Although the global financial crisis from 2007 to 2010 affected sales and exports, the industry has rebounded with companies posting record profits for 2010.

Although most of Seattle's major sports teams endured poor seasons during 2008, the Storm would be the only standout team in Seattle that year, posting a franchise-best 22 – 12 record and finishing with a 16 – 1 record at home, also a franchise-best.

Although Duval was soon to reclaim his seat, Sainz's two rallies back in the Citroën impressed many, with the now 43-year-old Spaniard posting fourth and third finishing positions respectively.

Although his site was fairly obscure at the time, several media outlets took notice, and within a day of his posting the video it was featured on Special Report with Brit Hume.

Although banks, insurance companies and other similar institutions are usually the sureties on other types of contracts ( for example, to bond a contractor who is under a contractual obligation to pay for the completion of a construction project ) such entities are reluctant to put their depositors ' or policyholders ' funds at the kind of risk involved in posting a bail bond.

Although the film was extremely successful ( posting a 300 % profit by grossing a million and a half dollars ), Curwood was infuriated with Nell because she changed the scenario of his short story.

Although he finished the Sabres ' 1971 – 72 season with just 8 wins in 36 games, Crozier coached the Sabres to a playoff berth the following season, posting a winning record of 37 – 27 – 14.

Although Urawa is not far from Tokyo, it suffered less damage than to Tokyo, Yokohama, and other cities in Kantō region, so many intellectuals, especially painters, moved to Urawa, and this old posting station started to change into a modern city.

Although by the terms of use posting ads recruiting for egg donors on the message forums and other areas of the Craigslist site are not permitted paid advertisements on Craigslist do allow the posting of Donor Egg Recruitment.

Although his performance was inconsistent and he competed for playing time with Jamal Crawford, he showed signs of promise including posting a triple-double in a win over his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets.

Although never posting a winning season, they did make the playoffs in two of their three seasons.

Although he led the league in runs scored and triples again, he slumped to a career-low. 300 batting average.

Although he tried to play through a shoulder injury that required significant surgery to repair, he batted a career-low. 197, with a career-low. 279 on base percentage, in 132 at bats.

Although it was the first season McDowell had posted a strikeout rate of less than 9, he also posted a career-low BB / 9 at 3. 2, and for the first time did not lead the league in total walks allowed without missing time due to injuries or time in the minors, finishing sixth with 102.

Although his single-season assists records was surpassed by Hurley's freshman, sophomore and senior season totals, it still stands as a record for a Duke junior.

Although Super Bowl XXIX was viewed by 125. 2 million people and had a Nielsen rating of 41. 3, Super Bowl XXVI three years earlier was seen by 119. 7 million viewers and recorded a 40. 3 rating.

Although the XFL began with better-than-expected TV ratings ( the opening-week games actually delivered ratings double those of what NBC had promised advertisers and the Saturday broadcast had more viewers than the NFL Pro Bowl ) and fair publicity, the audience declined sharply after the first week of the season, going from a 9. 5 rating to a 4. 6 in just one week, and the media attacked the league for what was perceived as a poor quality of play.

Although the new rating was rejected, all states and territories agreed in a review of the OFLC's guidelines to introduce the new, tighter content restrictions in the " X " category.

Although slope gradient is the primary consideration in assigning a trail rating, other factors come into play — including trail width, normal snow conditions and whether or not the resort regularly grooms the trail.

Although severe weather is unusual and generally forecast, it has claimed several lives over the years, including a party of five soldiers and one naval rating, caught in a week long storm while undergoing winter survival training in 1990.

Although Krantz, in an attempt to get the film an R rating, prepared different versions of scenes involving sex and violence, Heavy Traffic was rated X.

Although acknowledging the human propensity and tendency to ego rating as innate, he has critiqued the philosophy of self-esteem as unrealistic, illogical and self-and socially destructive – often doing more harm than good.

Although AMD used the PR rating in its early K5 chips, it soon abandoned the PR rating with the introduction of the K6.

Although most psychological tests are " rating scale " or " free response " measures, psychological assessment may also involve the observation of people as they complete activities.

Although this rating system was only used by the Royal Navy, British authors might still use " third rate " to speak of a French 74 ( although the French Navy had its own system of five rates or rangs ).

Although Collins ' character was absent from the season six opener the show garnered a 28. 1 rating since viewers wanted to see who survived the season five cliffhanger.

Although the first episode of season seven premiered with a high Neilsen rating of a 20. 1, the constant storyline changes lead to Dynasty falling out of the neilsen's top 20 to # 24.

Although he supports animal rights groups, Van Hollen is not a supporter of organizations which aim to protect the rights of sportsmen and animal owners, and received an approval rating of 0 % from the Sportsmen's and Animal Owner ' Voting Alliance ( SAOVA ).

Although no rating category will cease to exist, Total will replace the other categories for rating-based invitations and byes.

Although Brad Dourif was again praised for his voice-acting of Chucky, the film holds a " rotten " rating of 23 % on Rotten Tomatoes.

Although, it received mixed audience reviews with a rating of 44 %.

Although critics speculated that Lil ' Kim's manager was dating Dave Mays, this was the first time that a female rapper ever received the highest rating in the magazine.

Although Heavy Traffic received an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, more theaters were willing to screen adult-oriented animated features because of the success of Fritz the Cat, and Heavy Traffic was a box office success.

Although PC Magazine initially rated it highly in 2003, their rating declined to " poor " in 2008:

Although the series had maintained fairly strong ratings throughout its run, averaging an 8. 5 rating and 29 % share, LIAMST struggled against NBC's Another World, one of daytime's most popular programs.

Although the Marine Corps is under the auspices of the Navy, regulations for rating the GWOT are the same as those who serve on active duty.

Although he was originally assigned to play the bugle, Sergeant Cole repeatedly requested that his rating be changed from field musician to machine-gunner.

Although patients are encouraged to wash their hands, avoid sick people, and take other infection-reducing steps, about 85 % of infections are due to naturally occurring microorganisms in the patient's own gastrointestinal tract ( including oral cavity ) and skin.

Although in 1899 Standard Oil controlled more than 85 % of the oil production in the older oil regions in the Appalachian Basin and the Lima-Indiana trend, it never controlled more than 10 % of the oil production in the new Gulf Coast province.

Although this acquisition united some 85 percent of the Romanian-speaking population of Eastern Europe into one nation, it left a considerable number of ethnic Hungarians under Romanian rule.

Although a small country, São Tomé and Príncipe has four national languages: Portuguese ( the official language, spoken by 95 % of the population ), and the Portuguese-based creoles Forro ( 85 %), Angolar ( 3 %) and Principense ( 0. 1 %).

Although approximately 85 % of its population is Catholic, County Donegal also has a sizeable Protestant minority.

Although not designed for speeds over Mach 0. 85, it was taken supersonic during a dive by test pilot Janusz Żurakowski in December, 1952.

Although there are currently over 4, 000 Chinese surnames (, xìng ) in use in China, the colloquial expression for the " Chinese people " is the Bǎi Xìng (, " The Hundred Names ") and a mere hundred surnames still make up over 85 % of China's 1. 3 billion citizens.

Although when bought in advance online ( at http :// www. gatwickexpress. com /), prices are discounted ( adult: £ 16. 85 single, £ 27. 90 return ; child: £ 8. 40 single, £ 13. 95 return ).

Although the physical Earth has excursions of + 8, 000 m ( Mount Everest ) and − 11, 000 m ( Mariana Trench ), the geoid's total variation is less than 200 m (− 106 to + 85 m ) compared to a perfect mathematical ellipsoid.

Although it's worth noting that, had the Richard Trophy existed during the years they completed their Hart-Pearson-Art Ross sweeps, Lafleur would have achieved the four award sweep once ( 1977 – 78 ), Lemieux twice ( 1987 – 88 and 1995 – 96 ) and Gretzky five times ( 1981 – 82, 1982 – 83, 1983 – 84, 1984 – 85 and 1986 – 87 ).

Although this was a deliberate choice by writer Roy Thomas, it created confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of Avengers # 85 and # 141 ( Nov. 1975 ) claimed the issues featured appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues.

Although Saab engineers liked the two-stroke engine it was decided that a four-stroke engine was necessary and the choice was a 1. 75 L ( later 1. 85 L ) engine from Triumph, the same Triumph Slant-4 engine used in the Triumph Dolomite, but the Saab version was fitted with a Zenith-Stromberg CD carburetor developed specially for Saab.

Although the war had been declared over many times before in previous decades, records show that the last time the Mexican army considered it necessary to take by force one of the area's villages which had never recognized Mexican law was in April 1933, when five Maya and two Mexican soldiers died in the battle for the village of Dzula – the last skirmish of a conflict lasting over 85 years.

Although 85 chicks from the 289 Whooping Crane eggs transplanted into Sandhill Crane nests learned to migrate, the Whooping Cranes failed to mate with other Whooping Cranes due to imprinting on their Sandhill foster parents ; the project was discontinued in 1989.

Although David Sainsbury controls the largest family shareholding of 5. 85 %, and Lord Sainsbury controls just under 3 %, the beneficial holding of David Sainsbury is only 0. 57 %, compared with 1. 6 % for JD Sainsbury.

Although sometimes too warm for salmonids, the main stem Rogue is relatively clean, ranking between 85 and 97 ( on a scale of 0 to 100 ) on the Oregon Water Quality Index ( OWQI ).

Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film ( Boudu sauvé des eaux ), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85.

Although SR 85 mainly passes through suburban Bay Area cities, it does have several points of interest.

Although the Juniors remained number one in the midweek charts, the single dipped over the weekend and managed to sell 73, 000 copies, compared to the Sugababes ' 85, 000.

Although chapter 85 of the Vishnu Smriti lists as many as fifty-two places of pilgrimage, including towns, lakes, rivers, mountains, etc., it does not include Ayodhya in this list.

Although 95 % of São Tomeans speak Portuguese, Forro is one of the national languages of the country, spoken by 85 % of the inhabitants of São Tomé Island, or 81. 7 % of the country ’ s population.

Although Spencer was able to compete in the 84 / 85 season, it was clear that the illness was affecting his form.

Although it started only on three routes, this service has been expanded to include routes 1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 14, 85, 95, 96, 97, 99 101, 102, 105, 118, the O-Train, all articulated ( long ) buses and several new Invero low-floor buses ( in addition, bike racks do randomly end up on other routes from time to time ).

Although the center of the storm was offshore, the outer rain bands brought heavy rains that caused serious flash flooding which killed 107 people ( 85 of them in Humacao ).