Before then, the game was only available on a limited basis on the Commodore 64 due to few publishers showing any interest in porting it.

Before the First Fleet sailed to found a convict settlement in New South Wales, Governor Arthur Phillip's final instructions, received less than three weeks before sailing, included the requirement to colonise Norfolk Island to prevent it falling into the hands of France, whose naval leaders were also showing interest in the Pacific.

Before his death in 1924, Lenin, while describing Trotsky as " distinguished not only by his exceptional abilities – personally he is, to be sure, the most able man in the present Central Committee ", and also maintaining that " his non-Bolshevik past should not be held against him ", criticized him for " showing excessive preoccupation with the purely administrative side of the work ", and also requested that Stalin be removed from his position of General Secretary, but his notes remained suppressed until 1956.

Before long the word was out and musicians began showing up, turning his gigs into jam sessions.

Before it was turned into a club, the Haçienda was a yacht builder's shop and warehouse before becoming a Bollywood cinema in the 1970s, showing films to the local Asian community.

Before calculators were cheap and plentiful, people would use mathematical tables — lists of numbers showing the results of calculation with varying arguments — to simplify and drastically speed up computation.

Before this public announcement, game industry journalists under a non-disclosure agreement had previewed the game in a private showing during E3 1999, and were reportedly amazed.

Before the sale to Michelin, Goodrich ran television and print ads showing an empty expanse of blue sky, to distinguish themselves from the similar-sounding Goodyear tire company.

' Before and after ' comparison images from Deep Impact and Stardust, showing the crater formed by Deep Impact on the right hand image.

Before 1 January 1988, on the ITV network, each programme would be preceded by the ident of the regional company that had made it, and this would be broadcast throughout the network, i. e. by all companies showing the programme.

Before 1530, the coat of arms had five fields, showing four griffins symbolizing Pomerania-Stettin, Pomerania, Wenden, Cassubia, and an empty regalia field.

Before Cory and Abby leave Carl and Ritchie, Cory runs over to Carl and gives him a kiss, showing him that she likes him as much as he likes her.

Map of the Median Empire ( 600 Before Christ | BC ) showing the relative locations of the Amardian tribe

Before Route 237 was upgraded to freeway status in the mid-1990s, it was a 4-6 lane street, known as Alviso-Milpitas Road or Milpitas-Alviso Road depending on different maps showing the description.

Before the Carnation Revolution, RTP was essentially a mouthpiece of the regime, and famously opened the newscast of 20 July 1969-the day of the first moon landing-with a segment showing president Américo Thomaz opening a concrete factory.

Before the first primaries, however, Sasso was identified as the person responsible for the distribution of a videotape showing similarities between a speech by Sen. Joseph Biden, a Dukakis rival for the nomination, and British politician Neil Kinnock, leading to Sasso's forced resignation from the Dukakis campaign.

Before showing how to do this, let us simplify the notation.

Before each Speed Reader appearance, there would be a short film and " Speed Reader " song, showing Speed Reader reading fast.

Simulation showing outer planets and Kuiper belt: a ) Before Jupiter / Saturn 2: 1 resonance b ) Scattering of Kuiper belt objects into the Solar System after the orbital shift of Neptune c ) After ejection of Kuiper belt bodies by Jupiter

Before long Mobile's city council passed a law requiring all free negroes to post a bond signed by two white men, guaranteeing their good behavior, and to wear badges showing that they were under bond.

Before the main development of Jak and Daxter, Naughty Dog confirmed the idea with Sony Computer Entertainment, and after showing them a character they dubbed " Boxman " to demonstrate their animation engine, they came up with Jak and Daxter.

Before the late twentieth century, on the basis of studies showing widely varying validities for personnel selection techniques, the theory of " situational specificity " held sway.

Before long he was showing his films in 130 cities a year.

Jafar and Oogie Boogie ( from The Nightmare Before Christmas ) soon follow, and arriving last is Maleficent showing the audience how Halloween should really be celebrated.

Before making the news public Sherman sent an officer with the note to Thomas.

Before he made that retreat, he telephoned Earl Blackman in Kansas City and asked him to come to Europe with him.

Before them stalked the beadle, proclaiming as he went, `` Thus the Council deals with those who break its laws -- adulterers, thieves, murderers, and lewd persons.

Before he left town Pat saw to it that I was fixed up with a job.

Before the Juniors entered the ring the Steward announced that after all Juniors had moved their dogs around the ring and set them up, they could relax with their dogs.

Before entering the service, Pfaff for five years did clerical work with a general merchandising and wholesale firm in New Orleans.

Before he testified for 20 minutes, Stein, who lives at 3300 Lake Shore Dr., admitted to reporters that he had a wide acquaintance with crime syndicate hoodlums.

Before he could return to Burma, Field Marshal Slim had to rally the defeated remnants of a discouraged army and unite them with fresh recruits.

Before anything else, she would go to Doaty's grave with flowers from Doaty's forgotten garden.

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 this, many of its families were assigned to the old order Liliales: a very large order containing almost all monocots with colourful tepals and without starch in their endosperm.

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 plague came, he liked to associate with the Spanish dancers and musicians in the city.

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.

* Brian Eno's album Before and After Science includes a song entitled " King's Lead Hat ", an anagram of " Talking Heads ", a band Eno has worked with.

Before the closing of the acquisition, NYSE Euronext announced that the AMEX would be integrated with the Alternext European small-cap exchange and renamed the NYSE Alternext U. S.

Before the break with papal authority in the 16th century, the Church of England was an integral part of the Western European church.

Before Caesar's time they had attached themselves to the Romans, and were honoured with the title of brothers and kinsmen of the Roman people.

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

Before her, erotica written by women was rare, with a few notable exceptions, such as the work of Kate Chopin.

* The Day Before Spring ( 1945 ), with Frederick Loewe

Before this, cities and counties of sufficiently large populations such as most of Metro Atlanta already had Sunday alcohol sales at bars and restaurants, with local ordinances to abide by, such as having a certain amount of food sales in order to be opened and serve alcohol.

Before controversy erupted ( see below ) he exhibited an obsession with fire and his trademark phrase was " FIRE!

Before the Civil War, baseball competed for public interest with cricket and regional variants of baseball, notably town ball played in Philadelphia and the Massachusetts Game played in New England.