Mr. Brown's invention achieved this and, as a byproduct, formed the cornerstone of Brown & Sharpe's position of leadership in the gear making equipment field which lasted until the 1920's when superceded by other methods.

But her personality was such that each affair lasted only until that lover, too, had been conquered and reduced to passivity.

Angrily Martin wished they had delayed the wedding and gone on a trip -- preferably one that lasted months -- instead of deciding not to postpone the date until he could get away.

Their marriage lasted until his death.

The kingdom of Alamannia between Strasbourg and Augsburg lasted until 496, when the Alemanni were conquered by Clovis I at the Battle of Tolbiac.

As well as this, factories such as flour mills and beer breweries and mining practices resulted in the creation of infrastructure such as roads and railway lines, during a development period that lasted until 1904.

The Empire of Akkad collapsed in 2154 BC, within 180 years of its founding, ushering in a period of regional decline that lasted until the rise of the Third Dynasty of Ur in 2112 BC.

And with Amalaric's death in 531, the Visigothic kingdom entered an extended period of unrest which lasted until Leovigild assumed the throne in 568.

Initially led by Canovas del Castillo as moderate prime minister, what was thought at one time as a coup aimed at placing the military in the political-administrative positions of power, in reality ushered in a permanent civilian regime tat lasted until the 1931 Second Republic.

It only lasted until 431 BC, when the Peloponnesian War broke out.

The British thus gained a respite, and peace lasted at least until the time Gildas was writing: that is, for perhaps forty or fifty years, from around the end of the 5th century until midway through the sixth.

As a result Salieri continued to live with Gassmann even after Gassmann's marriage, an arrangement that lasted until the year of Gassmann's death and Salieri's own marriage in 1774.

The protests forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies and lasted the length of the meeting until December 3.

* 1964 Brazilian coup d ' état: President João Goulart is removed from office, leading to a military dictatorship which lasted until 1985.

The 49ers ' two wins over the Rams in 1981 marked the shift of dominance in favor of the 49ers that lasted until the late 1990s.

His caps record lasted until 1973 when Bobby Moore overtook him, and Charlton currently lies fourth in the all-time England appearances list behind Moore, David Beckham and Peter Shilton, whose own England career began in the first game after Charlton's had ended.

It was formed from the nationalisation of the " Big Four " British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages between 1994 and 1997.

This prohibition lasted until 1821.

It lasted until 1793.

" But the 1966 national assembly elections showed a significant swing to the right, and General Lon Nol formed a new government, which lasted until 1967.

One of the most durable charters ever devised in Latin America, the Portalian constitution lasted until 1925.

A double military coup set off a period of great political instability that lasted until 1932.

This lasted until Adolf Hitler assumed control of Germany, starting the 3rd Reich.

As soon as Spain opened Cuba's ports up to foreign ships, a great sugar boom began that lasted until the 1880s.

The league lasted one year, partially due to the anti-competitive tactics of Spalding to limit its success.

The burn to alter the CSM ’ s orbit to that desired for the sub-satellite had been cancelled ; as a result, the sub-satellite lasted half of its anticipated lifetime.

Assyria lasted a few more years after the loss of its fortress, but attempts by Egyptian Pharaoh Neco II to rally the Assyrians failed due to opposition from king Josiah of Judah, and it seemed to be all over by 609 BC.

The show was hugely popular, catapulting him to stardom as he toured the UK over the course of the next six months and creating, as described by Buckley, a " cult of Bowie " that was " unique — its influence lasted longer and has been more creative than perhaps almost any other force within pop fandom.

The religion had its roots in Egypt's prehistory and lasted for more than 3, 000 years.

Despite the talents involved, it only lasted from 1915 to 1917, after which its separate producers took their films to Paramount for distribution.

NBC lasted until 1991, but attempted to bring them back in 1993 before cancelling its game show block again in 1994.

By September 1945, the Third Reich ( which lasted only 12 years ) and its Axis partners ( Italy and Japan ) had been defeated, chiefly by the forces of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

The US occupation was self-interested, sometimes brutal, and caused problems that lasted past its lifetime.

Essentially, he believed the value of pleasure to be its intensity multiplied by its duration-so it was not just the number of pleasures, but their intensity and how long they lasted that must be taken into account.

In his work, History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides wrote about a single long conflict that lasted 27 years between Athens and Sparta with its origins and results.

It lasted until 1646 although its power declined after a major military defeat in 1565 by the Deccan sultanates.

In 1882 he began a connection with West Africa which lasted the rest of his life, by accepting the chairmanship of the National African Company, formed by Sir George Goldie, which in 1886 received a charter under the title of the Royal Niger Company and in 1899 was taken over by the British government, its territories being constituted the protectorate of Nigeria.

The kingdom lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, was destroyed by the Mamluks, but its history is divided into two distinct periods.

The civil war lasted ten years and was ended only by a peace treaty imposed by the Emperor Louis II, the only Frankish king to exercise actual sovereignty over the Lombard states, in 849, which divided the kingdom into two states: the Principality of Benevento and the Principality of Salerno, with its capital at Salerno on the Tyrrhenian.

The earliest experimental phase of Mannerism, known for its " anti-classical " forms, lasted until about 1540 or 1550.

The show, which lasted for 871 performances during its initial run, featured sketches written by Mad regulars Stan Hart and Larry Siegel interspersed with comedic songs ( one of which was written by an uncredited Stephen Sondheim ).

Following the period of peace, which had lasted since 1739, Russia began to assert its expansionistic desires again in 1768.

In the mid-5th century BC, when the Athenian Acropolis became the seat of the Delian League and Athens was the greatest cultural centre of its time, Pericles initiated an ambitious building project that lasted the entire second half of the century.

Fortunately the order was not executed and the sign lasted until 1974, an eventual victim of its own high maintenance costs.

Boehm criticised Sadger ’ s Die Lehre von den Geschlechtsverwirrugen ... auf psychoanalytischer Grundlage for its brief analyses, many of which lasted only weeks or months.

The Egyptian siege of Megiddo in the 15th century BC lasted for 7 months before its inhabitants surrendered.

The eruption lasted until 5 June 1967, when the island reached its maximum size of.