Until the mid 1990s the tariff was decided by the FINA diving committee, and divers could only select from the range of dives in the published tariff table.

Until better out-of-band signaling equipment was developed in the 1990s, fast, unacknowledged, and loud DTMF tone sequences could be heard during the commercial breaks of cable channels in the United States and elsewhere.

Until the 1990s, child-sized double basses were not widely available, and the large size of the bass meant that children were not able to start playing the instrument until their hand size and height would allow them to play a 3 / 4-size model ( the most commonly available size ).

Until the 1990s, economists generally agreed that raising the minimum wage reduced employment.

Until the early 1990s, the Chilean wine industry mistakenly sold a large quantity of wine made from the Carmenere grape as Merlot.

Until the early 1990s, the PLA Navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Ground Force.

Until the arrival of digital technology in the early 1990s, a split screen was accomplished by using an optical printer to combine two or more actions filmed separately by copying them onto the same negative, called the composite.

Until the early 1990s locals filled water cisterns from the rain that fell on roofs and courts, from small springs, and with imported assistance from other areas of Greece.

Until nitrox was widely accepted in the late 1990s, almost all recreational scuba used simple compressed and filtered air.

Until the 1990s they were mainly used for satellite stabilization in North-South and in East-West directions.

* Until the late 1990s, the cost of digital signal processors for DSL was prohibitive.

Until the 1990s systems design had a crucial and respected role in the data processing industry.

Until the 1990s being an open relay was a common configuration for a mail server and was often the default on UNIX systems at installation.

Until late 1990s, CPU s in desktop computers did not have much support for multithreading, although threads were still used on such computers because switching between threads was generally still quicker than full process context switches.

Until the early 1990s, most Fox stations were still essentially independents.

Until the 1990s, the toys were seldom numbered at all, which can make identification difficult ( although some early toys, especially hand-painted figurines, have a Ferrero mark ).

Until the early 1990s, it was widely believed that general relativity hides every singularity behind an event horizon, making naked singularities impossible.

Until the late 1990s, most of Inner Mongolia's prefectural regions were known as Leagues (), a usage retained from Mongol divisions of the Qing Dynasty.

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

Until the 1990s, there was a 30 million year gap in the fossil record between the late Devonian tetrapods and the reappearance of tetrapod fossils in recognizable mid-Carboniferous amphibian lineages.

Until the end of the 1990s, political life in Omsk was defined by an ongoing feud between the oblast and city authorities.

Until recently, art exhibitions deemed controversial have been routinely shut down by police, and performance artists in particular faced the threat of arrest in the early 1990s.

Until the 1990s, the government actively stated that the ROC is the only legitimate " One China " while the PRC is illegitimate.

Until the 1990s, there was only one game televised each Saturday night in any particular locality and up to 1968, regular season games were still not broadcast in their entirety.

Until the 1990s, the refrigerants were often chlorofluorocarbons such as R-12 ( dichlorodifluoromethane ), one in a class of several refrigerants using the brand name Freon, a trademark of DuPont.

Until Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform in 1948, Albania acted like a Yugoslav satellite and Tito aimed to use his choke hold on the Albanian party to incorporate the entire country into Yugoslavia.

Until 2005, the Lord Chancellor fused the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, as he was the ex officio Speaker of the House of Lords, a Government Minister who sat in Cabinet and was head of the Lord Chancellor's Department which administered the courts, the justice system and appointed judges, and was the head of the Judiciary in England and Wales and sat as a judge on the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords, the highest domestic court in the entire United Kingdom, and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the senior tribunal court for parts of the Commonwealth.

Until the late 1970s, the entire top was illuminated, changing color with changes in barometric pressure to provide a weather indicator that could be seen for many miles.

Until March 2009, GSN licensed the entire Mark Goodson-Bill Todman library.

Until the second half of the 20th century, this province was both the religious and cultural centre of the entire region.

Until this peace, Christian III ruled the entire Duchies of Holstein and of Schleswig also in the name of his then still minor half-brothers John the Elder ( Hans den Ældre ) and Adolf.

Until fall 1944 overseas units contained five performers or fewer ; The Barretts of Wimpole Street, using local theaters in France and Italy, was the first to use an entire theater company, including scenery.

Until this day, entire clans live together in bamboo houses and each village has its own individual character.

Until the 1980s, histories of the First Māori War tend to ignore the poorly documented Battle of Te Ahuahu yet it was in some ways the most desperate fight of the entire war.

Until 1951, the entire burden of financing the opera festival was undertaken by John Christie himself, but, in 1952, the Glyndebourne Festival Society was formed to take over the financial management.

Until the United States rose to world prominence in the 20th century, many Europeans would also use the word " American " in their own languages to refer to anyone from the entire Americas ( more often to those of native American descent ), and not just to people from the United States.

Until 1860, when the Jewish neighborhood, Mishkenot Sha ' ananim, was established, this area constituted the entire city of Jerusalem.

Until the 1990s, the entire pubic region, including hair, was deemed obscene and unpublishable.

Until about the end of the second month of pregnancy, the villi cover the entire chorion, and are almost uniform in size ; but, after this, they develop unequally.

Until Wycliffe College joined the university in 1889, University College was the only member college within the University of Toronto, and therefore the principal of the college was also the de facto chief of the entire university.

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 late 1890s or early 20th century, the entire congregation generally knelt during the sacramental prayers.

Until 1816 the state of Bavaria managed to annex the entire region.

Until 2002, the entire fleet was dominated by the R33 / R36 World's Fair cars.

Until 2004, the Royal Scots had been one of five line infantry regiments never to be amalgamated in its entire history, a claim shared by The Green Howards, The 22nd ( Cheshire ) Regiment, The Royal Welch Fusiliers and The King's Own Scottish Borderers.

Until the camp was closed in 1964, the entire area was cordoned off and its perimeter patrolled by military police.

Until 2002, Minganie RCM encompassed the entire lower north shore right up to Blanc-Sablon.

Until the 1920s, the Old Delhi Railway Station served the entire city, and the Agra – Delhi railway line cut through what is today known as Lutyens ' Delhi and the site of the India Gate on Kingsway ( now Rajpath ).

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