Before that we lumber dealers were working almost single-handed on the problem ''.

Before Hawks was called for active duty, he took the opportunity to go back to Hollywood and by the end of April 1917 was working on Cecil B. DeMille's The Little American, where he met and befriended the then eighteen-year-old slate boy James Wong Howe.

Before their marriage, she was working as a secretary for Arafat in Tunis after her mother introduced her to him in France.

Before the release of Hang ' Em High Eastwood had already begun working on Coogan's Bluff, about an Arizona deputy sheriff tracking a wanted psychopathic criminal ( Don Stroud ) through the streets of New York City.

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

Before World War II, he spent periods working in hotels, wrote a play, worked as a coal miner and produced his best known novel.

Before mystai could enter the Telesterion, they would recite, " I have fasted, I have drunk the kykeon, I have taken from the kiste (" box ") and after working it have put it back in the kalathos (" open basket ").

Before tensioning, excess slack can be removed by pulling simultaneously on both the working and standing parts.

Before this, Attlee's political views had been conservative, but he was shocked by the poverty and deprivation he saw while working with slum children, and this caused him to become a socialist.

Before Cros had a chance to follow up on this idea or attempt to construct a working model, Thomas Alva Edison introduced his first working phonograph in the USA.

Before Potter died of tuberculosis, 28-years old, he succeeded in producing about a hundred paintings, working continuously.

Before he became leader of the Conservative Party, Disraeli had announced that, as a result of the Reform Act of 1867 which had enfranchised the male working class, the party needed to pursue social reforms if it was to have electoral success.

Before the fire was even out, School officials were working out a plan for over 300 students and their teachers to resume classes as soon as possible.

" Before long, Buñuel was working for Epstein as an assistant director on Mauprat ( 1926 ) and La chute de la maison Usher ( 1928 ), and also for Mario Nalpas on La Sirène des Tropiques ( 1927 ), starring Josephine Baker.

Before landing the role of Xander, Brendon had hit " rock bottom ": his girlfriend had left him, he was working as a waiter and could barely afford his rent, and had almost given up on getting good work.

Before she was eighteen Lane was working for Western Union in Kansas City as a telegrapher.

Before the end of the year he had assumed full control of mining operations as the superintendent of the Morris Run Coal Company, a position of authority which he held for the remainder of his working life.

At this time Dre was working on side projects for local entrepreneur Eric ‘ Eazy-E ’ Wright with his homies from CIA in the Kru-Cut studio and Ice Cube was enlisted to ghostwrite for the World Class single ‘ House Calls / Cabbage Patch ’ single in 1987 and shortly after, featuring Michel ’ le, ( Dre ’ s girlfriend ) came out the slow jam hit ‘ Before You Turn off the Lights ’ that was a huge hit across the country on the pop charts in early 1988.

Before The Crystal Method was formed, Ken and Scott started working on music while working at the grocery store and while Ken was a local DJ in Las Vegas as well as the college radio program director at UNLV.

Before 1939, most health care had to be paid for through non government organisations – through a vast network of friendly societies, trade unions and other insurance companies which counted the vast majority of the UK working population as members.

Financial settlement periods used to be much longer: Before the early 1990s at the London Stock Exchange, for example, stock could be paid for up to 10 working days after it was bought, allowing traders to buy ( or sell ) shares at the beginning of a settlement period only to sell ( or buy ) them before the end of the period hoping for a rise in price.

Before university he spent a summer working for BHP Billiton in Newcastle, New South Wales, though he was not successful in gaining a university scholarship with the company.

During the last months of his life Thomas Doebele and Maarten Schmidt made a documentary film about him entitled Constant, Avant Le Départ (" Before Departure "), which features unique footage of Constant working on his last oil painting Le Piège ( The Trap ).

Before becoming a full-time actor, Spader held a variety of jobs including being a yoga instructor, busboy, truck driver, stable boy, and railroad-car loader.

Before the 1999 – 2000 season, West was prepared to hire Rambis as the team's full-time coach before an outcry from fans and members of the organization caused him to seek out a bigger name.

Before he was able to make music a full-time profession, Nunez worked for a while driving a wagon drawn by mules, in which he carried to his fellow musician " Chink " Martin Abraham.

Before becoming a full-time legislator, he worked in various positions, including at the Minntac taconite plant, as a logger and a naturalist at the Ironworld Discovery Center in Chisholm, Minnesota, and as an assistant director at Giants Ridge Ski Area.

Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as an urban planner.

Before turning to full-time writing in 1946, Huff served as editor of Better Homes and Gardens and Liberty magazine.

Before entering politics on a full-time basis he was a freelance journalist, PR Consultant and researcher for another MP.

Before dedicating himself to music full-time, he practiced boxing, bullfighting and swimming.

Before becoming involved with the Queensland Rugby League on a full-time basis, Bennett started to work as a police officer at the age of 15 while playing junior rugby league in Warwick.

Before becoming a full-time novelist he worked as a grape-picker, swineherd, taxman, alcohol researcher, hi-fi journalist, college secretary and punk musician.

Before Philbrick began writing full-time he worked as a longshoreman and boat builder.

Before World War I, college-level enrollment rarely exceeded 100, and there were no more than five full-time faculty, including the president.

Before becoming a full-time novelist, Furst worked in advertising and wrote magazine articles, most notably for Esquire, and as a columnist for the International Herald Tribune.

Before becoming a full-time writer, he was employed as a cameraman and technical director, as a book columnist for the Los Angeles Mirror, and as book review editor for the Los Angeles Daily News.

Before beginning his full-time comedy writing career, he worked as a journalist on his home town newspaper, the Luton News.

Before becoming a full-time writer, teacher and editor he worked in a variety of places, including laboratories, a fertiliser factory and on farms.

Before Reinsfelt became a full-time politician he was Chief Meteorologist at NATO's Norwegian department.

Before long a group of young candidates came into residence for full-time study and practical training.

Before returning to work full-time on The Simpsons, Jean had worked on a television series called Teen Angel together with Mike Reiss and Freiberger.

Before becoming a full-time writer and journalist in 1921, he led an itinerant life in teaching, tutoring and lecturing, working in particular for the W. E. A.

Before turning to writing full-time, he worked on Wall Street as a computer programmer.

Before deciding on a full-time career in music, Cooling experimented with piano, drums and percussion.

Before turning his attention full-time to writing books in 1993, McDougal reported on the glitzy and occasionally corrupt aspects of Hollywood as a staff writer for 10 years at the Los Angeles Times, while previously working as a staff writer for The Riverside Press-Enterprise ( 1973 – 1977 ), and The Long Beach Press-Telegram from 1977-1981.

Before becoming a full-time professional with League of Ireland club St Patrick's Athletic in 1981, he briefly worked as an apprentice metal worker and a security guard in Dublin.

Before he started to write full-time in 1969, Hallbing worked as a bank-employee.