Although the butterfly effect may appear to be an esoteric and unlikely behavior, it is exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill may roll into any of several valleys depending on, among other things, slight differences in initial position.

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

Although there is little clear contemporary account of him, virtually all Roman historians agree that Postumus was considered a rude and brutish sort ; Tacitus defended him, but his praise was slight: was the young, physically tough, indeed brutish, Agrippa Postumus.

Although Spike bears a slight resemblance, Wario was not to receive his true debut until 1992.

Although the battle at Nola was rather unimportant in regards to the Second Punic War as a whole, the victory was “ important from its moral effect, as the first check, however slight, that Hannibal had yet received .”

Although the daguerreotype process is usually said to have died out completely in the early 1860s, documentary evidence indicates that some slight use of it persisted more or less continuously throughout the following 150 years of its supposed extinction.

Although he introduces das silberne Zeitalter der römischen Literatur, " the Silver Age of Roman Literature ", 14 – 117 AD, from the death of Augustus to the death of Trajan, he also mentions regarding a section of a work by Seneca the Elder a wenig Einfluss der silbernen Latinität, a " slight influence of silver Latin.

Although lent to friends and family, and therefore in slight public circulation, Coke never formally published his entire Reports during his lifetime.

" Although John Milton and James Thomson seem to have interested him and a few of his verses show slight inspiration from Shakespeare and Thomas Gray, it would be an exaggeration to say Chénier studied English literature.

Although there are several slight variations, they generally state that it is Haile Selassie who embodies both God the Father and God the Son, while the Holy ( or rather, " Hola ") Spirit is to be found within Rasta believers ( see ' I and I '), and within every human being.

Although it was initially believed that Ozawa had a slight edge among DPJ members of parliament, in the final vote Kan garnered the support of 206 DPJ lawmakers to Ozawa's 200.

Although a slight worldwide increase in hypospadias was reported in the 1980s, studies in different countries and regions have yielded conflicting results and some registries have reported decreases.

Although the difference between the highest places on the table is usually very slight, the top colleges remain very competitive about their rankings on the Table.

Although she walked with a slight limp caused by polio, she was incredibly beautiful and the narrator was instantly attracted to her.

Although there is currently no method to completely eradicate the need for reading glasses in this group, it may be minimized by performing a variation of the LASIK procedure called " slight monovision.

Although the German language retained a slight predominance, the preservation of Czech language and culture was legally guaranteed.

Although the design results in a slight imbalance in the natural disposition of the mansion, it respects the placement of a central pavilion with three panels surmounted by a broken pediment bearing the arms of the owners.

Although there are slight differences between the states, the foreclosure process generally follows a timeline beginning with initial missed payments, moving to a sale being scheduled and finally a redemption period ( if available ).

Although no-till farming often causes a slight increase in soil bulk density, periodic tilling is not needed to “ fluff ” the soil back up.

Although both versions were arranged by Nelson Riddle, there are many slight but noticeable differences.

Although many in the mixed martial arts media either deemed the fight too close to call or gave a slight edge to the younger Ortiz, the fight was not nearly as close as originally expected.

Although several public opinion polls predicted that the 2006 election would result in either a strong Conservative minority or a slight majority, the Liberals enjoyed a last-minute surge but were unable to overtake the Conservatives.

Although a < sup > 2 </ sup >+ b < sup > 2 </ sup > will probably not equal 1, but some value r < sup > 2 </ sup > < 1, we can use a slight variation of the previous computation to find a so-called Givens rotation that transforms the column to

Although Thompson came up with a memorable performance for the last game of the regular season, scoring 73 points, Gervin maintained his slight lead by scoring 63 points ( including an NBA-record at the time 33 points in the second quarter ) in a loss in his last game of the season.

Although his promotion of anti-imperialism and world peace had all failed, and the Carnegie Endowment had not fulfilled his expectations, his beliefs and ideas on international relations had helped build the foundation of the League of Nations after his death, which took world peace to another level.

Although domestic opposition to the war was beginning to build, Australia's involvement in Vietnam still enjoyed majority popular support.

Although it was originally planned for the corniche road along Doha Bay, Pei convinced project coordinators to build a new island to provide the needed space.

Although it paid lip service to Mao and assigned political commissars aboard ships, the Navy continued to train, build, and maintain the fleets.

Although some do hand build, most western potters use throwing wheels while creating their raku piece.

Although many manufacturers licensed the design, including Citroën with their M35 and GS Birotor, using engines produced by Comotor, General Motors, which seems to have concluded that the Wankel engine was slightly more expensive to build than an equivalent reciprocating engine, although claiming having solved the fuel economy issue, but failed in obtaining acceptable exhaust emissions, and Mercedes-Benz which used it for their C111 concept car, only Mazda has produced Wankel engines in large numbers.

Although simpler to design and build, non-cache-coherent NUMA systems become prohibitively complex to program in the standard von Neumann architecture programming model.

Although he points out many problems and possible solutions in his paper, he does admit that there is still much to be done to build a strong social capital.

" Although the psychological or epistemological specifics given by Mill through which we build our logical apparatus may not be completely warranted, his explanation still nonetheless manages to demonstrate that there is no way around Kant's a priori logic.

Although the initial aim of humanoid research was to build better orthosis and prosthesis for human beings, knowledge has been transferred between both disciplines.

Although Compaq kept its BIOS proprietary, eventually the Phoenix BIOS and similar commercially-available products permitted computer makers to build essentially 100 %- compatible clones without having to reverse-engineer the IBM PC BIOS themselves.

Although some citizens believed Bowling Green was no longer the most practical or logical site for a new courthouse, the commissioners quickly decided to build the third courthouse on the site of the previous one in Bowling Green.

Although the Russian pioneers were skilled builders of river boats they lacked the knowledge and equipment to build sea-going vessels which meant that Okhotsk remained a coastal settlement and not a port.

Although the 405 remained in production, it was an expensive machine to build.

Although Hamburger Flugzeugbau re-emerged after the war and, under different names and ownerships, continued to build aircraft until the present day, this company has no more ties to the Blohm & Voss shipyards.

Although the 1st battalion was effectively disarmed of its heavy weapons when D / 116 suffered a disastrous landing, the build up at Dog White continued.

Although the species has a slender build, adult males have robust necks, chests, and shoulders.

Although many Toda have abandoned their traditional distinctive huts for concrete houses, a movement is now afoot to build tradition barrel-vaulted huts and during the last decade forty new huts have been built and many Toda sacred dairies renovated.

Although there were once plans to build a waterpark in this area, they were later abandoned and the site remains unused.

Although this was a major setback, Copán's rulers began to build monumental structures again within a few decades.

Although he stood only 5 ' 10 ", Bobby had a solid build and his playing weight was 185 pounds.

Although there were only a few houses and a gas station on the one-mile ( 1. 6 km )- square parcel of land when it was subdivided to build inexpensive houses for agricultural workers, Surprise has experienced tremendous growth in the years since .< ref >

Although many of the residents refrain from drinking alcohol because of religious beliefs, the area is becoming a popular area for winemakers to plant vineyards and build wineries.

Although the parish police jury had planned to build a courthouse in which public offices would be located with money from the sale of lots in the new town, a courthouse was not constructed in Sabine Parish until almost 40 years after the parish was created.

Although the " Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad ", was chartered in 1857, PM did not take over operations of the lines through plymouth, nor did it build anything along the lines, until during or after 1900, with the merger of three railroad lines-the " Flint and Pere Marquette ", the " Detroit, Grand Rapids and Western ", and the " Chicago and West Michigan " Railways.