Before the year was over, Brown, who had immediately returned to work with his band following his release, organized a pay-per-view concert following a show at Los Angeles ' Wiltern Theatre, that was well received.

Before the nation watched, riveted but powerless, as Los Angeles was looted and burned.

Before the playoffs, Torrey made the difficult decision to trade longtime and popular veterans Billy Harris and defenseman Dave Lewis to the Los Angeles Kings for second line center Butch Goring.

Before the playoffs, the Avalanche acquired star defenseman Rob Blake and center Steven Reinprecht from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Adam Deadmarsh, Aaron Miller and their first-round 2001 Draft pick.

Before the season, Los Angeles signed two-time MVP Karl Malone formerly of the Jazz, and former Seattle Defensive Player of the Year Gary Payton.

Before construction could begin on the housing project, the local political climate changed greatly when Norris Poulson was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1953.

Before a rowdy crowd at the Los Angeles Forum, Jimi Hendrix dedicated I Don't Live Today to the Smothers Brothers, as heard on The Jimi Hendrix Box Set.

Before the last show in Chile, Faith No More played two more US dates, at the Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium.

Before it merged with Delta Air Lines it was headquartered at Los Angeles International Airport.

Before a rowdy crowd at the Los Angeles Forum, Jimi Hendrix dedicated " I Don't Live Today " to the Smothers Brothers, as heard on The Jimi Hendrix Box Set.

Before a formula for gangsta rap had developed, artists such as the New York City-based Boogie Down Productions and Los Angeles native Ice-T implemented detailed observations of " street life ", while the chaotic, rough sounding production style of Public Enemy's records set new standards for hip hop production.

Before joining the Cowboys, Schramm was part of the Los Angeles Rams from 1947 to 1956.

Before Salonen's last concert as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic on April 19, 2009, the orchestra announced his appointment as its first ever " Conductor Laureate ".

Before 1824, the harbor was the mouth of the Los Angeles River, before its course shifted to its current outlet at San Pedro.

Before becoming famous, he had been performing across Puerto Rico's western coast with various musical trios, particularly with the Trio Los Duendes group.

Kelly received the Los Angeles Times First Annual Book Award ( 1980 ) for Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News and the American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation ( 1991 ) for In Time.

Before his death in 1939, at age 72, he helped bring more than 200 German-Jewish refugees to Los Angeles.

Before the chaotic 1990s, Rwanda produced popular local bands like Imena, Nyampinga, Les 8 Anges, Les Fellows, Impala, Abamarungu, Los Compagnons de la Chanson, Bisa, Ingenzi, and Isibo y ' Ishakwe.

Before All My Children offered him the role of Dimitri Marick, Nader already planned on working in both Los Angeles and New York.

Before that he was the Staff Director for the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States from January 1998 to July 1998 ; a Senior Fellow in Political-Military Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies ( CSIS ) from 1993 to 1998 ; the Director for Strategic Defense Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1990 to 1993 ; the Deputy Director, Strategic Analysis, SRS Technologies ( Washington Operations ) from 1986 to 1990 ; and a Staff Member in the Office of the Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1982 to 1986.

Before creation of the Los Angeles Opera company, the New York City Opera came regularly on tour and performed in the Pavilion.

Before joining ABC News, Lin served as a weekend news anchor for KTTV in Los Angeles where she worked in the Special Undercover Investigations Unit.

Before long, Ladd was a part-time competitor in Los Angeles, during football's off-season.

Before 1964, U. S. 60 ran from Los Angeles to the Arizona state line, where it continued its nationwide trek, often overlapping U. S. 99 and U. S. 70 along the way.

Before becoming a full-time writer, he was employed as a cameraman and technical director, as a book columnist for the Los Angeles Mirror, and as book review editor for the Los Angeles Daily News.

Before a 1987 Monday Night Football game against the Los Angeles Raiders, the Seahawks had already beaten their divisional foe once in the season ( who were foundering with a 3-7 record ) when Bosworth insulted Raiders rookie running back Bo Jackson and promised in a media event before the game that he would contain the running back.

Before the Aqueduct Bridge was built, a ferry service owned by John Mason connected Georgetown to Virginia.

Before the building of the Eifel Aqueduct, Cologne got its water from the Vorgebirge aqueduct, which had its source in the springs and streams from the Ville region to the west of the city.

Before 1985, all shuttles had the label SS and S was reserved for " special "' services, including IND trains to Aqueduct Racetrack.

Before the 20th century, most manufactured products were made individually by hand.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, most hijackings involved the plane landing at a certain destination, followed by the hijackers making negotiable demands.

Before the publication of this work most of the trouvère romances appeared in octosyllabic verse.

Before the introduction of the Phoenix missile, most other US aircraft relied on the smaller, less-expensive AIM-7 Sparrow ; classified as a Medium Range Missile ( MRM ).

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 he entered parliament, Disraeli was involved with several women, most notably Henrietta, Lady Sykes ( the wife of Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Bt ), who served as the model for Henrietta Temple.

Before this action, though, he had for the most part opted to continue the Whig policy of limited expansion, preferring to maintain the then-current borders as opposed to promoting expansion.

Before 1931, i. e. through most of Ruth's most productive years, the umpire called the play based on the ball's final resting place " when last seen ".

Before that, it was about 7 censuses, most part of these previous censuses was undertaken during Soviet ( USSR ) control.

Before many copies of the book could be printed, however, the printing press and most of the printed copies were destroyed by a mob in Missouri.

Before long, bills weren't being paid, authors ' advances and royalties were delayed, budgets were cut back, and most of Donald's time was spent trying to soothe authors and agents who were indignant, and had every right to be, at the way they were treated.

Before the war, Carthage had the most powerful navy in the western Mediterranean.

Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials, a guitar was defined as being an instrument having " a long, fretted neck, flat wooden soundboard, ribs, and a flat back, most often with incurved sides ".

Before the war, trade reform and price liberalization were the most successful part of the country's structural adjustment program under IMF sponsorship.

Before gelatin became widely available as a commercial product, the most typical gelatin dessert was " calf's foot jelly ".

Before long, much of the south and west was under the control of the Nationalists, whose regular Army of Africa was the most professional force available to either side.

Before Haiti established its independence from French administration in 1804, Haiti ranked as the world's richest and most productive colony.

Before the development of the general-purpose computer, most calculations were done by humans.

Before consolidation of many of these rural school districts in the last half of the twentieth century, Indiana high schools had fewer students than those of most other states ; basketball was a natural game for these schools since it only required five starters and a few reserves.

Before this date, the most precise measurement of the Imperial Standard Yard was metres.

Before came Orphée, later turned into one of his more successful films ; after came La Machine infernale, arguably his most fully realized work of art.

Before 1500 most swords were usually worn suspended from cords on a belt, edge-down.

Before that, most of these patterns were more connected to geographical regions than to any clan.

Before the actual discovery of mendelevium, the trivalent state was the most stable one in aqueous solution.