1.   Assad also needs to act before the next American elections and while Barak has a mandate to return captured Syrian territory.

2.   Board members said they wanted to act before the Justice Department ruled.

3.   Acting before an American audience has been a new experience for the pair.

4.   Administration officials have predicted an economic crisis if Congress fails to act before its adjournment, which is expected soon.

5.   Administration officials said they had acted before a meeting of the permanent council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

6.   Almodovar has expressed the idea of life as a divine form of acting before, but never with the kind of clarity and beauty that glitter here.

7.   But an aide to the attorney general said Cornyn wanted to act before that happened.

8.   But clubs would have to act well before that if the union files default notices for any of the questionable call-ups.

9.   But other lawmakers said they did not sense a great push from the public to act before Congress adjourns in October.

10.   By dropping the executive privilege appeal, White House lawyers said there was no reason for the Supreme Court to act before its upcoming summer recess.