Before 1704, few people lived west of Fourth Street.

Before 1683 he settled near what is now Albany, New York, and there in 1704 he bought through Harnie Gansevoort one-fourth of the land in Dutchess County near Red Hook, which had been patented in 1688 to Pieter Schuyler, who in 1722 deeded seven ( of thirteen ) lots in the upper fourth of his patent to the seven children of Knickerbacker.

Before the advertising campaign, it was common to hear tour guides in Bratislava making jokes about the Škoda, saying " How do you double the value of a Škoda?

Before the film's release, a major publicity campaign resulted in photographs and life-sized cardboard figures of Sharon Tate being displayed in cinema foyers throughout the United States ; a concurrent advertising campaign by Coppertone featured Tate.

Before the Vicksburg Campaign in the spring of 1863, Sherman expressed serious reservations about the wisdom of Grant's unorthodox strategy, but he went on to perform well in that campaign under Grant's supervision.

Before the steady advance of Marshal Belle-Isle the Austrians retired into Lombardy and a desultory campaign was waged up to the conclusion of peace.

Before setting out he turned to the Delphic oracle and the oracle of Amphiaraus to inquire whether he should pursue this campaign and whether he should also seek an alliance.

Before he was elected he had shown the village his nature by helping to head up a campaign in opposition to a candidate for governor.

Before the outbreak of Civil War, McClellan became active in politics, supporting the presidential campaign of Democrat Stephen A. Douglas in the 1860 election.

Before the advent of the automobile, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's bathorse that carried the packsaddle with his officer's kit during a campaign.

Before his departure for Thonburi, the King conferred honours and distinction on those who had contributed to success of his campaign.

Before leaving his presidency early in 1921, Woodrow Wilson joined other leading Americans in a statement that rebuked Ford and others for their antisemitic campaign.

Before this campaign was finished, Pyrrhus had embarked upon a new one.

Before ill health drove him from the public arena, Benson became a force within the short-lived Progressive Party, managing the 1948 presidential campaign of its candidate, Henry Wallace.

Before the Line of Kings failed two conditions applied to the Steward: He was not allowed to leave the realm or go to war, in effect ensuring smooth government while the King was away on campaign.

Before the 2002 presidential campaign, the supporters of President Jacques Chirac, divided in three centre-right parliamentary parties, founded an association named Union on the Move ( Union en mouvement ).

Before his time it had been the custom to appoint Treasurers at War, ad hoc, for this or that campaign ; the practice of the Protectorate Government foreshadowing, however, a permanent office.

Before the beginning of Operation Barbarossa ( the eastern front campaign against the Soviet Union ) on 22 June 1941, the Nazi ideologist Alfred Rosenberg suggested the administrative division of conquered Soviet territory in the following Reichskommissariate, only the first two of which would become reality through military success:

Before the 2004 amendments, electoral associations were entitled to modest compensation of their campaign expenses.

Before entering politics, Heinz served as an assistant to Pennsylvania Republican U. S. Senator Hugh Scott and played an active role as assistant campaign manager during Scott's campaign for re-election.

Before that, Black had supported Russell in his campaign against military conscription in World War I.

Before becoming a member of the London Assembly, he worked for the No-Euro campaign.

Before the opening day, a television marketing campaign showed cheery Ames employees working while singing " My Kind of Town ," a song that strongly referred to Chicago.

Before your first training experiment has ended there will be a big improvement and almost before you know it you'll be raising and lowering yourself just like a veteran!!

Before the war ended, the colony fell under the Provisional Government of the French Republic.

Before the war ended, the Australian Government took steps to encourage an Australian automotive industry.

Before the Congress opened on 13 June, negotiations between Andrássy and the British Foreign Secretary Marquess of Salisbury had already " ended on 6 June by Britain agreeing to all the Austrian proposals relative to Bosnia-Herzegovina about to come before the congress while Austria would support British demands.

Before the start of the 1994 season, San Diego was not expected to do well because they had so many newcomers via the draft and free agency ; the Chargers ended up 22 new players on their roster and 10 of them became starters.

Before the day ended, Israeli armor had cut through Egyptian defense lines, capturing the town of el-Arish.

Before a long lull in activity which ended in the 1990s, the last one to strike was Hurricane David in September 1979.

Before the 2008 season, when Super League established a franchising system and ended automatic promotion and relegation in Super League, the National Leagues also used this system to determine the team that earned promotion to Super League.

Before 1871 ended, three houses had been erected in the new settlement and plans for others had been made.

Before that, a " test trial " expulsion was performed in November 1941, and the whole operation ended in a pacification operation, combined with expulsions in June / July 1943 which was code named Wehrwolf Action I and II.

After their distribution deal with Epic Records ended in 1984, the remaining Isleys signed with Warner Bros .. Before the contract could be completed, the group agreed with the IRS to sell their stock in T-Neck Records, folding the label in 1985.

Before the strike, the number of employees had been about 1200, but after it ended, it was reduced to 694.

Before he left Baghdad, Gaylani contacted Mulla Effendi and informed him that he had chosen his house as a safe haven for the Royal family to stay until the conflict ended.

Before that date the bullrunning ended in the " castle plaza ", still not far from the present bullring.

Before the 19th century ended, Bosch expanded his operations beyond Germany.

Before the season ended, however, the Maroons were suspended by NFL commissioner Joseph Carr, thus denying them the championship title.

Before the war ended his total climbed to either 31 or 31.

Before the first year of his second term ended, Brooke became the first Republican to call on President Nixon to resign, on November 4, 1973, shortly after the Watergate-related " Saturday night massacre ".

Before the beginning of the 1996-97 season, Brendan Shanahan ended his silence about his displeasure about playing in Hartford.

Before leaving, Case recorded vocals for a few songs that ended up on Mass Romantic, The New Pornographers ' first album.

Before Highfields School was founded in 1982, when the tripartite education system in Matlock ended, there were two secondary schools in Matlock ; Charles White Secondary Modern School ( founded in 1956, and named after two local MPs, father and son, the latter of who died in 1956 ) and Ernest Bailey's Grammar School ( founded in 1924 and named after its wealthy founder ).

Before the fall 1984 premiere, the producers changed it to Who's the Boss ?, an open ended title which hinted that any one of the leads could get their own way and be the " boss ".

Before it was successfully climbed, most of the attempts on the face ended tragically and the Bernese authorities even banned climbing it and threatened to fine any party that should attempt it again.

Before the war ended, Lane was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1865, being confirmed on the last day the Confederate Congress met.