Although Edith Stein wished to enter the Carmel since 1922, she was detered from this by her spirtual leader, archabbot Raphael Walzer OSB who wished her to act in the world as a teacher and speaker for the education of women.

Although no singular style characterizes the High Renaissance, the art of those most closely associated with this Period — Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Titian — exhibits an astounding mastery, both technical and aesthetic.

Although arguably less skilled than Leonardo, Raphael is the most physically powerful of the turtles displaying a great deal of strength on many occasions.

Although a well-trained ninja, Michelangelo is primarily a social being and lacks the discipline of Leonardo, the relentless ferocity of Raphael, and the quick mind of Donatello.

Although initially the often bloody disputes among Muslim factions generally kept Jews out of the political sphere, the first approximately two centuries which preceded the " Golden Age " were marked by increased activity by Jews in a variety of professions, including medicine, commerce, finance, and agriculture ( Raphael, p. 71 ).

Although Marsh had appreciated the drawings of Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo since he was a child — his father ’ s studio was full of reproductions of the old masters ' work — the famous paintings that he saw at the Louvre and other museums stimulated in him a new fascination with the old masters.

Although all are fed the same, Raphael explains that the old and the administrators are given the best of the food.

Although the play does show a certain structural amateurishness ( there are eleven acts varying in length from twenty-five seconds to an hour and a half ), the statement it makes concerning the ceaseless yearning and searching of youth is profound and worthy of our attention.

Although they " were expecting to see activity in the brain's reward centers ", based on the idea that " people perform altruistic acts because they feel good about it ", what they found was that " another part of the brain was also involved, and it was quite sensitive to the difference between doing something for personal gain and doing it for someone else's gain ".

Although his term lasted only six months instead of twelve ( except for the Dictatorships of Sulla and Caesar ), all other magistrates reported to the dictator ( except for the tribunes of the plebs-although they could not veto any of the dictator's acts ), granting the dictator absolute authority in both civil and military matters throughout the Republic.

Although the production techniques have changed, many successful acts since the 1970s have retained the basic disco beat and mentality, and dance clubs have remained popular.

Although both acts were much weaker than subsequent civil rights legislation, they constituted the first significant civil rights acts since 1875.

Although further persecutionary edicts followed, compelling the arrest of the Christian clergy and universal acts of sacrifice, the persecutionary edicts were ultimately unsuccessful ; most Christians escaped punishment, and pagans too were generally unsympathetic to the persecution.

Although several characters who have a civilised, trustworthy guise do perform terrible acts of cruelty marking them as morally degenerate, their intentions are not necessarily " evil ".

Although there is no direct textual prohibition of homosexual acts between women ( lesbianism ) anywhere in the Torah, such behavior is widely viewed as forbidden by most rabbis.

Although these kami can be considered deities, they are not necessarily considered omnipotent or omniscient, and like the Greek Gods, they had flawed personalities and were quite capable of ignoble acts.

Although professional wrestling started out as petty acts in sideshows, traveling circuses and carnivals, today it is a billion-dollar industry.

Although some of the RICO predicate acts are extortion and blackmail, one of the most successful applications of the RICO laws has been the ability to indict or sanction individuals for their behavior and actions committed against witnesses and victims in alleged retaliation or retribution for cooperating with federal law enforcement or intelligence agencies.

Although the RICO laws may cover drug trafficking crimes in addition to other more traditional RICO predicate acts such as extortion, blackmail, and racketeering, large-scale and organized drug networks are now commonly prosecuted under the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute, also known as the " Kingpin Statute ".

Although the mainstream media often explained fanciful methods of performing these acts, the real secret was usually that there is no secret, you just do it.

Although on the surface an entertaining escapist romance, alert contemporary readers would have quickly recognized the political subtext of Ivanhoe, which appeared immediately after the English Parliament, fearful of French-style revolution in the aftermath of Waterloo, had passed the Habeas Corpus Suspension acts of 1817 and 1818 and other extremely repressive measures and when traditional English Charter rights versus revolutionary human rights was a topic of discussion.

Although " terrorism " originally referred to acts committed by a government, currently it usually refers to the killing of innocent people by a non-government group in such a way as to create a media spectacle.

Although it should be noted that, by this point, several acts, notably Dylan on John Wesley Harding ( written during The Basement Tapes sessions ) and The Byrds on Sweetheart of the Rodeo ( featuring two Basement Tapes covers ), had made similar stylistic moves.

Although the dissolution of the legislature and the call for new elections is formally performed by the head of state, by convention the head of state acts according to the wishes of the head of government.

Although the constitution of Canada states that the " Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen ," the governor general acts in her place as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces and is permitted through the 1947 Letters Patent to use the title Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada.

Although glam rock went into a steep decline in popularity in the second half of the 1970s it was a direct influence on acts that rose to prominence later, including Kiss and American glam metal acts like Quiet Riot, W. A. S. P., Twisted Sister and Mötley Crüe.

Although the government aggressively, and sometimes successfully, sought to avoid legal liability, several plaintiffs did receive compensation through court order, out-of-court settlement, or acts of Congress.

Although the circuitry in control of movement is functional, the nervous system acts from a depressed state.

Although it is useful to view this as a subtractive synthesis technique based on a feedback loop similar to that of a comb filter for z-transform analysis, it is better viewed as the simplest of a class of wavetable-modification algorithms now known as digital waveguide synthesis, as the delay line acts to store one period of the signal.

Although there are numerous opinions regarding how to define ' illocutionary acts ', there are some kinds of acts which are widely accepted as illocutionary, as for example promising, ordering someone, and bequeathing.

Although a number of critics praised Eastwood's performance as Dirty Harry, such as Jay Cocks of Time magazine who described him as " giving his best performance so far, tense, tough, full of implicit identification with his character ", the film was also widely criticized and accused of being fascistic.

Although there is little clear contemporary account of him, virtually all Roman historians agree that Postumus was considered a rude and brutish sort ; Tacitus defended him, but his praise was slight: was the young, physically tough, indeed brutish, Agrippa Postumus.

Although the corporation upgraded the route in 1827, the road was still very tough to travel for passengers and people hauling expensive goods.

Although a tough period, Spokane's economy had begun to benefit from economic diversification, being the home to growing companies such as Key Tronic and having research, marketing, and assembly plants for other technology companies helped lessen Spokane's dependency on natural resources.

Although the corrections-related terminology continued thereafter in US correctional practice, the philosophical view on offenders ' treatment took an opposite turn in the 1980s, when the " get tough " program was labeled by academics as " The New Penology ".

Although she was apprehensive about her husband's decision to become active in politics, to become a Minister and even to become Taoiseach, she stood by him through it all and helped him make the tough decisions that would affect Lynch's life and her own.

Although it had a tough year in 2005 against rival Seven Network ( aided largely by US TV hits such as Desperate Housewives and Lost ) Nine still finished the year as the number one network.

Although the word " coq " in French means " rooster " or " cock ", and tough birds with lots of connective tissue benefit from braising, most coq au vin recipes call for capon or chicken.

Although Byrnes's tough position against the Soviets paralleled the feelings of the President, personal relations between the two men grew strained, particularly when Truman felt that Byrnes was attempting to set foreign policy by himself, and only informing the President afterward.

Although much had been accomplished to streamline NYC operations, in those tough economic times, mergers with other railroads were seen as the only possible road to financial stability.

" Although Jones had a major role as well as significant on-screen time, he only had one line in the entire film but was portrayed as a silent tough brawler.

Although the press was tough on him for being an injury-prone player ( Salas played just 10 games in 2005 ), he carried Universidad de Chile to the cup finals.

Although maintaining a home in Los Angeles, he recently moved his primary residence to New York City, where he indicates that " dating can be very easy or very tough.

Although made up by conscripts, the unit's core of highly-professional NCOs and commissioned officers, along with a well-developed training and logistics system, rendered BIM-5 a tough unit that fought well in defense during the Battle of Mount Tumbledown.

Although Pirès initially found it tough, he eventually returned to form, scoring 14 Premiership goals in 20 starts that season, including a hat-trick against Southampton on the penultimate day of the season.

Although considered unfit for human habitation, the Cursed Earth is populated by all manner of creatures, scraping a living in a tough environment.

Although the region around the lake has been termed Austria's Monte Carlo, in recent decades tourism around Lake Wörthersee has suffered from tough competition from package holidays to cheaper overseas destinations.

Although they finished 6-12 — last in the tough Southern Division — they were far more competitive than their record indicated.

Although angling for longnose gars is not the dominant method of capturing them due to their tough, bony mouth, they will take live baits.

Although Denishawn came to an end in 1929 because of tough circumstances both in Shawn ’ s and St. Denis ’ marriage as well as the economy, Shawn ’ s second dance group, Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers, were soon to follow in his dancing career.

Although she aspires to be a tough bararian princess ( ala Xena ), she secretly likes to play with dolls.

Although the early days were tough ( once the American steel manufacturers learned Nuclear was operating its own mill, they canceled their contracts ), Nuclear was finally able to obtain the financial success that had eluded the company from its beginning.

Although he was one of the smallest defencemen of his era, he was tough and fast and would not back down.

Although Francks called the situation " tough ", he reacted positively towards the development of character during the second season.