Word: beforehand
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University singles tennis tournament, it is expected that nearly all the fifth round brackets will be played off, and that the second round of the doubles tournament will be completed. It is desirable that anyone who finds he can not play at his scheduled time should notify a manager beforehand to avoid being defaulted. Men who are scheduled to play more than once should be sure to keep both engagements...
...opportunity is limited to men of 20 years of age or over; those younger, however, may gain beforehand a basis of technical, military, and international information which will be invaluable at sea. Since before receiving a commission every applicant must have served at least three months' active sea duty, the ideal plan for men nearing the required age is to enlist actively in the summer and to take the college course in the year following. Daily Princetonian
...drills and field exercises men are directed to report to the Companies or Sections to which they have been signed. Attendance at any other will not affect absence from the proper organization, except when permission has been obtained beforehand...
...dawning hour of the day, and the sun, the student, and the voice of the tocsin to the first class arose simultaneously and at once. He was a hero who attended nine o'clock classes thrice a week. He was a demi-god who managed to get his breakfast beforehand. Most men never knew that the dawn bestirs itself more than three hours before noon. Only botanists and late wassalers had witnessed the phenomenon of dew upon the grass...
...order to give all applicants an equal opportunity, all reserved seat tickets are placed beforehand in envelopes some containing one ticket good for one reserved seat, some containing two or more tickets good for adjoining reserved seats. These envelopes are then shuffled and at the first lecture of any course all who desire to do so may exchange their first-lecture admission tickets at tables in the vestibule for envelopes, drawn by lot, containing course tickets good for reserved seats...