Until the mid 1990s the tariff was decided by the FINA diving committee, and divers could only select from the range of dives in the published tariff table.

Until better out-of-band signaling equipment was developed in the 1990s, fast, unacknowledged, and loud DTMF tone sequences could be heard during the commercial breaks of cable channels in the United States and elsewhere.

Until the 1990s, child-sized double basses were not widely available, and the large size of the bass meant that children were not able to start playing the instrument until their hand size and height would allow them to play a 3 / 4-size model ( the most commonly available size ).

Until the 1990s, economists generally agreed that raising the minimum wage reduced employment.

Until the early 1990s, the Chilean wine industry mistakenly sold a large quantity of wine made from the Carmenere grape as Merlot.

Until the early 1990s, the PLA Navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Ground Force.

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 early 1990s locals filled water cisterns from the rain that fell on roofs and courts, from small springs, and with imported assistance from other areas of Greece.

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

Until the 1990s they were mainly used for satellite stabilization in North-South and in East-West directions.

* Until the late 1990s, the cost of digital signal processors for DSL was prohibitive.

Until the 1990s systems design had a crucial and respected role in the data processing industry.

Until the 1990s being an open relay was a common configuration for a mail server and was often the default on UNIX systems at installation.

Until late 1990s, CPU s in desktop computers did not have much support for multithreading, although threads were still used on such computers because switching between threads was generally still quicker than full process context switches.

Until the early 1990s, most Fox stations were still essentially independents.

Until the 1990s, the toys were seldom numbered at all, which can make identification difficult ( although some early toys, especially hand-painted figurines, have a Ferrero mark ).

Until the early 1990s, it was widely believed that general relativity hides every singularity behind an event horizon, making naked singularities impossible.

Until the late 1990s, most of Inner Mongolia's prefectural regions were known as Leagues (), a usage retained from Mongol divisions of the Qing Dynasty.

Until the mid 1990s, Yangon remained largely constrained to its traditional peninsula setting between the Bago, Yangon and Hlaing rivers.

Until the 1990s, there was a 30 million year gap in the fossil record between the late Devonian tetrapods and the reappearance of tetrapod fossils in recognizable mid-Carboniferous amphibian lineages.

Until the end of the 1990s, political life in Omsk was defined by an ongoing feud between the oblast and city authorities.

Until recently, art exhibitions deemed controversial have been routinely shut down by police, and performance artists in particular faced the threat of arrest in the early 1990s.

Until the 1990s, the government actively stated that the ROC is the only legitimate " One China " while the PRC is illegitimate.

Until the 1990s, there was only one game televised each Saturday night in any particular locality and up to 1968, regular season games were still not broadcast in their entirety.

Until the 1990s, the refrigerants were often chlorofluorocarbons such as R-12 ( dichlorodifluoromethane ), one in a class of several refrigerants using the brand name Freon, a trademark of DuPont.

Until a few weeks ago, however, Arnold Palmer was some god-like creature who had nothing in common with the duffers.

Until recently, however, the musician / composer rarely had the capability of real-time modification of program code itself.

Until recently, however, Chagas disease was considered a contraindication for the procedure, since the heart damage could recur as the parasite was expected to seize the opportunity provided by the immunosuppression that follows surgery.

Until the 18th century, however, no theoretical basis for soil design had been developed and the discipline was more of an art than a science, relying on past experience.

Until 1858, however, much of India was still officially the dominion of the Mughal emperor.

Until 1945, however, the labour movement remained weak, impeded by lack of legal rights, anti-union legislation, management-organized factory councils, and political divisions between “ cooperative ” and radical unionists.

Until about 400 years ago, however, motion was explained from a very different point of view.

Until recently electrical energy has not been converted and stored on a major scale, however new efforts to that effect began in the 21st century.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, time was believed to be independent of motion, progressing at a fixed rate in all reference frames ; however, later experiments revealed that time slows at higher speeds of the reference frame relative to another reference frame.

A brief reunion occurred, however, later that year for " Sax and Violins ," an original single that appeared on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders ' Until the End of the World.

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 1224 AD / CE, however, there remained a strong Muslim segment of society.

Until the early 2000s when its economy was tied to the steel industry, Sydney had been overlooked as a tourist destination, with the more centrally located scenic village of Baddeck being a preferred location for tourists transiting the Cabot Trail, however Sydney has recently witnessed a revival as a result of significant government investment in cruise ship facilities and a waterfront revitalization plan which has seen a boardwalk and marinas constructed, and the world's largest fiddle.

Until the 1980s, many of Austria's largest industry firms were nationalised ; in recent years, however, privatisation has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies.

" Until Carmen, however, Bizet was not essentially an innovator in the musical theatre.

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 '.

At the time, however, Tromsø IL was fighting in the bottom of the Northern Norwegian 2nd division ( Until 1979, the 2nd division was divided in three different groups, two southern and one northern – with the winners of the southern groups being promoted to the top division, while the winner of the northern group would have to face the 2nd placed teams of the two southern groups ), and was eventually relegated.

Until the day of his death, however, he remained firmly entrenched on the Left, and maintaining that the long-term outlooks for humanity were ' bleak '.

Until 1861 Hubbard remained a country-crossroads with relatively few houses or inhabitants ; however, when the coal fields began to develop, the corners rapidly became a village.

Until 2005, the Home Secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation, however that was transferred to the newly-created Ministry of Justice.

Until 1924, the government continued to pay stipends to Manchu bannermen ; however, many cut their links with their banners and took on Han-style names in shame and to avoid persecution.

Until 1905, skeleton was practiced mainly in Switzerland ; however, in 1905, Styria held its first skeleton competition in Mürzzuschlag.

Until the 1960s and 70s, however, most musical scholars in the United States continued to study European music, limiting themselves only to certain fields of American music, especially European-derived classical and operatic styles, and sometimes African American jazz.

Until 1953 771 metres of tunnels were built, however after the death of Joseph Stalin and the start of a period of détente, all works were halted under the pretext of technical difficulties.