Although Equatorial Guinea lacks a well-established democratic tradition comparable to the developed democracies of the West, it has progressed toward developing a participatory political system out of the anarchic, chaotic, and repressive conditions of the Macias years.

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 the country lacks trained demographers, accurate data on household registration, migration, and births and deaths are available to North Korean authorities.

Although it still lacks a universally accepted definition, the crux of intelligence-led policing is an emphasis on the collection and analysis of information to guide police operations, rather than the reverse.

Although PaintShop Pro is often considered comparable to Adobe Photoshop Elements in its feature set, it lacks photostitch capability, the ability to merge several images into a single larger image ( called Panorama in Photoshop Elements ).

Although Termez lacks modern facilities and has a shortage of spare parts, activity there has increased as conditions in neighboring Afghanistan have stabilized.

Although the consumer lacks sensory perception of the actual product, he / she gains benefits of shopping 24 hours a day.

Although it has an incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone, it lacks the special morphology of the larynx.

Although the work lacks the literary merits of the original, Richardson was compelled to publish two more volumes in December 1741 to tell of further exploits of Pamela, the title heroine, while " in her Exalted Condition ".

Although he has his own saga in Heimskringla, it lacks any skaldic verse, which is normally used by Snorri as supporting evidence and this, combined with its rather legendary character, leads historians to be wary of seeing much veracity in it.

Although Oldham had a thriving economy during the 19th century, the local merchants were broadly reluctant to spend on civic institutions, and so the town lacks the grandeur seen in comparable nearby towns like Bolton or Huddersfield ; public expenditure was seen as an overhead that undermined the competitiveness of the town.

Although it has been conjectured that this is a primitive attempt at a sound post, or anima, something the instrument lacks, it is equally likely that it is designed to take some of the downward pressure of the tightened strings off the soundboard.

Although Mars lacks oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere, it is covered in red dust frequently hoisted into the atmosphere by fast but thin winds.

Although in Rustington ( Littlehampton ) there is the Zachery Merton Community Hospital, which lacks an A & E Department but does have a Minor Injuries department, 31 beds and other clinics.

Although Flo works regularly as a charwoman, Andy is unemployed and lacks motivation.

Although the video game is called Six Flags Fun Park, it lacks any major reference of Six Flags.

Although it lacks the political satire and Broadway polish of the 1959 version, this film gives a fairly accurate portrayal of the various Dogpatch characters up until that time.

Although poetry continued to be written, and certain poets rose in prominence while others disappeared from the landscape, the brief Sui Dynasty ( 581-618 CE ), in terms of the development of Chinese poetry, lacks distinction, though it nonetheless represents a continuity between the Six Dynasties and the poetry of Tang.

Although he lacks Poirot's intellect, Poirot has often complimented Hastings ' ability to remember facts and details about their cases even if he deplores the manner in which Hastings tells the story at times.

Although the Xbox version of Halo lacks official support for online multiplayer play, XLink Kai, GameSpy and XBConnect's packet tunnelling software provide unofficial ways around this limitation.

Although most spiders use their webs to catch prey, the grass spider's web lacks adhesive ability.

Although similar in general appearance to the honey locust, it lacks that tree's characteristic long branched spines on the trunk, instead having the pairs of short thorns at the base of each leaf ; the leaflets are also much broader.

Although Cabinet lacks any direct legislative framework for its existence, the Cabinet Manual has become the official document which governs its functions, and on which its convention rests.

Although the book contains numerous footnotes, references and acknowledgments, critics point out that it lacks supporting references for Chinese voyages beyond East Africa, the location acknowledged by professional historians as the limit of the fleet's travels.

Although it has never been determined exactly how extensive Shang-Chi's fighting skills are, he has beaten numerous superhuman opponents.

Although the Red Skull has no superhuman abilities, he possesses an intellect and inventive genius on the level of supervillains such as Doctor Doom, and is a highly gifted subversive strategist and political operative.

Although A-ko possesses superhuman speed and strength, she considers herself an average teenager ; she mostly worries about getting to school on time, chronically oversleeping her alarm clock each morning.

Although he possesses no superhuman powers, he has trained himself extensively in many martial arts, and is adept at building technological devices.

Although he lacked any actual superhuman abilities, he became a recurring enemy of the Flash, typically by devising altered boomerangs which could produce astonishing effects ( some would explode, others had razor-sharp edges, etc.

Although Big Sir's strength levels would not be considered superhuman, he did possess raw physical power significantly greater than that of a normal human being.

Although Night Man has no other superhuman powers on his own, he owns a special bulletproof bodysuit that gives him several abilities, including flight, holographic camouflage-style invisibility and advanced sight functions through the round red lens over his left eye including the ability to see in the dark and fire a laser beam.

Although lacking superhuman powers, Detective Chimp exhibited not only fine detective skills but also the genius of a true tactician.

Although we have no measures of its strength or intensity, the heritage of the doctrine of inalienable rights is retained.

Although a longbow achieves comparable accuracy and faster shooting rate than an average crossbow, crossbows release more kinetic energy and can be used effectively after a week of training, while a comparable single-shot skill with a longbow takes years of strength training to overcome the draw strength of the longbow, as well as years of practice needed to use it with skill.

Although the super-soldier serum is an important part of his strength, Rogers has shown himself still sufficiently capable against stronger opponents, even when the serum has been deactivated reverting him to his pre-Captain America physique.

Although his coins showed military images almost as often as peaceful ones, Hadrian's policy was peace through strength, even threat.

Although he was not handsome, Isabella admired him for his strength and bravery ; she also regarded him as a gentleman.

Although the unrated section had many of the weaker players in the Open, it also had players of expert strength, who were foreign to the United States and had not been rated yet.

Although in the early years of the 21st century Luxembourg enjoyed one of the highest GNP per capita in the world, this was mainly due to the strength of its financial sector, which gained importance at the end of the 1960s.

This conjecture seems to be confirmed in the introduction of the first volume of the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus concerning the Pomeranians: Although often the leaders of the forces defeated by the Polish duke sought salvation in baptism, as soon as they regained their strength, they repudiated the Christian faith and started the war against Christians anew.

Although ultimately defeated the strength of resistance convinced the British to make concessions to the indigenous inhabitants allowing them to preserve inheritance, property and marriage rights and customs throughout most of the period of the British rule.

Although developmental debates took place within the Workers ' Party of Korea in the 1950s, North Korea, like all the postwar communist states, undertook massive state investment in heavy industry, state infrastructure and military strength, neglecting the production of consumer goods.

Although alloys contain only a maximum of 0. 1 %, that small percentage of niobium improves the strength of the steel.

Although all characters have access to magic, for practical gameplay purposes a character's magical strength is proportional to her connection to the divine.

Although no clear indication of the true strength of a Galor class vessel has ever been given, they are shown to be weaker than the Galaxy class ships used by the Federation Starfleet ( The Wounded ).

Although Harrison was not elected, his strength throughout the North was hailed by Anti-Masonic leaders because the party was the first to officially place his name in contention.

Although Olafr Haraldsson's ( later known as Olav the Holy ) army lost the battle, Christianity spread, partly on the strength of rumours of miraculous signs after his death.

Although aggressive encounters are ubiquitous in the animal kingdom, with often high stakes, most are resolved through posturing, displays and trials of strength.

Although it began in the North its greatest popular strength was in the South, especially among Southern Baptists.

Although the fundamentalist drive of the 1920s to take control of the major Protestant denominations failed at the national level, the network of churches and missions fostered by Riley shows the movement was growing in strength, especially in The South.

Although ancient sources do not report the total numbers of men of the two armies, it seems that they had a similar strength.

Although these other eagles ( which are actually not closely related to the Golden ) are generally less active predators, they are of comparable size, strength and tenacity to the Golden Eagle and victory in such conflicts depends on the size and disposition of individual eagle rather than on species.

Although Xavier was briefly tempted to destroy the machine when he thought that Lucifer might be able to reach the exit portal before him, Jeffrey was able to help him escape by ' sending ' the Professor his own youthful energy back along their psychic link, giving Xavier the strength to beat Lucifer to the portal in a swimming race, the portal being deactivated just as Lucifer's hand attempted to emerge.

Although only 31 years old in 2002, Garcés ' performance displayed a much-weakened arm strength.

Although research has indicated that group members ’ dependence on group leaders can lead to reduced self-reliance and overall group strength, most people actually prefer to be led than to be without a leader ( Berkowitz, 1953 ).