Although Tirpitz had succeeded in getting more ships, the proportion of military expenditure on the navy declined in 1912 and thereafter, from 35 % in 1911 to 33 % in 1912 and 25 % in 1913.

Although he initially favoured the bay at Kiautschou / Tsingtao, others in the naval establishment advocated a different location and even Tirpitz wavered on his commitment in his final report.

Although the German governor Oskar von Truppel vigorously objected to Chinese influence over the school, Franke's collaboration plan received firm backing from Admiral von Tirpitz as well as the German envoy in Beijing.

Although mainly a training unit for bomber crews during the Second World War, some operational raids were launched from Lossiemouth, the most important being 617 " The Dambusters " Squadron's successful attack on the Tirpitz, pride of the German battle fleet, on 12 November 1944.

Although the statutes did not explicitly limit the definition of marriage to male-female pairs, the court held that both the common dictionary definition of marriage, in addition to the legislative intent ( the relevant statutes were enacted in 1945 ) favored the interpretation of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Although most members of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) favored joining Iraq with the UAR, the new president Abdel Karim Qasim disagreed.

Although the music favored by this movement was modern electronic music, especially house music and acid house, one could often hear songs from the original hippie era in the chill out rooms at raves.

Although most members of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) were Nasserists and favored joining Iraq with the UAR, Qasim held animosity towards him.

Although Congress passed this section to empower federal courts to hold unions liable in damages for strikes violating a no-strike clause, this part of the act has instead served as the springboard for creation of a " federal common law " of collective bargaining agreements, which favored arbitration over litigation or strikes as the preferred means of resolving labor disputes.

Although Szasz was skeptical about the merits of psychotropic medications, he favored the repeal of drug prohibition.

Although there were no missions established within this county, Spanish influence here was direct and extensive, through the establishment of land grants from the King of Spain to favored settlers.

Although the Red Army, commanded by Trotsky, crossed the ice over the frozen Baltic Sea to quickly crush the rebellion, this sign of growing discontent forced the party to foster a broad alliance of the working class and peasantry ( 80 % of the population ), despite left factions of the party which favored a regime solely representative of the interests of the revolutionary proletariat.

Although the soldiers were ostensibly neutral, their actions favored the Dolan faction.

" Although, the band actually favored some of the demos over the final songs.

Although FDR's disease was earlier attributed to poliomyelitis, a 2003 peer-reviewed study found that six of eight Bayesian posterior probabilities favored a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome over poliomyelitis.

Although AIB favored Vargas ' hard right turn, Salgado was overly ambitious, with overt presidential aspirations that threatened Vargas ' grip on power.

Although there are materials and techniques which are commonly used and frequently favored by mailartists for their availability, convenience and ability to produce copies, Mail Art ’ s potential to surprise and delight is in part due to the unregulated wealth of media and styles employed by myriad mailartists.

Although his popularity at the regional level fluctuated greatly, it is believed that Rajaji was able to exercise his stranglehold over provincial politics mainly because he was favored by national leaders such as Gandhi, Patel and Nehru.

Although Thomas himself favored work to establish a broad Farmer-Labor Party upon the model of the Canadian Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, he nonetheless remained supportive of the Militants and their vision of an " all-inclusive party ," which welcomed members of dissident communist organizations ( including Lovestoneites and Trotskyists ) and worked together with the Communist Party USA in joint Popular Front activities.

Although Foxe clearly favored Knox, he was irenic by temperament and expressed his disgust at " the violence of the warring factions.

Although some ministers favored revivals, generally the church did not support either the First or the Second Great Awakening, which created much evangelical fervor.

Although Richardson was favored to win the seat, he was defeated in the GOP primary by conservative candidate Ray Shamie, who lost the general election to John F. Kerry.

Although the developed countries ' governments differed in the type of capitalism they preferred for their national economies ( France, for example, preferred greater planning and state intervention ( dirigisme ), whereas the United States favored relatively limited state intervention ), all relied primarily on market mechanisms and private ownership of means of production.

Although the government's pronatalist policies favored married couples ( especially those with children ) in housing allocation, many young families ( perhaps one-third ) waited up to five years for their first separate apartment.

Although the principles of specialization were generally favored by the more industrial, northern-tier states, the less developed East European countries were concerned that such specialization would lead to a concentration of industry in the already established centers and would thus thwart their own ambitious industrialization plans.

Although the Auburn system was favored in the United States, Eastern State's radial floor plan and system of solitary confinement was the model for over 300 prisons worldwide.

Although manufacturers tried to reduce the oversupply by forming industry associations to regulate competition, their favored solution to the crisis was to squeeze more work out of their employees through what workers called the " stretch-out ": speeding up production by increasing the number of looms assigned to each factory hand, limiting break times, paying workers by piece rates, and increasing the number of supervisors to keep workers from slowing down, talking or leaving work.

Although a change for Cao Yu, he was in good company as concentrating on war themes and settings was favored by most of the prominent Chinese writers active during the Second Sino-Japanese war in areas controlled by the government of Chongqing.

Although he favored acquiring some land from the Choctaw and Chicasaw, Claiborne was generally sympathetic and conciliatory toward Indians.

Although the rule still applies, the visible fuselage " waisting " can only be seen on a few aircraft, such as the B-1B Lancer, Learjet 60, and the Tupolev Tu-160 ' Blackjack ' — the same effect is now achieved by careful positioning of aircraft components, like the boosters and cargo bay on rockets ; the jet engines in front of ( and not directly below ) the wings of the Airbus A380 ; the jet engines behind ( and not purely at the side of ) the fuselage of a Cessna Citation X ; the shape and location of the canopy on the F-22 Raptor ; and the image of the Airbus A380 above showing obvious area rule shaping at the wing root, which is practically invisible from any other angle.

Although not entirely located within the bay, the northern shores of Miscou Island and Lameque Island form part of the southern shore of the bay.

Although a great amount of erosion has taken place, some craters still remain — in particular near the bay of Mindelo.

Although judged by some as an odd work with all those singers kept at bay until the end, the Ninth soon became the work performed most often when a grand gesture was required.

Although two homes were built on Monte Cristo in 1923, and one in 1946, things were quiet until the mid-1950s when a Dr. Bradley " Doc " Waldron went to Tallahassee and persuaded the State of Florida to sell him Pine Key, Cabbage Key, Pardee Key and the surrounding bay bottom.

Although different locations were considered for the railroad terminus and shipping port, Agate Bay was chosen because it was closer to the iron ore site and provided a clay bottom bay, while most others were rocky.

Although Belgian gastronomy is connected to French cuisine, some recipes were reputedly invented there as e. g. French-fried potatoes ( despite the name ), stoofkarbonnaden ( or carbonade flamande in French, a beef stew with beer, mustard and bay laurel ), speculaas ( a sort of cinnamon and ginger-flavoured cookie ), Brussels waffles ( and their variant, Belgian waffles ), waterzooi ( a broth made with chicken or fish, cream and vegetables ), endive with bechamel sauce, Brussels sprouts, Belgian pralines ( Belgium has some of the most renowned chocolate houses ), charcuterie ( deli meats ) and Paling in't groen ( river eels in a sauce of green herbs ).

Although it was now the middle of the southern winter, Lieutenant Colonel Despard insisted on resuming the campaign immediately with troops from the 58th and 99th Regiments, naval marines and a detachment of artillery they sailed across the bay to the mouth of the Kerikeri River and began to march inland to Ohaeawai where Kawiti had built formidable defences around Pene Taui's Pā ; the inner palisade, 3 metres high, was built using puriri logs.

Although it is extremely shallow for its size, most of the bay is navigable.

Although the sublime ideal would be difficult to realize in the gentle Long Island topography, the designers wanted Lookout Hill to be a place of broad views out over Prospect Lake, the farmland beyond, and the bay and ocean in the distance.

Although still in use, these days most road traffic now uses the Queen Juliana Bridge built in 1967 ( rebuilt 1974 ) which arches high over the bay further inland.

Although the common names of P. laurocerasus refer to the similarity of foliage and appearance to bay laurel ( Laurus nobilis, the true laurel, in the Lauraceae family ), the two plants are in fact unrelated, being not only in different genera but also different families ( P. laurocerasus is in the rose family, Rosaceae ).

Although his primary duty was to minister to the soldiers, he recorded in his diary that that first service, held in an old Spanish dungeon facing the bay, was attended not only by his own men but by some Filipinos as well.

Although the process of preparing the black bean soup contains basics ( onion, garlic, bay leaf, salt ) each region has their tradition of preparing it.

Although not highly visible except to the Earth-bound scientists watching over them, Columbias wide assortment of cargo bay payloads continued their investigations throughout the day.

Although the river is mainly used for recreational purposes, the bay still sees active shipping to and from Corner Brook's port.

Although the chassis has had numerous modifications to strengthen it and accommodate the various engine and suspension setups ( and to try to find more cockpit space for the occupants ), this basic formula has remained essentially the same throughout the Seven's life ( with the exception of the dead-end Series 4, which used steel for the cockpit and engine bay and glassfibre for the bodywork ).

Although the Minor was originally designed to accept a flat-4 engine, with four distinctive gaps in the engine bay to accommodate it, late in the development stage it was replaced by a side-valve straight-4 producing 27. 5 hp ( 21 kW ) and 39 lbf · ft ( 53 N · m ) of torque.

Although fishing has declined in recent years due to fears of contamination, the bay supports a large finfish population, and the efforts of environmental organizations and the federal government have pressured Alcoa to reduce the polluted areas.

Although Lavaca was also significantly affected by the hurricanes, it survived as a port, and again became the largest on the bay.

Although Mobile was site of department headquarters, Maury did not exercise immediate command of the forts at the entrance to the bay, and he was not present during the battle and ensuing siege.

Although many residents of the former town center ( known to this day as Old Town ) were angered, the new site became the focus of the growing town because it was located on the bay, providing easier access for shipping.

Although he was able to obtain some herbs to ward off scurvy, Cook was unable to gain many of the provisions he and his crew needed at the bay, and for this reason gave it the name Poverty Bay.