Until about the 1940s, persons living in these villages depended upon rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood.

Until the 1940s, most think tanks were known only by the name of the institution.

Until the 1940s sign language skills were passed on unofficially between deaf people often living in residential institutions.

Until this time his lectures had been carried out under the auspices of the Political Education Movement ( PNM ) a branch of the Teachers Education and Cultural Association, a group which had been founded in the 1940s as an alternative to the official teachers ’ union.

Until the advent of vinyl around the 1940s, most gramophone records were pressed from shellac compounds.

Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style.

Until the 1940s, the traditional lifestyle and traditional ceremonies and religious beliefs were practiced.

Until the 1940s, most area peach farming had been done on a small-scale family basis.

Until the 1940s Killeen remained a relatively small and isolated farm trade center, but this changed drastically after 1942, when Camp Hood ( re-commissioned as Fort Hood in 1950 ) was created as a military training post to meet the demands of the Second World War.

Until the development of synthetic immersion oil in the 1940s, cedar oil was widely used for the oil immersion objective in light microscopy.

Until the 1940s, NHK was a national radio broadcasting monopoly.

Until the late 1940s, in more than 10 universities in systematically teach geography, in which economic geography British staples, as a representative of the statistical records school effect is extensive.

Until the 1940s, sprinklers were installed almost exclusively for the protection of commercial buildings, whose owners were generally able to recoup their expenses with savings in insurance costs.

Until the late 1940s, Glenageary, like much of the south County Dublin, consisted mostly of large manor estates-each comprising a large house, some woodland and cultivated or landscaped fields.

Until the 1940s, the governor was allowed to serve unlimited terms ; since that time, governors have been limited to two consecutive terms.

Until the late 1940s, most motive power on the PGE was provided by steam locomotives.

Until the early 1940s IRE was a relatively small engineering organization, but the growing importance of electrical communications and the emergence of the discipline of electronics in the 1940s have increased its appeal to practitioners.

Until the 1940s they were also seated at Haigh Hall, Lancashire.

Until the 1940s, the disease was considered benign, and serious complications were thought to be very rare.

Until the 1940s, the economy of the valley was based largely on ranching.

Until the 1940s they had a certain working-class chic, but by the 1950s and 60s they were quick stops for busy shoppers where one could get a cup of tea and a snack or a cheap and filling meal.

Until the 1940s, Diadema was constituted by four neighborhoods belonging to São Bernardo do Campo: Piraporinha, Eldorado, Taboão e Vila Conceição.

Until the late 1940s, the prominent literary language in Japan was Classical Japanese language ( 文語 " Bungo "), which is based on the language spoken in Heian Period ( Late Old Japanese ) and is different from contemporary Japanese language in grammar and some vocabulary.

Until the 19th century the majority of battles were of short duration, many lasting a part of a day.

Until 2003 the Lower Houses were restricted to upper year students but with the double cohort of graduates from Ontario schools many of the rooms were transformed into doubles and now hold first years.

* Fox News: Until 2004, the CRTC's apparent reluctance to grant a digital licence to Fox News under the same policy which made it difficult for RAI to enter the country-same-genre competition from foreign services-had angered many conservative Canadians, who believed the network was deliberately being kept out due to its perceived conservative bias, particularly given the long-standing availability of services such as CNN and BBC World in Canada.

Until the development of semiconductor diodes, valve diodes were used in analog signal applications and as rectifiers in many power supplies.

Until recently it was unknown how many species of Diprotodon had existed.

Until that day, the package was distributed as license-free software, which prevented the distribution of modified versions of djbdns which was in conflict with the principles of Open source software which made the inclusion in many Linux distributions infeasible if not impossible.

Until World War II there were many Gothic, renaissance and baroque houses in Elbląg's Old Town ; some of them are reconstructed.

Until recently, many researchers believed phocids evolved separately from otariids and odobenids from otter-like animals, such as Potamotherium, which inhabited European freshwater lakes.

Until the 1980s Black British and Asian British culture was significantly under-represented in mainstream British cinema, as they were in many areas of British life.

Until midcentury, the guilds, the landed aristocracy, the churches, and the government bureaucracies had so many rules and restrictions that entrepreneurship was held in low esteem, and given little opportunity to develop.

Until midcentury, the guilds, the landed aristocracy, the churches, and the government bureaucracies had so many rules and restrictions that entrepreneurship was held in low esteem, and given little opportunity to develop.

Until quite recently, many Hudson's Bay Company stores were the only stores in remote towns.

Until the day I die people will keep saying, ‘ Leni is a Nazi ’, and I ’ ll keep saying, ‘ But what did she do ?’” Although she won more than 50 libel cases against people accusing her of collaborating with the Nazis, there are many unanswered questions about her relation to National Socialism in particular and fascism more generally.

Until the mid-20th century, most Chinese people living in many parts of southern China spoke only their local language.

Until at least the mid-1960s, many English-language writers used the term Mohammedans or Mahometans.

Until late 2006, they were also used in many of SGI's computer products.

Until recently in the developed world, it was common for many people to be fluent in spoken and yet remain illiterate ; this is still the case in poor countries today.

Until the 1960s, paleomaps were not very satisfactory, since it was difficult to understand many quite distinctive features.

Until 2000, it was thought that rock sequences spanning the Permian-Triassic boundary were too few and contained too many gaps for scientists to determine reliably its details.

Until recently, the idea of multiracial or multiethnic nations, like the United States or India, struck many Koreans as odd or even contradictory.

Until recent years, the preservative thiomersal was used in many vaccines that did not contain live virus.

Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines.

Until the early 20th century, Greeks were uniformly distributed between the Greek peninsula, the western coast of Asia Minor, Pontus, Egypt, Cyprus and Constantinople ; many of these regions coincided to a large extent with the borders of the Byzantine Empire of the late 11th century and the Eastern Mediterranean areas of the ancient Greek colonization.

Until the Oxford University Press edition was published in 2000, the available orchestral parts reflected many of the standard D ' Oyly Carte alterations, although the traditionally cut songs were available to those who wanted them.

Until recently, many sources stated that Catherine married the elderly Edward Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh in 1529, at the age of seventeen.