He said he did not know whether the warning was given before or after President Bush's address.

Before his televised address, the Mayor delivered essentially the same message of austerity in Albany.

"I have suggested either delaying the vote" or putting money for military aid in escrow, he said on the Senate floor before the President's address.

Before Valentine's address to players and reporters, the Mets had found another way to look at themselves and wince.

Attempts to conceptualize something similar to a modern "military-industrial complex" existed before Eisenhower's address.

The one thing unsure the night before Mr. Baker's address was whether he would actually mention gold in the basket.

Still, before Gov. Eliot Spitzer's address, the three men shook hands, smiled, and sat together for what could be the last time.

Here is an excerpt from a version of the governor's speech that was distributed to reporters shortly before his address.

We saw him for just a few minutes before his address to the convention.

The day before his address, Mr. Bush's study group on election reform presented him with a 78-page report of its findings and recommendations.