Though cloning is still possible even with digital technologies, the cost of wireless service is so low that the problem has virtually disappeared.

Though virtually any game in which there are winning and losing outcomes can be wagered on, these games are specifically designed to make the betting process a strategic part of the game.

Though Greece eventually lost political sovereignty, the Greek culture of training in public speaking was adopted virtually wholesale by the Romans.

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Though obsidian was also available north of Jackson Hole, virtually all the obsidian spear points found are from a source to the south, indicating that the main seasonal migratory route for the Paleo-Indian was from this direction.

Though the performances were in English, of which Berlioz knew virtually none, he was still able to grasp the grandeur and sublimnity of Shakespeare's language along with the richness of the plays ' dramatic design.

Though Charles Martel chose not to take the title King, as his son Pepin III the Short would, or Emperor, as his grandson Charlemagne would be titled, he was absolute ruler of virtually all of today's continental Western Europe north of the Pyrenees.

Though, by 1929, Argentina was already home to over 400, 000 vehicles ( more than half the total in Latin America, at the time ), virtually all long-distance travel was done on the nation's vast railways.

Though the Tempest's transaxle was similar to the one in the Corvair, introduced the year before, it shared virtually no common parts.

Though he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, he was still virtually self-taught when he began writing music of his own, but in the early 1920s he had lessons from Arthur Bliss ( then in Santa Barbara ) and the senior American composer and researcher of American Indian ( then called " Red Indian ") music, Arthur Farwell.

Though the President has never personally been accused of corruption, and has managed to virtually end the grabbing of public land rampant in the Moi and Kenyatta eras, he is yet to adequately contain Kenya's endemic corruption.

Though some young birds hold this plumage until mid-winter, many quickly become virtually indistinguishable from adults, except for their paler bills.

Though virtually blind, Stanley had a remarkable memory which helped him direct many of Handel's oratorios and to enjoy music-making and card games with his many friends.

Though it is known that he was trained as a lawyer, very few specifics are known about Petion ’ s early life, as he was virtually unknown prior to the French Revolution.

Though manifestly attracted by exceptional cases, by every kind of moral aberration, by the infamous and the terrible, his range is virtually unlimited.

Though always doing his best, he frequently receives a helping hand from his virtually superior brother ( Racer X ) when he falls short of his goals.

Though official documentation of the health effects of glyphosate spraying in Colombia are virtually non-existent, neighbouring Ecuador has conducted studies to determine the cause of mysterious illnesses amongst people living along the border of Colombia and has since demanded that no aerial sprayings occur within 10 km of the border because of the damages caused to the people, animals and environment in that area.

Though many considered the NIRA a " dead statute " at this point in the New Deal scheme, the Court used its invalidation as an opportunity to affirm constitutional limits on congressional power, for fear that it could otherwise reach virtually anything that could be said to " affect " interstate commerce and intrude on many areas of legitimate state power.

Though Morrice reveals virtually nothing about himself in his diaries, his Entring Book is a particularly useful source document for London life and politics from the late 1670s to the early 1690s – as informative, in its own way, as the better known Diaries of Samuel Pepys.

Though two of Gary Thomas ’ recordings were highly rated by Down Beat he only had a contract with a small European company and his performance opportunities were virtually limited to Europe.

Though virtually all campaign media are sometimes used at all levels ( even candidates for local office have been known to purchase cable TV ads ), smaller, lower-budget campaigns are typically more focused on direct mail, low-cost advertising ( such as lawn signs ), and direct voter contact.

Though the 88 sedans and coupes were downsized and switched to front-drive for 1986, the Custom Cruiser station wagons would continue virtually unchanged through the 1990 model year and eventually become the only Oldsmobile models powered by an Olds Rocket V8 engine, for which production ended in 1990 after 42 years.

Though there is much in primary sources referring to folk music of the time, it is virtually all written by those who condemned the songs as uncouth.

Though they'd been estranged for many years, after Lilimae virtually abandoned Valene as a teenager in her quest to become a country singer, Lilimae reappeared in Valene's life during Season 1.

Though there is obviously nothing new about these techniques, they do challenge the worker's skill to articulate them precisely on the spot and on the basis of quick and accurate diagnostic assessments.

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

Though he was undoubtedly devoted to her, Einhard wrote nothing of his wife until after her death on 13 December 835, when he wrote to a friend that he was reminded of her loss in ‘ every day, in every action, in every undertaking, in all the administration of the house and household, in everything needing to be decided upon and sorted out in my religious and earthly responsibilities ’.

Though Philby claimed publicly in January 1988 that he did not regret his decisions, and that he missed nothing about England except some friends, Colman's mustard, and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce, his KGB-appointed wife Rufina later described Philby as " disappointed in many ways " by what he found in Moscow.

Though some speculation arose as to whether Reagan might support New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a presidential bid, nothing came of it.

Though the world is dominated by a divine power that the gods bestow in different ways on men, nothing but " darkness " lay ahead and life was sometimes frail and unsubstantial.

Though devastated she learns to cope by rejecting her previous life in favour of conscious " nothing "; rejecting all people, belongings and emotions.

Though donations may be coincidental, the question asked is, why are they funding politicians at all, if they get nothing for their money.

Though Merry tried to persuade him that the Old Forest would be nothing compared to meeting the Ringwraiths, Fatty was adamant, so the other Hobbits went into the forest with only the knowledge of Merry to aid them.

Though the world is dominated by a divine power bestowed in different ways on men, nothing but " darkness " lay ahead.

Though nothing remains of the mill ( now on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, Michigan ), Mansfield has held onto several other historic landmarks.

Though Narita confessed that he knew nothing about Star Trek, Meyer replied that he did not want him to have any preconceived notions about the look of the series.

In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feast day of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular ( local or even national ) calendars for the following reason: " Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14.

Though a natural raconteur who was used to winning friends with ease, it was a great sadness to Henry for the rest of his days that he was met with nothing other than condescension from the young queen and her court.

Though it is said he continued to compose, he published nothing after Stark's retirement in 1922.

Though nothing new to the economic history of Argentina, he implemented financial policies that may have allowed Argentina's main private enterprises to transfer their debts to the state, transforming their private debt into public obligations.

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Though the mats of Lan Xang, were evidently more beautiful than they are today ; de Marini writes of them, for example, that " the weaving is so delicate and the ornamentation with patterns and various leaf-works so well done that, in my opinion, there is nothing more beautiful and more pleasing to the eye ;" it is apparent from the accounts of the foreign visitors that the great king lived a far from decadent life.

Though successful in stopping Hopton's second advance at Cheriton in March 1644, he was defeated by Charles I in the war of manoeuvre which ended with the action of Cropredy Bridge ( June 1644 ), and at the Second Battle of Newbury in October his tactical success at the village of Speen led to nothing.

Though one of his plays, La Huerta de San Juan, is dated 1626, there is no proof that it was begun after his departure from Madrid, and he seems to have written nothing for eight years.

Though he insists he wants for nothing in his quiet life, she is bound by duty to pay off her debt to him.

Though the Mexican Constitution guaranteed compensation for expropriation or nationalization, nothing had yet been paid.

Though this does nothing to the Crystal, the shard of its body evolves Kazuma's Alter to its second level.

Though the fat knight still remains " my old lad of the Castle ," the stage character has nothing to do with the Lollard leader.