In a book review of `` The Soviet Cultural Offensive '', he says, `` Long before the State Department organized its bureaucracy into an East-West Contacts Staff in order to wage a cultural counter-offensive within Soviet borders, the sharp cutting-edge of American culture had carved its mark across the Russian steppes, as when the enterprising promoters of ' Porgy And Bess ' overrode the State Department to carry the contemporary ' cultural warfare ' behind the enemy lines.

Long before 1815 the Christian conscience was leading some to declare slavery wrong and to act accordingly.

Long before this, scholars had speculated that Nabonidus ' exile in Teima lay behind the story of Nebuchadnezzar's banishment and madness in Daniel chapter four.

Dorman Long, South Durham and Stewarts and Lloyds had merged as British Steel and Tube Ltd before vesting took place.

The Rump had not agreed to its own dissolution when it was dispersed by Cromwell and legislation from the period immediately before the Civil War — the Act against dissolving the Long Parliament without its own consent ( 11 May 1641 ) -- gave them the legal basis for this view.

The track " Long May You Run " is a different mix to that found on the album of the same name, featuring the harmonies of the full Crosby Stills & Nash before David Crosby and Graham Nash left the recording sessions.

Long before, however, each conquistador had promised to equally split the benefits.

Long before Diocletian, Gallienus ( r. 253 – 68 ) had already chosen Milan as the seat of his headquarters.

Born in Long Island, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for drug infusion pump AutoSyringe.

Long before any knowledge of electricity existed people were aware of shocks from electric fish.

Long before he had entered politics, he had denounced laissez-faire thinking.

Long before any Roman settlements, Greek navigators settled in what would become Provence.

Long before writing it he regaled friends and dinner parties with macabre tales of a childhood spent in hiding among the Polish peasantry.

# Not Long before the End ( 1969 )

*" Not Long before the End " was adapted by Doug Moench and Vicente Alcazar

Long after both Niggle and Parish have taken their journeys, the lovely field that they built together becomes a place for many travelers to visit before their final voyage into the Mountains, and it earns the name " Niggle's Parish.

Mickey Hart was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island attending Lawrence High School before dropping out as a senior and leaving for Europe.

Long before all possible fission has taken place, the buildup of long-lived neutron absorbing fission byproducts impedes the chain reaction.

Long before the council became a bulwark of democracy, it rendered invaluable aid to the institution of kingship by:

Long before the first photographs were made, Chinese philosopher Mo Di and Greek mathematicians Aristotle and Euclid described a pinhole camera in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.

Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial ; but here was something there was no doubt of.

Long before the controversy Charlie Bate, noted Padstow folk advocate, recounted that in the 1970s the content and conduct of the day were carefully reviewed to avoid potential offence.

Long before this confusion was sorted out, the quagga had been hunted to extinction for meat, hides, and to preserve feed for domesticated stock.

" Long before Geoffrey, Arthur's court was well known to Welsh storytellers ; in the romance Culhwch and Olwen, written around 1100, the protagonist Culhwch invokes the names of 225 individuals affiliated with Arthur.

In England, mercantilism reached its peak during the 1340-1789 Long Parliament government ( 1640 – 1660 ).

It is reached via the Amtrak-owned East River Tunnels ( the only LIRR-used trackage not owned by the LIRR ) from the Main Line in Long Island City.

The same subway trains can also be reached from Long Island City station at the Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue subway station.

Long before the Acre reached its maximum boundaries, local citizens had become alarmed at the level of crime and violence in their city.

After an expedition of almost a year, the Second Red Army reached Bao ' an ( Shaanxi ) on October 22, 1936, known in China as the “ union of the three armies ”, and the end of the Long March.

The song " Just as Long as We're Together " reached No. 91 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

At the end of the book, having gone farther than any Long Walk in history-the Long Walkers reached Massachusetts for the first time in seventeen years-Garraty decides to give up after realizing that Stebbins has shown almost no weaknesses over the duration of the Walk.

The oldest oil well location known is of one drilled on Long Run near Doolin Run which reached oil at a depth about 360 ft.

A sawmill was erected ( 1866 ), the railroad reached Long Lake ( 1868 ), a school district was organized ( 1869 ), a general store was started ( 1870 ), the Freethinkers Hall was organized ( 1874 ), a flour mill was established ( 1875 ), and a hotel was added ( 1875 ).

Sometime after 1907 the lines of the Willow Springs Local Long Distance Phone Company reached Van Buren bringing phone service to Van Buren.

The name Centereach reflects the centrality of the hamlet's location on Long Island, literally meaning " center reached.

In 1842, the Long Island Rail Road's eastward expansion reached the area, and Suffolk Station was opened.

In classical era Greece, the city of Athens built a long set of parallel stone walls called the Long Walls that reached their guarded seaport at Piraeus.

In 1949 he reached the pinnacle of his acting career when he was cast as Willie Stark, a character based on Louisiana politician Huey Long, in All the King's Men, a film based on the popular novel of the day by Robert Penn Warren.

Long distances from the home bases, from which the regiments drew reinforcements, meant that troop transports had to endure miserable conditions, so only about 15 per cent reached the field army.

The Long Peace lasted hundreds of years, during which time Men arrived over the Blue Mountains and the skill and prowess of the Noldor reached its peak.

It includes the singles " Don't Think I Don't Think About It ", " It Won't Be Like This for Long ", " Alright ", all three of which have reached No. 1 on the U. S. Hot Country Songs chart, and " History in the Making " which peaked at No. 3 on the U. S. Hot Country Songs chart.

In December another EP set of instrumentals, Instrumental Assassination, was released but an instrumental version of Tommy Roe's " Sweet Pea " only reached # 36 when issued as a single and the follow-up, Randy Newman's " So Long, Dad ", with its intricate keyboard arrangement, missed the top twenty altogether, making 1967 an unsuccessful year in the charts with no album as Mann and Hugg explored other avenues of their career.

The spread of Rugby has nearly reached the villages of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Cawston, Dunchurch and Long Lawford.

In classical era Greece, the city of Athens built a long set of parallel stone walls called the Long Walls that reached their guarded seaport at Piraeus.

While JetBlue used the local noise ordinance to turn Long Beach Airport into a miniature fortress hub, it quickly reached maximum capacity and has since been forced to rework flight schedules and direct future growth to other Los Angeles area airports.

His third single, a double A-side " Suspicious Minds /" The Long and Winding Road ", a duet with Pop Idol winner Will Young, also reached number one.

Ah Long Pte Ltd reached # 1 in both Singapore and Malaysia's box office during the Chinese new year.