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, 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 1940s, many rural areas of Scotland outwith the Central Belt had little or no electricity supply.

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 this point Austria and Switzerland had been the traditional and more popular destinations for winter sports, but by the end of the 20th century and into the early 21st century, France, Italy and the Tyrol began so see increases in winter visitors.

Until recently this prevented the technique from being more widely adopted, but software emulations of rythmo band technology overcome the disadvantages of the traditional rythmo band process and significantly reduce the time needed to prepare a dubbing session.

Until the early twentieth century, Hangul was denigrated as vulgar by the literate elite who preferred the traditional hanja writing system.

Until the advent of digital catalogues, card catalogue s were the traditional method of organizing the list of resources and their location within a large library

Until the invention of sub-diffraction microscopy, the wavelength of the light limited the resolution of traditional microscopy to around 0. 2 micrometers.

Until the mid 1990s, Yangon remained largely constrained to its traditional peninsula setting between the Bago, Yangon and Hlaing rivers.

Until recently, staying in line with traditional and conservative sociology, the heads of the household were usually the oldest man followed closely by his oldest sons.

Until the age of 11, he attended a traditional heder.

Until January 2010 each of the station's continuity announcers was associated with themed blocks of programming and were promoted as personalities and presenters in their own right ; subsequently Radio 7 adopted a more traditional continuity format using one presenter to announce every programme throughout the day.

Until the recent German spelling reform, the traditional rules ( which are still widely adhered to, although not taught in schools ) also capitalized the informal 2nd person singular pronoun Du ( and its derivatives, such as Dein ) when used in letters or similar texts, but this is no longer required.

Until the communists came to power in China in 1949, villagers followed these traditional principles and tried to use the natural resources conservatively, with thought for the preservation the natural resources for future generations.

Until then, the name " Suure-Jaani " was used only for the church as well as its immediate surroundings ( the church estate ), while other areas of the present town were separate villages: Valula ( or Wallola ; the southern part of the present town of Suure-Jaani ), Nuutre ( the western part ) and Päraküla ( or Perraküla ; the north-western part ; one part of the traditional Päraküla still being an independent village ).

Until the end of season 2009 / 10 the scoring system was different for both leagues, with the Worcester and District League opting for the traditional 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw, and the WFSL opting for a system which awards 1 point for winning a leg and 6 points for the game, a total of eleven points.

Until the invention of the truss rod in 1921, twelve-string guitars were nearly universally tuned lower than the traditional EADGBe, to reduce the stresses on the instrument.

Until the late 1990s, the band played a traditional black metal style with heathen lyrical content, but soon changed to that of occult and thelemic themes written by their lead vocalist Nergal and Krzysztof Azarewicz.

Until the 1990s South Africa were considered one of the most successful rugby nations in Test match history, with a positive win-loss ratio against every Test playing nation including their traditional rivals, New Zealand.

Until the 19th century, Podlasie was populated by the Polish-speaking gentry, Jews ( primarily in towns ), and Ruthenian Orthodox and Greek-Catholics speaking a dialect related to modern Ukrainian-the so-called Khakhlak ( Chachlak ) dialect, which derived its name from a derogatory term for Ukrainians ( khakhol or khokhol being the name of the traditional haircut of Ukrainian Cossacks ).

Until 1 April 1974, Birkdale lay in the traditional borders of the county of Lancashire.

Until the 20th century the major center of the region was the city of Kolomyia ( which is a major cultural center of Pokuttya, the traditional name for the southern part of the oblast ).

Until the Christianisation of Iceland, many traditional Viking beliefs were strongly held, remnants of which remain today.

Until 1903, the marshland area was part of the traditional parish and civil parish of Chadwell St Mary, which reached south to the river Thames.

Until the late 1800s there were also hundreds of other professional, semi-professional, and amateur troupes across Japan that performed traditional puppet drama.

Until the middle of the 20th century traditional households would not use granulated sugar but used jaggery or honey, instead in coffee.