Before 1999, Bhutan had banned television and internet to preserve its culture, environment, its identity etc.

Before the internet ( via the world wide web ) become popular, Ceefax pages were often the first location to report a breaking story or headline.

Before the internet existed, the duo were a phenomenon surrounded by their own culture, analogous to the Twilight craze.

Before switching to internet scoring in 1997, the team owners were required to send in weekly line-ups via postcard to both the commissioner and opponents.

Before the popularity of internet dating, long-distance relationships were not as common, as the primary forms of communication between the romance lovers usually involved either telephone conversations or corresponding via mail.

Before the popularization of the internet, the " HLN SportsTicker " was the first available method of getting this information in real time rather than waiting for the local news, morning newspapers or ESPN SportsCenter.

Before his acting career took off, he ran Darkyl Media, a web site design firm, and also founded Fusefilm. com, a now defunct internet community for filmmakers.

Before 1992, internet administrators did not carry alt newsgroups that did not obtain some general community assent.

Before any such title was released, the promotion came to an end and both Chex Quest 1 and Chex Quest 2 became effectively unavailable until they were posted for download on internet fan pages several years later.

Before there was scifaiku on the internet, there was science fiction haiku.

Before its release in September, the album appeared on the internet on July 4, 2003, due to an advance copy being leaked.

Homicide returned to ROH on September 17 at the Death Before Dishonor IX internet pay-per-view, as his UWF contract prohibited him only from working television shows and regular pay-per-views.

Before Airhitch migrated to internet based communication in the 1990s, it operated out of North American offices including New York, Los Angeles ( Santa Monica ), San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, and Vancouver, and numerous European cities including Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bonn, and Rome.

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 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 1780 there was no good method for making copies of letters or drawings.

Note that complete electronic copies of the Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10 are available online, as are most of the other proceedings from the Nuremberg Trials.

Before long, a more advanced pantograph-based process made it possible to simultaneously produce 90 – 150 copies of each record.

Before the North American rental release on May 9, Blockbuster Video wanted to purchase hundreds of thousands of extra copies for its " guaranteed title " range, whereby anyone who wanted to rent the film would be guaranteed a copy.

Before the era of printing, manuscripts were handwritten, and so few copies existed, explaining why so much has been lost.

Before the release of the fifth book, 200 million copies of the first four books had already been sold and translated into 55 languages in 200 countries.

Before being re-released as freeware on 31 August 2008 by Electronic Arts Command & Conquer: Red Alert had sold over three million copies.

It was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for more than three million store-shipped copies and produced three top ten singles, including debut single " Don't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days )" and " Before You Walk out of My Life ", both of which made Monica the youngest artist ever to have two consecutive chart-topping hits on the U. S. Billboard Hot R & B Singles chart.

Before long, the News of the World established itself as the most widely read Sunday paper, with initial sales of around 12, 000 copies a week.

Before the prime book selling season, their book had sold 250, 000 copies in Britain.

Before long, copies of the ransom note were being sold on street corners throughout New York for $ 5 each.

Before sixty copies had been sold the publisher became bankrupt and the stock went for wastepaper.

Before the group signed to Virgin, a small number of copies of " God Save the Queen " had been pressed on the A & M label.

Before the late nineteenth century, only hand written copies of Guru Granth Sahib were prepared.

Before that, he had printed three specimen copies, starting on 13 September.

Before 1924 her first cook book was issued 23 times, with more than 130 thousand copies sold worldwide, more than all the books by Henryk Sienkiewicz and Bolesław Prus combined.

Before his death Ippen burnt all his writings, saying that " they have all become namuamidabutsu ( devotion to Amida Buddha )", but copies were kept by some of his disciples.

The album has sold 3, 300, 000 copies worldwide, and is listed as one of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in the book of the same name, edited by Robert Dimery.

Before the official release of Hydroponic, the band made hand-written " pre-release " promo copies of the new EP and sold them at various shows ( including the EP release party performance on 2 / 1 / 1992 at the " Peony Park Ballroom ") as well as " Joe Voda's Drum City ", which was Chad's mother's store, who now works at Dietze's Music in Bellevue, Nebraska.

Before Russell Lee, a book which achieved sales of 3, 000 copies was considered a bestseller.

Before 1938, the federal courts, like almost all other common law courts, decided the law on any issue where the relevant legislature ( either the U. S. Congress or state legislature, depending on the issue ), had not acted, by looking to courts in the same system, that is, other federal courts, even on issues of state law, and even where there was no express grant of authority from Congress or the Constitution.

Before she leaves she sternly notes that her daughter will not disclose any information whatsoever about her family, past, or herself and that Carmilla is of sound mind.

Before the fighting, the Parliament of England did not have a large permanent role in the English system of government, functioning as a temporary advisory committee, summoned by the monarch whenever the Crown required additional tax revenue, and subject to dissolution by the monarch at any time.

Before the snap of the ball, in the American game, backfield players may only move parallel to the line of scrimmage, only one back may be in motion at any given time, and if forward motion has occurred, the back must be still for a full second before the snap.

Before the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act was passed in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the FBI director would directly brief the President of the United States on any issues that arise from within the FBI.

Before any graphic elements may be applied to a design, the graphic elements must be originated by means of visual art skills.

* Short-lived nature of gene therapy – Before gene therapy can become a permanent cure for any condition, the therapeutic DNA introduced into target cells must remain functional and the cells containing the therapeutic DNA must be long-lived and stable.

" Before she can cry any further, Rhett asks Scarlett to marry him saying, " I always intended having you, one way or another.

Before placement of an IUD, a medical history and physical examination by a medical professional is useful to check for any contraindications or concerns.

Before any further steps could be taken at Rome, Gregory XI died ( 1378 ).

Before purchasing any work supposedly by Schwitters, it is best to consult the Kurt Schwitters Archive at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany.

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

Before the late 19th century, the word " Lesbian " referred to any derivative or aspect of Lesbos, including a type of wine.

Before any institution invests a great deal of time and energy into building high-quality e-learning content ( which can cost over $ 10, 000 per classroom hour ), it needs to consider how this content can be easily loaded into a Learning Management System.

# 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 its establishment, Rulers were immune from any proceedings brought against them in their personal capacity.

Before Moses went up the mountain to receive the tablets, he told the elders to direct any questions that arose to Aaron or Hur.

Before then, the game was only available on a limited basis on the Commodore 64 due to few publishers showing any interest in porting it.

Before 1700, London brewers sent out their beer very young and any aging was either performed by the publican or a dealer.

Before the days of cultured pearls, black pearls were rare and highly valued for the simple reason that white pearl oysters rarely produced naturally black pearls, and black pearl oysters rarely produced any natural pearls at all.

Before taking any steps to meet the wishes of Michael, Louis asked the pope's permission for a number of his bishops to assemble and make a selection of passages from the Fathers to elucidate the question that the Greeks had put before them.

Before leaving Hollywood for Europe in 1952, following the problematic production The Crimson Pirate for Warner Bros., his third and last film with Burt Lancaster, Siodmak had directed some of the era's best film noirs, more than any other director who worked in that genre, twelve in all.

* Before 3: 50 a. m .: The Jerusalem Post reports that Osama bin Laden has given a speech denying any connection to the attacks, which he called admirable.

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

Before the advent of the British, no empire based in mainland India had controlled any part of what now makes up the country's Northeast, part of the reason for the ongoing insurgency in Northeast India.