Until the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the foreign policy of Czechoslovakia had followed that of the Soviet Union.

Until 1989, 6, 000 installations existed in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Until the release of official data in 1989, the 1963 edition of the North Korea Central Yearbook was the last official publication to disclose population figures.

Until 1989 water resources were administered regionally or locally.

Until recently, the regions surrounding Bucharest were largely rural, but after 1989, new suburbs started to be built around Bucharest, in the surrounding Ilfov county.

Until 1989, Netherlands Public Broadcasting was the only television network in the Netherlands, with three stations, Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3.

Until 1989 there were six TV channels, all owned by the USSR Gosteleradio.

Until 1989, areas outside of these main cities had access to only a single commercial station, and these rural stations often formed small networks such as Prime Television.

Until 1989 Sremski Karlovci formed one of the urban municipalities of the city of Novi Sad.

Until 1989, Gunderloy collected and, in turn, made available several versions of the Gemstone File.

Until 1989, it included its smaller relative the Ghost Catfish, now known as K. minor.

Until 1989 the official name of the municipality was Tietjerksteradeel (), the Dutch name ; the current official name is West Frisian.

Until the Velvet Revolution ( 1989 ) narcotics were only a minor problem in Czech society.

Until 1989 the paper supported the forerunners of the Labor Party.

Until 1989 the graves of five of these men were unmarked.

Until 1989, Cochran served alongside Democrat John C. Stennis, the longest-serving Senator in Mississippi's history.

Until 1993, all these years use the Pistrucci reverse except for 1986 which used a gold version of the circulating Two Pound coin, and 1989 when a completely new design was used to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the first issue of the sovereign coin-the obverse shows the Queen seated on the coronation throne holding the orb and sceptre, with the legend, while the reverse shows a crowned shield within a double rose and the legend.

Until 1989, the award was given by Polish science fiction fan associations, voting as units ; since 1990, all fans present at Polcon can vote.

Until the collapse of the East German regime in 1989, Humboldt University remained under tight ideological control of the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands ( Socialist Unity Party of Germany ), or SED, which, by rigorously selecting students according to their conformity to the party line, made sure that no democratic opposition could grow on its university campuses.

* Wait Until Spring, Bandini ( 1989 )

Until 1989, Hass wrote occasionally for low-circulation left-wing magazines, but was not known to the general public.

Until 1989, around 1 / 3 of pupils who took the exam, or 27 % of the age group, were given places in a grammar school.

Until 1989, a cattle farm operated on the island.

Until his departure from Labour in 1989, Anderton had been the most vocal Labour MP in his criticism of his party's new direction.

Until the introduction of gunpowder into western warfare artillery depended upon mechanical energy to operate and this severely limited the kinetic energy of the projectiles while also requiring the construction of very large apparatus to store sufficient energy.

Until 1962, the martial law continued while Field Marshal Ayub Khan purged a number of politicians and civil servants from the government and replaced them with military officers.

Until then, some parts of it had been Prussian while others belonged to Bavaria.

Until 2008, elected officials were allowed to change political party, while retaining their seats, during set windows which occurred twice each electoral term, due to controversial floor crossing legislative amendments made in 2002.

Until the late nineteenth century sugar was purchased in loaves, which had to be cut using implements called ' nips ', while in later years, bags of sugar became more common.

In February their next single, " Women in Uniform ", was issued and peaked at # 8, while its album Guilty Until Proven Insane followed in March and reached # 6.

Until the 19th century it was used mainly for writing letters and keeping accounts, while the Devanāgarī script was used for literature and academic writings.

Until the late 1970s, league umpires working behind home plate wore large, balloon-style chest protectors worn outside the shirt or coat, while their brethren in the National League wore chest protectors inside the shirt or coat.

Until the age of three, he lived principally with his grandparents, Kateřina Kiliánová ( née Bartlová )( d. 1950 ) and Tomáš Kilián ( d. 1925, a descendant of a French soldier injured at the battle of Austerlitz, on the outskirts of Brno ), in Brno while his mother worked in Polná as an assistant book-keeper in the town's brewery.

Until the 1990s, the government actively stated that the ROC is the only legitimate " One China " while the PRC is illegitimate.

( Until this season, the Spurs and Indiana Pacers shared the NBA's longest active consecutive playoff appearance streak with nine in a row, though San Antonio has qualified for its 10th consecutive appearance during the 2006 – 07 season, while Indiana's playoff streak ended.

Until the 1988 – 89 NBA season the road uniform had " San Antonio " on the front while the home uniform featured the team nickname adopted from the Spurs logo ; from 1973 – 82 the road uniform lettering is black with silver trim.

Until recently in the British House of Commons it was required that a member raising a point of order while the House is voting be wearing a hat so they could be easily seen, and two opera hats ( the kind associated with stage magic ) were kept in the House for members to don on such occasions.

Until 1972, I-278 ran along Interstate 895 and a proposed extension to Interstate 95, while Interstate 278 east of I-895 was I-878.

At the time, however, Tromsø IL was fighting in the bottom of the Northern Norwegian 2nd division ( Until 1979, the 2nd division was divided in three different groups, two southern and one northern – with the winners of the southern groups being promoted to the top division, while the winner of the northern group would have to face the 2nd placed teams of the two southern groups ), and was eventually relegated.

Until 2008, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne were the only departments where the Communist Party had a majority in the general councils but the 2008 cantonal elections saw the socialists become the strongest group at the Seine-Saint-Denis general council ( while the Communist Party gained a majority in Allier ).

Until this time the British had 6 sizes of ship of the line, and they found that their smaller 50-and 60-gun ships were becoming too small for the battle line, while their 80s and over were 3-deckers and therefore unwieldy and unstable in heavy seas.

Until and while the Law of Historic Memory takes effect, the following laws will also apply:

Until the 17th century, there is evidence of scholars ( including Thomas Ken ) matriculating at Hart Hall while waiting for a vacancy at New College.

Until the 1470s the main market of the city was held on and around the campidoglio, while cattle continued to be taxed and sold in the ancient forum located just to the south.

Until 963 the Lusatian tribes were subdued by the Saxon margrave Gero and upon his death two years later, the March of Lusatia was established on the territory of today's Lower Lusatia and remained with the Holy Roman Empire, while the adjacent Northern March again got lost in the Slavic uprising of 983.

Until Washington's arrival, it remained under the command of Artemas Ward, while John Thomas acted as executive officer and Richard Gridley commanded the artillery corps and was chief engineer.

Until the mid 1980s, Locklear appeared as a series regular on T. J. Hooker, while making semi-regular appearances on Dynasty.

Until 1967, an eastern Canadian bowler was required to knock down the left corner (" counter ") pin to score any points, while a western bowler was required to knock down the right corner pin.

Until his time bishops had formed part of the king's court and traveled with him around the country to take care of the ecclesiastical affairs while the king took care of worldly matters.