Although Ford did not mention the campaign, the president, saying he was " partial to the name " Enterprise, directed NASA officials to change the name.

Although High Noon increased Kelly's prominence in Hollywood, director John Ford noticed her by seeing a 1950 screen test which showed, he said, that Kelly had " breeding, quality and class ".

Although there had been exceptions like the outlandish Ford V8 specials created by the Romanians for the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally, rallies before World War II had tended to be for standard or near-standard production cars, a rule supported by manufacturers because it created a relatively even playing field.

Although Ford had made many Westerns in the silent film era, he had never previously directed a sound Western.

Although they were close friends, Ford declined to use Wayne in any of his projects during the 1930s, telling him to wait until he was " ready " as an actor.

Although the Ford Motor Company brought mass production to new heights, it was a synthesizer and extrapolator of ideas rather than being the first creator of mass production.

Although Ford had taken great care to blend into Earth society, he had " skimped a bit on his preparatory research ," and thought that the name " Ford Prefect " would be " nicely inconspicuous.

Although McNamara had a relatively short stay in the hospital, his wife's case was more serious and it was concern over meeting her medical bills that led to his decision to not return to Harvard but to enter private industry as a consultant at Ford Motor Company.

Although this system was far from perfect, it was better than some 1950s British Ford economy cars that had wipers powered by inlet manifold vacuum, that ran at full speed at engine idle, but slowed down to a crawl when cruising at speed.

Although he never built a home, he did sell pieces of his property to Ford employees.

Although Ford Motor Company and French Renault-Nissan cancelled their hydrogen car R & D efforts in 2008 and 2009, respectively, they signed a 2009 letter of intent with the other manufacturers and Now GMBH in September 2009 supporting the commercial introduction of FCVs by 2015.

Although very practical in his theology, Bishop Ford was a strong advocate for social justice.

Although still mechanically based on the original 1960 Ford Falcon, the Monarch was intended as a compact near-luxury car ; high-trim versions were popular choices as personal cars among Ford executives.

Although the post-1983 Cougar was easily distinguishable from the Thunderbird, the Capri, Lynx, Topaz, and Marquis differed little from their Ford counterparts.

Although Ford had introduced the Aerostar in 1986, it had already undergone a midcycle refresh and was considered too trucklike to be a good fit with Mercury dealers.

Although more successful than other Japanese-designed minivans, the Villager struggled to compete with the far larger Ford Windstar.

Although the title page attributes this play to Rowley and Thomas Middleton, stylistic analysis favours a different playwriting team: John Ford and Thomas Dekker.

1959 Ford Thunderbird Convertible Although the Thunderbird had been considered a rousing success, Ford executives — particularly Robert McNamara – felt that the car's position as a two-seater restricted its sales potential.

Although sold in the Ford car lineup, the Windstar followed a tradition set by its predecessor, the Aerostar, and did not have a Lincoln-Mercury counterpart, being completely unrelated to the Mercury Villager.

Although Car and Driver staff wrote an article in 2009 apologizing for the inclusion of the Ford Contour on the " Ten Best " list, it was the only car the staff did not outright recant from the list, but did cite that, in hindsight, the car should have been considered too small for its price range to properly meet criteria, and that this is the likely reason for the car's failure to achieve widespread appeal.

Although neither of these models ever sold in high numbers, the marketing was important to Ford, as it was an introduction to the ST range as a sportier side to the full range, especially significant as apart from the Focus RS, both the XR and RS model ranges were phased out during the 1990s.

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 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 a look of alarm passed over his face, he did not arrest his movements but disappeared into the shower room just as the chambermaid emerged from number nine.

Although there were no startling developments in shotgun design this year, a number of new models and variations of existing models did hit the market.

Although Miller noted in 1907 that a difference in the pleural blood supply existed between animals, nowhere in his published works is it found that he did a comparative study of the intrapulmonary features of various mammalian lungs other than in the dog and cat ( Miller, '13 ; ;

Although Pearson disbelieved almost everything Lizzie said, and read a sinister purpose into almost everything she did, he happily accepted her statement about Bridget as the whole truth.

Although these results did not reach statistical significance, the baths are an easy treatment.

Although Dirac did not himself use the term antimatter, its use follows on naturally enough from antielectrons, antiprotons, etc.

Although metics had no direct political influence many were wealthy business owners who could, and sometimes did, influence policy by not allowing their citizen employees time off to attend the assembly, as well as having the simple expedient of wealth.

Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past.

Although Roma were unable to break into the top four during the following decade, they did achieve some measure of cup success.

Although his exact guidelines are no longer rigidly followed they did inspire this field of conservation.

Although he was highly in demand, he did not create many pieces because he was also employed as an art dealer.

Although most South African parties announced their candidate list for provincial premierships in the 2009 election, the ANC did not.

Although the Umayyads did not have a historical presence in the region ( no member of the Umayyad family was known to have ever set foot in al-Andalus before ) and there were grave concerns about young Abd al-Rahman's inexperience, several of the lower-ranking Yemenite commanders felt they had little to lose and much to gain, and agreed to support the prince.

Although his paternal great-grandfather had been a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, and his pious mother did have him baptised, he was an atheist in later life.

Although influential for a time their popularity did not generally survive the horrors of ideological warfare, as the competing ideologies utilized their systems in their platforms.

Although this shift was an important one, it did not represent a radical break from the past so much as a small step in a broader, more gradual socio-economic movement that had been going on at least since 1907 when van de Velde had argued for a craft basis for design while Hermann Muthesius had begun implementing industrial prototypes.

Although the European film industry was then in its ascendancy, Bardot was one of the few European actresses to have the mass media's attention in the United States, an interest which she did not reciprocate by rarely, if ever, going to Hollywood.

Although the National League began its LCS MVP award in 1977, the American League did not begin its LCS MVP award until 1980.

Although the National League began its LCS MVP award in 1977, the American League did not begin its LCS MVP award till 1980.

Although Bede did not invent this method, his adoption of it, and his promulgation of it in De Temporum Ratione, his work on chronology, is the main reason why it is now so widely used.

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.