And before long, the waterfront neighborhood that became known as Ybor City had 250 cigar factories.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Norman Borlaug taught at Texas A&M University and worked on international projects until not long before his death on September twelfth.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

As president, it was not long before he got into trouble in the battles of politics and government.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

And officials said the study had begun long before the latest debate on health reform.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Before long, he ate 50 eggs and 10 containers of potatoes every day.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Missus Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mister Kennedy. She called 'Oh,no!'" Before long,though, there were pictures, with Cronkite at his desk in the CBS newsroom in New York.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Before long, Babe was strong and healthy again.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Scheduling decisions made well before the tournament have forced some teams to travel long distances and play on short rest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Yemeni Health Minister Abdul Karim Rasae, who chaired the conference, said the decision to prevent vulnerable people from attending this year's Hajj was debated long and hard before being approved.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Though Mr.Yala is from the country's ethnic majority, which has long controlled the military, he was toppled in a 2003 coup before unilaterally declaring himself president and temporarily seizing the presidential palace in 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Financial reform, with the unemployment extension and another measure to provide small business tax benefits, are the three major legislative objectives the president and Democratic leaders agreed to focus on before the long summer recess.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Georgian political analyst Romaz Sakbarelidze at the Strategic Research Center in Tbilisi noted the NATO exercises were planned long before the August conflict, and said it would send the wrong political signal to cancel them now.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30