Though little democracy had ever been practised in this region, and much of it was still ruled by feudalistic means, it was taken for granted that at least the forms of Western democracy would be established in this area and Western capitalism preserved within it.

Though he struggled with philosophy all his life, he never got much beyond the pessimism of his twenties ; ;

Though it might be that we would have much to give you, you have nothing to give us ''.

Though the preface initially states Luke ’ s intentions for writing, by closely examining the contents of the work as a whole, scholars have surmised that Luke ’ s purpose is much more complex.

Though much more expensive than steel, there are now aluminium alloys available that will not corrode in salt water, and an aluminium boat built to similar load carrying standards could be built lighter than steel.

Though the merger process was traumatic and the new party suffered a few years of extremely poor poll results, it gradually found much greater electoral success than the Liberal Party had done in the post-war era.

Though there was much argument in the past, it is now generally accepted that brochs were roofed, probably with a conical timber framed roof covered with a locally sourced thatch.

Though much attention has been focused on the security and military aspects of Colombia's situation, the administration also is spending significant time on issues such as expanding international trade, supporting alternate means of development, and reforming Colombia's judicial system.

Though frank in places, Gaskell was selective about which details she revealed ; she suppressed details of Charlotte's love for Heger, a married man, as being too much of an affront to contemporary morals and source of distress to Charlotte's still-living father, husband and friends.

Though each environment served different users, they often required much of the same stored data.

Though no historical support exists for the flag story in the Fellin battle either, it is not difficult to understand how a small and unknown place is replaced with the much grander battle of Reval ( Tallinn ) from the Estonia campaign of King Valdemar II.

Though much rarer, the incidence of insulin-producing tumors also rises with advancing age.

Though the practice of heraldry is nearly 900 years old, it is still very much in use.

Though using both flat wooden panel and stretched canvas paintings, Catholics traditionally have also favored images in the form of three-dimensional statuary, whereas in the East statuary is much less widely employed.

Though ill-received by mainstream American reviewers, Dead Man found much favor internationally and among critics, many of whom lauded it as a visionary masterpiece.

Though he did not realize it yet, translating much of what became the Latin Vulgate Bible would take many years and be his most important achievement ( see Writings – Translations section below ).

Though low paying, the job was ideal, as it afforded him much time to roam and paint in the woods.

Though he did not use oils much for his bird work, Audubon earned good money painting oil portraits for patrons along the Mississippi.

Though much has been made of the fact that Lindh did meet Osama bin Laden, his association with bin Laden was only a passing encounter and not an affiliation.

Though she has been discussed in literature frequently, much of the information is exaggerated or fiction.

Though The Times judged it a " miserable failure ," the production did much to overturn the tendency to scenic and antiquarian excess that had peaked with Charles Kean.

Though the Millenia ( and its Miller-type V6 engine ) were discontinued in 2002, the company has recently introduced a much smaller Miller-cycle four-cylinder engine for use in itsDemio starting in 2008.

Though Molokans are somewhat similar to the European Quakers and Mennonites — for their pacifism, communal organization, spiritual meetings, and sub-groupings — they are ethnically much closer to Doukhobors and Sabbatarians ( Subbotniki ) because they evolved from the same Russian Spiritual Christian movement of Khristovers and Ikonobors ( icon-wrestlers ), and migrated together with some intermarriage.

Though still used for historical renovations, and for heavy-duty applications, such as attaching boards to masonry walls, cut nails are much less common today than wire nails.

Though it is difficult to be certain of much of the aspects of Norn grammar, documents indicate that it may have featured subjectless clauses, which were common in the West Scandinavian languages.

Though the TeX typesetting language has an equivalent, the CTAN ( and in fact the CPAN's name is based on the CTAN ), few languages have an exhaustive central repository for libraries.

Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as capital city to Dodoma in 1974 ( a move which was not complete until 1996 ), it remains the centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam Region.

Though all episcopal sees may be considered " holy ", the expression " the Holy See " ( without further specification ) is normally used in international relations ( and in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church ) to refer to the See of Rome viewed as the central government of the Roman Catholic Church.

Though relatively little of this has survived, it bears resemblance to the similar endeavours of other Germanic tribes of northern and central Europe from the same era.

Though the instigators of the deed may actually have been Formosus ' enemies of the House of Spoleto ( notably Guy IV of Spoleto ), who had recovered their authority in Rome at the beginning of 897 by renouncing their broader claims in central Italy, the scandal ended in Stephen's imprisonment and his death by strangling that summer.

Though highly decentralized, Spain is not a federation since the nation — as represented in the central institutions of government — retains full sovereignty.

Though much of the dialogue in Curb Your Enthusiasm is improvised, the plot was scripted, and the Seinfeld special that aired within the show was scripted and directed by Seinfeld regular Andy Ackerman, making this the first time since Seinfeld went off the air that the central cast appeared together in a scripted show.

" Though he opposed the existence of the Federal Reserve, Friedman advocated, given its existence, a central bank policy aimed at keeping the supply and demand for money at equilibrium, as measured by growth in productivity and demand.

Though the King and Queen spent the working day at Buckingham Palace, partly for security and family reasons they stayed at night at Windsor Castle about west of central London with the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.

Though Gregory conveys political and other messages through the Historia, and these are studied very closely, historians generally agree that this contrast is the central and ever-present narrative device.

Though the money supply is related indirectly to interest rates in the very short run, the money supply in effect is perfectly inelastic with respect to nominal interest rates ( assuming the central bank chooses to control the money supply rather than focusing directly on the interest rate ).

Though the assumptions surrounding this species ' origins were not yet entirely accurate, by the 20th century, it was established among naturalists that the brown rat did not originate in Norway, rather the species came from central Asia and ( likely ) China.

Though nominally loyal to the king, the concept of kingship was new to the Lombards and the dukes were highly independent, especially in central and southern Italy, where the Duke of Spoleto and the Duke of Benevento were de facto sovereigns.

Though Lake County is located in central Oregon, politically it falls in line with the eastern side of the state.

Though Jefferson County is located in central Oregon, politically it falls in line with the eastern side of the state.

Though Gilliam County is located in central Oregon, politically it falls in line with the eastern side of the state.

Though Crook County is the most central county in Oregon, politically it falls in line with the eastern side of the state.

Though a few tropical systems do track through the central Tennessee Valley, they rarely inflict much damage on the city.

Though he was unable to reach the Khanate of Khiva the results of the journey afforded a great deal of political, geographical and military information, especially as to the advance of Russia in central Asia.

Though Hals was the biggest town, the site of its municipal council was the town of Gandrup since the location was more central.

Though a local educated worker at the Jiangyong Cultural Office ( Zhou Shuoyi ) had collected, studied and translated many Nüshu texts into standard Chinese, he was unable to draw outside attention to the script until a report was submitted to the central government on this subject in 1983.

Though each neighbourhood within the city would have a local Souq selling food and other essentials, the main souq was one of the central structures of a large city.

Though there is no accreditation and central body for Reiki, nor any regulation of its practice, there exist organisations within the United Kingdom that seek to standardise Reiki and Reiki practises, such as the UK Reiki Federation and the Reiki Council ( UK ).

Though the specific use of breath and breathing is central to many styles of Japanese Reiki, it is often a neglected topic in Western Reiki.

Though archery and mounted combat were central to Japanese warfare as well at this time, the Mongols remain famous even today for their prowess in these matters.