Until the middle of 2008, Latvia had the fastest developing economy 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 middle of the 20th century the paint used for the outer coating could contain high concentrations of lead and this could be ingested when the pencil was sucked or chewed.

Until it closed in early 2011, a McDonald's in Edina, Minnesota claimed on its receipts to be the " World's Only Pneumatic Air Drive-Thru ," sending food from their strip-mall location to a drive-through in the middle of a parking lot.

Until the coming of the 20th century, later logicians followed Aristotelian logic, which includes or assumes the law of the excluded middle.

Until the middle of the 17th century and the arrival of the Portuguese, the Thomas Christians were all one in faith and rite.

Until these restrictions were relaxed in the middle of the twentieth century, Chinese immigrants were forced to live a life apart, and to build a society in which they could survive on their own ( Chinatown ).

Until the middle of the 19th century, only members of the congregation could own houses ; others were required to lease.

Until the middle of the 20th century the city was situated in the French Flemish area ; today the local Flemish dialect, a variety of the Dutch language, can still be found but has been largely replaced by French.

Until the middle of the 19th century when it was drained to make farmland, this county was part of the 2nd largest freshwater wetland in the US, with abundant flora and fauna.

Until completion of the old high school ( which is currently the middle school ) in the 1950s, this building housed all students in K-12.

Until then, it had been known as Middletown Center, which took its name from its location, in the middle valley drained by the Hudson, Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers.

Until the middle of the 20th century, Pottsville was a popular destination for many traveling acts and vaudeville performers.

The cook house: Until the middle of the nineteenth century it was forbidden to cook over an open fire on a ship moored in the harbour.

Until the middle 19th century most fires were fought by water transported to the scene in buckets.

Until the middle of 1943, the Germans managed to settle 80, 000 colonists, the number increased by a couple of thousand more in 1944.

Until the 1920s the museum's entrance was under the portico supported by five-metre high atlantes of grey Serdobol granite from Finland in the middle of the southern facade of the New Hermitage building.

Until the middle of the 19th century increased the population in Hemsedal evenly.

Until the 1870s it was the only route to travel from Valle the middle Setesdal valley to Bykle in the north.

Until the 1870s, it was the only route to reach Bykle from the middle Setesdal valley to the south.

Until the middle of the 19th century, the Congo was at the heart of independent Africa, as European colonialists seldom entered the interior.

Until the middle of the twentieth century, Tibet's official currency was also known as the Tibetan rupee.

Until the middle of the 19th century, Erlenbach remained a small village with less than 1000 inhabitants, mainly engaged in wine growing.

Until the middle of the 20th century, adapting it to " nn " was more common in English, as in the phrase " Battle of Corunna ".

Until that first dedication service, he and Lois felt their children were too young to take part in any religious life at home.

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 Jefferson, very few artists had recorded solo voice and blues guitar, the first of which was vocalist Sara Martin and guitarist Sylvester Weaver.

Until the mid-19th century, the Museum's collections were relatively circumscribed but, in 1851, with the appointment to the staff of Augustus Wollaston Franks to curate the collections, the Museum began for the first time to collect British and European medieval antiquities, prehistory, branching out into Asia and diversifying its holdings of ethnography.

Until 2003 the Lower Houses were restricted to upper year students but with the double cohort of graduates from Ontario schools many of the rooms were transformed into doubles and now hold first years.

Until the first award of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal in 1965, United States Air Force personnel received this award as well, as was the case with several other Army decorations until the Air Force fully established its own system of decorations.

The first winner for Best Film was Until We Meet Again by Tadashi Imai.

Until 2004, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.

Until 2004 ( in 2005 – 2007 the Jaguars went back to wearing white at home for early season games ) and then 2008, the Jaguars would always wear their white jerseys for afternoon games at home during the first half of the season.

Until 1900 civil engineering projects were generally managed by creative architects, engineers, and master builders themselves, for example Vitruvius ( first century BC ), Christopher Wren ( 1632 – 1723 ), Thomas Telford ( 1757 – 1834 ) and Isambard Kingdom Brunel ( 1806 – 1859 ).

Until the first centuries after Christ, the dominant religion in the region was Zoroastrianism, but Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Christianity also attracted large numbers of followers.

Until the End of the World was poorly received in its first release, as both a critical and commercial failure.

The 280-minute " trilogy " version of Until the End of the World made its first DVD appearance in 2004, with an Italian 4-disc edition featuring outtakes, bloopers, trailers, and interviews with Wenders.

Until the mid-1930s, when the first commercial yeast-extract vitamin B complex and semi-synthetic vitamin C supplement tablets were sold, vitamins were obtained solely through food intake, and changes in diet ( which, for example, could occur during a particular growing season ) usually greatly altered the types and amounts of vitamins ingested.

Until the 1950s, the cross-country race was held first, followed by the ski jumping.

Until recently, biographers have largely ignored this incident in Beiderbecke's life, and Lion was the first, in 2005, to print the police blotter and affidavit associated with the arrest.

Until 21 Lutetia was visited in 2010, it was the largest asteroid to be visited by a spacecraft and the first C-type asteroid to be explored.

Until World War II ( 1939 – 1945 ), most Māori people spoke Māori as their first language.

Until the beginning of the 20th century it was the largest German speaking city in the world, and before the first world war and the splitting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire the city had 2 million inhabitants.

Until 1985, when the first of twenty-four Saab 35 Draken were delivered, the country had remained essentially without the capacity to contest violations of its airspace.

Until the end of the nineteenth century it was common for women, especially those from a very poor background, not to have a surname and so to be known only by her first name.

Until the first bet is made each player in turn may " check ," which is to not place a bet, or " open ," which is to make the first bet.

Until a few decades ago, Abruzzo was a region of poverty in Southern Italy ; over the past decades, however, it has developed to such an extent that it has escaped from the spiral of underdevelopment to become the ' first ' region of the ' Italian Mezzogiorno '.

Until his death in 1723, Orléans was generally considered to be first in line to the throne, although legitimists considered that Philip V of Spain, né Duke of Anjou and fils de France, held that place, on the contention that his renunciation in 1700 was constitutionally invalid.