Sentence examples for until the final decades from inspiring English sources

Freudian ideas about dreams held sway until the final decades of the twentieth century, when critics began denouncing them as pseudoscience.

Meanwhile, arguments that urged respect for the interests of animals nearly disappeared, and animal welfare remained a relative backwater of philosophical inquiry and legal regulation until the final decades of the 20th century.

This law was passed in 1792, but already by 1804, with the introduction of the Napoleonic code civil, various impediments were restored, and, after the Bourbon restoration, in 1814, divorce once again became very hard to get until the final decades of the nineteenth century.

It was not until the final decades of the twentieth century that women were elected to high office in appreciable numbers; each of the three women to serve as state governors before 1976 was either the widow or the wife of her predecessor.

The history of Christianity in northern Kenya has been explored by Tablino 2004, but it is important to note that unlike other parts of the colony, in northern Kenya, Christianity did not establish a significant presence until the final decades of colonial rule.

The risk of financial ruin continued to worry the administration until the final decade of the century.

Both of these pale, though, beside Curtis's last great change of roles, from actor to artist – the role that was to consume him in the final decades of his life until his death this week at the age of 85.

Also, wisdom actually declines in the final decades.

He became the favourite disciple of Abū ʿAlī al-Jubbāʾī, head of the Muʿtazilites of Basra in the final decades of the 3rd century ah (late 9th and early 10th centuries ad), and remained a Muʿtazilite until his 40th year.

This tradition of impromptu and informal competition continued in Arabia and elsewhere until the final three decades of the 20th century, when interested parties began to organize camel racing into a formal sport, similar to that established for Thoroughbred horse racing.

Pan American World Airways, Inc., also called (1927 50) Pan American Airways, byname Pan Am, former American airline that was founded in 1927 and, up until the final two decades of the 20th century, had service to cities in many countries in North and South America, the Caribbean Islands, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.