51.   Narayanan was not expected to act before next week.

52.   Russian officials told the American delegation that the parliament could act before the end of the month, but many such pledges have come and gone in the past.

53.   The court is not obliged to act before the scheduled execution.

54.   The president likely will act before Christmas, said White House press secretary Jake Siewert.

55.   They have acted together before, but never had one directed the other.

56.   Though he had never acted before, he auditioned for the lead role.

57.   Vietnam has been waiting for the United States to act before sending an ambassador of its own to Washington.

58.   He urged the need for the international financial community to take preventive measures enabling it to act before things reached the stage they did in Mexico.

59.   In order to observe its traditional neutrality before important political contests, it appears the Fed will not act before the November presidential elections.

60.   But he does not expect the Bundesbnak to act before the end of March.