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Until the severe winter of 1916 – 17 the Goldcrest was abundant and widespread, nesting in all the wooded portions of our islands ; in 1920 it could have little more than an obituary notice, for the nesting stock was practically " wiped out.
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Until 2002, sertraline was only approved for use in adults ages 18 and over ; that year, it was approved by the FDA for use in treating children aged 6 or older with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder ( OCD ).
Until severe pressure was brought to bear by Nazi Germany, Vichy sought in many instances to protect its native French-born Jews, especially those who had assimilated into the culture or converted to Catholicism.
Until the beginning of the 19th century, the sea came to within of the town and there were severe floods recorded in the 13th and 16th centuries.
Until 2009, the most severe flood known to have occurred on Noonday Creek was in July 2005, when the outer bands of Hurricane Dennis followed Hurricane Cindy by just a few days.
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Until this point Austria and Switzerland had been the traditional and more popular destinations for winter sports, but by the end of the 20th century and into the early 21st century, France, Italy and the Tyrol began so see increases in winter visitors.
Until the winter of 1978-79, when a major mixing event took place, the Dead Sea was composed of two stratified layers of water that differed in temperature, density, age, and salinity.
Until the Winter War ( 1939 – 40 ), Finland's territory also reached to the Barents Sea, with the harbor at Petsamo being Finland's only ice-free winter harbor.
Until after the defeat of Cannae it remained faithful to Rome, but, after a vain demand that one of the consuls should always be selected from it or perhaps in order to secure regional supremacy in the event of a Carthaginian victory, it defected to Hannibal, who made it his winter quarters: he and his army were voluntarily received by Capua.
Until the 20th century, the islands were completely isolated during the winter, since the pack ice made the trip to the mainland impassable by boat.
Until the 18th century Oostmalle was known for its black pottery, such as " Lollepotten " which were small stoves used for personal heating in winter.
Until the 1970s, there was only one type of blight ( A1 ) in the UK, and this was unable to produce resistant spores that could survive the winter.
Until recently, Balanced Rock had a companion-a similar, but much smaller balanced rock named " Chip Off The Old Block ", which fell during the winter of 1975 / 1976.
Until the age of eleven, he visited a winter school run by a priest in the neighbouring village Personico.
Until recent history, humans in temperate climates were exposed to few hours of ( blue ) daylight in the winter ; their fires gave predominantly yellow light.
Until the unusually hard winter of 1709 killed most of the olive trees, Gandria was known for its olive oil.
Until the construction of modern roads, the peninsula was almost inaccessible in winter due to the band of marshland cutting off the higher ground of the promontory itself.
Until winter 1999 services was operated by Flightline, using a single BAe 146-300.
Until December 2007, its main competitor was Atlanta's other AC, Peach 94. 9 ( which became Lite FM in 2002 ), and which also played Christmas music during the winter holiday season.
Until 1990 this had always been a summer only operation but instead of closing at the end of September the funicular continued through the winter.
Until approximately the 1870s men from Rothiemurchus annually, in the spring, cleared the track of rocks that had fallen on to it during the winter.
Until the 1940s Grassmere's bed was a mud bath in winter and a dustbowl in summer, with the occasional natural deposit of salt.
Until 2011, during the winter, between the last Sunday of October and the last Sunday of March, Moscow Standard Time ( MSK, МСК ) was 3 hours ahead of UTC, or UTC + 3 ; during the summer, Moscow Time shifted forward an additional hour ahead of Moscow Standard Time to become Moscow Summer Time ( MSD ), making it UTC + 4.
Until 1967 a ferry boat provided service across the Miramichi River at Chatham, except during the period of winter freeze up.
Until the polio epidemic, the water was kept at a substantial depth to support the fish over winter.
Until the addition of a stabiliser in 1927, oil pastels came in two types: winter pastels with additional oil to prevent hardening and summer pastels with little oil to avoid melting.
Until the winter of 1941 / 42 supporting troops organic to these divisions consisted of a motorised artillery regiment ( of one heavy and two light battalions ), and one each reconnaissance, motorcycle, anti-tank, pioneer, field replacement, and communications battalions.
Until the late 19th century, winter counts were recorded on buffalo hides.
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Until November 23, 1916, Grant County was a part of Morton County.
Until 1916, Bulgaria's silver and gold coins were issued to the same specifications as those of the Latin Monetary Union.
Until its effective suppression in early 1916 it organized shop floor opposition to the policies of the Ministry of Munitions with regard to Leaving Certificates and Dilution of Labour.
Until the late 1960s the East London Line connected with the main line railway to Liverpool Street ( and Bishopsgate until 1916 ) just north of Shoreditch station.
Until 1916, the public illumination was by gas lamps.
Until 1916 Fleury-sur-Orne was known as Allemagne ( Calvados ) after the Alamanni tribe which once guarded the ford across the Orne.
Until 1916, the Fur were ruled by an independent sultanate and were oriented politically to peoples in Chad.
Until 1916, U. S. mail carriers knocked on the door and waited patiently for someone to answer.
Until 1916 there were 100 locomotives made, numbered in a range 437-574, initially designated as H3-H8 classes.
Until 1916 it housed German prisoners of war in an abandoned distillery and crude huts, but in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, the German prisoners were moved and it was used as a place of internment for approximately 1, 800 Irish prisoners, among them such notables as Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith.
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Until 1945, Bulgarian orthography did not reveal this alternation and used the original Old Slavic Cyrillic letter yat (), which was commonly called двойно е ( dvoyno e ) at the time, to express the historical yat vowel or at least root vowels displaying the ya – e alternation.
Until at least September 2005, the United States funded efforts to help protect a major pipeline, the 769-kilometer-long Caño Limón – Puerto Coveñas pipeline, which carries about 20 percent of Colombia's oil production to Puerto Coveñas from the guerrilla-infested Arauca region in the eastern Andean foothills and Amazonian jungle.
Until about 50, 000 – 40, 000 years ago the use of stone tools seems to have progressed stepwise.
Until recently, fur seals were all grouped under a single subfamily of Pinnipedia, called Arctocephalinae, to contrast them with Otariinae – the sea lions – based on the most prominent common feature, namely the coat of dense underfur intermixed with guard hairs.
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 the year 2000 the proportion of children 0 – 14 years of age was over 40 % of the total population.
Until the 1970s, more than 120, 000 people sometimes crammed into the venue – the record crowd standing at around 130, 000 for a Billy Graham evangelistic crusade in 1959, followed by 121, 696 for the 1970 VFL Grand Final.
Until 1751 in England and Wales ( and all British dominions ) the new year started on 25 March – Lady Day, one of the four quarter days ( the change to 1 January took place in 1600 in Scotland ).
Until the beginning of the British Mandate in Palestine ( 1922 – 1948 ), the population was predominantly Arab Christian ( majority Orthodox Christians ), with an Arab Muslim minority.
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 conclusion of the council of Pavia in 997, Gregory V had a rival in the person of the antipope John XVI ( 997 – 998 ), whom Crescentius II and the nobles of Rome had chosen against the will of the youthful Emperor Otto III, Gregory's cousin.
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Until 1875, control of the prototype units of measure was maintained by the French Government when it passed to an inter-governmental organisation – the Conférence générale des poids et mesures ( CGPM ).
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Until 1967, it was also a terminus of the Mantua – Peschiera del Garda railway.
Until World War II ( 1939 – 1945 ), most Māori people spoke Māori as their first language.
Until the Roman conquest of Britain, the area that would become known as Glamorgan was part of the territory of the Silures – a Celtic British tribe that flourished in the Iron Age – whose territory also included the areas that would become known as Breconshire and Monmouthshire.
Until the 16th century, the Low Countries – roughly now corresponding to Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg – consisted of a number of duchies, counties and bishoprics, most of which were under the supremacy of the Holy Roman Empire.
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