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 1928 it was directed by a General Manager, after this time instead by a Governor elected by an internal commission of managers, with a decree from the President of the Italian Republic for a term of 7 years.

Until then much of the Roman world outside of Italy supported Pompey and his allies due to the extensive list of clients he held in all corners of the Republic.

Until the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland in 1998 the Irish Republic claimed the territory of six counties that form Northern Ireland.

Until 1989, 6, 000 installations existed in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Until the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars, the ironically named highway " Bratstvo i jedinstvo " ( Brotherhood and Unity ) running through Croatia, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia was one of Europe's most important transport arteries.

Until 1991 Skopje was the capital of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.

Until his death in 1969, twenty years after his return, Adorno contributed to the intellectual foundations of the Federal Republic, as a professor at Frankfurt University, critic of the vogue enjoyed by Heideggerian philosophy, partisan of critical sociology and teacher of music at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music.

Until the early 1970s, the Republic of China was recognized as the sole legitimate government of China by the United Nations and most Western nations, refusing to recognize the People's Republic of China on account of the Cold War.

Until consolidation with Republic into Seneca East, the village was served by the Attica School District.

Until 1995, when the German Federal Republic ’ s third series of bank notes was removed from circulation, an engraving of the Holsten Gate ( western / field side ) adorned the back of the 50 DM note

Until recently, the Republic of Ireland did not accept the partial defense.

Until the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, Speyer was in the French occupation zone and once again became a garrison town of the French.

Until 1941, the town of Pokrovsk, today Engels, located just across the Volga from Saratov, served as the capital of the Volga German Republic.

Until February 2007, The New Republic was owned by Martin Peretz, New York financiers Roger Hertog and Michael Steinhardt, and Canadian media conglomerate Canwest.

Until the 1970s, the United States recognized the Republic of China on Taiwan as the legitimate government of mainland China and did not maintain diplomatic relations with the communist regime of the People's Republic of China.

Until 1942, the Bank of China issued banknotes in mainland China on behalf of the Government of the Republic of China.

Until 1989, while Communists held power in the People's Republic of Poland, the Polish – Soviet War was omitted or minimized in Polish and other Soviet bloc countries ' history books, or was presented as a foreign intervention during the Russian Civil War to fit in with Communist ideology.

Until our arms have brought the opportune moment for the establishment of a permanent National Government, representative of the whole people of Ireland and elected by the suffrages of all her men and women, the Provisional Government, hereby constituted, will administer the civil and military affairs of the Republic in trust for the people.

Until 2012, the office of president was filled following an indirect election by the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

Since 1994, major shareholders have been the Cueto Family and businessman Sebastián Piñera ( Until 2010 ), who sold his shares when taking office as President of the Republic of Chile.

Until the 16th century, the fortress belonged to the Novgorod Republic, followed by Muscovy.

Until the mid-1990s, it was viewed as very hostile to the People's Republic of China, in part because the paper referred to people from mainland China as " Communist Chinese.