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Until recently ( 2001 ) Canada's immigration policy designated mail-order brides under the " family class " to refer to spouses and dependents and " fiancé ( e )" class for those intending to marry, with only limited recognition of externally-married opposite-sex " common law " relationships ; same-sex partners were processed as independent immigrants or under a discretionary provision for " humane and compassionate " considerations.
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Until recently, fur seals were all grouped under a single subfamily of Pinnipedia, called Arctocephalinae, to contrast them with Otariinae – the sea lions – based on the most prominent common feature, namely the coat of dense underfur intermixed with guard hairs.
Until recently, the Preclassic was regarded as a formative period, consisting of small villages of farmers who lived in huts and few permanent buildings, but this notion has been challenged by recent discoveries of monumental architecture from that period, such as an altar in La Blanca, San Marcos, from 1000 BC ; ceremonial sites at Miraflores and El Naranjo from 801 BC ; the earliest monumental masks ; and the Mirador Basin cities of Nakbé, Xulnal, El Tintal, Wakná and El Mirador.
Until recently, gorillas were considered to be a single species, with three subspecies: the western lowland gorilla, the eastern lowland gorilla and the mountain gorilla.
Until quite recently, many Hudson's Bay Company stores were the only stores in remote towns.
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Until 2001, Governors-General did not pay income tax on their salary ; this was changed after the Queen agreed to pay tax.
Until the events of 11 September 2001, the tourism sector had made significant gains, experiencing a boom despite some untimely and destructive hurricanes.
Until 1999, he was joined by Gene Sarazen, and until 2001, by Byron Nelson.
Until 2001, the International Co-operative Alliance used a rainbow flag
* Until 2001 local Directorates of Engineering and Housing ( DEH ), being constituents of the USACE, had been responsible for the housing, infrastructure and related tasks as environmental protection, garbage removal and special fire departments or fire alarm coordination centers in the garrisons of the U. S. Army abroad as in Europe ( e. g. Germany, as in Berlin, Wiesbaden, Karlsruhe etc.
Until 2001, there was a system of narrow-gauge railway built in the 19th and 20th centuries that ran from Hunedoara castle, near Zlaşti through a 747 and a 42 meter long tunnel through the mountain, and the breathtaking landscape of " Ţara Pădurenilor " ( Woodlanders ' country ) before arriving to Govăjdia.
Until 2001, the city was home to a Boise Cascade manufacturing facility.
Until 2001, elementary-aged students attended Grand Mound Elementary School with older students being bused to DeWitt.
In 1939, it was renamed Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., and in 1956 the name was changed to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. Until 2000, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses was president of both the Watch Tower ( Pennsylvania ) and Watchtower ( New York ) corporations, as well as Britain's International Bible Students Association corporation ; in 2001, it was decided that the corporations ' directors need not be members of the Governing Body.
) Until 2001, Christie's East, a division that sold lower-priced art and objects, was located at 219 East 67th Street.
Until its creation in 2001, emergency planning in Britain was the responsibility of the Home Office.
Until 2001 the Home Office carried out emergency preparedness planning through its Emergency Planning Division, which in turn replaced the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division.
Until 2001, Egmond aan den Hoef was part of the municipality of Egmond.
Until 2001, Schoorl was also a municipality of its own.
Until 30 May 2001, the region was named as or, after its capital, České Budějovice.
Until about 2001, Ely made appearances on popular TV shows, his most recent being Sheena and Renegade.
Until 2001, the offices of EAB were located in Holland Park, London.
Until his death in November 2001, he loved tending to them personally − an activity that a visiting Rolling Stone journalist in 1987 would deem a " decidedly un-rock-star-ish pastime " − and among the groundskeepers were his older brothers Peter and Harry.
Until 2001, the money for the Oil-for-Food Programme transited through the BNP Paribas bank, whose main private share-holder is Iraqi-born Nadhmi Auchi, a man estimated to be worth about $ 1 billion according to Forbes, and ranks 13th in Britain according to The Guardian.
Until at least 2001, polls showed that at most 2 % of the electorate contemplated voting for Uribe and that the Liberal Party's Horacio Serpa would probably win.
Until 2001, the towns of York Region operated separate public transit services, which did not connect very well with each other.
Until 2001 it was ' normal ' cabaret, but in September 2001 ( which happened to be the week of the 9 / 11 terrorist attacks ) the show started with imitations of famous people.
Until the end of 2001, many titles were released on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD in Japan.
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