Although Lincoln won only a plurality of the popular vote, his victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.

Although reaching No. 8 in the world in 2000, she never won a WTA Title in singles.

Although England decisively won the Ashes 4 – 1, Bodyline caused such a furore in Australia that diplomats had to intervene to prevent serious harm to Anglo-Australian relations, and the MCC eventually changed the Laws of cricket to curtail the number of leg side fielders.

Although the Falcons won 3 of their last 4 games after the return of Michael Vick, they ended up with a dismal 5 – 11 record that year.

Although Henry Lumley ’ s British cavalry had managed to cross the marshy ground around the Petite Gheete, it was soon evident to Marlborough that sufficient cavalry support would not be practicable and that the battle could not be won on the Allied right.

Although he won at Darlington, he failed to finish 15 races, and completed the season 12th in points, the worst of his career.

Although he had never seen action himself, he won the respect of front-line commanders.

Although Scottish Labour won more seats than any other party, they did not have a majority in Parliament to allow them to form an Executive without the help of a smaller party.

Although Dyson has won numerous scientific awards, he has never won a Nobel Prize, which has led Nobel physics laureate Steven Weinberg to state that the Nobel committee has " fleeced " Dyson.

Although the Romans won a clear victory over the Carthaginian relief force at the Battle of Agrigentum, the Carthaginian army defending the city managed to escape.

Although several reviews were critical of the film – Pauline Kael said it " staggers along " and Stanley Kauffmann thought Cukor's direction was like " a rich gravy poured over everything, not remotely as delicately rich as in the Asquith-Howard 1937 Pygmalion " — the film was a box office hit which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, and the Directors Guild of America Award after having been nominated for each several times.

Although Albinus came close to victory, Severus ' reinforcements won the day, and the British governor committed suicide.

Although Marx won this contest, the transfer of the seat of the General Council from London to New York in 1872, which Marx supported, led to the decline of the International.

Although they were better than their expansion cousins, who won only eight games in their inaugural season, the Kansas City Scouts began to suffer from an economic downturn in the Midwest.

Until the day I die people will keep saying, ‘ Leni is a Nazi ’, and I ’ ll keep saying, ‘ But what did she do ?’” Although she won more than 50 libel cases against people accusing her of collaborating with the Nazis, there are many unanswered questions about her relation to National Socialism in particular and fascism more generally.

Although they arrived too late to engage in hostilities, the action won Morocco goodwill among other Arab states.

Although Fraser won, these events left him politically weakened.

Although having fewer adherents, Manichaeism won the support of many high-ranking political figures.

Although the Vikings have dominated the overall series, the Saints have won the last three including the 2009 NFC Championship Game.

Although the crusaders won their first battle, Bishop Berthold was mortally wounded and the crusaders were repulsed.

Although the Liberals had successfully led Paraguay's occupation of nearly all the disputed territory and had won the war when the last truce went into effect, they were finished politically.

Although it won early acclaim for its comfort and power, sales were slow.

Although clearly peers ( both won Nobel prizes in physics ), a formal panel of reviewers was not sought, as is done for many scientific journals today.

Although his output slowed during the 1980s, Voight received critical acclaim for his performance as a ruthless bank robber in Runaway Train ( 1985 ).

Although his writings on Jewish law and ethics were met with acclaim and gratitude from most Jews even as far off as Spain, Iraq and Yemen, and he rose to be the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, there were also vociferous critics of some of his rulings and other writings particularly in Spain.

Although Dixit's work was few, she earned critical acclaim.

Although his writings would later receive widespread acclaim, Thoreau's ideas were not universally applauded by some of his contemporaries in literary circles.

Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l ' Alcazar in Marseille to which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics.

Although he found the role taxing, he won acclaim for a dignified and touching performance.

Although devaluation was a contentious issue in the Labour Party and was not part of Labour ’ s election policy, the decisiveness with which the incoming government acted won it popular acclaim and enhanced Douglas ’ s standing in the new cabinet.

Although Nichol had been writing since 1961, he first attracted public notice in the mid-1960s with his hand-drawn or " concrete " poems, and received international acclaim.

Although he was initially recognized for his musical output, since the early 2000s, Mos Def's screen work has established him as one of only a handful of rappers who has garnered critical acclaim for his acting work.

Although she had already received some critical acclaim, she gained mainstream success after being cast as Matron " Mama " Morton in the Oscar-winning film adaptation of the musical Chicago, the recipient of the Best Picture Oscar.

Although Gershwin himself spoke of the rhapsody as " a musical kaleidoscope of America ", Rhapsody in Blue has often been interpreted as a musical portrait of New York City ; it is used to this effect in the films Manhattan and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, as well as extensively in this context in a segment from the film Fantasia 2000, in which the piece is used as the lyrical framing for a stylized animation set drawn in the style of famed illustrator Al Hirschfeld, to critical acclaim.

Although it was not the third AOI album fans had been expecting, the album was released to some critical acclaim and was well received by most fans.

Although the film was criticized for taking dramatic licence with some aspects of Chaplin's life, Downey's performance as Chaplin won almost universal acclaim.

Although Chesnutt's stories met with critical acclaim, poor sales of his novels doomed his hopes of a self-supporting literary career.

Although Sky had received a modest amount of acclaim, including being produced by Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller, the band broke up without having any chart success.

Although in June 1940 articles in Action Française signed by Maurras, Léon Daudet and Maurice Pujo praised General Charles de Gaulle, Maurras quickly came to acclaim the fall of the Third Republic, replaced by Marshal Philippe Pétain's Vichy France, as a " divine surprise ".

Although it gained some acclaim as one of his finest films, critics across the UK and India called it a flop.

Although they received unanimous acclaim, Village Green failed to chart internationally, and Arthur was met with a mediocre commercial reception.

Although the album did not meet commercial success at the time of release, it has gone on to sell over 300, 000 copies and received critical acclaim from several publications, including Pitchfork Media, Magnet Magazine, Allmusic, and The Pazz & Jop poll.

Although written originally in German, it was later translated into English under the auspices of John Cage and Henry Cowell and received wide acclaim.

Although Otello was his best role, throughout his career, Del Monaco sang a number of other roles with great acclaim, for example: Canio in Pagliacci ( Leoncavallo ), Radames in Aida ( Verdi ), Don Jose in Carmen ( Bizet ), Chenier in Andrea Chénier ( Giordano ), Manrico in Il trovatore ( Verdi ), Samson in Samson and Delilah ( Saint-Saëns ), and Don Alvaro in La forza del destino ( Verdi ).

Although Anachronox received critical acclaim for its vast storyline and characters, it too was commercially unsuccessful on its release in June 2001.

Although he received critical acclaim for his performance, the film did poorly at the box office.