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 Malesherbes was a staunch absolutist-loyal to the monarchy, he was sympathetic to the literary project.

Although Kirov himself was a staunch Stalin loyalist, he was in favor of a general relaxation and reconciliation toward former oppositionists.

Although Emperor Theodosius had long been a staunch supporter of Nestorius, his loyalty seems to have been shaken by the reports from Cyril's council and caused him to arrive at the extraordinary decision to ratify the depositions decreed by both councils.

Although Wiener eventually became a staunch pacifist, he eagerly contributed to the war effort in World War I.

Although he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, Galerius ended the Diocletianic Persecution when he issued an edict of toleration in 311.

Although he was a staunch Republican, Warner encouraged film projects that promoted the agenda of Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.

Although often in opposition, the two parties worked together on the construction of a new lock and staunch at Brownhill, to improve navigation above Earith.

Although supremely skilled in swordplay, he suffers from unchecked overconfidence and a staunch refusal ever to give up.

Although her husband was a staunch supporter of Stephen during the Anglo-Norman civil war, her own personal inclination may have been toward her stepdaughter's cause, the Empress Matilda.

Although Brownlow left the circuit shortly thereafter, he continued his staunch defense of Methodism in later newspaper columns and books, and for the remainder of his life he was known to friend and foe alike as " Parson Brownlow.

Although a staunch Gandhian, Desai was socially conservative, pro-business, and in favour of free enterprise reforms, as opposed to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's socialistic policies.

Although he remained a staunch stalinist, Malenkov expressed his opposition to research and development of nuclear armament, declaring " a nuclear war could lead to global destruction.

Although he had been a staunch defender of the deposed Alexandru Ioan Cuza, he eventually backed the movement against him ( led by Mihail Kogălniceanu ), and was not opposed to the new Domnitor ( future King of Romania ) Carol.

Although a staunch Democrat, Smith did support one of his former players, Republican Richard Vinroot, for governor of North Carolina in 2000.

" Although their cooperation did not impair North Dakota's staunch allegiance to the Republican Party, progressives found some support in the Norwegian-settled eastern part of the state.

Although a Protestant himself, Salis-Soglio was a staunch Conservative and an opponent of the liberal Radicals who now controlled the " rump Confederation ".

Although Bergengruen was politically a staunch conservative, his Catholicism — as well as the fact that his wife was of partly Jewish heritage — contributed to his alienation from the Nazi regime.

Although both groups were staunch antisemites, their approaches toward the Jews were somewhat different.

Although rejecting a merger with the BUF the IFL was linked to the Nordic League through Commander E. H. Cole, a staunch advocate of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, who served as chancellor of the League as well as being a leading IFL member.

Although Henry, who attended the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, was at first not averse to Martin Luther and his teachings, he later followed Charles ' example and remained a staunch Catholic.

Although a Christian, he was a staunch advocate for Jewish emancipation.

Although they were able to defeat some enemy relief forces and took some enemy camps, Zhu Ran played a staunch defense and destroyed most of Cao Zhen's siege engines.

Although raised in Ireland, he was a staunch believer in Roman Catholic practices, and wore a Roman tonsure and celebrated Easter on the Roman date.

Although initially a staunch supporter of the right-wing dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar, and the youngest general in Portuguese history, his passage as a Military Attaché and Aeronautic Attaché to the Portuguese Embassy in Washington, D. C. in 1952 pushed him into the defence of democratic ideals, and inspired him to run as a candidate for the Portuguese presidency in 1958.

Although the veracity of these allegations is disputed, the Belgian Ministry of Justice accused him of it, subsequently arresting him, and he was forced to flee back to France, where, with a new republican government in power, he believed that he would be safe.

Although the 1938 conferring has been crucial to the ideology of republican legitimatists, for all intents and purposes its validity was rejected by the overwhelming majority of the Irish people.

Although Augustus evidenced some toleration to republican sympathizers, he exiled Ovid, and imperial tolerance ended with the continuance of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty.

Although the basic ideology of the movement was anti-colonial, it was supported by a vision of independent capitalist economic development coupled with a secular, democratic, republican, and civil-libertarian political structure.

Although they doubtless consolidated republicanism in France and contributed greatly to the secularism and the sense of nationhood that have marked all French republican regimes to this day, their methods discredited the Revolution in the eyes of many who had previously supported it.

Although there is a living heir to the Habsburg dynasty, as well as a Pope and pretenders to the positions of the electors, and although all the medieval coronation regalia are still preserved in Austria, the legal abolition of all aristocratic prerogatives of the former electors and the imposition of republican constitutions in Germany and Austria render quite remote any potential for a revival of the Holy Roman Empire.

Although remaining a republican, he exhibited decided clerical leanings in his Jeanne d ' Arc ( 2 vols., 1860 ; 2nd ed., 1875 ); La Vie de Notre Seigneur Jésus ( 1865 ) – a reply to the Vie de Jésus of E. Renan ; and Saint Louis et son temps ( 1871 ; 4th ed., 1892 ), which still ranks among hagiographical works.

Although England, Ireland and Scotland became constitutional monarchies, after the reigns of Charles II and his brother James II & VII, and with the ascension of William and Mary to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, there have been movements throughout the last few centuries whose aims were to remove the monarchy and establish a republican system.

Although a royal absolutist ( and not a republican like the early Italian umanisti ), Budé was active in civic life, serving as a diplomat for Francis I and helping to found the Collège des Lecteurs Royaux ( later the Collège de France ).

Although standing in opposition to the newly established republican system, he avoided public campaigns.

Although the early Roman Emperors were careful to retain the facade of the republican institutions and to not formally adopt monarchical titles, the use of basileus amply illustrates that contemporaries clearly perceived that the Roman Empire was a monarchy in all but name.

Although it had agreed to establishing a republican form of government before the war, the party leadership now switched to supporting constitutional monarchy.

Although De Winter was an avowed republican, who had fought in the French Army against the Netherlands between 1793 and 1795, support for the House of Orange remained strong among the Dutch population and with the fleet's sailors.

Although the military regime paid lip service to the monarchy, its political ideology ( an ultimately incompatible mix of European liberal constitutionalism and military Bonapartism ) was essentially republican.

Although the term gonghe was borrowed into modern Chinese for the word ' republic ', the Gonghe period during the Zhou Dynasty does not confer any republican connotations.

Although there were tensions between the younger leaders like Johnnie White and the older, traditional republicans such as Seán Keenan, both sides saw the unrest of 1968-69 as a chance to advance republican aims, and the two shared the platform at the Easter commemoration in April 1969.

:" Although a republican form of government profiteth all the peoples of the world, yet the majesty of kingship is one of the signs of God.

Although the monarchists had not lost all their support, the republican and socialist parties won a major victory.

Each diocese comprised several Roman provinces, now rather known as eparchy, each under the authority of a provincial governor ( see above ), of various ranks and carrying a series of titles, including republican relics such as Proconsul and novelties such as Corrector provinciae, Moderator Provinciae, Praeses provinciae Although the Vicarius's authority was supreme within his diocese, he was under the authoirty of Praetorian Prefect whose power he partook of ( see below ) or the Emperor himself.

Although the notion of republican motherhood initially encouraged women in their private roles, it eventually resulted in increased educational opportunities for American women, as typified by Mary Lyon and the founding in 1837 of " Mount Holyoke Female Seminary ", later Mount Holyoke College.

Although author Toby Harnden and others have alleged that it was ordered by elements of the IRA leadership ( Seamus Twomey and Brian Keenan ), other republican leaders were reported to be very unhappy about it.