Although Thévenard's manoeuvre was successful, it placed his own bow under Minotaurs guns and by 21: 25 the French ship was dismasted and battered, Captain Thévenard killed and his junior officers forced to surrender.

Although he lacks superhuman strength, Captain America is one of the few mortal beings who has been deemed worthy enough to wield Thor's hammer.

Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the " two tribes " of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries ( giving the examples of " cowboys and Indians or Captain Kirk and Klingons "), the song does contain the line " On the air America / I modelled shirts by Van Heusen ", a clear reference to then US President Ronald Reagan, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen in 1953 ( briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s ), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air.

Although he opposes Spender's methods, Captain Wilder somewhat agrees with his attitude towards colonization and wishes for him a humane death.

Although this was the only application stated by Captain Kirk in " The Return of the Archons ", by the 24th Century, it had been indicated to include purposeful efforts to improve or change in any way the natural course of such a society, even if that change is well-intentioned and kept completely secret.

Although the ' Captain ' is the person at the top of the tree, having received the payment from the 8 paying passengers, once he or she leaves the scheme is able to re-enter the pyramid as a ' Passenger ' and hopefully recruit enough to reach captain again, thereby earning a second payout.

Although " The Cage " did not air, Spock's eleven years of service under the command of Captain Christopher Pike are referenced and depicted in " The Menagerie " ( 1966 ) and other episodes.

Although information obtained well after the fact supported Captain Herrick's statements about the inaccuracy of the later torpedo reports as well as the 1981 Herrick / Scheer conclusion about the inaccuracy of the first, indicating that there was no North Vietnamese attack that night, at the time U. S. authorities and all of the Maddox crew stated that they were convinced that an attack had taken place.

Although Hutz loses most of his cases, he does win several cases for the Simpsons, for instance representing Homer in his case against the Sea Captain and the Frying Dutchman restaurant over its " All You Can Eat " offer (" The most blatant case of false advertising since The Never Ending Story ").

Although he continued to work with William Shatner in the Star Trek movies, in private life Doohan didn't care for him, and was once quoted as saying " I like Captain Kirk, but I can't say that I'm very fond of Bill ," declining to be interviewed by Shatner for Shatner's first Star Trek: Memories book about the show.

Although Walker initially attempted to live up to his predecessor's ideals, The Skull arranged for the murders of Walker's parents, driving him insane and into a downward spiral of murder as part of his plan to blacken the name of Captain America.

Apparently in the post Civil War era some time before or around 1882, from the publishing date, a ship was purchased by a Captain CHARLES L DINGLEY called the Ericssan with a weight of 1, 645 tons that was built by John Ericssan ( Although the above section on John Ericssan's Friendship with Cornelius H. DeLamater says that the ship known as the Ericssan was built by The DeLamater Iron Works ) to try out the hot air engine as a motive power in open ocean navigation.

Although some would like to believe that Great Choptank Island was first charted by Captain John Smith in 1608, it cannot be so.

Although the trajectory of Silver City's development was to be different from the hundreds of other mining boom towns established during the same period, Captain Bullard himself never lived to see even the beginnings of permanence, as he was killed in a confrontation with Apache raiders less than a year later, on February 23, 1871.

Although Archer was suspended for the act, it is believed his risk ( and the fact that it paid off ) eventually secured his role as Captain of Enterprise, Earth's first warp five starship.

Although Porthos isn't the first domesticated pet to be featured in a Star Trek series ( Data owned a cat, Spot, in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Captain Jean-Luc Picard owned a lionfish named Livingston ), Porthos has the distinction of being the first pet to maintain an ongoing presence in the series, and even-as illustrated above-become the focus of an episode.

Although each Blackadder is positioned in a different place in British society over each series, generally falling in class over the centuries-starting out as the King's nephew at the very beginning of series one-before he mistakes his uncle for an enemy commander, kills him and allows his father ( played by Brian Blessed ) to assume the throne-and ending as a front line soldier ( a Captain ) in the British Army of World War I-there are certain common characteristics that each Blackadder shares.

Although DC and Timely ( which evolved to become Marvel Comics ) characters are more famous today, circulation figures suggest that the best-selling superhero title of the era may have been Fawcett Comics ' Captain Marvel, whose approximately 1. 4 million copies per issue made it " the most widely circulated comic book in America.

Although Band of Brothers was met with largely positive reception, Schwimmer's performance was criticized and the BBC News concluded, " Part of the problem ... may have been the ridiculous fact that Friends favourite David Schwimmer plays the hard and cruel Captain Herbert Sobel.

Although scheduled to make at least one appearance at the camp each summer, while filming Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion, he supposedly needed an emergency appendectomy which prevented his attending.

Although the holodeck was described in the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation as being fairly new technology, in the episode " Once Upon A Time " Captain Janeway and Harry Kim mention having used a holodeck as children.

Although best known for his score to Thunderbirds ( in particular the " March of the Thunderbirds " title music ), Gray's work also included the themes to all the other " Supermarionation " productions, including Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and Joe 90.

Although Stan is usually the Captain, both Zev and Xev have held the key to The Lexx at some point during the show's run.

Although they were clearly in widespread use during Captain Kirk ’ s time ( inasmuch as the crew regularly communicated with species who could not conceivably have knowledge of Standard English ), it is unclear where they were carried on personnel of that era.

Although the Swedish constitution makes no mention of a national anthem, Du gamla, Du fria enjoys universal recognition and is used, for example, at government ceremonies as well as sporting events.

Although St Johns is an established village, people who reside in St Johns have a Du Quoin ( a very nearby town ) street address.

Although The Crisis was officially an organ of the NAACP, Du Bois had a large degree of control over the periodical's expressed opinion.

Although Joseph Du Commun was the first to lecture on animal magnetism in America, Poyen may rightly be thought of as having done more than any other to make the phenomenon widely known there.

Although German, his family were of French origin, descended from the French-Netherlandish ' Du Ry ' family, famous for the many architects among their number.

Although the author speaks of the mythological Fu Xi, a passage of his writing gives hint that the waterwheel and trip-hammer were in widespread use by the 1st century AD in China ( for water-powered Chinese metallurgy, see Du Shi ):

Although Du Sollier's text of Usuard is not beyond criticism, the edition surpasses anything of the kind previously attempted.

Although the commander of the fort, the Marquis Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor, defied the British for two weeks, there was little the French could realistically do against the numerically superior British forces.

Although poetry was also a shared interest, James failed in his attempt to persuade Du Bartas to stay in Edinburgh.

Although the Petit Trianon had been built for Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour, it became associated with Marie Antoinette's perceived extravagance.

Although Bonnot was never the leader of the group, the gang was dubbed the " Bonnot Gang " by the press after Bonnot appeared, armed with a Browning automatic, in the office of the Le Petit Parisien to file a complaint about the daily paper's coverage of the group.

Although there have previously been some private events, this first real contest is organised by Paris magazine Le Petit Journal.

Although I had been inside it I had not yet seen it functioning.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although it had seemed a good reason, to begin with: no couple could afford to have children.

Although the monarch had frequently asserted that the elections were to be without party significance, his action was an implicit admission that party identifications were a factor.

Although wanted by the sheriff for killing an old man named Asher Jones, the warrant for his arrest had never been served.

Although the first polyether foams on the market had to be produced by the two-step prepolymer method, today, thanks to new catalysts, they can be produced by a one-shot technique.

Although the particular form of conceptualization which popular imagination had made in response to the experience of spirit was undoubtedly defective, the raw experience itself which led to such excesses remains with us as vividly as ever.

Although quiet when they brought her in, she'd suddenly turned violent and had to be knocked out.

Although not much desiring the account, he had been appointed advertising head of Zenith.

Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly.

Although Lincoln won only a plurality of the popular vote, his victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.

Although Crete had contacts with Mari from 2000 BC, there is no evidence that the ecstatic prophetic art existed during the Minoan and Mycenean ages.

Although he had demonstrated no previous interest in film as a profession, Kurosawa submitted the required essay, which asked applicants to discuss the fundamental deficiencies of Japanese films and find ways to overcome them.

Although it had at first been somewhat established in many colonies, in 1861 it was ruled that, except where specifically established, the Church of England had just the same legal position as any other church.

Although popular from her first appearance in 1930, Jane Marple had to wait thirty-two years for her first big-screen appearance.

Although England decisively won the Ashes 4 – 1, Bodyline caused such a furore in Australia that diplomats had to intervene to prevent serious harm to Anglo-Australian relations, and the MCC eventually changed the Laws of cricket to curtail the number of leg side fielders.

Although he was committed to maintaining what the church had defined at Nicaea, Constantine was also bent on pacifying the situation and eventually became more lenient toward those condemned and exiled at the council.

Although much of the church hierarchy in the East had opposed the Nicene creed in the decades leading up to Theodosius ' accession, he managed to achieve unity on the basis of the Nicene creed.

Although Romans who had been adopted into a new family usually retained their old nomen in cognomen form ( e. g. Octavianus for one who had been an Octavius, Aemilianus for one who had been an Aemilius, etc.