Before the cold war began in the late 1940s, Foot favoured a ' third way ' foreign policy for Europe ( he was joint author with Richard Crossman and Ian Mikardo of the pamphlet Keep Left in 1947 ), but in the wake of the communist seizure of power in Hungary and Czechoslovakia he and Tribune took a strongly anti-communist position, eventually embracing NATO.

Before the emergence of the T-formation in the 1940s, all members of the offensive backfield were legitimate threats to run or pass the ball, and most teams used four offensive backs on every play: a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.

Before the 1940s minor changes occurred in the uniform.

Before the discovery of tetracycline and chloramphenicol during the latter 1940s, as many as 30 percent of persons infected with R. rickettsii died.

Before the 1940s, mining was done by hand tools with high labor usage rates and included horse-drawn carts underground.

Before the 1940s, most artists in St Ives and West Cornwall belonged to the St Ives Society of Artists ; but events in the late 1940s led to a dispute between the abstract and figurative artists in the group.

Before the classic work of Jule Charney and Eric Eady on baroclinic instability in the late 1940s

The 1940s brought us Before I Hang ( 1940 ), Black Friday ( 1940 ), Dr. Cyclops ( 1940 ), The Devil Commands ( 1941 ), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( 1941 ), Man Made Monster ( 1941 ), It Happened Tomorrow ( 1944 ), It Happens Every Spring ( 1949 ), and The Perfect Woman ( 1949 ).

* Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Volume I: The 1940s ( and Before ) ( 1985 )

Before pesticide use began in the 1940s ( Refer to Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, chapter 4 ), the gnat was so abundant around the lake in the summer that large piles of dead gnats appeared beneath streetlights, looking like dirty snow.

Before the 1940s, the CNT was the major force in Spanish working class politics, attracting 1. 58 million members at one point and playing a major role in the Spanish Civil War.

Before the two-platoon game became standard in the 1940s, a single platoon game was the norm, where the same players played both offense and defense, each player continuing to hold a position on the field no matter which side had possession of the ball.

The musical stage took priority in the second half of the 1940s with The Day Before Spring on Broadway and both DuBarry Was a Lady and Serenade in London.

Before electrification occurred in rural parts of the United States in the 1940s, some small dairy farms would have tractors but not electric power.

The intros of each episode shown on TV and DVD today are re-issues from the 1950s – 1960s, with the exception of Puss Gets the Boot and The Night Before Christmas, which still retain their original opening and closing credits from the early 1940s.

Before it was commissioned as a federally designated route in the late 1940s, US 460 was Kentucky Route 40 from Lexington to Paintsville and Kentucky Route 4 from Millard to the Virginia state line near Grundy.

Before penicillin became a viable medical treatment in the early 1940s, no true cure for gonorrhea, strep throat, or pneumonia existed.

Before the 1940s, the CNT was the major force in Spanish working class politics, attracting 1. 58 million members at one point and playing a major role in the Spanish Civil War.

ISBN 978-0-19-516208-0 .</ sup ></ ref > Before the 1940s, the mosque was called Masjid-i Janmasthan (" mosque of the birthplace ").

Before being renamed Hollywood cerise in the 1940s, the color had been known, since its inception in 1922, simply as Hollywood.

Before the 1940s the Country team was stronger in numbers due to the number of people who were employed in agriculture.

Before the 1940s " teenagers " were not listed in newspaper headlines, because as a group they did not exist.

Before coaching, he had played for CFR and another well-known local team, Universitatea Cluj, during the 1940s.

Before a mutual solution could be devised, the mosque was destroyed on December 6, 1992 as the mosque was built by Babur allegedly on the site of a previous Hindu temple marking the birthplace of Rama.

Before 2003, it was not proven that the original Hindu temple was demolished or dramatically modified on the orders of the Mughal Emperor Babur and the mosque was built in its place.

Before the national mosque, Masjid Negara, was opened in 1965, Masjid Jamek served as Kuala Lumpur's main mosque.

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.