Though Lauds or the Morning Office has now eclipsed the Office of Readings or Vigils, it is because Lauds, once but a part of Matins, drew to itself the solemnity, probably on account of the hour at which it was celebrated, permitting all the faithful to be present.

Though I doubted that he would understand me, I told the director my motives for applying.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

Though merely clear glass, it was a distinctive trade mark for an aspiring actor who hoped to imprint himself upon the memories of producers.

Though the number of people flowing in and out of our metropolitan areas each day has increased tremendously since World War 2,, total annual rail commutation dropped 124 million for 1947 to 1957.

Though there is obviously great need for continued experimentation with various types of short-term intervention to further efforts in developing an operational definition of prevention at the secondary -- or perhaps, in some instances, primary -- level, the place of short-term intervention has already been documented by a number of investigators in a wide variety of settings.

Institutionalization Though undoubtedly all six processes are operative within the whole social system and its subsystems, two processes that are of crucial importance to this study will be singled out for particular emphasis.

Though it did not become known to the writer for some time, a nucleus group had sprung up within the class.

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 they are often heard clairaudiently, as if a voice were speaking them, in other cases they are apprehended visually as symbols: a slope to signify the name `` Hill '', for instance.

Though the sales gains these two dealers are experiencing are above average for their business, farm equipment sales are climbing in most rural areas.

Though anarcho-capitalists are known for asserting a right to private ( individualized or joint non-public ) property, some propose that non-state public or community property can also exist in an anarcho-capitalist society.

Though the title " abbot " is not given in the Western Church to any but actual abbots of monasteries today, the title archimandrite is given to " monastics " ( i. e., celibate ) priests in the East, even when not attached to a monastery, as an honor for service, similar to the title of monsignor in the Western / Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church.

Though he was not enamored of the party's presidential nominee, Franklin Pierce, Johnson campaigned for him, but he failed to carry Tennessee.

Though his final session in Congress was uneventful, he did reintroduce seven resolutions, which failed, providing for rotation of federal appointees.

Though he was not impressed by either, he campaigned for the Democratic ticket of Buchanan and Breckenridge.

Though he was not admitted, he soon gained attention for his original poems and prose-poems.

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 a losing season, this was a 26-game improvement over 2004, and sufficient for second place in a woefully weak NL West, five games behind the San Diego Padres.

Though respected for their contributions to various academic disciplines ( respectively mathematics, linguistics, and literature ), the three men became known to the general public only by making often-controversial and disputed pronouncements on politics and public policy that would not be regarded as noteworthy if offered by a medical doctor or skilled tradesman.

Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.

Though the anthem of the Church of England is analogous to the motet of the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches, both being written for a trained choir and not for the congregation, it is as a musical form essentially English in its origin and development.

Though Steiner saw that spiritual vision itself is difficult for others to achieve, he recommended open-mindedly exploring and rationally testing the results of such research ; he also urged others to follow a spiritual training that would allow them directly to apply the methods he used eventually to achieve comparable results.

Though they admit that plants must be destroyed for the sake of food, they accept such violence only inasmuch as it is indispensable for human survival, and there are special instructions for preventing unnecessary violence against plants.

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 referred to as " the first modern vampire novel ", it is as a novel of social theme that I Am Legend made a lasting impression on the cinematic zombie genre, by way of director George A. Romero, who acknowledged its influence and that of its 1964 adaptation, The Last Man on Earth, upon his seminal film Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ).

Though stylistically impressive, Dead Birds has been criticized with respect to its authenticity.

Though not as commercially successful as contemporaries Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver was integral to the beginnings of their genre.

Though principally a stage actor, Jacobi has appeared in a number of films, such as Henry V ( 1989 ), Dead Again ( 1991 ), Gladiator ( 2000 ), Gosford Park ( 2001 ), The Golden Compass ( 2007 ), The King's Speech ( 2010 ), My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ), and the forthcoming Hippie Hippie Shake.

Though Jefferson Airplane was the only local band to have a major national hit, the Grateful Dead, a country and bluegrass-flavored jam band, became an iconic part of the psychedelic counterculture, associated with hippies, LSD and other symbols of that era.

Though the Sadducees produced no primary works themselves, their attributes can be derived from other contemporaneous texts, namely, the New Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and later, the Mishnah and Talmud.

Though he was the youngest, Jordan was the first of the boys who made up the Dead End Kids to work in films, with a role in a 1933 Universal short.

Though this sound is uncommon, it might be compared with Rhea's Obsession, Siouxsie, Cindergarden, The Machine in the Garden and Dead Can Dance.

Though the title suggests this is a sequel to Zombi ( the Italian title of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead ), the films are unrelated.

Though now primarily known for his quiet introspective work with Dead Can Dance, Perry's first musical forays were in a markedly different style.

Though most often headlining in smaller clubs, where Quill gained a very loyal following, the group also played in a number of much larger venues, opening for such international acts as The Jeff Beck Group, The Who, The Kinks, Deep Purple, Buddy Guy, Blue Cheer, Sly and the Family Stone, the Grateful Dead, and Janis Joplin.

Though Tales of the Dead was published anonymously, Utterson became known to be the translator by 1820.

Though the surname Gunn is usually Scottish, Gunn's name is from the Irish name MacGilGunn meaning " Sons to the Servants of the God of the Dead, therefore Gunn means " God of the Dead "

Though the surname Gunn is usually Scottish, Gunn's name is from the Irish name MacGilGunn meaning " Sons to the Servants of the God of the Dead, therefore Gunn means " God of the Dead "

Though no longer widely considered to actually cure disease, shades of the supposed curative properties of sea water can still be noted with the trend of bath products containing Dead Sea salt, which is claimed to provide some relief from certain skin diseases.

Other film soundtracks and a concept album ( Il Fantastico Viaggio Del Bagarozzo Mark ) followed, then the score for the European version of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ) ( credited as " The Goblins ") ( Though track 1, 2 and 5 from the European version are also in the American version ).

Though the first OSS 117 n ' est pas mort ( OSS 117 Is Not Dead ) film with Ivan Desny in the lead was already made in 1957, a popular series of several OSS 117 films started no earlier than in 1963, following the French release of Dr. No with Kerwin Mathews in two, director André Hunebelle's discovery Frederick Stafford in two more, John Gavin in one ( replacing Stafford who was starring in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz ( 1969 film ), then with Luc Merenda and Alan Scott in two in the 1970s that were French made for TV films.

Though Jefferson Airplane was the only psychedelic San Francisco band to have a major national hit, with 1967's " Somebody to Love " and " White Rabbit ", the Grateful Dead, a folk, country and bluegrass-flavored jam band, " embodied all the elements of the San Francisco scene and came ... to represent the counterculture to the rest of the country "; the Grateful Dead also became known for introducing the counterculture, and the rest of the country, to the ideas of people like Timothy Leary, especially the use of hallucinogenic drugs like LSD for spiritual and philosophical purposes.