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 the late 19th century, the axiom of choice was often used implicitly, although it had not yet been formally stated.

Until the late 19th century the only available propellant was black powder.

Until late 2002 it served Mexico, Central America, South America and all of the Caribbean.

Until the 1930s, the Finnish economy was predominantly agrarian, and, as late as in the 1950s, more than half the population and 40 percent of output were still in the primary sector.

Until the late 1970s, it was common for hearses in the USA to be combination coaches which also could serve in the ambulance role ; these were common in rural areas.

Until his retirement in late 2010 he was a professor at Xiamen University, where he taught theoretical physics and computer science, and ran the Artificial Brain lab.

Until the late 20th century Protestantism — especially of the Presbyterian variety — was a central value for most Scots, helping shape their identity and way of thinking.

Until the late 1960s, the standard hi-hats were, with available as a less-common alternative in professional cymbal ranges and smaller sizes down to restricted to children's kits.

Until the late 20th century, the history of science, especially of the physical and biological sciences, was seen as a narrative of true theories replacing false ones.

Until late in the war, he resisted efforts to appoint a general-in-chief, essentially handling those duties himself.

Until the late 18th century, the island of Madagascar was ruled by a fragmented assortment of shifting socio-political alliances.

Until the late Middle Ages, mages ' fortunes waxed and waned along with their native societies.

Until late 2006, they were also used in many of SGI's computer products.

Until the late years of the Soviet Union, political science as a field was subjected to tight control of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Until the late eighteenth century, the principal towns were on the east coast — Al Huwayla, Fuwayrit, and Al Bida — and the modern city of Doha developed around the largest of these, Al Bida.

Until the late 19th or early 20th century, those who pursued science were called " natural philosophers " or " men of science ".

Until the late nineteenth century sugar was purchased in loaves, which had to be cut using implements called ' nips ', while in later years, bags of sugar became more common.

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

Until the late 1970s, stripes were permissible for NFL footballs for night games and other special situations.

Until late 1949, Inklings readings and discussions usually occurred during Thursday evenings in C. S. Lewis's college rooms at Magdalen College.

Until the construction boom of the late 1970s, relatively few modern buildings had been constructed.

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 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 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 the 15th century these small states were on the periphery of the major Sudanic empires of the era.

Until the 15th century, the Portuguese were limited to coastal cabotage navigation using barques and barinels ( ancient cargo vessels used in the Mediterranean ).

Until the 15th century, Gnezdovo was a part of the independent Smolensk principality.

Until the 15th century, the funeral service for a deceased doge would normally be held at St Mark's Basilica, where some early holders of this office are also buried.

Until the 15th century, La Rochelle was to be the largest French harbour on the Atlantic coast, dealing mainly in wine, salt and cheese.

Until the 15th century, the linen and worsted industry was important here, as well as in North Walsham and Worstead, and Aylsham webb or ' cloth of Aylsham ' was supplied to the royal palaces of Edward II and III.

Until the 15th century it was the manufacture of linen which was the more important, and Aylsham linens and Aylsham canvases were nationally known.

Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls ( DSS ), the only surviving manuscripts of Jubilees were four complete Ge ' ez texts dating to the 15th and 16th centuries, and several quotations by the Church fathers such as Epiphanius, Justin Martyr, Origen, Diodorus of Tarsus, Isidore of Alexandria, Isidore of Seville, Eutychius of Alexandria, John Malalas, George Syncellus, and George Kedrenos.

Until early 15th century, Trzebinia was a royal village, then it passed into the hands of local noble families.

Until the mid 15th century, trade with the east was achieved through the Silk Road, with the Byzantine Empire and the Italian city-states of Venice and Genoa acting as a middle man.

Until the late 15th century, the town had a few guilds which remained without political or social power.

Until the 15th century Zanskar existed as a more or less independent Buddhist Kingdom ruled by between two and four related royal families.

( Until the 15th century, Gnezdovo was a part of the independent Principality of Smolensk.

Until approximately the 15th century, the ruling classes of most cities in present day Slovakia consisted almost exclusively of Germans.

Until the 15th century, the county head's co-judges were his deputy county head, the ( usually four ) noble judges, and a number of persons appointed ad hoc from among the present nobles.

Until the end of the 15th century, Brittany had managed to remain independent vis-à-vis its French and English neighbours.

Until the 15th century, Murano glassmakers were only producing drawn Rosetta beads made from mould-made Rosetta canes.

Until the 15th century, Faroese had a similar orthography to Icelandic and Norwegian, but after the Reformation in 1538, the ruling Danes outlawed its use in schools, churches and official documents.

Until the early 1980s, the regiment's administrative headquarters ( RHQ ) was at Brock Barracks, Reading, Berkshire, with a secondary or subsidiary headquarters at Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes, Wiltshire, but by 1982 a single RHQ had been permanently established in the Cathedral Close at Salisbury, Wiltshire, with the DERR regimental museum ,-including the museum collections of the former Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Wiltshire Regiment-established on the ground floor of the same historic building, which had for several centuries been known locally as The Wardrobe, with the building certainly dating back to the 15th Century, but possibly to as early as 1254.

Until the River Otter to the east silted up, the village was a market town and port ; it was still being used by ships in the 15th century, according to John Leland.

Until the 15th Century, it was common in Germany, particularly in Bavaria, to use rye malt for brewing beer.

Until the end of the 15th century the doublet was worn under another layer of clothing such as a gown, mantle, or overtunic.

Until the 15th century, the town ’ s centre was located one kilometre inland, next to the Chapel of Les Alegries ( the town ’ s main church before the Church of Sant Romà was built ) to protect itself from attacks from English, French, Turkish and Algerian pirates.

Until the late 15th century, the kholops represented a majority among the servants, who had been working lordly lands.