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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.

Although and prime
Although not officially announced, the original backup crew consisted of Fred Haise ( CDR ), William R. Pogue ( CMP ) and Gerald Carr ( LMP ) who were targeted for the prime crew assignment on Apollo 19.
Although this book is considered a prime example of gonzo journalism, Thompson regarded it as a failed experiment.
Although it is chronologically the 47th Mersenne prime to be discovered, it is less than the largest known that was the 45th to be discovered.
Although Friedman never visited Estonia, his book Free to Choose exercised a great influence on that nation's then 32-year-old prime minister, Mart Laar, who has claimed that it was the only book on economics he had read before taking office.
Although Chebyshev's paper did not prove the Prime Number Theorem, his estimates for π ( x ) were strong enough for him to prove Bertrand's postulate that there exists a prime number between n and 2n for any integer n ≥ 2.
Although the law can be used to tell whether any quadratic equation modulo a prime number has a solution, it does not provide any help at all for actually finding the solution.
Although today the head of the Japanese government is called " prime minister ", the usage of the term " shogun " has continued somewhat.
Although the work ethic was of prime importance in his development, Grace insisted that cricket must also be enjoyable and freely admitted that his family all played in a way that was " noisy and boisterous " with much " chaff " ( i. e., a Victorian term for teasing ).
# Although technology might be a prime element in many public issues, nontechnical factors take precedence in technology-policy decisions.
Although Number 10 continued to be the Prime Minister's official residence and contain the prime ministerial offices, Blair and his family actually moved into the more spacious Number 11, while Brown lived in the more meagre apartments of Number 10.
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 pleas for commutation were made by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and by Gandhi's two sons on the grounds that a death sentence would dishonour the legacy of a man opposed to all forms of violence, Godse was hanged a week later.
Although, Agreus and Nomios could have been two different aspects of the prime Pan, reflecting his dual nature as both a wise prophet and a lustful beast.
Although Venizelos was a friend of Petros Manos, Aspasia's father, the prime minister preferred that the king should marry Princess Mary of the United Kingdom, to consolidate the relationship between Greece and Britain.
Although Satō wanted Fukuda to become the next prime minister, Tanaka's popularity, along with support from the factions of Yasuhiro Nakasone and Masayoshi Ōhira, gave him a 282-190 victory over Fukuda in the LDP's 1971 party president election.
Although the worldwide depression of the late 1920s and early 1930s had minimal effects on Japan — indeed, Japanese exports grew substantially during this period — there was a sense of rising discontent that was heightened with the assault upon Rikken Minseitō prime minister Osachi Hamaguchi in 1930.
Although not himself a courtier, he was backed at court by Sosthene de la Rochefoucauld and Madame du Cayla, and in 1822 Louis XVIII gave him the title of count and made him formally prime minister.
Although this notation is compact and convenient for some purposes, the most useful notation is the Legendre symbol, also called the quadratic character, which is defined for all integers a and positive odd prime numbers p as
Although Seyss-Inquart had proposed that Mussert should be made prime minister of the Netherlands, he was only given the honorary title ' Leader of the Dutch People ', and he was allowed to build a marginal State Secretariat, but he was given little or no actual power.
Although it is necessary for n to be prime for 2 < sup > n </ sup > − 1 to be a Mersenne prime, the converse is not true: 2 < sup > 11 </ sup > − 1 = 2047 which is 23 × 89.
Although candidates can prime or stress certain issues for voters, the priming label is sometimes misused.
Although prime ministers have answered questions in parliament for centuries, until the 1880s questions to the prime minister were treated the same as questions to other Ministers of the Crown: asked without notice, on days when ministers were available in whatever order MPs rose to ask them.

Although and architect
Although he was in charge of the project for the papal villa, the Villa Pamphili, now Villa Doria Pamphili, outside the Porta San Pancrazio in Rome, he may have had professional guidance on the design of the casino from the architect / engineer Girolamo Rainaldi and help with supervising its construction from his assistant Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi.
Although the architect still ached from the experience with Fragrant Hill, he agreed to accept the commission.
Although he is often characterized as an " architect " exclusively, as James Beck has observed, " to single out one of Leon Battista's ' fields ' over others as somehow functionally independent and self-sufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize Alberti's extensive explorations in the fine arts.
Although it took some time after the fire of 1702, Uppsala Cathedral and Uppsala Castle were both eventually restored, both by Carl Hårleman, perhaps the most important Swedish architect of the era.
Although Morris never became a practising architect, his interest in architecture continued throughout his life.
Although drafting is sometimes accomplished by a project engineer, architect — or even by shop personnel such as a machinist — skilled drafters ( and / or designers ) usually accomplish the task and are always in demand to some level.
Although more than one architect was associated with this name and constructions, it is believed that the principal architect is one and the same person.
Although construction began in 1229, it did not finish until 1601 and local architect Antoni Gaudí was drafted in during a restoration project in 1901.
Although the CIA in general and Charlie Wilson, a Texas Congressman, have received most of the attention, the key architect of this strategy was Michael G. Vickers, a young Paramilitary Officer.
Although sometimes mistaken for a modern building, it is an 18th century palace designed by the Venetian architect Lorenzo Boschetti.
Although sometimes mistaken for a modern building, it is an 18th century palace designed by the Venetian architect Lorenzo Boschetti.
Although renovated and expanded in 1758, the toll house next to the bridge ( also called the bridge master's house ) was torn down in 1827 to be replaced by a new city hall, designed by the architect J. P. Orentzburg.
Although not members of University College, the scientists Robert Boyle ( sometimes described as the " first modern chemist ") and his assistant ( Robert Hooke, architect, biologist, discoverer of cells ) lived in Deep Hall ( then owned by Christ Church and now the site of the Shelley Memorial ).
Although the exterior design is Wright's, the interior as executed was designed by Taliesin architect ( and former Wright apprentice ) Anthony Puttnam.
Although he had intended to practice full time as an architect, the death of his brother, Prince William, in 1972 when the plane he was piloting crashed near Wolverhampton, left Richard first in line to his father's Dukedom and increased his family obligations and royal duties.
Although he was also a sculptor of athletes, his greatest fame was won as an architect.
Although the Olmsted firm had originally envisioned a Spanish or Mexican style design for the University, Link designed the campus with tan stucco walls, red-tiled rooftops, and extensive porticoes in an attempt to emulate the architecture of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio.
Although he rarely sold any of his buildings, he sold the Union Trust Building to architect Ralph Anderson, whose rehabilitation of that building set the pattern for the neighborhood's rehabilitation.
Although later generations exaggerated Somers role as architect of the Bill of Rights, his biographer asserts that no one else can have a better claim to that title.
Although he continued to vote with the conservative coalition against Roosevelt's domestic proposals, Vandenberg gradually abandoned his isolationism to become an architect of a bipartisan foreign policy, which he defined as a consensus developed by consultation between the President, the State Department, and congressional leaders from both parties, especially those in the Senate.
Although the term shock therapy only came into existence after Bolivia's actions in 1985, both Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada ( the architect of the policy in Bolivia ) and Jeffrey Sachs ( its economic architect ) were heavily influenced by West Germany's reforms in 1948.
Although Madsen Pirie was the architect of much of the privatisation policy, he had no emotional ties to Thatcher, nor did the ASI propose policies on a range of social issues, despite its Thatcherite reputation.

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