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Although this kind of wholesale objection came at first from some men who were not technically Puritans, still, once the Puritans gained power, they climaxed the affair by passing the infamous ordinance of 1642 which decreed that all `` public stage-plays shall cease and be forborne ''.
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 we are still far from a complete understanding of these problems, as a first approximation, it is suggested that alterations in the hypothalamic balance with consequent changes in the hypothalamic-cortical discharges account for major changes in behavior seen in various moods and states of emotions in man and beast under physiological circumstances, in experimental and clinical neurosis, and as the result of psychopharmacological agents.
Although the government was probably prepared for elections by mid-1958, the first decision was no doubt made more difficult as party strife multiplied.
Although the pause in the advance of general business activity this year has thus far been quite modest, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the softening process will continue into the first quarter of 1961 and possibly somewhat longer.
Although it is not possible to sunder old and new in this era, I shall consider in the present chapter primarily the first decades of the eighth century and shall interpret them as an apogee of the first stage of Greek civilization.
Although the first polyether foams on the market had to be produced by the two-step prepolymer method, today, thanks to new catalysts, they can be produced by a one-shot technique.
Although slab stock appeared first, it soon became apparent that for the production of cushions with irregular shapes, crowned contours, or rounded edges, the cutting of slab stock is a wasteful and uneconomical process.
Although it was at the Battle of The Little Horn, about which more words have been written than any other battle in American history, that the 7th Cavalry first made its mark in history, the regiment was ten years old by then.
Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly.
Although americium was likely produced in previous nuclear experiments, it was first intentionally synthesized, isolated and identified in late autumn 1944, at the University of California, Berkeley by Glenn T. Seaborg, Leon O. Morgan, Ralph A. James, and Albert Ghiorso.
Although it had at first been somewhat established in many colonies, in 1861 it was ruled that, except where specifically established, the Church of England had just the same legal position as any other church.
Although popular from her first appearance in 1930, Jane Marple had to wait thirty-two years for her first big-screen appearance.
Although an explanation for the phenomenon was not provided until 1919, duralumin was one of the first " age hardening " alloys to be used, and was soon followed by many others.
Although Andean Amerindian peoples crafted ceremonial jewelry of gold and other metals the mineralizations of the Andes were first mined in large scale after the Spanish arrival.
Although Amasis thus appears first as champion of the disparaged native, he had the good sense to cultivate the friendship of the Greek world, and brought Egypt into closer touch with it than ever before.
Although English has no official status in the Constitution, Australian English is Australia's de facto official language and is the first language of the majority of the population.
Although he is sometimes regarded as among the first and most influential architects of Nordic modernism, a closer examination of the historical facts reveals that Aalto ( while a pioneer in Finland ) closely followed and had personal contacts with other pioneers in Sweden, in particular Gunnar Asplund and Sven Markelius.
Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.
Although Dürer made no innovations in these areas, he is notable as the first Northern European to treat matters of visual representation in a scientific way, and with understanding of Euclidean principles.
Although anthems were written in the Elizabethan period by Tallis ( 1505 – 1585 ), Byrd ( 1539 – 1623 ), and others, they are not mentioned in the Book of Common Prayer until 1662, when the famous rubric " In quires and places where they sing here followeth the Anthem " first appears.
Although myths and speculation about a Terra Australis (" Southern Land ") date back to antiquity, the first confirmed sighting of the continent of Antarctica is commonly accepted to have occurred in 1820 by the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on Vostok and Mirny.
Although those of many marine species function first as males and then as females, their colonies always contain a combination of zooids that are in their male and female stages.

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Although this adds overhead due to the extra information stored about the pointer, it improves safety and security.
Although the effort avoided by these ploys is tiny, it is still a significant component of the overhead of performing each step of the search, which is small.
Although this topology places a huge overhead on the central hub, with adequate capacity, the hub can handle very high utilization by one device without affecting others.
Although this use of " trolley " for tram was not adopted in Europe, the term was associated with " trolleybus ": a rubber-tyred vehicle without tracks, which draws its power from overhead wires.
" " Although it is theoretically possible to calculate profits for any sub -( venture ), such as a product or region, often the calculations are rendered suspect by the need to allocate overhead costs.
Although the layout remained the same, the body was all new, as was the engine, being equipped with four overhead camshafts, a higher capacity ( 3495 cc ) and an output close to.
Although Packard was still in fair financial shape, Studebaker was not, struggling with high overhead and production costs and needing the impossible figure of 250, 000 cars a year to break even.
Although Oldham had a thriving economy during the 19th century, the local merchants were broadly reluctant to spend on civic institutions, and so the town lacks the grandeur seen in comparable nearby towns like Bolton or Huddersfield ; public expenditure was seen as an overhead that undermined the competitiveness of the town.
Although the Chevette was largely a rebadged Opel Kadett C with revised front-end ( detailed below ), it did use the 1256 cc overhead valve ( OHV ) engine of the Viva instead of the Kadett's units, which were produced by Opel.
Although LoD may increase the maintainability and " adaptiveness " of a software system, it results in having to write many wrapper methods to propagate methods calls to its components ( which can add noticeable time and space overhead ).
Although much of it originated as part of the North London Railway, the current route is the result of a series of amalgamations, closures and re-openings ; and has a mixed third-rail and overhead electrical power supply.
Although a certain overhead is involved, it may be justified in the long run by ensuring fast execution of later operations.
Although the Midland Railway lines from Lancaster to Morecambe and Heysham had been the first to be converted using overhead lines, the LB & SCR lines eventually covered a far greater length of electrified track.
Although the overhead involved in this dispatch mechanism is low, it may still be significant for some application areas that the language was designed to target.
Although Jojima's force later heard Scott's floatplanes overhead while unloading along the north shore of Guadalcanal, they failed to report this to Gotō.
Although most multi-valve engines have overhead camshafts, either SOHC or DOHC, a multivalve engine may be a pushrod overhead valve engine ( OHV ) design.
Although successfully tested between Newport and Shildon using the overhead power supply, No. 13 was destined to be unlucky as it never did the job for which it was designed.
Although Gallacher had his back to goal and with a defender bearing down on him, he quickly saw the danger and scored with an overhead kick.
Although things have improved, in October 2005 it was announced that 1 km of APS tramway was to be converted to overhead wires.
Although apparently designed for overhead ground wires, none are currently present.
Although this does prevent any other process from accessing the file, it can be more efficient than individually locking a large number of regions in the file by removing the overhead of acquiring and releasing each lock.
Although Preston lost the Third Division playoff final 4-2 to Wycombe Wanderers, Bryson himself scored with a spectacular overhead kick.
Although almost every form of high-speed rail is electrically driven via overhead lines, this is not necessarily a defining aspect and other forms of propulsion, such as diesel locomotives, may be used.

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