Although MacDougall's results varied considerably from " 21 grams ", for some people this figure has become synonymous with the measure of a soul's mass.

Although the vocalists varied, a small number of musicians worked with the Alan Parsons Project regularly.

Although the emperor has been a symbol of continuity with the past, the degree of power exercised by the emperor of Japan has varied considerably throughout Japanese history.

Although the diameter of hail is varied, in the United States, the average observation of damaging hail is between 2. 5 cm ( 1 in ) and golf ball-sized ( 1. 75 in ).

Although the themes, events and characters of the Arthurian legend varied widely from text to text, and there is no one canonical version, Geoffrey's version of events often served as the starting point for later stories.

Although the island is not particularly large, it is geographically varied, with high, steep mountains rising abruptly from low-lying coastal plains.

Although the style and form of Chinese historical writings varied through the ages, Shiji has defined the quality and style from then onwards.

Although features and design varied between manufacturers and models, with new features added as technology advanced, word processors for several years usually featured a monochrome display and the ability to save documents on memory cards or diskettes.

Although there is an extreme scarcity of data from Australia ( for both the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age ) evidence from wave-built shingle terraces for a permanently full Lake Eyre during the 9th and 10th centuries is consistent with this La Niña-like configuration, though of itself inadequate to show how lake levels varied from year to year or what climatic conditions elsewhere in Australia were like.

Although the proposed years varied, all versions agreed that the city was founded on April 21, the day of the festival sacred to Pales, goddess of shepherds ; in her honour, Rome celebrated the Par ilia ( or Palilia ).

Although only 25 % of Halley's surface was imaged in detail during the flyby missions, they revealed an extremely varied topography, with hills, mountains, ridges, depressions, and at least one crater.

Although organization in neoclassical ballet is more varied, the focus on structure is a defining characteristic of neoclassical ballet.

Although formally the Son of Heaven ( 天子, pinyin: tiānzǐ ), where the Heaven refers to the celestial heavens or the universe, the power of the emperor varied between emperors and dynasties, with some emperors being absolute rulers and others being figureheads with actual power lying in the hands of court factions, eunuchs, the bureaucracy or noble families.

Although he gave Penguin's books ( particularly the Pelican range ) a unified look and enforced many of the typographic practices that are taken for granted today, he allowed the nature of each work to dictate its look, with varied covers and title pages.

Although persons and groups form coalitions for many and varied reasons, the most common purpose is to combat a common threat or to take advantage of a certain opportunity ; hence, the often-temporary nature of coalitions.

Although the content of the messages varied, they all emphasized that taxation of the colonies without colonial assent was a violation of their rights.

Although his first season in the Italian Sport Production Championship was varied, he achieved a pole position in the season's final race at Misano, where he would ultimately finish on the podium.

Although the size of the board and the number of pieces varied, all games involved a distinctive 2: 1 ratio of pieces, with the lesser side having a king-piece which started in the centre.

Although Branson retains complete ownership and control of the Virgin Brand, the commercial set-up of companies using it is varied and complex.

Although there are several distinct forms, the number of species has varied between two and seven, with three currently recognised.

Although individual tanks from other armies ( such as the Necrons ) may sport more firepower and / or armor than those of the Imperial Guard, the Guard has, overall, the most powerful armored force ( or, at least, the most varied ).

Although, the exact pattern of episodes shown a week varied over the course of Channel 5's run, episodes were typically shown roughly five times a week in a 04: 40 slot ( the run did briefly move to a late night slot, with varying times but typically around 23: 30, but this soon reverted back to the 04: 40 slot, reportedly after complaints from ITV that it clashed with their own various runs of later episodes on assorted regions .).

-Age distributions not reflective of the general population instead favoring older more conservative age groups ( Although the over all effect of this is unknown as approval and disapproval varied significantly throughout age groups without clear trend towards changing attitudes with age ).

Although his client range is varied, he is a controversial figure for often representing unpopular clients ( such as those accused or convicted of crimes ) and acting as an agent to people selling " kiss-and-tell " stories to tabloid newspapers.

Although there are few examples of such systems competitive with traditional analysis techniques, potential advantages include size / portability, speed, and cost.

Although local police were surprised by the size of N30, law enforcement agencies have since reacted worldwide to prevent the disruption of future events by a variety of tactics, including sheer weight of numbers, infiltrating the groups to determine their plans, and preparations for the use of force to remove protesters.

Although only half the size and population of West Berlin, East Berlin included most of the historic center of the city.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

Although the isosahedral structure is extremely common among viruses because of size differences slight variations exist between virions.

Although most manufacturers of hard disk drives and flash-memory disk devices define 1 gigabyte as, software like Microsoft Windows reports size in gigabytes by dividing the total capacity in bytes by, while still reporting the result with the symbol " GB ".

Although size distinctions were taken account of, any grouping of men on a mission could collectively be called an impi, whether a raiding party of 100 or horde of 10, 000.

Although IPv6 packet headers are at least twice the size of IPv4 packet headers, packet processing by routers is generally more efficient, thereby extending the end-to-end principle of Internet design.

Although at some points in history they have been used as watchdogs, unlike some breeds, the Irish Wolfhound is usually unreliable in this role as they are often friendly toward strangers, although their size can be a natural deterrent.

Although knitting needle diameter is often measured in millimeters, there are several different size systems, particularly those specific to the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan ; a conversion table is given at knitting needle.

Although there is no strict size definition, a small loch is often known as a lochan ( so spelled also in Scottish Gaelic ; in Irish it is spelled lochán ).

Although monopolies may be big businesses, size is not a characteristic of a monopoly.

Although constitutively expressed proteasomes can participate in this process, a specialized complex composed of proteins whose expression is induced by interferon gamma produces peptides of the optimal size and composition for MHC binding.

Although he came to power with army support, Amanullah alienated many army personnel by reducing both their pay and size of the forces and by altering recruiting patterns to prevent tribal leaders from controlling who joined the service.

Although the country is relatively small in size, it has the highest biodiversity per 10, 000 square km in Asia.

Although there was a brief public outcry regarding the high salary in comparison to the size of the country governed, the government's firm stance was that this raise was required to ensure the continued efficiency and corruption-free status of Singapore's " world-class " government.

Although its paper size is bigger, its style was copied from the British tabloids.

Although most medium-and large size cities have modern cable TV networks, Internet access is not available through them.

Although single large central vacuoles are most common, the size and number of vacuoles may vary in different tissues and stages of development.

Although the settlement was much reduced in size, the citadel remained occupied though it never regained its earlier importance.

Although the basic mechanism is well established, the capability to predict the onset in present and future devices requires better understanding of the damping mechanisms which determine the threshold island size, and of the mode coupling by which other instabilities ( such as sawteeth in tokamaks ) can generate seed islands.

Although the size of shield would vary due to personal preference and role, most were thin compared to common belief ( a misconception aided by the depiction of heavy shields in films ).

Although private maritime trade and official tribute missions from China had taken place in previous dynasties, the tributary fleet under the Muslim eunuch admiral Zheng He in the 15th century far surpassed all others in size.

Although early thinking was that a higher ratio of a cation's ion charge to the size, or the charge density, resulted in more solvation, this does not stand up to scrutiny for ions like iron ( III ) or lanthanides and actinides, which are readily hydrolyzed to form insoluble ( hydrous ) oxides.