Until the last year or so the profession of friendship with the United States had been an article of faith with Trujillo, and altogether too often this profession was accepted here as evidence of his good character.

Until Moscow resumed nuclear testing last September 1, the US and UK had released more than twice as much radiation into the atmosphere as the Russians, and the fallout from the earlier blasts is still coming down.

Until late last Saturday afternoon Palmer had played seven consecutive rounds of golf at the Masters -- four last year and three this -- without ever being out of first place.

Until 2007, when Victoria administration made it co-ed, Gate House was one of the last remaining all-male residence building in the University of Toronto.

Until 1906, the year of his last film, Doyen recorded more than 60 operations.

Until recently, the last woolly mammoths were generally assumed to have vanished from Europe and southern Siberia about 12, 000 years ago, but new findings show some were still present there about 10, 000 years ago.

Until the release of official data in 1989, the 1963 edition of the North Korea Central Yearbook was the last official publication to disclose population figures.

Until its last refit, Columbia was the only operational orbiter with wing markings consisting of an American flag on the port ( left ) wing and the letters " USA " on the starboard ( right ) wing.

Until the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts qualified for Super Bowl XLIV, this was the last time that both number one seeds advanced to the Super Bowl.

Until 2007, when Victoria administration made it co-ed, Gate House was one of the last remaining all-male residence building in the University of Toronto.

Until the last century the city was distinguished into three different groups: the walled city where the castle stood, and that was identified with the ancient acropolis greek-Roman urban center, the Village or the Upper Town on the hill slope and the New Town, plain.

Until the 20th century, future British executioners were trained at Newgate ; one of the last was John Ellis in 1901.

Until 1815, the only extant works ascribed ( erroneously ) to Fronto were two grammatical treatises, De nominum verborumque differentiis and Exempla elocutionum ( the last being really by Arusianus Messius ).

Until 1981 Todd, Shannon and Washabaugh County, South Dakota, were the last unorganized counties in the United States.

Until 1982 Shannon and Washabaugh County, South Dakota, were the last unorganized counties in the United States.

Until September 2009, KXGN also carried selected prime-time NBC programming in its schedule, making it the last " Big 3 " affiliate to offer programming from more than one network on a single feed.

Until its retirement in 1981, the Edna G. was the last coal-fired, steam-powered tugboat in operation of the Great Lakes.

Until 2005, Lebanon was home to one of the last drive-in movie theaters in Oregon.

Until 2010, it was held annually on the last teaching day of Trinity term to celebrate the end of lectures and the beginning of Trinity Week.

Until the re-appointment to the cabinet of Lord Mandelson on 3 October 2008, the former Leader of the Lords, Lady Amos, was the last peer to sit in any other Cabinet post, as Secretary of State for International Development from May to October 2003.

Until the last minute, NS Governor Erich Koch gave orders that fleeing was illegal and punishable (" strenges Fluchtverbot "-flight strictly forbidden ).

Until his very last minute, Martí dedicated his life to achieve full independence for Cuba.

Until 2003 an Irish " Chief of the Name " was a person recognised by the Chief Herald of Ireland as the most senior known male descendant of the last inaugurated or de facto chief of that name in power in Gaelic Ireland at or before the end of the 16th century.

Until 1975 it was an one of the thirty three administrative counties of Scotland, with a county council formed by the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889.

Until relatively recently, people over thirty were strongly discouraged from applying.

Until nearly the age of thirty, he mainly dedicated himself to copying old masters.

Until the 2008 rules change, the format was that of the 10 metre air pistol competition: each competitor had 20 shots, with 40 seconds allowed for each shot.

Until 1986, the General Knowledge round was in two stages: the first stage had the contestants answering three general knowledge questions each from the same set of categories with 2 points for each correct answer, then it was on to stage 2 which was the quick-fire stage, which lasted 90 seconds, with one point added for a correct answer and one point deducted for an incorrect response or none at all, and only one player could answer each question.

Until March 1978, Dr. Gibson and his Skylab-4 teammates held the world record for individual time in space: 2, 017 hours 15 minutes 32 seconds, and Dr. Gibson logged 15 hours and 17 minutes in three EVAs outside the orbital workshop.

Until 1936, Williams had never broken 49 seconds for the 440 yd ( 402 m ).

Until this time, launch vehicles such as the Pegasus rocket, or rocket planes such as the X-1, X-15, or SpaceShipOne, which were carried under an aircraft pointing in the same direction as the fuselage, would have their engines ignited either just before being air-dropped or a few seconds afterward.

Until the advent of artillery and aircraft, battles were fought with the two sides within sight, if not reach, of each other.

Until June 2007, plague was one of the three epidemic diseases specifically reportable to the World Health Organization ( the two other ones were cholera and yellow fever ).

Until the two World Wars, in most European countries the political class was formed by conservative liberals, from Germany to Italy.

Until 2009, it had also been one of two official languages of Greenland ( alongside Greenlandic ).

Until the winter of 1978-79, when a major mixing event took place, the Dead Sea was composed of two stratified layers of water that differed in temperature, density, age, and salinity.

Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, writing two top ten hits with her uncle Bill Owens: Bill Phillips's " Put it off Until Tomorrow " and Skeeter Davis ' 1967 hit " Fuel to the Flame ".

Until 1986, television broadcasts in the city were restricted to two channels: TVT-6 and the ABC.

Until 1991, President Mauno Koivisto and two of the three major parties, Center Party and the Social Democrats opposed the idea of European Union membership and preferred entering into the European Economic Area treaty.

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 20th century, people in the region used two types of distinction to identify themselves: way of life-either nomadic or sedentary-and place of residence.

Until 1930, the community, divided by the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, was two separate, adjacent towns.

Until 1999, these two families were not considered to be closely related.

Until the early 20th century, the chief ancient buildings at Sparta were the theatre, of which, however, little showed above ground except portions of the retaining walls ; the so-called Tomb of Leonidas, a quadrangular building, perhaps a temple, constructed of immense blocks of stone and containing two chambers ; the foundation of an ancient bridge over the Eurotas ; the ruins of a circular structure ; some remains of late Roman fortifications ; several brick buildings and mosaic pavements.

Until 1952, the Naturalization Acts written by Congress still allowed only white persons to become naturalized as citizens ( except for two years in the 1870s which the Supreme Court declared to be a mistake ).

Until November 2008, there were two beefalo associations, the American Beefalo World Registry and American Beefalo International.

Until the 17th century, two separate systems were thought to be involved in blood circulation: the natural system, containing venous blood which had its origin in the liver, and the vital system, containing arterial blood and the ' spirits ' which flowed from the heart, distributing heat and life to all parts.

Until the latter half of the 20th century, sugarbeet production was highly labor-intensive, as weed control was managed by densely planting the crop, which then had to be manually thinned two or three times with a hoe during the growing season.

Until approximately the seventh week of development, the embryo has indifferent sex accessory ducts, which consist of two pairs of ducts: the Müllerian ducts and the Wolffian ducts.

Until recently the RSC also ran two smaller theatres, the Swan, which is modelled on an Elizabethan theatre ( closed in August 2007 as part of plans for refurbishment ) and The Other Place theatre, a Black box theatre which was extended to become the temporary RSC Courtyard Theatre, which opened in July 2006.

Until the opening of the bridge, built to the east of the two tunnels, the crossing was known as the Dartford Tunnel.

Until 1983, all night monkeys were placed into only one ( A. lemurimus ) or two species ( A. lemurinus and A. azarae ).

were champions of Cornwall in 1955 / 56 and have been in existence over a hundred years ; their most notable player was Harry Cann who was goalkeeper for Plymouth Argyle F. C .. Until the 1930s there were two golf courses and a few tennis courts: neither golf course reopened in the postwar period.

Until 1971 Austrian males were obligated to serve nine months in the armed forces, followed by four days of active service every two years for training and inspection.

Until 1857, it was translated into 20 languages, including two independent translations into Slovene just one year after its original publication, which started the since-then uninterrupted dialogue between American authors and Slovene translators and readers.