Before Harmony had a chance to reply, Rod cracked his long whip over his thin oxen's backs.

Before the Draft Act was passed Baker had confidentially briefed governors, sheriffs, and prospective draft board members on the administration of the measure -- and the confidence was kept so well that only one newspaper learned what was going on.

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 the fight was over, the Harlem boy had a concussion and Trig was cut up badly.

Before Payne loomed the Old Clubhouse, Seward's home, where Key had once been killed.

Before he went into battle Andrei had told Alex, `` I only want to be a Pole.

Before the Juniors entered the ring the Steward announced that after all Juniors had moved their dogs around the ring and set them up, they could relax with their dogs.

Before daylight Sunday morning, a posse of twenty-three men under the leadership of Deputy Sheriff Frank MacPherson of Catskill followed the trail to the house of Francisco Chaves, where 100 to 150 Mexicans had gathered.

Before coming on a visit to Spelman in 1885, Miss Mary had been a successful teacher in Worcester, and her position there was held open for her for a considerable period.

Before he was forty Griffith had created the art of the film.

Before he testified for 20 minutes, Stein, who lives at 3300 Lake Shore Dr., admitted to reporters that he had a wide acquaintance with crime syndicate hoodlums.

`` Before then, my sales during much of the year had lagged behind 1960 by 20% '', he says.

Before he could return to Burma, Field Marshal Slim had to rally the defeated remnants of a discouraged army and unite them with fresh recruits.

Before 1800 astronomers had isolated observational errors resulting

Before his departure from the city of Split, he had made over to the Templars the Castle of Klis, a strategic point in the hinterland of Split which controlled the approaches to the town.

Before leaving, he had stacked all his cultures of staphylococci on a bench in a corner of his laboratory.

Before that, several scientists had published or pointed out that mould or penicillium sp.

Before his death on August 11, 1919, Carnegie had donated $ 350, 695, 654 for various causes.

Before his departure for Rome, his friends had applied to the Venetian senate for a pension, to enable him to pursue his studies without embarrassment.

Before Caesar's time they had attached themselves to the Romans, and were honoured with the title of brothers and kinsmen of the Roman people.

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.

Before this, cities and counties of sufficiently large populations such as most of Metro Atlanta already had Sunday alcohol sales at bars and restaurants, with local ordinances to abide by, such as having a certain amount of food sales in order to be opened and serve alcohol.

Before this action, though, he had for the most part opted to continue the Whig policy of limited expansion, preferring to maintain the then-current borders as opposed to promoting expansion.

Before the 1704 campaign ended, the Allies had taken Landau, and the towns of Trier and Trarbach on the Moselle in preparation for the following year's campaign into France itself.

Before the towed artillery can be used, it has to stop, unlimber and set up the guns.

Before computers, some armies set the range on the gun's sights, which mechanically corrected it for the gun's muzzle velocity.

Before the 1980s, Chinese publishers hired teams of workers and selected a few thousand type pieces from an enormous Chinese character set.

Before the entry into force of Protocol 11, Section II ( Article 19 ) set up the Commission and the Court, Sections III ( Articles 20 to 37 ) and IV ( Articles 38 to 59 ) included the high-level machinery for the operation of, respectively, the Commission and the Court, and Section V contained various concluding provisions.

Before he made this change, however, he set to work on his last major project as active partner: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Before he died, Rabbeinu HaKadosh said: ‘ I need my sons !… Let the lamp continue to burn in its usual place ; let the table be set in its usual place ; let the bed be made in its usual place .” ( Kesubbos / Ketubot 103a )

Before doing anything else, the user should decide what kind of data is to be used as a training set.

Before the tournament begins, the players will agree to a blinds structure, usually set by the tournament organizer.

Before the 19th century, the first use of the word " police " recorded in government documents in the United Kingdom was the appointment of Commissioners of Police for Scotland in 1714 and the creation of the Marine Police in 1798 ( set up to protect merchandise at the Port of London ).

:" Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart ; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

Before 911 production commenced in 1964, the Porsche Vehicle Research Department set aside chassis numbers 13386 through 13397 for research testing of the Type 356 replacement.

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 refactoring a section of code, a solid set of automatic unit tests is needed.

In Peter David's 2007 Star Trek: The Next Generation novel, Before Dishonor, which is set after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis, Janeway is assimilated by a rogue faction of the Borg, and becomes the new Borg Queen.

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 towed artillery can be used, it has to stop, unlimber and set up the guns.

Before cable-ready TV sets became common in the late 1980s, an electronic tuning device called a cable converter box was needed to receive the additional analog cable TV channels and transpose or convert the selected channel to analog radio frequency ( RF ) for viewing on a regular TV set on a single channel, usually VHF channel 3 or 4.

Before independence, the thirteen were part of a larger set of colonies in British America.

In 2004 a new calibration curve INTCAL04 was internationally ratified for calibrated dates back to 26, 000 Before Present ( BP ) based on an agreed worldwide data set of trees and marine sediments.

Before they set up the NBL, Esser and his wife, Mary, sanctioned motorcycle races with the American Motocross Association ( AMA ).

Before the Sixth Gospel () which first mentions the Crucifixion, the priest carries a large cross into the center of the church, where it is set upright and all the faithful come forward to venerate it.

Before data mining algorithms can be used, a target data set must be assembled.

Before that Amendment, individual states set their own standards for citizenship.