In early 2007, preceding Bush's announcement that he would initiate a troop surge in Iraq, Kennedy made a speech at the National Press Club opposing it.

The Clinton White House upheld those findings as part of the administrative process that preceded its announcement of the new standards in December.

The donations, he added, preceded the F.D.A.'s announcement in July that it would seek approval to regulate nicotine as a drug.

The letter preceded the board's announcement June 8 of an investigation into a sharp rise in controller error at the Chicago airport.

In the days preceding the iPod Mini's announcement, the Web swirled with rumors about its price.

This followed a short interview and preceded Ellen's announcement of him being the second signing to her record label eleveneleven.

The office said it noticed a surge in the number of Escom shares traded and a plunge in the share price in the weeks preceding the company's announcement.

It was those bills that were at the center of the weeks of wrangling that preceded tonight's announcement.

He represented the Off Broadway League in a meeting of the principals on Tuesday, which preceded yesterday's announcement.

Beatrice's stock price rose about $10 a share, to more than $40, in the month preceding Kohlberg Kravis' first announcement of an offer on Oct. 16, 1985.