, let us sing a hymn to the Father and so go to meet what lies before us ".

Before the outbreak of World War II, for his part in the Carpathian operation, Kasparek received the Cross of Valor ( Krzyż Walecznych ).

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Before cutting this prosphoron, the priest makes the Sign of the Cross over it three times with the litugical spear, saying:

Before that, finals were played at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society grounds at Balmoral, the Ulster Sports Club grounds at Cross Parade in Belfast, and one final was even played at the Linfield Football Club ground at Windsor Park.

Before the war ended, Keppler was twice more wounded and received both classes of the Iron Cross.

Before the line was opened, it was purchased in July 1867 by the larger Great Northern Railway ( GNR ), whose main line from King's Cross ran through Finsbury Park on its way to Potters Bar and the north.