Although Capp's endorsement activities never rivaled Li ' l Abner's or Fearless Fosdick's, he was a celebrity spokesman in print ads for Sheaffer Snorkel fountain pens ( along with colleagues and close friends Milton Caniff and Walt Kelly ), and — with an irony that would become apparent later — a brand of cigarettes, ( Chesterfield ).

Although MGM wanted Kelly to return to safer and more commercial vehicles, he ceaselessly fought for an opportunity to direct his own musical film.

Although Buffalo's offense had trouble scoring touchdowns because Kelly and Thomas were rusty coming back from their injuries, Christie scored 5 field goals to make up for the difference.

Although the school had already selected its semester quota, Kelly obtained an interview with the school's admission officer, Emile Diestel, and was admitted due to her uncle George.

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 Kelly won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best actress for her performances in her three big movie roles of 1954 ( Rear Window, Dial M For Murder, and The Country Girl ), she and Garland both received Golden Globe Awards for their respective performances.

Although he viewed himself as an entertainer first and foremost, his consummate artistry won him the admiration of such twentieth century dance legends as Gene Kelly, George Balanchine, the Nicholas Brothers, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Margot Fonteyn, Bob Fosse, Gregory Hines, Rudolf Nureyev, Michael Jackson and Bill Robinson.

Although Placencio played bass on most of the album, he left the band before it was released and was replaced by Justin Cary, who joined the band around the same time as second guitarist Sean Kelly.

Although Ken is thought to stand 6-feet tall in accordance with Barbie's 1: 6 scale, Yale University psychologist, Kelly Brownell, stated that to size up to what Barbie looks for in a mate, " a man would have to grow 20 inches taller and add nearly 8 inches to his neck circumference, 11 inches to his chest and 10 inches to his waist to resemble the muscular Ken.

Although overshadowed by the growth of rock music the blues did not disappear in Britain, with American bluesmen like John Lee Hooker, Eddie Taylor, and Freddie King continuing to be well received in the UK and an active home scene led by figures including Dave Kelly and his sister Jo Ann Kelly, who helped keep the acoustic blues alive on the British folk circuit.

Although his health would not allow him to serve in the military, during World War II, Kelly also worked in the Army's Foreign Language Unit illustrating manuals, including several on language — a favorite Kelly subject — and one manual on the use of tools depicting his friend Ward Kimball as a caveman.

Although they recover the rings, Dylan leaves the Angels because she doesn't want to endanger them with Seamus ' vendetta, but a vision of former Angel Kelly Garrett prompts her to return.

Although himself an accomplished writer of songs, Dusty had a number of other songwriters, including Mack Cormack, Gordon Parsons, Stan Coster, and Kelly Dixon, who were typically short on formal education but big on personal experience of the Australian bush.

Although some news reports suggested that this related to evidence showing David Kelly's death was not a suicide, Baker maintained that none of his research on Kelly had been stored on that particular machine.

Although Lombardo is not pleased that Duquette killed Kelly instead of framing her as originally planned, Duquette insists that it leaves fewer loose ends.

Although the excavation crew was under great pressure to keep the pace of work on schedule, Kelly persuaded his supervisors to allow sufficient excavation to remove about 8½ feet of prow and keel with three of the hull's ribs.

Although E. L. Thorndike developed an early multiple choice test, Frederick J. Kelly was the first to use such items as part of a large scale assessment.

Although Tufts had a medical school associated with it, a secondary reason why he had chosen to study there, Victor's attention had been directed to Johns Hopkins by a 1939 Time magazine article on the " big four " of Johns Hopkins medicine: William H. Welch, whom the article was primarily about, William Osler, Howard Atwood Kelly, and William Stewart Halsted.

Although the concept would come later, Mike Kelly was now a major leaguer.

Although Mayor Daley died, his successor Michael Anthony Bilandic approved the race and got Kelly on board.

Although the Majors were usually a talent pipeline for the Maple Leafs, the NHL club passed on Kelly after a scout predicted he would not last 20 games in the NHL, and the 19-year old joined the Detroit Red Wings in 1947.

Although that specific lineup recorded only one studio album together — Beat the System in 1985 — Hartman, Volz, Kelly and Weaver were the heart of Petra's initial wave of success, recording More Power to Ya, Not of This World and Beat the System together before Volz's departure in 1986.

Although he had left the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, he remained closely connected to its management, namely Thomas A. Scott and J. Edgar Thomson.

Although there is no proof, the name " Thomas Corbett " does appear on the list of dead and missing.

Although the Christadelphian movement originated through the activities of John Thomas, he never saw himself as setting up his own disciples.

Although Thomas was appreciated as a popular poet in his lifetime, he found earning a living as a writer difficult, which resulted in Thomas augmenting his income with readings and broadcasts.

Although writing exclusively in the English language, Thomas has been acknowledged as one of the most important Welsh poets of the 20th century.

Although Caitlin initially continued her relationship with John, she and Thomas began a correspondence and in the second half of 1936 were courting.

Although Thomas had previously written for the BBC, it was a minor source of income and the occurrences intermittent.

Although Thomas described himself as the " Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive ", he stated that the phrase " Swansea's Rimbaud " was coined by poet Roy Campbell.

Although Thomas had a deep connection with Wales, he disliked Welsh nationalism.

" Although not expressed as strongly, Glyn Jones believed that he and Thomas ' friendship cooled in the later years as he had not ' rejected enough ' of the elements that Thomas disliked – " Welsh nationalism and a sort of hill farm morality ".

Although Maria had well-off kin, they were concerned with protecting their own inheritances and taking advantage of investment opportunities rather than settling their mother's estate so Maria's family would be more secure with Herman's younger brother, Thomas Melville, who eventually became a governor of Sailors Snug Harbor.

Although he gained little popular success in his lifetime, his work was highly respected by his peers, and his friends included Dylan Thomas and Graham Greene.

Although it cannot be proven whether or not this is the man himself, it is further believed by some that Robin had a brother called Thomas – an assertion with no documentary evidence whatsoever to support it in any of the stories, tales or ballads.

Although Thomas Le Fanu tried to live as though he were well-off, the family was in constant financial difficulty.

Although thermionic emission was originally reported in 1873 by Frederick Guthrie, it was Thomas Edison's 1884 investigation that spurred future research, the phenomenon thus becoming known as the " Edison effect ".

Although Adams won the presidency, Thomas Jefferson received more electoral votes than Pinckney and was elected vice president according to the prevailing rules of electoral balloting.

Although Thomas C. Platt and other disaffected party leaders mounted a dump-Harrison movement coalescing around veteran candidate James G. Blaine of Maine, the president's forces had the nomination locked up by the time delegates met in Minneapolis on June 7-10, 1892.

Although the plot does not appear to have been especially well formulated, it caused widespread panic, and military assistance was drafted in from St. Thomas.

Although his grandfather, Thomas Whitehead, was known for having founded Chatham House Academy, a fairly successful school for boys, Alfred North was educated at Sherborne School, Dorset, then considered the best public school in the country.

Although well known in his own time, Kyd fell into obscurity until 1773 when Thomas Hawkins ( an early editor of The Spanish Tragedy ) discovered that Kyd was named as its author by Thomas Heywood in his Apologie for Actors ( 1612 ).