Although the 49ers had 3 rookies starting as defensive backs, they all were major defensive threats: Carlton Williamson recorded 4 interceptions, Eric Wright had 3, and Ronnie Lott recorded 7 interceptions and tied an NFL record by returning 3 of them for touchdowns.

) Although he remained to raise his family in Pittsburgh and later made amends with the Rooneys, he hopped between three additional franchises, becoming one of the few modern cornerbacks to successfully make a transition to the safety position, following in the footsteps of Ronnie Lott.

Although about 30, 000 Bush and Lott voters split their tickets to vote for Taylor, he could not overcome the Republican tide in the district.

Although he originally notified Vincent of Ark's presence on the island, it is also Lott who then helps Ark in regaining his memory.

Although their ship was a wreck, the crew of Guerrier refused to surrender, continuing to fire the few functional guns whenever possible despite heavy answering fire from Zealous.

Although he had agreed to do so as a prerequisite of Li's return, Chiang refused to surrender more than a fraction of the wealth that he had sent to Taiwan.

Although influenced by the modern symbolism and surrealism movement he refused to follow its creed.

Although the U. S. have been refused to renew their lease on the Manta military airbase, deliveries included trucks, patrol boats, GPS, night-vision and rifles.

Although Mitchell refused to write a sequel to Gone with the Wind, Mitchell's estate authorized Alexandra Ripley to write a sequel, which was titled Scarlett.

Although providing a major morale boost for the Ottomans, the operation failed to achieve its primary objective, as Kountouriotis refused to leave his post and pursue the Hamidiye.

Although George III refused to purchase the work, West succeeded both in overcoming his critics ' objections and inaugurating a more historically accurate style in such paintings.

Although the Separatists supported civil government, the group refused to make a physical oath in its support, " for according to the Gospel not oath is allowed him who gives evidence of a righteous life as an upright man.

Although a product of the political culture of his day, he refused to play politics according to the usual rules and was not as aggressive in courting political support as he could have been.

Although the libertines controlled the council, his request was refused.

Although he was initially successful in starving out Britain, Portugal refused to capitulate, leading to the Peninsular War throughout Spain.

Although the new treaty called for ten more years of trade between the U. S. and the British Empire, and gave American merchants certain guarantees that would have been good for business, Jefferson refused to give up the potential weapon of commercial warfare against Britain and was unhappy that it did not end the hated British practice of impressment of American sailors.

Although the FAI initially refused to recognize Gagarin's pioneering flight, it subsequently amended its position to recognize ( as the FAI website states ) that he was the " first human being to journey into outer space ".

Although her father refused to grant this wish of joining a convent, he agreed to let her live from that time on in an almost conventual semi-retirement, avoiding all interactions with society and devoting herself entirely to the study of mathematics.

Although both she and her mother were ill, Mary was refused permission to visit Catherine.

Although both investigations were almost entirely focused on Milken's department, Milken refused to talk with Drexel ( which launched its own internal investigation ) except through his lawyers.

Although the Court called on the United States to " cease and to refrain " from the unlawful use of force against Nicaragua and stated that the US was in " in breach of its obligation under customary international law not to use force against another state " and ordered it to pay reparations, the United States refused to comply.

Although Gregory refused to accept the ruling, there is no evidence that he managed to get the decision overturned.

Although the Greenman rule was transmitted to most other states via Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts, Second ( published in 1964 after Greenman ), the Supreme Court of California refused to adopt Section 402A's " unreasonably dangerous " limitation upon strict liability in 1972.

Although Texas governed itself, Mexico refused to recognize its independence.

Although Germany refused to officially surrender the islands, no resistance was offered and the occupation took place without any fighting.

Although Sima was the Prefect of the Grand Scribes in the Han government, he refused to write Shiji as an official history covering only those of high rank.

Although called before the Privy Council several times to renounce her faith and stop hearing the Catholic Mass, she refused.

Although Kekkonen was re-elected with two-thirds of the vote, he was so displeased with his opponents and their behaviour that he publicly refused to be stand for the presidency again.

Although there was no strong public sentiment against the practice, Pitt completely refused to profit by it.

Although Rutimeyer did not denounce Haeckel ’ s embryo drawings as fraud, he argued that such drawings are manipulations of public and scientific thought.

" Although the Brethren remained loyal to the Pope, they still saw it as their duty to denounce the abuses and scandalous behaviour of many priests: the corruption which both Erasmus and Bosch satirised in their work ".

Although they are a financially healthy club with a stable of strong players, many fans of the traditional clubs denounce Bayer Leverkusen as being a " plastic club ", without traditions or a committed fan base, existing solely as a creation of their rich pharmaceutical company sponsor – Bayer AG.

Although some cultural critics see superconspiracy theories about a New World Order as " postmodern metanarratives " that may be politically empowering, a way of giving ordinary people a narrative structure with which to question what they see around them, skeptics argue that conspiracism leads people into cynicism, convoluted thinking, and a tendency to feel it is hopeless even as they denounce the alleged conspirators.

Although the inner functions of religion are not of direct significance in social organization, they have important indirect consequences.

Although the National Association held on for a few more seasons, it was no longer recognized as the premier organization for professional baseball.

Although the VCheKa was officially an independent organization from the NKVD, its main members such as Dzerzhinsky, Latsis, Unszlicht, and Uritsky ( all main chekists ), since November 1917 composed the collegiate of NKVD headed by Petrovsky.

Although once thought to be a simple solution of molecules, multiple levels of organization exist in the cytosol.

Although the five Gundams succeed in destroying several of OZ's supply bases and mobile suit factories, the sinister organization is still able to complete its ultimate goal of overturning the Alliance and becoming the new ruler of Earth and the colonies.

Although it was not legally recognized until 1982, the CGT was originally formed in 1970 by the Christian Democrats and received external support from the World Confederation of Labour ( WCL ) and the Latin American Workers Central ( Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores — CLAT ), a regional organization supported by Christian Democratic parties.

Although Hezbollah has denounced certain attacks on civilians, some people accuse the organization of the bombing of an Argentine synagogue in 1994.

Although he considered himself close to, but not a member of, al-Qa ' ida, he knew enough about the senior members, organization and operations to claim to be a member.

Although he had never held a traditional military command, Beria made a significant contribution to the victory of the Soviet Union in World War II through his organization of wartime production and his use of partisans.

Although Bujold explores and satirizes many kinds of societies and prejudices, her universe lacks or fails to consider several sources of social organization and prejudice on Earth: language, skin color, and religion.

Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently ( for example, see Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in the United States ), an international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ), and its World Commission on Protected Areas, has defined " National Park " as its Category II type of protected areas.

Although there is no universal agreement on the definition of life, scientists generally accept that the biological manifestation of life is characterized by organization, metabolism, growth, adaptation, response to stimuli and reproduction.

Although in past it was mostly used to refer to religious groups, it has since expanded and in modern culture can refer to any organization that breaks away from a larger one to follow a different set of rules and principles.

Although the terms " WTF " and " Kukkiwon " are often mistakenly used interchangeably, the Kukkiwon is a completely different organization which trains and certifies instructors and issues official dan and poom certificates worldwide.

Although originally designed as an indexing and retrieval system, due to its logical structure and scalability, UDC has become one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in libraries, where it is used for either shelf arrangement, content indexing or both.

Although Moran suffered a heavy blow, he still managed to keep control of his territory until the early 1930s, when control passed to the Chicago Outfit under Frank Nitti, who had taken control of the Capone organization after Capone's conviction for income tax evasion.

Although PADI is often referred to facetiously as a mnemonic for ' Put Another Dollar In ', PADI is a for-profit organization dedicated to generating commercial returns from diver training.

Although the founders of the Tang related to the glory of the earlier Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ), the basis for much of their administrative organization was very similar to the previous Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Although it lacked a single co-ordinating organization the anti-nuclear movement's efforts gained a great deal of attention.

Although Sesame Workshop is occasionally confused with PBS, Sesame Workshop is an entirely separate and independent organization.

Although organization in neoclassical ballet is more varied, the focus on structure is a defining characteristic of neoclassical ballet.

Although a terrorist organization might obtain radioactive material through the " black market ", and there has been a steady increase in illicit trafficking of radioactive sources from 1996 to 2004, these recorded trafficking incidents mainly refer to rediscovered orphan sources without any sign of criminal activity, and it has been argued that there is no conclusive evidence for such a market.

Although Quebec French constitutes a coherent and standard system, it has no objective norm since the very organization mandated to establish it, the Office québécois de la langue française, believes that objectively standardizing Quebec French would lead to reduced interintelligibility with other French communities around the world, linguistically isolating Quebecers and possibly causing the extinction of the French language in the Americas.

Although the Army of Northern Virginia swelled and shrank over time, its units of organization consisted primarily of the following corps, sometimes referred to as " wings " or " commands ":

Although the replication and transcription of DNA is highly standardized in eukaryotes, the same cannot be said for their karotypes, which are highly variable between species in chromosome number and in detailed organization despite being constructed out of the same macromolecules.