* Patrick J. Geary: Before France and Germany: The Creation and Transformation of the Merovingian World, Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

Before Allen purchased the team in 1988, the Trail Blazers were owned by a group of investors headed by Larry Weinberg.

Bluth's 1988 follow-up The Land Before Time was a slightly bigger hit, grossing $ 48, 092, 846 ($ in today's dollars ) and spawning 12 sequels and a TV series.

Just Before the Bullets Fly quickly followed from Allman in 1988.

Before long, TV noticed the talented young comedian and in 1988 Schmidt began to host his first TV show, MAZ ab.

At this time Dre was working on side projects for local entrepreneur Eric ‘ Eazy-E ’ Wright with his homies from CIA in the Kru-Cut studio and Ice Cube was enlisted to ghostwrite for the World Class single ‘ House Calls / Cabbage Patch ’ single in 1987 and shortly after, featuring Michel ’ le, ( Dre ’ s girlfriend ) came out the slow jam hit ‘ Before You Turn off the Lights ’ that was a huge hit across the country on the pop charts in early 1988.

Before the wall was named it also claimed victims such as 1992 World Sportscar Champion and long time F1 driver Derek Warwick who spectacularly crashed his Arrows-Megatron during qualifying for the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix.

Before becoming Chief Constable of Northumbria, he served as Assistant Chief Constable of the Hampshire Constabulary ( 1986 – 88 ) and Deputy Chief Constable of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary ( 1988 – 91 ).

Posthumous releases include 3½ ; The Lost Tapes 1985 – 1988, a collection of unreleased studio sessions including cuts produced by Vitus Matare ( of L. A. s Paisley Underground heroes The Last and later Trotsky Icepick ,) and The Day Before Wine and Roses, a live radio performance recorded just prior to the release of the band's first album.

* Before the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, there were large organized protests against the 1988 World Bank / IMF meetings in Berlin.

Before beginning its Mandarin Chinese service, RCI produced a 40-week series called Everyday English which was broadcast in 1988 and early 1989 over local stations in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.

Before the signing of the Bologna declaration, the Magna Charta Universitatum had been issued at a meeting of university rectors celebrating the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna – and thus of European universities – in 1988.

Before this, he also worked as Head Technician of Generalitat's linguistic planning policy ( 1981 – 1988 ) and headed the Cultural Territorial Services of the Generalitat at Tarragona ( 1982 to 1984 ).

Before coming to WMA, Limato was a partner and co-president at International Creative Management for more than a decade, from 1988 to 1999.

* History of Metallography: The Development of Ideas on the Structure of Metals Before 1890, 1988, ISBN 0-262-69120-5, MIT Press.

Before becoming an MP, he was president of the National Union of Students from 1984 to 1986, a television producer for the BBC on Newsnight from 1988 to 1990 ( where he became firm friends with fellow Manchester United supporter Michael Crick ), producer at ITN's Channel 4 News from 1990 to 1991 and head of communications at the GMB trade union from 1991 to 1997.

* In 1990, she covered Diana Ross's song: " If We Hold On Together ", " イフ ・ ウィ ・ ホールド ・ オン ・ トウゲザー " from the 1988 animated film, The Land Before Time.

Before 1996, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia all had different laws, in Queensland long guns were not registered ; however, the owners of firearms were required to be licenced from 1988, and licences were only introduced for long guns in Tasmania in 1991.

Before entering federal politics, Bellemare served on the council for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton from 1980 to 1985 and the township and then city council for Gloucester from 1966 to 1988.

Before the Diamond Dust Fades ... won Japan Record Awards of 1988 and The Gates of Heaven won a Japanese gold disc grand prix of 1991.

Before joining the NHL in 1988, Linden helped the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League ( WHL ) win consecutive Memorial Cup championships.

He is best known for his departure from The Walt Disney Company in 1979 and his subsequent directing of animated films such as The Secret of NIMH ( 1982 ), An American Tail ( 1986 ), The Land Before Time ( 1988 ), All Dogs Go to Heaven ( 1989 ), and Anastasia ( 1997 ), as well as his involvement in the laserdisc game Dragon's Lair.

The second Spielberg-Bluth collaboration The Land Before Time ( 1988 ) did even better in theaters and both found a very successful life in home video.

* The Land Before Time ( 1988 )

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 becoming the studio host for The NFL on NBC in 1984, Costas did play-by-play of NFL games with analyst Bob Trumpy.

Before 2005, Seattle had the longest drought of playoff victories of any NFL team, dating back to the 1984 season.

Before this season, the Dolphins had never won a playoff game in franchise history, but they surprised the entire NFL by advancing to the Super Bowl with wins against the two previous Super Bowl champions.

Before 1974, NFL teams kicked off from the 40 ; starting in 1974, the NFL moved its kickoffs back to the 35, and twenty years later, the kickoff line was pushed back to the 30.

Before the AFL-NFL merger, the NFL had declared that stadiums smaller than 50, 000 capacity were not adequate for their needs.

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

Before an arbitrator could make a ruling on Owens ' grievance, the NFL and the three teams involved in the controversy reached a settlement on March 16, 2004.

Before the 1979 NFL Draft, Bill Walsh, who was the new coach of the San Francisco 49ers, flew to Morehead State with Assistant Coach Sam Wyche to work out Simms.

Before it folded, Frankfurt Galaxy was the oldest pro football team outside of the NFL and CFL.

Before the draft existed, college players could sign with any team they wanted, and while Hutson did sign a contract with Green Bay, he had also signed a contract with Brooklyn, and both contracts came to the NFL office at the same time.

Before the Steelers ' home opener of the 2006 NFL season, a large school bus drove onto the field, and Bettis stepped out to a massive crowd ovation.

Before the 1992 season, Sanders reworked his NFL deal whereby he still reported to the Falcons for training camp in August, but was allowed to rejoin the Braves for the postseason.

Before the 2010 NFL season began, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had sold out every preseason, regular season and postseason game at Raymond James Stadium.

Before the 2004 NFL season, the Bears ’ organization fired coach Dick Jauron and then hired Lovie Smith.

Before the 2005 NFL season, Jackson said he would hold-out of training camp in order to secure a new contract with the Packers.

Before he started coaching in the NFL, he served as an assistant coach at five different colleges, including Texas A & M, where he coached the offensive line for seven seasons.

Before his NFL career Greene had an outstanding college football career at North Texas State University ( now the University of North Texas ) ( 1966 – 68 ), leading the team to a 23-5-1 record during his three seasons.

Before the 2001 NFL season, the NFL and its officials ' union were unable to secure a deal, resulting in the officials going on strike partway through the season.

Before McPherson signed with the Saints following the 2005 NFL Draft, he was acquired by the Utah Blaze of the AFL in their 2005 expansion draft.

Before working for the NFL Network, he worked for ESPN.