Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is " in training for a heroine ," and is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels of which Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho is a favourite.

" Although D ' Este calls Dempsey's comments " excessively harsh " and believes that once the town had been abandoned the Brigade group's eventual withdrawal was inevitable, historians generally support them — some going so far as to suggest that Bucknall threw away the chance to swiftly capture Caen.

Although drinking alcohol excessively is a major cause of chronic pancreatitis, which in turn predisposes to pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis associated with alcohol consumption is less frequently a precursor for pancreatic cancer than other types of chronic pancreatitis.

Although many judges overtly condemn the practice on their paradigms, it is hard to enforce, especially if judges permit debaters to be excessively unclear.

Although winters in Oymyakon are long and excessively cold, summers are mild, sometimes with hot, and very hot days.

Although, I would argue that in ' Homer's Enemy ' he's not even really even all that excessively stupid or immature, actually.

Although extravagantly praised as an artist from the 1830s into the 1860s, Page's reputation suffered in later life because he changed his style so frequently and, more particularly, because technical characteristics of his painting method soon caused much of his work to darken excessively.

Although dog treats carry high benefits for dogs ' teeth, they can also be a problem source especially when given excessively.

Although primarily known for his idealised landscapes and seascapes, Bannister also executed portraits, biblical and mythological scenes, and genre scenes.

Although Pius V is often credited with the origin of the Pope's white garments — supposedly because after his election Pius continued to wear his white Dominican habit — this claim must be regarded as legendary on account of the great number of contemporary portraits of earlier popes wearing the same white cassock he supposedly inaugurated.

Although Alma-Tadema's fame rests on his paintings set in Antiquity, he also painted portraits, landscapes and watercolors, and made some etchings himself ( although many more were made of his paintings by others ).

Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy.

Although Holbein did not work for the king during this visit, he painted the portraits of courtiers such as Sir Henry Guildford and his wife Lady Mary, and of Anne Lovell, recently identified as the subject of Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling.

Although well-known early in the century for his drawings and etchings, the bulk of John's later work consisted of portraits, some of the best of which were of his two wives and his children.

Although her style was not widely appreciated in her own day, her work has had an impact on modern photographers, especially her closely cropped portraits.

Although the portraits and legends changed with the political changes in France, the denomination remained in usage until the First World War under what was known as the Latin Monetary Union, the " Euro before the Euro ", so-to-speak.

Although interest in Ancient Egypt steadily increased after that period, further finds of mummy portraits did not become known before the early 19th century.

Although little was known about their archaeological find contexts, Graf went as far as to ascribe the portraits to known Ptolemaic pharaohs by analogy with other works of art, mainly coin portraits.

Although they continued to lavishly spend money on representation, they favoured public appearances, like games and festivals, over the production of portraits.

Although there were Futurist portraits ( e. g. Carrà's Woman with Absinthe ( 1911 ), Severini's Self-Portrait ( 1912 ), and Boccioni's Matter ( 1912 )), it was the urban scene and vehicles in motion that typified Futurist painting — e. g. Boccioni's The Street Enters the House ( 1911 ), Severini's Dynamic Hieroglyph of the Bal Tabarin ( 1912 ), and Russolo's Automobile at Speed ( 1913 )

Although his portraits have created the classic idea of " Cavalier " style and dress, in fact a majority of his most important patrons in the nobility, such as Lord Wharton and the Earls of Bedford, Northumberland and Pembroke, took the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War that broke out soon after his death.

Although Commodus was excessive in his depiction of his image, this extreme case is indicative of the objective of many emperors in the exploitation of their portraits.

Although these emperors relied on traditional reverse types, their portraits often emphasized their authority through stern gazes, and even featured the bust of the emperor clad in armor.

Although best known for his portraits such as that of Charles VII of France Fouquet also created illuminations, and is thought to be the inventor of the portrait miniature.

Although the king died in exile and most Libyans were born after his reign, during the 2011 Libyan civil war, many demonstrators opposing Colonel Gaddafi carried portraits of the king, especially in the traditional Sanussi stronghold of Cyrenaica.

Although best known for his portraits, he also carried out religious paintings and architectural work, including plans for Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal in 1803, and was a surveyor.

Although the gospels do not provide enough details to satisfy the demands of modern historians regarding exact dates, scholars have used them to reconstruct a number of portraits of Jesus.

Although a Constructivist architect and designer, Janco was still identifiable as an Expressionist in his ink-drawn portraits of writers and in some of his canvasses.

Although Strand is best known for his early abstractions, his return to still photography in this later period produced some of his most significant work in the form of six book ‘ portraits ’ of place: Time in New England ( 1950 ), La France de Profil ( 1952 ), Un Paese ( featuring photographs of Luzzara and the Po River Valley in Italy, 1955 ), Tir a ' Mhurain / Outer Hebrides ( 1962 ), Living Egypt ( 1969 ) and Ghana: an African portrait ( 1976 ).

Although trained by Kanō Shigesato of the Kanō school, he was more influenced by the traditions of the Tosa school, and signed a late series of portraits of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals ( 1640 ) commissioned by the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu for a temple as " the artist Matabei of the later current from Tosa Mitsunobu ".

Although the first area is a replica of Castle Doom, players can tell something is wrong by a few minor details ( such as the carnival-like music playing, treasure chests with mallets that pop out, skeletons with clown noses, broken pillars revealing striped poles, and portraits of Dr. Doom wearing Arcade-like wigs, even though Arcade appears blond instead of redheaded in his in-game portraits ).

Although the German invasion successfully conquered large areas of Soviet territory, the overall strategic effects were more limited.

Although no Soviet critics had read the banned novel, Doctor Zhivago was pilloried in the State-owned press.

Although perestroika was considered bold in the context of Soviet history, Gorbachev's attempts at economic reform were not radical enough to restart the country's chronically sluggish economy in the late 1980s.

Although some of the new movements aspired to replace the Soviet system altogether with a liberal democratic one, others demanded independence for the national republics.

Although some EPLF cadres at one time espoused a Marxist ideology, Soviet support for Mengistu had cooled their ardor.

Although nominally a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, after the 1974 revolution, Ethiopia moved into a close relationship with the Soviet Union and its allies and supported their international policies and positions until the change of government in 1991.

Although he left the party in 1956 over the Soviet invasion of Hungary, he nevertheless remained a " historian in the Marxist tradition ," calling for a rebellion against Stalinism as a prerequisite for the restoration of communists ' " confidence in our own revolutionary perspectives ".

Although the 140 mm gun was considered a real interim solution it was decided after the fall of the Soviet Union that the increase in muzzle energy was not worth the increase in weight, and therefore more money was poured into research programs that could augment the muzzle energy of existing guns to match the 140 mm gun without the incrementing weight disadvantages.

Although many shelters still exist, some even being used as museums, virtually all fallout shelters have been decommissioned since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Although he was never a Trotskyist, he was strongly influenced by the Trotskyist and anarchist critiques of the Soviet regime, and by the anarchists ' emphasis on individual freedom.

Although the term Gulag originally referred to a government agency, the acronym acquired the qualities of a common noun, denoting: the Soviet system of prison-based, unfree labor — including specific labor, punishment, criminal, political, and transit camps for men, women, and children.

Although the Soviet government denied these charges as recently as 1987, in recent years the Russian government has acknowledged the practice.

Although Stalin had received warnings from spies and his generals, he felt that Germany would not attack the Soviet Union until Germany had defeated Britain.

Although figures vary, the Soviet civilian death toll probably reached 20 million.

Although accounting for only one-third of 1 % of the territory, Latvia was responsible for 11 % of all artificially drained land in the former Soviet Union.

Although most felt the Russian Revolution was working class in character, they believed that, since capitalist relations still existed ( because the workers had no say in running the economy ), the Soviet Union ended up as a state capitalist country, with the state replacing the individual capitalist.

Although badly outnumbered, he escaped destruction from pursuing Bolshevik forces and laid siege to Ekaterinodar, the capital of the Kuban Soviet Republic, on 10 April.

Although he had no compunctions about using political terror to achieve his ends when it logically benefited him, the purge affected all aspects of the Soviet state and forced Beria to sacrifice several of his loyalists, thus actually undermining his attempts to create a stable personal power base in Georgia.

Although he did not become a full member until 1946, he was already one of the senior leaders of the Soviet state.

Although he had never held a traditional military command, Beria made a significant contribution to the victory of the Soviet Union in World War II through his organization of wartime production and his use of partisans.

Although delegates from the Soviet Union and Comintern had attended, the first congress ignored Lenin's advice by refusing to accept a temporary alliance between the communists and the " bourgeois democrats " who also advocated national revolution ; instead they stuck to the orthodox Marxist belief that only the urban proletariat could lead a socialist revolution.

Although some proponents of mobile warfare — such as J. F. C. Fuller — advocated building " tank fleets ", others — such as Heinz Guderian in Germany, Adna R. Chaffee Jr. in the United States, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the Soviet Union — recognized that tank units required close support from infantry and other arms, and that these supporting arms needed to maintain the same pace as the tanks.

Although the border issue remained unresolved as of late 1987, China and the Soviet Union agreed to consider the northeastern sector first.

Although perestroika did, in fact, cause social unrest, it also gave the Soviet Union a new direction of foreign policy that led to achieving greater political power than ever before.

Although Gorbachev returned to his position as Soviet president, events began to bypass him.