Before the Civil War, Carnegie arranged a merger between Woodruff's company and that of George M. Pullman, the inventor of a sleeping car for first class travel which facilitated business travel at distances over.

Before its merger with HP, it also sponsored the Williams Formula One team when it was still powered by BMW engines.

Before the merger, the employees of the HBC, unlike the North West Company, did not participate in its profits.

Before the merger, Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST counted 23 Nobel Prize winners amongst their former staff and students.

Before its merger, it was the smallest municipality in the Netherlands, covering an area of only 1. 75 km².

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Obdam consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:

Before the merger, the last municipal council of Wester-Koggenland consisted of 15 seats, which were divided as follows:

Before the merger into Medemblik, the municipal council of Wognum consisted of 13 seats, which were divided as follows:

Before its merger with Jacobswoude, the municipality covered an area of 30. 91 km² ( 11. 93 mile² ) of which 3. 94 km² ( 1. 52 mile² ) is water.

Before the merger with Alkemade, the municipality covered an area of 41. 37 km² ( 25. 71 mile² ) of which 4. 88 km² ( 3. 03 mile² ) is water, mainly the lakes Braassemermeer and Wijde Aa.

Before the merger, the I. E. E.

Before the merger it had a population of 3, 426.

Before the merger Lillestrøm municipality had a population of 10, 840.

Before the merger, Littau had an area of.

Before the merger the municipality of Harmelen had about 8000 inhabitants.

Before the merger with Ambev, Interbrew was the third largest brewing company in the world by volume, Anheuser-Busch was the largest, followed by SABMiller in second place.

Before the AFL-NFL merger, the NFL had declared that stadiums smaller than 50, 000 capacity were not adequate for their needs.

Before the 1994 merger, Mong Kok was part of the Mong Kok District.

Before the merger, USU taught courses at the college through Regional Campuses and Distance Education ( RCDE ).

* Before merger: George Busk

Before the merger closed in 1989, Warner purchased Lorimar-Telepictures.

Before the sale and merger of Goldwyn Pictures in April 1924, Goldwyn had established Samuel Goldwyn Productions in 1923 as a production-only operation ( with no distribution arm ).

Before the merger, the Steelers had long been one of the NFL's worst teams, only posting eight winning seasons, and just one playoff appearance, since their first year of existence in 1933.

Before the merger, neighboring oblasts and republics were ( from north clockwise ) Komi Republic, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Republic of Bashkortostan, Udmurt Republic, Kirov Oblast, and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug.

Before the Atlantic City – Brigantine Connector was planned, Mirage Resorts president Steve Wynn acquired a piece of land near the northern end of the proposed connector and planned for a direct exit ramp to a proposed casino called Le Jardin.

Before the Spring of 2009, LXR Luxury Resorts operated the resort.

Before Gap, Pressler spent 15 years with The Walt Disney Company, most recently as chairman of the Parks and Resorts division.

Before World War II, Oklahoma City developed major stockyards, attracting jobs and revenue formerly in Chicago and Omaha.

Before the season, Los Angeles signed two-time MVP Karl Malone formerly of the Jazz, and former Seattle Defensive Player of the Year Gary Payton.

Before Riesel, the town was formerly known as Roddy and then Prospect.

Before the death of the old king he became chaplain to Maurice, Bishop of London, whom he had formerly served in the chancery.

Guitarist Johnny Marr ( formerly of The Smiths ) joined the band in May 2006, along with percussionist Joe Plummer ( formerly of the Black Heart Procession ) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

Before Edward Trevor's renaming of the area it was formerly known as Caisleán Ruairí ().

Before the freeway was built, it was routed along Garden Grove Boulevard ( formerly Ocean Avenue ).

Before joining Deep Purple, Evans played together with Ian Paice in The Maze, formerly MI5.

Pearls Before Swine is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Stephan Pastis, who was formerly a lawyer in San Francisco, California.

Before it was incorporated into the City of Brooklyn in 1894, Flatbush described both the Town of Flatbush, incorporating a large swath of central Kings County extending east to the Queens County border, and the Village of Flatbush, formerly the heart of the current community.

Before 12 February 2001, MediaCorp was formerly known as:

Before that match took place, Page unveiled the stable's new road manager, Big Daddy Dink, formerly known as Oliver Humperdink, who interfered in the match.

Before settling on the site which had formerly housed the Tetley Walker brewery, a site in Burtonwood was considered but these plans were rejected.

** " Twas The Night Before A Non-denominational Winter Holiday " ( formerly known as Twas the Night Before Christmas ).

Google Videos ( originally Google Video ) was a video search engine, and formerly a free video sharing website, from Google Inc. Before removing user-uploaded content, the service allowed selected videos to be remotely embedded on other websites and provided the necessary HTML code alongside the media, similar to YouTube.

Before entering politics he worked in shipyards from 1970 to 1978, then as a printer for the Paisley Daily Express from 1978 to 1984, then for Thales Optronics ( formerly Barr and Stroud before 2001 ) on Linthouse Road in Glasgow, where he was a trade union convenor for the TGWU from 1984 to 2000.

Before coming to Boston in 1998, Mr. Sommerville was formerly principal horn of the Canadian Opera Company and Symphony Nova Scotia, acting principal horn of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe ( 1996 – 1998 ), associate principal horn of the Montreal Symphony ( Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal ) ( 1986 – 1991 ) and third horn of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra ( 1997 ).

Before the construction of Robina Town Centre shopping complex and the Robina Railway Station, the suburb of Robina Town Centre ( sub-suburb of ' Robina ') was formerly known as Kerrydale.

Before 1 February 1980, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation was formerly known as:

Before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines, a peaceful sea-loving people lived along the banks of the Matalom River and also on the scenic islet of Canigao ( formerly Comigao ).