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Before the end of November, the main German troops had withdrawn from Tirana, and the communists took control of the capital by fighting what was left from the German army.

Philby found that the award proved helpful in obtaining access to fascist circles: " Before then ," he later wrote, " there had been a lot of criticism of British journalists from Franco officers who seemed to think that the British in general must be a lot of Communists because so many were fighting with the International Brigades.

Before the beginning of the story, two brothers leading opposite sides in Thebes ' civil war died fighting each other for the throne.

Before the crusade there was little fighting in the area and a fairly sophisticated polity.

Before fighting, he decided to safeguard Mathilde's future in the event of his death by marrying her.

Before fighting against Gavilan, he beat former world light-weight champion Ike Williams, and had two more fights with Graham, avenging his earlier loss to Graham in the second bout between them with a 12 round decision win, and drawing in the third.

Before his accession to the throne, he was the main advisor of his brother, Géza I of Hungary, who was fighting against their cousin, King Solomon of Hungary.

Before the year's end, he was undefeated in eleven bouts ( winning all by way of early round knockouts ) and fighting for the world title for the first time.

Before the 19th century, bloodsports such as bull baiting, bear baiting and cock fighting were common.

Before the game begins, the player chooses between the three main characters, Guy, Cody, and Haggar, each with his own fighting style and attributes.

Before the 19th century, bloodsports such as bull baiting, bear baiting and cock fighting were common.

Before she died and during the war while Seleucus II was fighting Ptolemy III, Laodice I supported the revolt of her second son against her first son.

Before fighting for the world championship, she had to meet the likes of Kim Messer, Elena Reid and former world champion Para Draine before meeting Regina Halmich in Germany for the WIBF world Jr. Flyweight title, on August 17, 2002.

Before Khadafi Janjalani was born, in the early 1970s, the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNLF ) was the main Muslim rebel group fighting in the Basilan region of the southern Philippines.

Before fighting had officially erupted, Santa Anna had realized that stronger measures were needed to ensure calm in Texas.

Before fighting had started in Norway in April 1940, the Polish-French team solved an uncommonly hard three-letter code used by the Germans to communicate with fighter and bomber squadrons and for exchange of meteorological data between aircraft and land.

Before reading the first chapter, Winston reads the third chapter War is Peace, which explains that slogan-title ’ s meaning, by reviewing how the global super-states were established: The United States and the British Empire merged and they annexed Australia, Canada, and all of South America to form Oceania ; the USSR annexed continental Europe to form Eurasia ; and Eastasia emerged " after a decade of confused fighting ", with China ’ s annexation of the Indian sub-continent, Japan, Korea, et al.

Before its first night, Patrick had volunteered for the American Field Service providing medical services in support of the British Army fighting World War II.

Before his departure from Team Ninja, Itagaki stated in November 2006 that he had the first play concepts in mind, but in a May 2008 interview he said about the Dead or Alive series: " This is another area that my closest colleagues and I all agree that we were able to achieve the definitive fighting game with DOA4.

Before May – June 1919, some combination of fighting and negotiation among the major Beiyang leaders was expected to lead to military unification, which in turn would permit the restoration of the constitutional political processes that Yuan Shikai had disrupted.

Before they can reconcile, Taskmaster is attacked from behind by Redshirt, who has genetically altered his body and mastered superior fighting skills to that of the Taskmaster.

Before he left for the Shuu, he was friends with Bunchu, however, afterwards, they were irreconcilable and ended up fighting during the Sennin war, during which Hiko was hoshin-ed.

Although they are best known for the achievements of Alexander the Great, his father Philip II of Macedon created and designed the fighting force Alexander used in his conquests. Before this time and for centuries their military prowess was nowhere near that the sarissa phalanx offered.

Before 2000, the President had the right to enact regulations on matters not governed by parliamentary law, but this power was removed, and existing regulations were converted into regular statutes by the Parliament.

Before entering Parliament he had already substituted a High Church Anglican attitude, with its dependence upon authority and tradition, for the evangelical outlook of his boyhood, with its reliance upon the direct inspiration of the Bible.

Before the dissolution of Parliament, Knox and the other ministers were given the task of organising the newly reformed church or the Kirk.

Before his death, Tarleton had achieved the military rank of General, equal to that held by the overall British Commanders during the American Revolution, and became a baronet and a member of the British Parliament.

Before Sir Philip Goodhart, the former Conservative Chief Whip Patrick Buchan-Hepburn represented Beckenham in Parliament.

Before 1771, the British Parliament had long been a highly secretive body.

Before the Stamford Parliament, however, on 27 June, Gaveston had returned to England.

Before these Acts, Ireland had been in personal union with England since 1541, when the Irish Parliament had passed the Crown of Ireland Act 1542, proclaiming King Henry VIII of England to be King of Ireland.

Before making a Remedial Order, the Government must lay a proposal before Parliament for 60 days, during which time it will be considered and reported upon by the Joint Committee of both Houses on Human Rights.

Before entering Parliament he worked for N M Rothschild & Sons, the investment bank, and became director of Rothschild Asset Management.

Before that could happen, Parliament was forced to rely on the help of the regiment against the rebellion by the Fifth Monarchists led by Thomas Venner on 6 January 1661.

Before the trial, a report was carried to the Parliament " as if some busie men had made use of some ill Arts to extort such confession " that a special Commission of Oyer and Terminer was granted for the trial of these witches.

Before its dissolution the assembly had become known as Barebone's Parliament.

Before he is allowed to dissolve the Assembly, the President has to consult the Prime Minister and the presidents of both Houses of Parliament ( article 12 ).

Before a law is enacted, the French President, speaker of either house of Parliament, or, more commonly, 60 parliamentarians from the same house may petition the Council for review.

Before the new Constitution came into force, full formal powers to appoint the Prime Minister and the rest of the Council of State had been the privilege of the President, who was free to diverge from parliamentary principles, although ministers appointed had to have the confidence of the Parliament.

Before the constitutional referendum of 2007, there was a quorum of two-third required in the Turkish Parliament.

Before the Acts of Union 1707 united the English and Scottish parliaments, there was a Heritable Usher of the White Rod who had a similar role in the Estates of Parliament in Scotland.

Before the First Sino Japanese War, China engaged in technological modernization only, buying modern weapons, ships, artillery, and building modern arsenals to produce these weapons, and only giving their soldiers modern weapons without institutional reform, and while refusing to reform the government or civil society according to western standards, unlike Japan, who adopted western style government with a Parliament and completely reoganized the army on western lines.

Before entering Parliament, he was an energy analyst at the City of London stockbroker, W. Greenwell & Co.

Before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, the Anglo-Saxon kings had been elected, and even after it Parliament had deposed kings and kings in turn had confirmed their title by Act of Parliament.

Before land elevation made the canals unnecessary, spring floods was a serious problem often forcing the reconstruction of bridges and other structures, but by the 17th century the first canal was scrapped, the second when the Parliament Building was built in the early 20th century.

Before his ten-year presidential term between 2000 and 2010 he held the posts of Speaker of the Croatian Parliament ( 1992 – 1994 ), Prime Minister of Croatia ( 1990 ), the last President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia ( 1991 ), Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement ( 1991 ), a judge in Našice and mayor of his home town of Orahovica.