Although there were earlier works of similar nature, by Marcus Terentius Varro for example, Pliny's was the only one to survive the Dark Ages.

Although the group has released numerous studio and live recordings, a substantial number of their fans were introduced to Tangerine Dream by their film soundtracks, which total over sixty and include Sorcerer, Thief, The Keep, Risky Business, Firestarter, Legend, Near Dark, Shy People, and Miracle Mile.

Although his complete poems add up to fewer than 2500 verses, two of them — the Spiritual Canticle and The Dark Night of the Soul are widely considered masterpieces of Spanish poetry, both for their formal stylistic point of view and their rich symbolism and imagery.

Although it called the story " pretty good ", the graphics " fantastic " and the audio effects " just right ", it complained that the level design " succumbs to the Dark Side ", describing " illogical and frustrating situations ".

Although the series still did well in the ratings ( despite the popularity of ABC's horror-themed soap opera Dark Shadows ), it was canceled in 1969 along with other games in a major daytime programming overhaul, being replaced by Letters to Laugh-In which, although a spin-off of the popular prime time series Laugh-In, ended in just three months on December 26.

Although the Gunslinger does not bring " The Pusher " with him into his own world ( as might be guessed based upon what has happened regarding the previous two doors ), his quest for the Dark Tower is not lost, because Roland does draw his third.

Although often referred to as the Dark Ages, the period after the end of Roman rule in southern Scotland, while poorly understood, is considerably less dark than the Roman period.

Although IDW had planned to launch the series as a bona fide ongoing series, the transfer of Angel rights from IDW to Dark Horse necessitated that it end instead as an 8-issue miniseries.

Although capable of developing sound battle strategies, Spike ( particularly in the days before receiving his chip and being re-ensouled ) often loses patience with anything more complicated than outright attack, as mentioned in the episode " In the Dark ".

Although some terms in academia do go out of style, such as " Dark Ages ", the term Barbarian is in full common currency among all mainstream medieval scholars and is not out of style or outdated, though a disclaimer is often felt to be needed, as when Ralph W. Mathisen prefaces a discussion of barbarian bishops in Late Antiquity, " It should also be noted that the word " barbarian " will be used here as a convenient, nonpejorative term to refer to all the non-Latin and non-Greek speaking exterae gentes who dwelt around, and even eventually settled within, the Roman Empire during late antiquity ".

Although Lestat has repeatedly offered David the Dark Gift, David has always refused to become a vampire and keep Lestat company through eternity.

Although he was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films as The Man in the Glass Booth ; Counterpoint ( 1968 ); A Bridge Too Far ; Cross of Iron ; The Odessa File ; Julia ; and Judgment at Nuremberg, he also played more diverse characters in Krakatoa, East of Java ; The Black Hole ; The Freshman ; John Carpenter's Vampires ; Topkapi ; Stalin ; Candles in the Dark ; Erste Liebe ; Deep Impact ; and the television miniseries, Peter the Great ( 1986 ), which co-starred Vanessa Redgrave and Laurence Olivier.

Although many songs hold true to their hardcore-punk roots (" Generator ", " Tomorrow ", " Fertile Crescent "), select tracks suggested the band moving towards a slower, more experimental route (" Two Babies In The Dark ", " The Answer "), as well as a much darker one (" Atomic Garden ").

Although the game boasted original soundtrack music by Brian May ( guitarist of Queen ), only a short intro from The Dark appeared in the final release, while the actual in-game score was done by Mirage ( in the case of the PC version, there was no in-game music at all ).

Although stealth gameplay had appeared in a several games in the 1980s and 1990s, 1998 is seen as a turning point in gaming history because of the release of Metal Gear Solid, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, and Thief: The Dark Project.

Although the company was merged with another in 1931 to form Electric and Musical Industries Limited ( EMI ), the company title as " The Gramophone Company Limited " continued in use in the UK into the 1970s, for instance on sleeves and labels of records ( such as The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, vinyl copies of which bear the copyright notice "© 1973 The Gramophone Company, Ltd .").

Although, if Tarmon Gai ' don is lost, Min's visions will mean nothing since time itself will die, and all be under the control of the Dark One.

Although he isn't featured in every episode, Falcon plays a significant role in the series, often stopping the Dark Million Organization's illegal plans.

Although earlier numismatists, notably Philip V. Hill, theorized that barbarous radiates were produced long after their prototypes and into the Dark Ages and Saxon period, more recent works argue that they were generally contemporary to their prototypes.

Although jockey Eric Guerin was roundly criticized in the press (" he took that colt everywhere on the track except the ladies ' room " was one comment ), Native Dancer was fouled twice during the race and lost narrowly to Dark Star.

Although they are frequently mentioned, the first time one of her family members appears on the show is in the season 7 episode " Dark Side of the Moon ", in which Donny surprises Daphne with a visit from her brother, Simon ( Anthony LaPaglia ), not knowing that she dislikes him ( her favorite brother, Stephen, never appears until the final episode, where he is played by Richard E. Grant ).

Although his name is " Dark Force Bomber ", he looks angelic in appearance.

Although they were distraught when they heard that Divatox had supposedly destroyed the Rangers, Zedd toasted to Dark Specter's eventual takeover of the universe.

Although this may vary depending on the point of the view of the player, most of the events are negative ones-Thrall's escape from his prison, leading to the formation of the new Horde, enemies of the Alliance ; the opening of the Dark Portal, in which a corrupted Medivh opens up a link with the world of Draenor, starting the orcish invasions of Azeroth and ensuing wars ; and the Culling of Stratholme, a defining moment in which Prince Arthas's fall to madness leads to the rise of the undead Scourge and his eventual merge with the Lich King-but they insist that the outcome of preventing such events would be " much worse ".

Although not stoichiometrically balanced, a ratio of seven parts Potassium Perchlorate to three parts Dark Pyro Aluminum is the composition used by most pyrotechnicians.

Although Fox is a Fourth Dimensionist, his group represents the more humanitarian version of the Dimension threesome.

Although menacing at first glance, through the course of the series the Technodrome is almost always powerless and stuck at some remote location ( be it encased in ice, sunken under the ocean, embedded in the Earth's core, or trapped in Dimension X ), making its full capabilities never realized.

Although it has the original Hong Kong Cantonese soundtrack, it is cut to fit the visuals of the included Dimension Supercop version.

Although the objectives are expressed in somewhat abstract terms, they are underpinned by actions which concentrate on the creation of links between people, institutions and countries in education and training – what the programme describes as the " European Dimension " of education and training.

* Although many parts of the Dalek mythos were established here, several key elements of the continuity were retroactively changed over the years.

Although much of the material in these strips directly contradicted what was shown on television later, some concepts like the Daleks using humanoid duplicates and the design of the Dalek Emperor did show up later on in the programme.

Although portrayed as being a leader its precise position in the Dalek hierarchy is not made clear.

Although physically humanoid they share many cultural characteristics with the Daleks and appear to regard Dalek history as their own.

Although President Romana vowed to block the Daleks from taking Seriphia, by the time of the Dalek Empire spin-off series, Seriphia has become the Daleks ' main powerbase.

* Although a Dalek mutant creature is briefly seen – a pink gelatinous blob that the Doctor picks up in the sand – several references are made to the Daleks as ' robots ', like the Movellans.

Although both Cybermen and Daleks previously appeared in The Wheel in Space, The War Games, The Mind of Evil, Logopolis, The Five Doctors, and " Dalek ", this two-part episode ( including the next episode " Doomsday ") is the first time that both the Cybermen and Daleks play a major role.

Although some form of prop comedy has likely existed as long as there have been comedians, the genre reached its zenith in the vaudeville era.

Although not referred to directly in the story, it is implied that the parabolic dishes now fitted to the rear shoulder section of each prop act as receptors for a form of transmitted energy.

Although fabricated using measurements and moulds taken from an existing prop, the " goon " Daleks exhibited minor differences from the original Shawcraft builds including the substitution of single dowels neck struts for the trefoil cross section items which were the norm up to this point.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although New Orleans was not to learn of it for a spell, she also was a sadist, a nymphomaniac and unobtrusively mad -- the perpetrator of some of the worst crimes against humanity ever committed on American soil.

Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.

Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.

Although it was a mere fragment of the victim's remains, it was enough.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.