Until he began making spoken dialogue films with The Great Dictator ( 1940 ), he never shot from a completed script, but instead usually started with only a vague premise — for example " Charlie enters a health spa " or " Charlie works in a pawn shop.

Over a decade in the making and developed after a series of discussions Wenders had with French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, Until the End of the World is Wenders ' most ambitious film.

Until 1958, governors appointed in Paris administered the colony of Côte d ' Ivoire, using a system of direct, centralized administration that left little room for Ivoirian participation in policy making.

** Until about 100 years ago, thousands of women and children in England were employed in plaiting straw for making hats.

Until the early 1990s, it was widely believed that general relativity hides every singularity behind an event horizon, making naked singularities impossible.

Until at least 1631 Denis's career was closely linked to that of his older cousin, Ennemond ; so much that contemporary writers referred to either composer by surname only, making no attempt to distinguish between them.

Until the early 1930s, Boyer mainly continued making French films, and Mayerling co-starring Danielle Darrieux in 1936 made him an international star.

Until September 2009, KXGN also carried selected prime-time NBC programming in its schedule, making it the last " Big 3 " affiliate to offer programming from more than one network on a single feed.

Until 1796, Youngstown, often referred to as Martinsburg, had been randomly settled, with various people making claims to the land.

Until the early 1960s many of them were built with structural wooden rear frames, making them some of the most exclusive and luxurious " woodies " ever built.

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

Until December 1994, Lufthansa also contracted Euroberlin to operate some of its internal German flights from its new Tegel base, making use of that airline's gates and slots at Tegel as well.

Until the election of the first Lord Speaker on 4 July 2006, the Leader of the House had responsibility for making preliminary decisions on requests for Private Notice Questions, and for waiving the sub judice rule in certain cases.

Until 1915 the cave was home to some of Britain's last troglodytes ( the cave-houses at Kinver Edge near Kidderminster were populated until the 1950s ), who lived in houses built inside the cave mouth, and made a living from rope making, while the depths of the cave were known as a haven for bandits.

Until the project began, the stretch of the Columbia River where the dam was to rise was as yet unbridged, making it difficult to move men and materials.

In 1960 the backronym " Mash Until No Good " was created to describe Mung, and a while after it was revised to " Mung Until No Good ", making it one of the first recursive acronyms.

Until the independence of Angola in 1975, the city of Nova Lisboa expanded and its economic growth and development boomed, making it one of the most important urban centres in the then Portuguese Overseas Province of Angola.

Until the 16th century boza was drunk freely everywhere, but the custom of making the so-called Tartar boza laced with opium brought the wrath of the authorities down on the drink, and it was prohibited by Sultan Selim II ( 1566 – 1574 ).

Until the completion of a chapel for neighbouring Gonville Hall in 1396, both Michaelhouse and Gonville shared in the use of the two aisles ; Gonville making use of the north aisle of the church, Michaelhouse using the south.

Until modern roads were built in the 20th century, coastal freighters / steamships would make the rounds to various lakeside communities, frequently making connection with passenger trains at Iona / Grand Narrows where the railway crossed the Barra Strait.

Until 2009, a ticket to travel from one station to any other cost MXN $ 2 (€ 0. 10, or US $ 0. 15 in 2009 ), making Mexico City Metro one of the cheapest rail systems in the world.

Until the end of the 1960s, IBM had been making most of its profit on the hardware, bundling support software and services along with its systems.

Until the 1970s or so, children's programming such as Captain Kangaroo aired in this time slot ( since that time, however, the school day has come earlier, making such programs less viable ).

In Latin ludibrium denotes an object of fun, and at the same time, of scorn and derision, and it also denotes a capricious game itself: e. g., ludibria ventis ( Virgil ), " the playthings of the winds ", ludibrium pelagis ( Lucretius ), " the plaything of the waves "; Ludibrio me adhuc habuisti ( Plautus ), " Until now you have been toying with me.

Until May 2012 it was topped with a flashing light, a bell which peals with the movement of the waves and was also fitted with a whistle set in a tube, which emitted a moaning sound when there was a good swell running.

Until the older waves have dissipated, they create a sea hazard among the most perilous.

" Wait Until Tomorrow " is a pop song with an R & B guitar riff with Mitchell and Redding singing backing vocals.

Until the past few years, most classic hits stations have either leaned towards pop hits of the 60s through the 80s or were actually classic rock stations without a lot of hard rock.

::* Until the token at the top of the stack is a left parenthesis, pop operators off the stack onto the output queue.

::* Until the token at the top of the stack is a left parenthesis, pop operators off the stack onto the output queue.

Until 2006 Gangsta Zolee and The Kartel's first disc also received platinum status and due to Hungarian sales awards changes during the years it has become the only recording to reach the 120, 000 copies platinum limit in the post-communist music history of Hungary and still remains the highest selling rap and pop CD ever ( although bootlegging and high taxes on data medium have a very big and growing effect on the low sales indexes ).

Until the 1960s, the predominant forms of music played on the flat-top, steel-string guitar remained relatively stable and included acoustic blues, country, bluegrass, folk, and several genres of rock.

The label agreed to let Parton sing country music after her composition, " Put It Off Until Tomorrow ," as recorded by Bill Phillips ( and with Parton, uncredited, on harmony ), went to number six on the country music charts in 1966.

Until his death in 1969, twenty years after his return, Adorno contributed to the intellectual foundations of the Federal Republic, as a professor at Frankfurt University, critic of the vogue enjoyed by Heideggerian philosophy, partisan of critical sociology and teacher of music at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music.

Until recently, cassettes remained the dominant medium for purchasing and listening to music in some developing countries.

Until 1931 Hans Wilhelm Klee was active as a music teacher at the Bern State Seminary in Hofwil near Bern.

Until its arrival, the single bowed instrument in Turkish classical music was the kemân ( or kemânçe ).

Until recently the city has sponsored an annual Filbert Festival in early August as a general summer celebration, featuring music, food, and family fun ; this was canceled in 2007 due to withdrawal of a key sponsor, and the future for the festival is presently uncertain.

Until 1947, American Decca issued British Decca classical music recordings.

Until his involvement, music and sounds were often neglected in the development of video games and programmers with little musical knowledge were forced to write the soundtracks as well.

Until 2005, the Blossom Festival had its own music director.

Until the 1960s and 70s, however, most musical scholars in the United States continued to study European music, limiting themselves only to certain fields of American music, especially European-derived classical and operatic styles, and sometimes African American jazz.

Until the 2003 invasion of Iraq, its main coverage was patriotic music, government news and propaganda.

Until the 1930s the Greek Discography was dominated by two musical genres: the Greek folk music ( demotiká ) and the Elafró tragoudi ( literally: " light song ").

Until the late 1950s, the Afro-Dominican culture of most of the island was repressed by the colonial government and the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, both of which taught that African-derived music was evil, demonic and uncultured.

Until the mid-1960s, little attention was paid to music by Canadian daily newspapers except as news or novelty.

Until 2009, when it ceased for financial reasons, Gillingham hosted an annual 10 day festival of music and sport.

" Until relatively recently in the U. S., playing copyrighted music in restaurants did not involve legal issues if the media was legally purchased.

Until July 2010, Northwestern College also owned WSMR in Sarasota, Florida ; due to financial troubles, this station would close down and be sold to the University of South Florida, who reformatted the station with a classical music format.

Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world.

Until early in the 20th century, there was little music written specifically for the wind band, which led to an extensive repertoire of pieces transcribed from orchestral works, or arranged from other sources.

Until the 1970s Pakistani film music enjoyed a robust period of creative activity with a great number of songs acquiring popularity across the sub-continent.

Until the 1870s, burlesques were often one-act pieces running less than an hour and using pastiches and parodies of popular songs, opera arias and other music that the audience would readily recognize.