Although Southerners disliked the New Yorker Van Buren as well as his intended running mate, Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky, Van Buren secured the nomination at a meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, at the 1835 Democratic National Convention.

Although Astor, as a Christian Scientist, did not believe in the use of medical practices, she got along well with the doctors, especially Colonel Mewburn, a surgeon.

Although the battle actually took place close to Allenstein ( Olsztyn ), General Erich Ludendorff's aide, Colonel Max Hoffmann, suggested naming it after Tannenberg, in the interest of Pan-German ideology, to counter the defeat of the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald ( Tannenberg ) in 1410 by the Poles, Lithuanians and Tatars.

Although under Colonel McCormick, the Tribune for years refused to participate in the Pulitzer Prize competition, it has won 25 of the awards over the years, including many for editorial writing.

Although local assets were burned and looted by Union troops, Colonel LaGrange spared the homes of LaGrange, including Bellevue, the home of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill.

Although Winston wished his son to marry the wealthy Catherine Sedley ( if only to ease his own burden of debt ), Colonel Churchill married Sarah sometime in the winter of 1677 – 78, possibly in the apartments of the Duchess of York.

Although originally a sketch in the early parts of Air Farce on TV meant to satirize the Canadian military ( in it, the Canadian military consists of only two people, Colonel " Teresa " Stacy and his assistant, played by Ferguson and Morgan ), but as the popularity of the sketch grew, it became an integral part of Air Farce, spawning its own newsroom sketch titled " Chicken Cannon News ".

Although Oliver Cromwell ( who was the Member of Parliament for Cambridge ) handed over his command of the Army's cavalry when the Ordinance was enacted, Fairfax requested his services when another officer ( Colonel Bartholomew Vermuyden ) wished to emigrate.

Although it was now the middle of the southern winter, Lieutenant Colonel Despard insisted on resuming the campaign immediately with troops from the 58th and 99th Regiments, naval marines and a detachment of artillery they sailed across the bay to the mouth of the Kerikeri River and began to march inland to Ohaeawai where Kawiti had built formidable defences around Pene Taui's Pā ; the inner palisade, 3 metres high, was built using puriri logs.

Although never confirmed on screen, the character of Colonel Worf was intended to be the grandfather of Star Trek: The Next Generations Worf.

Although the king died in exile and most Libyans were born after his reign, during the 2011 Libyan civil war, many demonstrators opposing Colonel Gaddafi carried portraits of the king, especially in the traditional Sanussi stronghold of Cyrenaica.

However, Mowgli, Bagheera, Kaa, and Colonel Hathi are notably absent ( Although some of Shere Khan's soldier panthers do resemble Bagheera, and villain Thadeos E. Klang does bear a striking resemblance to Kaa ).

Although he is seen wearing an AIF uniform, Colonel Robinson is often mistaken for an Englishman due to his accent, which is in fact a clipped Anglo-Australian accent typical of the time and not a deliberate attempt to mislead the audience.

Although sometimes labeled fascist according to historian Roger Eatwell: " Most of its 2000-3000 active members were Colonel Blimpish rather than fascist: in fact many of its members saw it as a Conservative ginger group ... an attempt to keep the Conservatives true to the Imperial way.

Although Grant commanded the Brigade, the charge on Beersheba was led by Lieutenant Colonel Murray William James Bourchier.

Although the Americans had two brigadiers captured and suffered losses, the British commander, Colonel John Harvey, considered the possibility of his opponents realising their numerical advantage too compelling to ignore and withdrew.

Although the novel is the first part of the Trilogy, the film was the last part of Hoffman's version of the trilogy to be made, following The Deluge, which was filmed in 1974, and Colonel Wolodyjowski, which was filmed in 1969.

Although the British position was captured, Lewis ordered Colonel Winfield Scott to break off the pursuit of the defeated British troops.

Although not as well known as the Pejsa model, an additional alternative ballistic model was presented in 1989 by Colonel Duff Manges ( U S Army Retired ) at the American Defense Preparedness ( ADPA ) 11th International Ballistic Symposium held at the Brussels Congress Center, Brussels, Belgium, May 9-11, 1989.

Although the state of unrest within the Bengal Army was well known, on 24 April Lieutenant Colonel George Carmichael-Smyth, the unsympathetic commanding officer of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, ordered 90 of his men to parade and perform firing drills.

Although Colonel Chandler Drive is built to Interstate Highway standards, it has no intermediary interchanges.

Although still financially successful, mainly due to the " make ' em quick, make ' em cheap " attitude of Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker, Presley's films had been making less profit in recent years.

Although Frederick Kemper was the founder of the school, Colonel Johnston guided the school through its largest period of growth and established its national reputation.

Although they are unsuccessful in preventing the destruction of the base, they are able to rescue most of the survivors stranded outside, including Colonel David Telford, who was to command the expedition to Destiny.

Although wounded by an exploding shell soon after landing at the pier, Colonel Shoup took charge of the situation, cleared the pier of Japanese snipers and rallied the first wave of Marines who had become pinned down behind the limited protection of the sea wall.

Although he has not played a prominent role with the club, Gonzalez has appeared in the prestigious Copa Libertadores tournament.

Although Treviño was the original owner, the city itself was established by his son José de Ayala with the " Hacienda del Topo de San Nicolas Tolentino " by the time known as " Topo de los Ayala " or " Topo Grande ", not to be confused with " Topo de los Gonzalez " or " Topo Chico ".

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

Although New Orleans was not to learn of it for a spell, she also was a sadist, a nymphomaniac and unobtrusively mad -- the perpetrator of some of the worst crimes against humanity ever committed on American soil.

Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.

Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.

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

Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.

Although it was a mere fragment of the victim's remains, it was enough.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.