Before the sentence, Brando delivered an hour of testimony, in which he said he and his former wife had failed Christian.

Before even hiring a new General Manager or officially being approved as the new owners, Magowan signed superstar free agent Barry Bonds ( a move which MLB initially blocked until some terms were negotiated to protect Lurie and Bonds in case the sale failed ).

Before these monsters the hero's courage failed and by them was led away to eternal punishment.

Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician ; he failed in all of these efforts.

Before much development flying could be done, however, the tailplane failed due to flutter in a diving test on 20 September.

Before the 2001 season began there was already question if Las Vegas could support a professional team due to past failed attempts with: Las Vegas Americans ( Soccer 1984-85 ), Las Vegas Dustdevils ( Soccer-CISL-1994-1995 ), Las Vegas Posse ( Football-CFL-1994 ) Las Vegas Quicksilvers ( Soccer-NASL-1976-1978 ), Las Vegas Seagulls ( Soccer-ASL-1979 ), Las Vegas Sting ( Football-Arena Football League-1994-1995 ) and Las Vegas Thunder ( IHL-1993-1999 ) The Outlaws were sponsored by Cox Communications, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Station Casinos, PacifiCare Health Systems and Findlay Toyota.

Before the local economy and the plant failed in 1889, there were over 400 men employed at the foundry.

Despite their new image and Hendryx's growth as a songwriter ( the song " Hollywood ", or "( Can I Speak to You Before You Go To ) Hollywood ", allegedly dedicated to Cindy Birdsong, was a notable highlight in their career ) and the presence of Stevie Wonder on the single, " Open Your Heart ", Pressure Cookin again failed to attract a commercial audience.

Before them, it is said that Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens also tried, and similarly failed.

Before then, it was very common for a goaltender to play every minute of his team's season, and only three Vezina winners-Frank Brimsek in both ( 43 of 48 games ) and ( 47 of 48 games ) and Bill Durnan in ( 40 of 50 games ) failed to start every game for their respective clubs.

Before his death, the king had nominated his favourite daughter, Isabel Maria, to serve as regent until " the legitimate heir returned to the Kingdom " — but he had failed to specify which of his sons was the legitimate heir: Peter, the liberal Emperor of Brazil, or Miguel, the absolutist exiled prince.

Before the start of the population decline ( see below ), about 57 % of the Lesser Scaup nests failed each breeding season because the female was killed or the eggs were eaten or destroyed.

Before, the Johnson Administration failed to defeat Communist forces, his deficit-spending to sustain the war effort weakened the U. S. economy for decades to come, contributing to a decade of " stagflation.

The purpose of the law, Holmes insisted, was the deterrence of undesirable social consequences: “ I think that the judges themselves have failed adequately to recognize their duty of weighing considerations of social advantage .” Before the Civil War, this conception of adjudication as a form of social engineering had been widely shared by American judges, but in the late nineteenth century it had fallen out of favor.

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 Caesarean section technique was available, if labor failed to progress because the head of the fetus was too large, the mother's symphysis pubis was cut and the skull of the fetus was crushed.

Before Azai Nagamasa committed seppuku he decided to make one last siege on Nobunaga's main camp ; in the end, however, he failed and was instead captured.

Before dawn on 19 June, his little army was taken by surprise and almost destroyed, because Bruce had accepted Valence at his word and failed to take the precaution of placing pickets around the camp.

Before it split into two separately listed companies in early 2010, Cable & Wireless suffered one of the biggest shareholder rebellions in 2009 when 38pc of the shareholder register failed to back the company's pay policy at a fiery meeting.

Before the 1840s, there were several attempts to replace the colonial charter with a new state constitution that provided broader voting rights, but all failed.

Before the year 2003, a lot of parties tried to form a coalition against the Islamic regime and failed.

Before Viterelli became an actor, he had befriended director Leo Penn ( actor Sean Penn's father ), who initially tried but failed to persuade Viterelli to pursue acting because of his unique and typically Italian looks.

Before assuming office, he had opposed the American Protective League ( APL ), an organization of private citizens that conducted numerous raids and surveillance activities aimed at those who failed to register for the draft and immigrants of German ancestry who were suspected of sympathies for Germany.

Before getting cancelled, the show was renewed twice, but it failed to grab the show's audience.

Before its launch, Tele-Communications, Inc. made a failed attempt to acquire a 50 percent stake in Showtime in 1989. there was some debate as to whether Viacom or TCI originally conceived the idea for Encore, a service similar to Flix, that also focused on films from the 1960s to the 1980s until a format change in 1999 in which recent films were added to the mix.

Before the Civil War, Carnegie arranged a merger between Woodruff's company and that of George M. Pullman, the inventor of a sleeping car for first class travel which facilitated business travel at distances over.

Before its merger with HP, it also sponsored the Williams Formula One team when it was still powered by BMW engines.

Before the merger, the employees of the HBC, unlike the North West Company, did not participate in its profits.

Before the merger, Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST counted 23 Nobel Prize winners amongst their former staff and students.

Before its merger, it was the smallest municipality in the Netherlands, covering an area of only 1. 75 km².

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Wester-Koggenland consisted of 15 seats, which were divided as follows:

Before the merger into Medemblik, the municipal council of Wognum consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:

Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the municipality covered an area of 30. 91 km² ( 11. 93 mile² ) of which 3. 94 km² ( 1. 52 mile² ) is water.

Before the merger with Alkemade, the municipality covered an area of 41. 37 km² ( 25. 71 mile² ) of which 4. 88 km² ( 3. 03 mile² ) is water, mainly the lakes Braassemermeer and Wijde Aa.

Before the merger, the I. E. E.

Before the merger it had a population of 3, 426.

Before the merger Lillestrøm municipality had a population of 10, 840.

Before the merger, Littau had an area of.

Before the merger the municipality of Harmelen had about 8000 inhabitants.

Before the merger with Ambev, Interbrew was the third largest brewing company in the world by volume, Anheuser-Busch was the largest, followed by SABMiller in second place.

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

Before the 1994 merger, Mong Kok was part of the Mong Kok District.

Before the merger, USU taught courses at the college through Regional Campuses and Distance Education ( RCDE ).

Before the merger, Mirage Resorts ( formerly Golden Nugget Companies, Inc .) had been in operation since the 1970s.

* Before merger: George Busk

Before the merger closed in 1989, Warner purchased Lorimar-Telepictures.

Before the sale and merger of Goldwyn Pictures in April 1924, Goldwyn had established Samuel Goldwyn Productions in 1923 as a production-only operation ( with no distribution arm ).

Before the merger, the Steelers had long been one of the NFL's worst teams, only posting eight winning seasons, and just one playoff appearance, since their first year of existence in 1933.

Before the merger, neighboring oblasts and republics were ( from north clockwise ) Komi Republic, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Republic of Bashkortostan, Udmurt Republic, Kirov Oblast, and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug.