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 mid 19th century most boats were of all natural materials ; primarily wood although reed, bark and animal skins were also used.

Until the 19th century the majority of battles were of short duration, many lasting a part of a day.

Until the end of the 19th century, it seems to have been generally assumed that the general meeting ( of all shareholders ) was the supreme organ of the company, and the board of directors was merely an agent of the company subject to the control of the shareholders in general meeting.

Until the 19th century, the most common theory among scientists was still the concept of scala naturae, proposed by Aristotle.

Until 2009, when the new constitution came into force and created the Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the islands was the Legislative Council, which had existed since the 19th century.

Until the end of the 19th century, rubber was the main export.

Until the early 19th century Africans were captured, kidnapped, and forced into slavery to work on plantations when sugarcane became the most important export of the island.

Until the 19th century, cider was the largest agricultural export with up to a quarter of the agricultural land given over to orchards.

Until the 19th century, most libraries had closed stacks, so the library classification only served to organize the subject catalog.

Until the 19th century, large crystals of mica were quite rare and expensive as a result of the limited supply in Europe.

Until the middle of the 19th century, most physicists believed in an " ethereal " medium in which the light disturbance propagated.

Until the middle of the 19th century, only some isolated documents written on papyrus were known.

Until the 19th century, few doubted the truth of the postulate ; instead debate centered over whether it was necessary as an axiom, or whether it was a theory that could be derived from the other axioms.

Until the 19th century these silver dollar coins were actual Spanish dollars minted in the new world, mostly at Mexico City.

Until the 19th century, the authorship of the Gospel of John had universally been attributed to the Apostle John.

Until the 19th century, belief in unicorns was widespread among historians, alchemists, writers, poets, naturalists, physicians, and theologians.

Until the end of the 19th century, the only welding process was forge welding, which blacksmiths had used for centuries to join iron and steel by heating and hammering.

Until the 19th century all mahogany was regarded as one species, although varying in quality and character according to soil and climate.

Until the 19th century, the vast majority of butter was made by hand, on farms.

Until the 19th century it was used mainly for writing letters and keeping accounts, while the Devanāgarī script was used for literature and academic writings.

Until deep into the 19th century, the now Venezuelan islands of Aves, the Aves archipelago, Los Roques and La Orchila were also considered by the Dutch government to be part of the Dutch West Indies.

Until the late 19th century, roasting by dry heat in an oven was called baking.