Before his departure, a group of his friends, the Reverend Stidger among them, had given him a luncheon, and Stidger had seen advance sheets of Elmer Gantry.

Before seizing power in 2003, Bozizé's rebel group was equipped and trained in Chad.

Before he was assassinated, Umar decided that his successor would come from a group of six.

Before joining NASA as a member of the first group of scientist-astronauts in June 1965, he worked at the U. S. Geological Survey's Astrogeology Center at Flagstaff, Arizona, developing geological field techniques that would be used by the Apollo crews.

Before Christmas 1955, Brantley had the group record a demo of " Please, Please, Please " for a local Macon radio station.

Before leaving for Scandinavia the group took part in a recording session for the P. J.

Before independence, most Hindus did not have the right to cast votes and were not eligible to contest elections although were the majority ethnic group of the population.

Before independence, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah.

Before the break off of dialogue, a letter written by a group of Colombian intellectuals ( among whom were Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez ) to the Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating Board was released denouncing the approach taken by the FARC-EP and the dire consequences that it was having for the country.

A deleted scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas features a group of vampires playing hockey on the frozen pond with the decapitated head of Burton.

Before the troupe formed, Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney were working together doing Theatresports in Calgary, performing in a group named " The Audience ".

Before 1960, Thimphu consisted of a group of hamlets scattered across the valley including Motithang, Changangkha, Changlimithang, Langchupakha, and Taba, some of which constitute districts of the city today ( see below for district details ).

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

Before monosaccharide units are incorporated into glycoproteins, polysaccharides, or lipids in living organisms, they are typically first " activated " by being joined via a glycosidic bond to the phosphate group of a nucleotide such as uridine diphosphate ( UDP ), guanosine diphosphate ( GDP ), thymidine diphosphate ( TDP ), or cytidine monophosphate ( CMP ).

Before this park was created, the area was known as ' The Gun Sites ', as it had been the location for anti-aircraft guns in WW2, and was the home of the 1st Petts Wood scout group.

Before the development of the Estates, the area was inhabited by the northern Ipai, a semi-nomadic people and a group of the Kumeyaay.

Before European settlement around 1795, the area was settled by the Melungeon, a group of people of mixed European, sub-Saharan African, and Native American ancestry.

Before it started, Hendrix " called this tour The Cry of Love, because that's what it is " in an interview ; this is the only mention of that name, prior to the posthumous LP of that name ( 1971 ), and the group itself was still referred to in all ads, articles, promos, bookings, introductions, etc.

Before signing the group, the label's president, Harold Robinson, was unimpressed with the physical looks of Holt, telling staff he felt Holt was " too dark and too unattractive " to be the lead singer.

Before they turn gaseous, the carboxyl group is released from the molecule as carbon dioxide and water vapor at around 106 ° C ( 220 ° F ).

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 Lewin and Festinger, there were, of course, descriptions of a very similar group property.

Before the Maastricht Treaty, member states cooperated at the intergovernmental level in various sectors relating to free movement and personal security (" group of co-ordinators ", CELAD, TREVI ) as well as in customs co-operation ( GAM ) and judicial policy.

After their distribution deal with Epic Records ended in 1984, the remaining Isleys signed with Warner Bros .. Before the contract could be completed, the group agreed with the IRS to sell their stock in T-Neck Records, folding the label in 1985.

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 2007 season began, Vick was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after pleading guilty to charges involving dog fighting in the state of Virginia.

Before long, the Spanish began growing cacao beans on plantations, and using an African workforce to help manage them.

Before long, and much to the embarrassment of the authorities, the media began to expose severe social and economic problems the Soviet government had long denied and actively concealed.

Before the 1999 season, fans began discussing Earnhardt's age and speculating that with his son, Dale Jr. getting into racing, Earnhardt might be contemplating retirement.

Before production of the film began, Coppola went to his mentor Roger Corman for advice about shooting in the Philippines, since Corman had filmed several pictures there.

Before anime began to be licensed in the U. S., fans who wanted to get a hold of anime would leak copies of anime movies and subtitle them to exchange with friends in the community, thus marking the start of fansubs.

Before long, much to the embarrassment of the authorities, the media began to expose severe social and economic problems which the Soviet government had long denied and covered up.

In addition to conflicts between his Spanish and German inheritances, conflicts of religion would be another source of tension during the reign of Charles V. Before Charles even began his reign in the Holy Roman Empire, in 1517, Martin Luther initiated what would later be known as the Reformation.

Before the military buildup began in fiscal year ( FY ) 1980, United States military assistance to Honduras was less than US $ 4 million.

Later on 1 May, Vice-Admiral Hans-Erich Voss saw Goebbels for the last time: " Before the breakout the bunker began, about ten generals and officers, including myself, went down individually to Goebbels's shelter to say goodbye.

Before the 18th century the Kalevala poetry was common throughout Finland and Karelia but in the 18th century it began to disappear in Finland, first in western Finland, because European rhymed poetry became more common in Finland.

Before the middle of the 20th century, electric and diesel-electric locomotives began replacing steam locomotives.

# Before any custodial interrogation began did the government agents properly advise the defendant of her Miranda rights? If “ Yes ” go to 6 ; If “ No ”, go to 18 ..

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 shooting began in the American War of Independence, American revolutionaries took control of the militia system, reinvigorating training and excluding men with Loyalist inclinations.

Before filming started, producer Martin Ransohoff began to receive phone calls about the Major Dundee ordeal and was told Peckinpah was impossible to work with.

Before filming began, several of the film's stars, including Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, and Tom Hanks, endured ten days of " boot camp " training and work on the film set to prepare for their roles.

Before the 1974 season began, the Padres were on the verge of being sold to Joseph Danzansky, who was planning to move the franchise to Washington, D. C. by the beginning of the 1974 season.

Before his emigration in autumn 1934, Adorno began work on a Singspiel based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer entitled The Treasure of Indian Joe, which he would, however, never complete ; by the time he fled Hitler's Germany Adorno had already written over a hundred opera or concert reviews and an additional fifty critiques of music composition.

Before the summer 2006 offensive began, indications existed that soldiers in Afghanistan had lost influence and power to other groups, including potentially the Taliban.

Before Ellison could begin work on the show's production bible, a writers ' strike began, running from March 6 to June 24.

Before any of the scandalous activity became widely known, Harding's popularity began to ebb, but he responded with determination to run for re-election, despite strong support emerging for the very popular Henry Ford for the Democrats.

Before long, Guthrie bought his own harmonica and began playing along with him.

Before the Apollo XI moon landing in 1969, NASA began early studies of space shuttle designs.