Before memory, too, clouds over, let us make a note or two of what could be seen.

Before his death in Herat, on June 9, 1863, Dost Mohammad Khan had nominated as his successor Sher Ali Khan, his third son, passing over the two elder brothers, Afzal Khan and Azam Khan.

It ran for 63 performances and was followed two years later by The Day Before Spring.

Before leaving, he met Milton Caniff, and the two became lifelong friends.

Before a bodhisattva arrives at the first ground, he or she first must travel the first two of the five paths:

# Before fading in the new track, check that the beats of two tracks match by listening to both channels together in the headphones, as the sound from the speakers can reach you with a delay.

Before November 2001 The World Factbook website was updated yearly ; from 2004 to 2010 it was updated every two weeks ; since 2010 it has been updated weekly.

Before 1873, England had two parallel court systems: courts of " law " that could only award money damages and recognized only the legal owner of property, and courts of " equity " ( courts of chancery ) that could issue injunctive relief ( that is, a court order to a party to do something, give something to someone, or stop doing something ) and recognized trusts of property.

Before Young, only two pitchers had thrown perfect games.

Before the revolution Mubarak tolerated limited political activity by the Brotherhood for his first two terms, but then moved more aggressively to block its influence ( arguably leading to its recent rise in public support ).

Before the 20th century, jewelers used the term water as in " a gem of the finest water " to express the combination of two qualities, color and crystal.

Before D. W. Griffith started directing at Biograph in May 1908, he had seen the two Pathé films just mentioned, and a number of Vitagraph films as well.

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 a cell divides, the DNA is copied, so that each of the resulting two cells will inherit the DNA sequence.

Before that, in two separate experiments, Frederick Griffith and Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty had shown that DNA led to the transformation of one strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae to another that was more virulent.

Before the Test series started he scored consecutive centuries against Tasmania and Australia A these were his first in two years.

Before the revelation of Sheldon's identity, Tiptree was often referred to as an unusually macho male ( see, e. g., Robert Silverberg's commentaries ) as well as an unusually feminist science fiction writer ( for a male ) — particularly for " The Women Men Don't See ", a story of two women who go looking for aliens to escape from male-dominated society on Earth.

Before kick-off, Liverpool fans breached a fence which separated the two groups of supporters, and charged the Juventus fans.

Before a battle the sarissa were carried in two pieces and then slid together when they were being used.

Before leaving Prestige, however, Davis had to fulfill his obligations during two days of recording sessions in 1956.

Before Digital Command Control became available, this was one way of controlling two trains separately on the same track.

Before long, the Giants were 6 – 2, but lost two straight to division foes: to the Cowboys 33 – 20 at home, and to the Eagles on the road, putting the G-Men in 2nd place in the NFC East at 6 – 4.

Before the introduction of the term paraphilia in the DSM-III ( 1980 ), the term sexual deviation was used to refer to paraphilias in the first two editions of the manual.

Before the two substances are mixed, they are separately cleaned of foreign matter and dried in a manner that creates large square cakes.

Before the emergence of the T-formation in the 1940s, all members of the offensive backfield were legitimate threats to run or pass the ball, and most teams used four offensive backs on every play: a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.

Before consolidation of many of these rural school districts in the last half of the twentieth century, Indiana high schools had fewer students than those of most other states ; basketball was a natural game for these schools since it only required five starters and a few reserves.

Before it reaches the plains it receives a great number of small streams from impenetrable, saturated and much broken mountainous districts, where the dense and varied vegetation seems to fight for every piece of ground.

Before the 15th century textiles were only in a few towns but during, they shifted into districts like East Anglia, and the Cotswolds.

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 ).

City Council District, Before Vistancia AnnexingIn November 1983, Peoria citizens voted to require the direct election of the mayor and in 1989, established a city council district system that separated the city into six geographical districts, each of which elects one member of the city council.

Before 1989, Jackson had a city commission government consisting of a mayor and two commissioners ; however, as a result of a lawsuit which declared that at-large elections served to dilute the voting power of the city's African-American residents, the city switched to election by districts.

Before the combination of Mong Kok and Yau Tsim districts in 1995, Mong Kok District had the highest density (~ 120, 000 / km² ).

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

Before Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, it was common in country districts for shepherds to apply this cheese to wounds in order to avoid gangrene.

Before being split, Laponia was divided into juridical districts which were:

Before the school districts were formed, the historic Mycenae Schoolhouse was used.

Before this date, there were eight districts ( Steckborn, Bischofszell and Diessenhofen formed own districts with their surrounding municipalities ).

Before Basilan was converted to a province, it had three regular municipalities, Isabela, Lamitan, and Maluso which are districts of the city of Basilan.

Before the introduction of districts, the basic unit of local government in England was the civil parish, while Hundreds were the only widely used administrative unit between the parish and the county in size.

Before 2002, the 21st congressional district was part of three districts represented respectively by Bill Thomas, Cal Dooley, and George Radanovich.

Before 1957, Tōkyō ’ s red-light districts had flourished as legally-licensed centers for sex workers but, armed with a new constitution and an Equal Rights amendment, post-occupation Japanese women's Christian groups, etc., successfully lobbied the Diet to pass the Prostitution Prevention Law in 1956.

Before the advent of the British in India the Santhals resided peacefully in the hilly districts of Mayurbhanj Chhotanagpur, Palamau, Hazaribagh, Midnapur, Bankura and Birbhum.

Before the Cutback Amendment to the state constitution in 1980, the state was divided into 59 " legislative districts ", each of which elected three representatives, yielding a House of 177 members.

Before year 2000, Kagera region comprised six districts: Bukoba Urban, Bukoba Rural, Muleba, Karagwe, Ngara and Biharamulo.

Before military conflict between the PRC's People's Liberation Army and the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan territory was divided into 53 prefecture districts called Dzongs.

Before Europeans settled in New Zealand the Māori hunted Paradise Shelducks in favoured districts.

Before the electoral of 1997 and the installation of the Central Election Commission the country consisted of 450 electoral districts ( number of parliamentarians in Verkhovna Rada ).

Before the 1981 elections the government redistricted Kuwait, creating a system of 25 districts.