Shortly before nine I drove my jalopy to the street facing the Lake and parked the car in shadows far enough away from the rendezvous corner but near enough to keep the corner in clear view.

Shortly before his nomination he had set forth his basic view about the problem of negotiations with the Soviet leader in these words:

Shortly before his assassination, Lincoln announced he had a new plan for southern Reconstruction.

Shortly before his marriage, for example, his future father-in-law Colonel Joseph May helped him find a job teaching at a school in Boston run by the Society of Free Enquirers, followers of Robert Owen, for a lucrative $ 1, 000 to $ 1, 200 annual salary.

Shortly afterwards Trajan was chosen by Nerva to be his successor, adopted with public fanfare in absentia by the old man shortly before his death.

Shortly before this battle the Spartan navy, of which he had received the supreme command, was totally defeated off Cnidus by a powerful Persian fleet under Conon and Pharnabazus.

Shortly before its final " flowering ", the changes in a single minute of the Blight's life are said to exceed those of 10, 000 years of human civilization.

Shortly before his death, he passed his chair on to John of La Rochelle, setting the precedent for that chair to be held by a Franciscan.

Shortly before the World Cup Charlton was involved in the Bogotá Bracelet incident in which he and Bobby Moore were accused of stealing a bracelet from a jewellery store.

Shortly after 20: 00, a dismasted hulk was spotted drifting in front of Swiftsure and Hallowell initially ordered his men to fire before rescinding the order, concerned for the identity of the strange vessel.

Shortly before his death, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church had given Pasternak the last rites.

Shortly before this, Chaplin and his wife had separated after 18 months of marriage — they were " irreconcilably mismated ", he remembered.

Shortly before 1951, Lewis Fry Richardson, in researching the possible effect of border lengths on the probability of war, noticed that the Portuguese reported their measured border with Spain to be 987 km, but the Spanish reported it as 1214 km.

Shortly before the end of the First World War in 1918, the Croatian Parliament severed relations with Austria-Hungary as the Entente armies defeated those of the Habsburgs.

Shortly before quitting, he moonlighted as a comic book artist, contributing half the artwork for a one-shot comic book ( the other half of the art being done by story partner Jack Hannah ) titled Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold.

Shortly before the satellite-linked interview was scheduled to commence, the death of the Spanish dictator General Franco was announced.

Shortly before World War II, he edited two of the earliest periodicals devoted entirely to science fiction, Stirring Science Stories and Cosmic Stories.

Shortly before his death in 2002, he received the ACM PODC Influential Paper Award in distributed computing for his work on self-stabilization of program computation.

Shortly before his death, Mount Palomar's giant reflector Hale Telescope was completed, and Hubble was the first astronomer to use it.

Shortly before leaving he had issued a famous instruction to F. Gaspar Barazeuz who was leaving to go to Ormuz ( a kingdom on an island in the Persian Gulf, now part of Iran ), that he should mix with sinners:

Shortly before Christmas, he left for Kyoto but failed to meet with the Emperor.

Shortly before leaving Florence, as they knew that they would soon have to retreat, the Germans murdered many freedom fighters and political opponents publicly, in streets and squares including the Piazza Santo Spirito.

Shortly before the trial Eiffel had announced his intention to resign from the Board of Directors of the Compagnie des Establissments Eiffel, and did so at a General Meeting held on 14 February, saying " I have absolutely decided to abstain from any participation in any manufacturing business from now on, and so that no one can be misled and to make it most evident that I intend to remain absolutely uninvolved with the management of the establishments which bear my name, I wish to that my name should disappear from the name of the company.

Shortly before the invasion, when fast delivery and secrecy was essential, fast yachts and small vessels were used for special courier services.

Shortly before accepting the offer from Nagoya Grampus Eight, Tottenham had rejected an offer from ambitious Second Division club Blackburn Rovers, who had recently been taken over by steel baron Jack Walker.

Shortly after its premiere at the Astor Theater, New York, Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, hailed the film as a masterpiece.

Shortly after the film's premiere, Cameron and video editor Ed Marsh created a longer video cut of The Abyss for their own use that incorporated dailies.

Shortly afterwards, the Te Deum received its premiere with Berlioz conducting.

Shortly after the premiere of Sesame Street, the CTW was approached by producers, educators, and officials in other nations, requesting that a version of the show be aired in their countries.

Shortly after that he travelled to Dublin to put on the premiere of Messiah, returning to London at the end of August 1742 and thoroughly revising Samson.

Shortly after its premiere, John Boorman went back to re-cut the film in response to poor audience reactions, although this version fared no better.

Shortly after its premiere in July 1953, Peters ' contract was renewed for another two years.

Shortly after the premiere, the German conductor and chorus master Julius Buths made a German translation of the oratorio and arranged a successful performance in Düsseldorf on 19 December 1901.

Shortly after the death of the pop star of the same name on June 25, 2009, the singer's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was blocked off due to the premiere of the film Brüno at nearby Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

Shortly before Muir's scheduled premiere, Right-wing groups accused the actress of being a Communist sympathizer ( her name appeared in Red Channels, a pamphlet listing the names of performers allegedly involved in left-wing activities ), and General Foods, the show's sponsor, cancelled the first episode of the new season, replacing her with Nancy Carroll a week later, when the series returned on September 3rd.

Shortly after the film's premiere in April 2005, the director, Shane Felux, appeared on many news and talk shows promoting the film, notably CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 ° and MSNBC's Connected: Coast to Coast with Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley.

Shortly after she appeared in the series premiere of Law & Order: Los Angeles on September 29, 2010.

Shortly afterwards it received its Paris premiere, where it was played by Gabriel Grovlez.

Shortly after becoming a Christian, Graham joined Bob Pierce, founder of the organization " Samaritan's Purse ," on a six-week mission to Asia.

Shortly after the death of Charles II in 1685, Graham incurred a temporary disgrace-he stood up for the rights of ordinary soldiers who were being poorly treated-by his deposition from the office of Privy Councillor ; but in May he was reinstated, although his commission of justiciary, which had expired, was not renewed.

" Shortly after Erdman returned to New York she married Campbell on May 5, 1938 and following a brief honeymoon began rehearsal as a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company.

Shortly thereafter, Chet Helms arrived at Graham's office, asking how Graham could have cut him out of the deal.

Shortly after the release of The Sound of Souls Graham Hall was replaced on bass by classical guitarist and long time friend of the band Iain McKenzie, who remained in the line-up during the writing and rehearsal of Hypnosis of Birds, before finally leaving to teach music.

Shortly after its creation, Chrysler bought too the Dodge Brothers Company, adding Dodge and Graham Brothers badged trucks to its product line.

Shortly before retirement, Simonds met Dorothy " Do " Sinclair ( the widow of George Graham " Gus " Sinclair ) whom he married on January 16, 1960.

Shortly after KADN signed on the air, KLFY preempted an episode of the popular prime-time drama series Dallas to run a Billy Graham televangelism special.

Shortly after Happy joined GTV-9, he invited Graham to appear on a telethon, where the young Kennedy was noticed by Norman Spencer, leading eventually to Graham joining as well.