Before the start of each AFL match, players run through a banner constructed by supporters.

Before the pitch, the runner will often take a lead-off, walking several steps away from the base as a head start for his next advance.

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 Lanier took over, fans were accustomed to Houston's occasional slow starts, but with Lanier leading the way, Houston got off to a hot start, winning 13 of their first 19 contests.

Before the start of the 2010 – 11 season the NBA had an exciting summer with one of the most anticipated free agent classes of all time.

There is a minimum share capital for public limited companies: Before it can start business, it must have allotted shares to the value of at least £ 50, 000.

Before the start level, there is a set of three pathways with easy, medium, and hard skill levels ; in order to reach the Nightmare skill level ( described in the game manual as " so bad that it was hidden, so people won't wander in by accident "< ref > ID Software.

Before the start of the 1994 season, San Diego was not expected to do well because they had so many newcomers via the draft and free agency ; the Chargers ended up 22 new players on their roster and 10 of them became starters.

Before the start of World War II, Germany started building U-boats and training crews, labeling these activities as " research " or concealing them using other covers.

His mechanic Mabelli said about this race: " Before the start, Nuvolari told me to go down on the floor of the car every time he shouts, which was a signal that he went to a curve too fast and that we need to decrease the car ´ s center of mass.

Before each run the athlete and his or her sled are weighed at the start ramp.

Before, athletes would start the final race in intervals, and the gold medal would be decided on points.

Before the start of the 2004 season, he threatened to withdraw his support against the ban on traction control, but later withdrew this threat.

Before the start of the new 1999 – 2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second Dutch Super Cup title, after a free kick by Patrick Paauwe, which secured a 3 – 2 win.

Before the start of the 2011 season, every team announced a new look for their uniforms.

Before completing his studies, Boyle decided " to gain learning, knowledge, and experience abroad in the world " and left London for a new start in Ireland.

Before the start of the ceremony, four armed sentries and three sentinels ( two flag sentinels and one nursing sister ) are posted at the foot of the cenotaph.

Before the start of the series, the Flyers suffered a fatal blow when it was learned that Kimmo Timonen was out with a blood clot in his ankle.

Before the start of the 2005 – 06 season, the Thrashers signed many veteran players in the hopes of making the playoffs, including forwards Peter Bondra, Bobby Holik and Scott Mellanby, defenseman Jaroslav Modry, and goaltender Mike Dunham.

Before the start of World War II, the largest industries in Brevard were commercial fishing, citrus, and tourism.

Before the start of the shortened 2011 – 12 season, the Lakers traded Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks after Odom requested to be traded.

Before salsa pianist Eddie Palmieri takes his first solo at a live concert, he will often stand up, and start clapping clave.

Before the start of a Monday Night Football game between the Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys, Sugar attempts to steal Rod, but is rebuked by Rod and Jerry.

Before FidoBBS could start spreading, it was seen that a uniform method of communicating with serial interface hardware was needed if the software was going to be used on other machines.

Before the match, the leaders of the team, Bellini, Nílton Santos, and Didi, spoke to coach Vicente Feola and persuaded him to make three substitutions which were crucial for Brazil to defeat the Soviets and win the Cup: Zito, Garrincha, and Pelé would start playing against the USSR.

Before he was forced abroad for political reasons, director Jules Dassin made two classic noirs that also straddled the major / independent line: Brute Force ( 1947 ) and the influential documentary-style The Naked City were developed by producer Mark Hellinger, who had an " inside / outside " contract with Universal similar to Wanger's.

Before going into film-making, Anderson was a prominent film critic writing for the influential Sequence magazine ( 1947 – 52 ), which he co-founded with Gavin Lambert and Karel Reisz ; later writing for the British Film Institute's journal Sight and Sound and the left-wing political weekly the New Statesman.

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 1947, most military officers of the newly formed Pakistan Armed Forces had served in the British Indian Army and fought in both World Wars and the numerous Anglo-Afghan Wars.

Before the partition of India in 1947, the Sikhs were not in majority in any of the pre-partition Punjab districts.

Before the Americans left the Brocken in 1947, however, they disabled the rebuilt weather station and the television tower.

Before that, simply as brigadeiro, it existed from 1707 to 1864 and again from 1929 to 1947, not being considered a general rank.

Before Indian independence in 1947, Malappuram was a part of Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of British India.

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

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Before 1947, the term Esquire was used by most senior government officers, especially the former members of the Indian Civil Service and the rest of the higher services of the Imperial Civil Services.

Before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, President Harry S. Truman stated, “ I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support the people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures .” That summer, Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposed a plan for the economic reconstruction of Europe that would further entrench the division.

* Nordenfalk, C, ' Before the Book of Durrow ', Acta Archaeologica, 18, 1947, 147 ff., fig.

Before 1947, the word qirsh was spelled with the initial Arabic letter غ, after which the word began with ق.

Before Beatty became an actor in 1947, he began singing in gospel and barbershop quartets in St. Matthews, Kentucky, and at his local church.

Before Helen Langhanke died of a heart ailment in January 1947, Astor said she sat in the hospital room with her mother, who was delirious and did not know her, and listened quietly as Helen told her all about terrible, selfish Lucile.

Before 1990, NBC had carried Major League Baseball since 1947.

Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India and Australia had played each other 50 times in Tests in a 49 year period from 1947 to 1996.

Before the Partition of India in 1947, Kargil was part of the Baltistan district of Ladakh, a sparsely populated region with diverse linguistic, ethnic and religious groups, living in isolated valleys separated by some of the world's highest mountains.

Before independence on 14 August 1947, during British colonial regime the Reserve Bank of India was the central bank for both India and Pakistan.

Before his departure in 1947 SY Director Bannerman began codifying procedures for overseas security.

Before 1947, the style His / Her Serene Highness ( Ő Főméltósága, literally: " His / Her High Dignity ") was in use in Hungary.

Before independence in 1947, Bhera was located in Shahpur District.

Before and during World War II, she played small parts in numerous British films, including The Ghost Train ( 1941 ), In Which We Serve ( 1942 ), Temptation Harbour ( 1947 ), Oliver Twist ( 1948 ) and a small but scene-stealing role as Mrs. Dilber in Scrooge ( 1951, entitled A Christmas Carol in the US ).

Before joining Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1950, he had also played with the big bands of Count Basie ( 1947 – 1949 ) and Dizzy Gillespie ( 1949 – 1950 ).