Until shortly before his death, Lenin worked to counter the disproportionate political influence of Joseph Stalin in the Communist Party and in the bureaucracy of the soviet government, partly because of abuses he had committed against the populace of Georgia, and partly because the autocratic Stalin had accumulated administrative power disproportionate to his office of General Secretary of the Communist Party.

Until shortly before 2005, this street was full of wind-dried beef and mutton carcasses, pitta bread and raisin sellers, and huge woks of roasting coffee beans being earnestly stirred with shovels.

Until October 2005 ( shortly after acquisition by Vodafone ), it was known as Connex, after which it was rebranded Connex-Vodafone and in April 2006, the Connex name was dropped, the operator being simply known as Vodafone Romania, aligning itself with the global Vodafone brand.

Until 1950 he presided over a coalition of CDU, Centre Party, SPD and ( shortly ) the Communist Party.

Until shortly after the turn of the 19th century, the villages were named Woolstone Magna ( Great Woolstone ) and Woolstone Parva ( Little Woolstone ).

Until shortly before her death, she had continued to work on True Colors, but had only appeared in half of the second season's episodes due to her declining health.

Until shortly after humans arrived on the island around 2, 000 years ago, there were lemurs as large as a male gorilla.

Until shortly before his death he continued to attend every Leeds United home game.

Until shortly before his death he was also a columnist for the daily Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, which he had worked for since the early 1970s.

Until shortly before the first occupation by Native Americans, the cavern was uninhabitable due to the presence of a large stream which occupied the entirety of the cavern.

Until shortly after 4: 00 p. m. on July 24, WFNX broadcasted on 101. 7 MHz from atop One Financial Center in downtown Boston, and simulcast on WFEX in Peterborough, New Hampshire at 92. 1 MHz.

Until 1989 there were four variants, the first being changed shortly after 1948 ( the proclamation of the republic ), again changed in 1956 ( a red star was added ), and finally in 1966, when Romania ceased to be a People's Republic, and became a Socialist Republic.

* Until shortly after World War II, Japanese people generally reckoned age by number of different years lived in rather than by birthdays.

Until shortly after 1950, they left the land almost entirely undeveloped, allowing it to be used as a Boy Scout camp.

Until shortly after the Battle of Cunaxa, the Spartan general Clearchus was recognized as the commander of the army.

Until his death shortly after being interviewed for the documentary, he was Professor of Folklore and Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Until 1996 its schedules included many specialist music shows, but following a reorganization of ORF's channels shortly before the introduction in Austria of private commercial radio, these have now been moved to FM4.

Until the establishment of the prison, the area was entirely dependent on agriculture, and, after the close of the prison, the town continued economically dependent on agriculture.

Until 1928 it was directed by a General Manager, after this time instead by a Governor elected by an internal commission of managers, with a decree from the President of the Italian Republic for a term of 7 years.

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 the 13th century Ghent was the biggest city in Europe after Paris ; it was bigger than London, Cologne or Moscow.

Until 2001, Governors-General did not pay income tax on their salary ; this was changed after the Queen agreed to pay tax.

Until his death, " Stringbean " played the field's ' scarecrow ,' delivering one-liners before being shouted down by the ' crow ' on his shoulder ; after his 1973 murder, he was not replaced, and the ' scarecrow ' simply was seen in the field as a memorial.

Until the early 20th century it relied primarily on representational, religious and classical motifs, after which time more purely abstract and conceptual approaches gained favor.

Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus ; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.

Until 2005 ( after the election ), no legal parties existed.

Until 1957, he was the most prominent ally of Aneurin Bevan, who had taken Cripps's place as leader of the Labour left, though Foot and Bevan fell out after Bevan renounced unilateral nuclear disarmament at the 1957 Labour Party conference.

Until 2011, it continued to be used on home video and DVD releases, even after Gulf + Western / Paramount Communications ' ownership ended.

Until after World War II, the landlocked British possession of Southern Rhodesia was not developed as an indigenous African territory, but rather as a unique state which reflected its multiracial character.

Response from Variety after the initial release reflects the outrage generated by Romero's film: " Until the Supreme Court establishes clear-cut guidelines for the pornography of violence, Night of the Living Dead will serve nicely as an outer-limit definition by example.

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 after Wilde's death his name remained disgraced and few discussed, let alone performed, his work.

Until the first centuries after Christ, the dominant religion in the region was Zoroastrianism, but Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Christianity also attracted large numbers of followers.

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 the Late Middle Ages, the greatest Visigothic legacy, which is no longer in use, was their law code, the Liber iudiciorum, which formed most notably the basis for court procedure in most of Christian Iberia for centuries after their kingdom's demise.

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 the late Pleistocene, about 10, 000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans.

Until after World War II, wedding celebrations were most commonly held in the bride's home, in whatever style of entertainment was within the means of the family.

Until Sixtus V, Canon Lawyers had applied the code from Gratian whereby excommunications were only given to abortions after the quickening.

Until the early 17th century, the French used the name Rivière du Canada to designate the Saint Lawrence upstream to Montreal and the Ottawa River after Montreal.

Until 1520, the city flourished, becoming the second largest population centre in the territory of the present Netherlands, after Utrecht.

Until after the Second World War the western part of the island of New Guinea was part of the Dutch colony of the Netherlands Indies.