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 leaving, Lee learns from his teacher that Han's bodyguard O ' Hara ( Robert Wall ) had been involved in the death of his sister, Su Lin ( Angela Mao ), years ago, when she committed suicide to save herself from dishonour after being cornered by O ' Hara and a collection of Han's thugs.

Before becoming a Christian, he was an orator, " pleader in the courts ", and a teacher of rhetoric.

Before 1881, when Charles Daniel Dance wrote his Chapters From a Guianese Log-book, he noticed, The children all talked a Dutch patois besides the Arawak Indian tongue ; and with a Dutch teacher to instruct them, it is not difficult to conceive the manner in which they read their English lessons.

Before he had gone to Washington in 1973, he had a reputation as a tough and sometimes harsh teacher, but after his return, he had a reputation as a humorous, considerate, and gentle teacher who won the admiration and affectionate regard of his students.

Before becoming a board member for the Fiesta Bowl, he was a teacher and pharmaceutical sales representative for AstraZeneca.

Before she became Peaches, Nisker was a music and drama teacher at Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto.

Before that he had studied maths and worked for various touring musicians and worked as an English teacher as well.

Before entering the ministry, Silas was employed as a school teacher and later studied law.

Before embarking on her future career in social work, she worked as a high school teacher in her hometown through 1906.

Before Søren Poppe got famous with the band, he was a teacher in a school in Valby, in Copenhagen.

Before long, he and his wife Abigail saw to it that there was a teacher to teach school to all of the children in the community.

Before his second term, he earned money to cover tuition by serving as a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in what is now Merrimac, Massachusetts.

Before his election to the Commons, Cook worked variously as a gravedigger, a Butlins Redcoat, a transport manager at a steelworks, a teacher, and a construction planning engineer.

Before marriage, his mother had been a painter and art teacher in Liverpool.

Before leaving, her old teacher reveals to Female Itsuki that Male Itsuki died in the mountain accident 2 years ago.

Before becoming an MP, he was a teacher and later a head of Mathematics between 1970 and 1981, before becoming the senior vice principal of the John Kitto Community College in Plymouth ( 1981 – 1992 ).

Before embarking upon her political career, she spent many years working in the North as a teacher, and later as an Assistant Deputy Minister with the territorial government.

Before that, she briefly worked as Raven's English teacher at the request of Raven's school principal.

Before being elected to public office, Hansen was a school teacher, a Teamster ’ s Union steward, and also a truck driver for the City of Green Bay.

Before Professor Flutesnoot appeared, Archie comics featured a similarly designed character named Mr. Fluteweed ( a music teacher ).

Before being elected to parliament, O ’ Brien was an adult education instructor, a public servant, a teacher, and from 1985 to 1996, a town councillor in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Before joining Kiss, St. John was a well known and respected teacher and guitarist for the Southern California cover band Front Page.