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 opening of the Suez Canal, the islands used to be an important refuelling and provisioning station for ships from Europe to the Indian Ocean.

Until 1963 when the line was closed, Terrier steam locomotives pulled carriages along the Hayling Billy line from Havant station on the mainland to a station which was located at the northern end of Staunton Avenue, passing through Langstone where there was a Halt.

Until 1989, areas outside of these main cities had access to only a single commercial station, and these rural stations often formed small networks such as Prime Television.

Until recently, there was also another member of the crew, Gibarian, who had been an instructor of Kelvin ’ s at university, and who committed suicide just hours before Kelvin came to the station.

Until the end of 2002, Voice of America operated a medium-wave radio relay station in Punta Gorda that broadcast to the neighboring countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

Until the mid-20th century there was a rail branch line, the Muswell Hill Railway, from Highgate which passed through Muswell Hill, terminating at a station at Alexandra Palace.

Until the 1960s, a branch line of the former Great Eastern Railway network crossed the Wood Green High Road, at a station called Noel Park, providing connections to Stratford and North Woolwich.

Until 1940 it was served by St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs, a station on the West London Line.

Until that time, the only access to the Piccadilly Line was indirect, either via the Victoria Line station or via what was for many years called King's Cross Thameslink and is now the Pentonville Road entrance, and sometimes at peak hours was possible in one direction only.

Until 1968 it had a railway station on the Great Eastern Railway line from King's Lynn.

Until a few years ago, a horse-bus service, the " Holt Flyer ", ran between the Railway Tavern in the town centre and the new railway station, timed to connect with trains.

Until the fire station is in operation, Elbing continues to depend upon the help of volunteer firemen and the fire protection services of nearby Newton, Kansas.

Until 1991 there used to be a third station on this line, Visvliet.

Until 1995, there was the Silver Creek Communications Annex 41 ° 20 ' 46. 00 " N 97 ° 43 ' 18. 18 " W a station of the Survivable Low Frequency Communications System of the United States Air Force.

Until the completion of the bypass, the A34 and A4 met in the town centre at Robin Hood Roundabout, a complicated gyratory system encompassing 6 approaching roads, a fire station, ambulance station and an exit on the inside of the roundabout, which has to fly-over the roundabout as it heads away to the north.

Until the mid 20th century, the railroad station and Main Street were the town center.

Until 1969, the train station offered passengers meals and hospitality through the Fred Harvey Company.

Until 1969 the rail link continued to Lewes ; after it was closed Uckfield became the terminus ; the station building was rebuilt in 1991 to avoid the necessity of a level crossing.

Until the late 1970s when it was closed, Kirkstall was dominated by a coal fired power station.

Until 1964, Guisborough was also served by trains from Middlesbrough ; the Middlesbrough & Guisborough Railway had its terminus at the now-vanished Guisborough station.

Until the 1970s, some longwave stations in the Soviet Union operated on frequencies as high as 400 kHz, and there was even a station on 433 kHz in Finland.

Until the western section is in service, neither of the eastern extensions can be put into service, because the Haussmann-St Lazare station is currently at its maximum capacity because all trains are currently forced to turn around at this station.