Until the 1980s, the flagship of the ocean-going navy was the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais ( the ex-British HMS Vengeance ), which has been in service since 1945.

Until the early 1980s, they were known as video display terminals and were physically attached to the computer and keyboard.

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 the 1980s it was rare for graduate programs to teach how to teach ; the assumption was that teaching was easy and that learning how to do research was the main mission.

Until the 1980s most multihull sailboats ( except for beach cats ) were built either by their owners or by boat builders on a semi-custom basis.

Until the 1980s, Saudi Arabia had lakes at Layla Aflaj and deep waterholes at ' Al-Kharj, fed by huge underground aquifers, formed in prehistoric times and non-renewable.

Until the late 1980s, UMIST's official alumni organisation was called the Manchester Technology Association, a name which was a relic of UMIST's past incarnation as ' The Tech '.

Until the early 1980s the arrival of Finnic peoples, the ancestors of the Estonians, Finns, and Livonians, on the shores of the Baltic sea was associated with the Comb Ceramic Culture.

Until the late 1980s the M61 primarily used the M50 series of ammunition in various types, typically firing a 3. 5 oz ( 100 gram ) projectile at a muzzle velocity of about.

Until the development of reinforced barbed tape in the early 1980s, it was rarely used for military purposes or genuine high security facilities because, with the correct tools, it was easier to breach than barbed wire.

Until the 1980s, three-point belts were commonly available only in the front outboard seats of cars ; the back seats were only often fitted with lap belts.

Until the 1970s and 1980s, when the disease's molecular genetics became known, the juvenile and adult forms of the disease were not always recognized as variants of Tay – Sachs disease.

Until the 1980s, pachinko machines were mechanical devices, using bells to indicate different states of the machine.

Until 1980s, Kaznacheyev and his team carried out about 12 000 experiments.

Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since these houses were, and in most areas still are, mostly unlivable.

Until the 1980s, the association did not offer women's athletics.

Until the late 1980s PRC used quotation marks around terms for all official ROC positions and organisations such as " President " and " government " to imply non-recognition, a practice that was reciprocated by the ROC.

Until the end of the 1980s Delta published about 200 science fiction books.

Until the 1980s this idea was not taken seriously, but opinions changed following the discovery of the Chicxulub Crater, which was further reinforced by witness to the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 event.

Until the 1980s, many of Austria's largest industry firms were nationalised ; in recent years, however, privatisation has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies.

Until the 1980s all Moskvitch cars were compact rear-wheel drive saloons and estates with solid rear axles suspended by leaf springs.

Until the late 1980s and early 1990s, much of Chesapeake was either suburban or rural, serving as a bedroom community of the adjacent cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach with residents commuting to these locations.

Until the 1980s and before the Fuzhou influx, what is now the western section of Chinatown or known as the Old Chinatown of Manhattan was the original size of Manhattan's Chinatown with The Bowery at the time serving as the original eastern borderline of Chinatown and this was where the Chinese population mostly concentrated on the Lower East Side, mostly the Cantonese.

to the 1980s, Until 1950 the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad provided both passenger and freight service from Annapolis to Baltimore ; passenger service ended in February 1950 due to increased competition from buses and private automobiles, but freight service continued until Hurricane Agnes did so much damage to a trestle crossing the Severn River in Annapolis that the trestle was condemned for use by trains by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960s ( The trestle remained as a haven for fishermen and crabbers until it was dismantled ).

Until 2009 Allegan was the longstanding manufacturing base of the Haworth ( company ) Seating Plant ; the City of Allegan lost a major UAW-organized Rockwell manufacturing plant in the early 1980s.

Until the late 19th century, family histories were almost exclusively of interest to persons who had obtained their wealth or rank by inheritance.

Until the 1970s, the pogrom of 1190 was often underplayed by official histories of the castle ; early official guides to the castle made no reference to it.

Until the 1980s, histories of the Northern War tend to ignore the poorly documented Battle of Te Ahuahu yet it was the most significant fight of the entire war as it is the only engagement that can be described as a clear victory-not for the British forces-but for Tāmati Wāka Nene and his warriors.

Until the 20th century, Tacuba, Chapultepec and Tacubaya had separate histories, all part of the Federal District of Mexico City during most of this entity ’ s existence under various arrangements.

Until recent times, musical histories usually gave the year of his birth, incorrectly, as 1876.

Until recently, force-time histories measured during spinal manipulation were described as consisting of three distinct phases: the preload ( or prethrust ) phase, the thrust phase, and the resolution phase.

Until the late 1970s, the First Committee was the Political and Security Committee ( POLISEC ) and there was also a sufficient number of additional " political " matters that an additional, unnumbered main committee, called the Special Political Committee, also sat.

* Until the First World War, the Moulin Rouge became a real temple of operetta.

Until February 2008, Cuba was led by President Fidel Castro, who was Chief of State, Head of Government, Prime Minister, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba ( CPC ), and Commander in Chief of the armed forces.

Until 1959, Dorchester had its own school, originally built in 1902 ( a state historical marker stands at the school's old location, next to the current home of the First Baptist Church of Dorchester ).

Until the United States ' involvement in the First World War, the older members of the Synod remained overwhelmingly German in their language, but younger members had long switched to English.

Until the First World War, the city managed to develop, but it was still a relatively unremarkable small town.

Containing the singles " Stand " which featured the Los Angeles First A. M. E. Church Choir on backing vocals, " Until You Suffer Some ( Fire And Ice )" and " Body Talk ", the album received generally positive reviews and did go Gold, but following the arrival of grunge sales were sluggish compared with the first three albums, selling only 2 million copies worldwide.

Until 2004, he held the seat of Commercial ( First ) Functional Constituency in LegCo, representing the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce's ≈ 4, 000 members.

Until 1942, First Army's commander was always the senior commander of one of its three corps areas.

Until the Dial Global merger, the " NBC Radio " brand was still occasionally used, including twice daily at the halfway point and conclusion of the early morning news magazine First Light ( which has since revived the " NBC " branding throughout the program ).

Until the First World War, the regional languages of France were still the languages most used in the home and in the fields.

Bassist Adam Russell was announced to be the bassist of post-hardcore band Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, along with Craig Owens ( lead vocalist, ex-Chiodos ), Matt Good ( guitarist, From First to Last ), Nick Martin ( guitarist, Underminded ), and Aaron Stern ( drummer, Matchbook Romance ).

Until 1931, the Spanish republicans celebrated the 11 February anniversary of the First Republic.

Until the First World War almost the entire worldwide production of kieselgur was from this region.

Until March 10, 2009, CFCF aired a local 6AM morning newscast, First News, pre-empting the first half hour of Canada AM ; anchored by Herb Luft, it was cancelled in favor of an early start for Canada AM, which will now be seen in its entirety starting at 6AM.

Until this date, it had been under the command of General Henry Horne's British First Army.

Until the First World War this was the only known source of radium in the world.

Until the First World War, Galicia with its large Ukrainian Greek Catholic population in the east ( around Lwów ), and Polish Roman Catholics in the west ( around Kraków ), was controlled by the Austrian Empire.

* Bibliographie générale de L ' astronomie depuis L ' origine de L ' imprimerie Jusqu ' en 1880 ( General bibliography of Astronomy From Its First Printed Works Until 1880 / Brussels, F. Hayez, 1882 – 1887 ); and

Until the end of the First World War, he also worked for the Order of Saint John, a supra-confessional group working to help those orphaned by the war and-together with the Swedish Lutheran Archbishop Nathan Söderblom, one of his closest lifelong friends-for the exchange of prisoners of war.

* Matt Good ( 2000 ): guitarist / vocalist of From First To Last / Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows

Until November 2007, former WKRG-FM disc jockey Scott O ' Brien hosted " Mobile's First News " and " Ask the Expert " in the morning.

Until 2005, AmSouth Bank continued First American's former tradition of having the highest market share in Nashville, however it was surpassed by SunTrust after its acquisition of Memphis-based National Commerce Financial.

Until the First World War Austin built mainly large cars, but in 1909 they sold a single-cylinder small car built by Swift of Coventry called the Austin 7 hp.