1.   A coalition of cable television and long-distance carriers predicts it will take until next spring.

2.   It has taken until now to pin down its exact location.

3.   Pregnant single women, for example, were often taken in until after the birth.

4.   Former Celtic and Scotland midfielder Tommy Burns takes over until the end of the season.

5.   Police are treating his death as suspicious, but it may take until the end of the week before forensic examination is complete.

6.   It took until the California primary in June to assure him enough party convention delegates to assure his nomination.

7.   Although Texans may have joined the list, it will take until April before telemarketers doing business in Texas will be forced to comply.

8.   An American search and rescue team took until the next day to reach the crash site, a delay that may have cost the only known survivor her life.

9.   And final agreement between the union and the nonprofit agencies that manage Head Start programs took until last April.