Although Ryan and a small team of British agents helps the " Rabbit " and his family get to the West, they fail to prevent the attack on the Pope.

Although they initially meet as adversaries — literally at gunpoint — Golovko respects him as a worthy adversary and in later books becomes friends with Ryan, whom he calls " Ivan Emmetovich ," giving him a Russian-style patronymic based on his father's name, Emmet.

Although the Angels were a sub -. 500 team and remained one for much of his time there, Ryan managed to post some winning records, notably 19 – 16 in, 21 – 16 in and 22 – 16 in ( the 22 wins tied what remains the Angels franchise record, set by Clyde Wright in ).

Although the film generally receives credit for teaming James Stewart with Anthony Mann, Robert Ryan also teamed with Mann in The Naked Spur, Men in War, and God's Little Acre.

Although its lesbian overtones are tame by today's standards, the film — designed by Meyer and long-time cohort Jim Ryan as a reaction to provocative European art films — grossed millions on a five-figure budget and captured the zeitgeist just as The Immoral Mr. Teas had a decade earlier.

Although the season ended with a mere two-strikeout lead for Ryan ( 3, 874 to 3, 872 ), Carlton had an injury-riddled season in 1985 and an even worse season in 1986 before being released by the Phillies just 18 strikeouts short of 4, 000.

Although this agreement passed into law, augmenting the British North America Acts as the constitution of the land, it was reached over the objections of Quebec Premier René Lévesque, the Liberals under the leadership of Claude Ryan, and the Quebec National Assembly refused to approve the amendment.

* John Ryan ( 1921 – 2009 ), Although born in Edinburgh, this British Author / Cartoonist famed for his TV cartoon Captain Pugwash, was a resident of Rye.

Although the legislation was not ultimately enacted, the climate in Washington became so grey that several TV stations across the country declined to air Saving Private Ryan on Veterans Day for fear of FCC fines.

Although Ryan strove to make Equitable more responsive to its policy holders, public reaction to his purchase was overwhelmingly negative.

Although she failed to give him a rose to advance, the two remained friends, and he was invited to her wedding to Ryan Sutter.

Although he claims he has not lobbied for harsher immigration laws and sentencing practices, he admits meetings with the Arizona Department of Corrections Director Chuck Ryan and " publicly speaking in favor of " for-profit prisons.

Although Ryan popularized the phrase, the phenomenon of victim blaming is a well established in human psychology and history ; for instance there are plenty of examples in the Christian and Ebraic Old Testament, in which tragedies and catastrophes are justified and blamed on the victims for their faults as sinners.

Although neolithic agriculture had by that time already reached the Pannonian plain, Ryan and Pitman link its spread with people displaced by the postulated flood.

Although McManaman had a couple of quieter seasons with the advent of the Premier League, he continued to develop a reputation as one of English football's two best wingers alongside Ryan Giggs of Manchester United, with both players known to " embarrass defences with their mazy runs, which too often lack the finishing touch they deserve.

Although players Da Silva and Anderson from Brazil along with Park from Korea would not be considered regular first team players and their places would have been taken by Wes Brown ( England ), Paul Scholes ( England ) and Ryan Giggs ( Wales ) respectively should those players have been available.

Although their last names are the same, he is not related to Ryan Pinkston, another Punk'd alumnus, though the two are said to be friends.

Although Ryan had not been involved in the training or preparation for Dove both he and Russell departed aboard U-65 on 8 August 1940.

Although they do make up, Sian, on her way to meet Sophie at the prom, collapses in pain and Ryan saves her life by getting help.

Although they are generally classified as a cappella metal, the band also includes a drummer, and use amplifiers on some songs to distort the voice to sound more like a real guitar.

Although he played ' by ear ' and was a masterful improviser he was able to read music and even performed some classical guitar pieces.

Although the word guitar is descended from the Latin word cithara, the modern guitar itself is not generally believed to have descended from the Roman instrument.

Although the most common seven-string has a low B string, Roger McGuinn ( of The Byrds and Rickenbacker ) uses an octave G string paired with the regular G string as on a 12-string guitar, allowing him to incorporate chiming 12-string elements in standard six-string playing.

Although the earliest guitars used in jazz were acoustic and acoustic guitars are still sometimes used in jazz, most jazz guitarists since the 1940s have performed on an electrically amplified guitar or electric guitar.

Although Gibson was not the first commercial producer to make an electric guitar, the company made the first successfully-marketed electric guitar, the ES150 in 1936.

Although a small number of Rickenbacker acoustics were sold in the 1950s and were seen in the hands of stars like Ricky Nelson and Sam Cooke, the company concentrated on their electric guitar and western steel guitar business from the early 1960s onward.

Although the band has not released any new studio material since then, they continue to perform live with Zoom on guitar.

Although this effect is thought of almost exclusively as the electric guitar wah-wah pedal, it is also used in other contexts, listed here.

Although the term is now most commonly used in reference to modern electronic devices such as a monome, the piano and guitar may also be said to be early examples of music technology.

Although he was always discouraged by his family who wanted him to become a lawyer and he was looked down on by some of Tárrega's pupils, he continued to diligently pursue his studies of the guitar.

Although Bailey occasionally made use of prepared guitar in the 1970s ( e. g., putting paper clips on the strings, wrapping his instruments in chains, adding further strings to the guitar, etc.

Although his instrument of choice is guitar ( and bass ), Reggie has also demonstrated skill in singing, acting, and piano-playing.

Although Paul approached the Gibson Guitar Corporation with his idea of a solid body electric guitar, they showed no interest until Fender began marketing its Esquire which later had a second pick-up added and became known as the Telecaster.

Although his contract required him to pose with the guitar, he said it was not " his " instrument and asked Gibson to remove his name from the headstock.

Although Palmer returned to the group at the beginning of June, Young had already left and as a result missed the celebrated Monterey Pop Festival, at which the band performed with former Daily Flash and future Rhinoceros member Doug Hastings on guitar and guest David Crosby.

Although almost all of the tracks feature a full band, " June on the West Coast " is performed with only acoustic guitar and vocals.

Although known primarily as a guitarist, he also plays other instruments such as keyboards, banjo, accordion, synthesiser, bass guitar and drums, on his own solo albums, several Who albums, and as a guest contributor to a wide array of other artists ' recordings.

Although it was not strictly a folk song, " I'll Never Find Another You " was heavily influenced by Peter, Paul and Mary and featured a cyclical, 12-string guitar part that sounded remarkably similar to the guitar style that Jim McGuinn of The Byrds would popularize later that same year.

Although his father, Afzal Khan, who had none of these qualities, came to terms with the Amir Sher Ali, the son's behavior in the northern province soon excited the Amir's suspicion, and Abdur Rahman, when he was summoned to Kabul, fled across the Oxus into Bukhara.

Although the title was abolished in 1955 by the Government of Pakistan, the current head of the House of Bahawalpur ( Salah ud-Din Muhammad Khan ) is referred to as the Amir.

Although Persian literature from Persia itself was popular, several Indians became major Persian poets, the most notable being Amir Khusro and in more modern times Allama Iqbal.

Although inequalities remain, many Mizrahi Jews have over the years entered the mainstream of Israeli political, military, cultural and economic life, including Moroccan-born Amir Peretz and David Levy, Iraqi-born Shlomo Hillel, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and Yitzhak Mordechai and Iranian-born Shaul Mofaz and Moshe Katzav.