Although a war baby, Jacobi describes his childhood as happy.

Although both had previously modded Doom levels in the past, Chex Quest was the first foray into professional game development for lead artist Charles Jacobi and programmer Scott Holman.

Although the term Nihilist was first used by the German theologian Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, its widespread usage began with the 1862 novel Fathers and Sons by the Russian author Ivan Turgenev.

Although Renaissance received no public funding, it partnered in 1988 with John Adams and the Birmingham Rep on a touring season of plays launched as Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road, with three classical actors making their directing debuts: Judi Dench with Much Ado About Nothing ; Geraldine McEwan with As You Like It ; and Derek Jacobi with Hamlet, which featured Branagh in the title role.

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 fortress had held only seven prisoners ( four forgers, two noblemen kept for immoral behavior, and a murder suspect ), the Bastille served as a potent symbol of everything hated under the Ancien Régime.

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 there would be no point in encoding the file that way, something similar typically happens for bi-color images: the minimum symbol width is 2, even if only values 0 and 1 are used.

Although the prefix kilo-means 1000, the term kilobyte and symbol kB have historically been used to refer to either 1024 ( 2 < sup > 10 </ sup >) bytes or 1000 ( 10 < sup > 3 </ sup >) bytes, dependent upon context, in the fields of computer science and information technology.

Although the national flag is meant to be a unique symbol for a country, many pairs of countries have highly similar and thus easily confusable flags.

Although not called " neutronium ", the National Nuclear Data Center's Nuclear Wallet Cards lists as its first " isotope " an " element " with the symbol n and atomic number Z = 0 and mass number A = 1.

Although the King has little direct power under the constitution and Thailand categorizes itself as a constitutional monarchy, the King is more than a symbol of national identity and unity.

Although the act of turning away the undead relies primarily on power of faith, a holy symbol is usually required as a focus for the divine power being invoked.

Although women were required to wear veils in many churches through at least the 19th century, the resurgence of the wedding veil as a symbol of the bride, and its use even when not required by the bride's religion, coincided with societal emphasis on women being modest and well-behaved.

Although descriptions ( and life-span ) vary, the Egyptian phoenix ( Bennu bird ) became popular in early Christian art, literature and Christian symbolism, as a symbol of Christ representing his resurrection, immortality, and life-after-death.

Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome.

Although Jerome, who produced the Latin Vulgate version of the Scriptures, used the word " sirens " to translate Hebrew tenim ( jackals ) in Isaiah 13: 22, and also to translate a word for " owls " in Jeremiah 50: 39, this was explained by Ambrose to be a mere symbol or allegory for worldly temptations, and not an endorsement of the Greek myth.

Although his status as " leader of the Arabs " was badly damaged by the Israeli victory over the Arab armies in the Six-Day War, as well as Egypt's failure to win the subsequent War of Attrition against Israel, many in the general Arab population still view Nasser as a symbol of Arab dignity and freedom.

" Although protesters are not specifically invoking pan-Arab nationalism, Nasser had become a " symbol of Arab dignity " during the mass demonstrations.

Although cartridge-filler fountain pens are still in common use in France, Germany, India and the United Kingdom, and are widely used by young students in most private schools in England and at least one private school in Scotland, a few modern manufacturers ( especially Montblanc and Visconti ) now depict the fountain pen as a collectible item or a status symbol, rather than an everyday writing tool.

Although the purported eye witness accounts have recently been questioned as improbable, this event became a notorious symbol of Chinese madness, known as the Taiyuan Massacre.

Although the LGBT community has seen much controversy regarding universal acceptance of different member groups ( bisexual and transgender individuals, in particular, have sometimes been marginalized by the larger LGBT community ), the term LGBT has been a positive symbol of inclusion.

Although they do not wield any political powers anymore, they are still a symbol of unity and continuance to their people.

Although in the United States the electric chair has become a symbol of the death penalty, its use is in decline due to the rise of lethal injection, which is widely believed to be a more humane method of execution.

Although in elections, all candidates stand under the Barisan Nasional symbol, and there is a Barisan Nasional manifesto, each individual constituent party also issues its own manifesto, and there is intra-coalition competition for seats prior to nomination day.

Although football has traditionally been the more popular sport in North Wales, rugby union is seen as a symbol of Welsh identity and an expression of national consciousness.

Although Low described him as " a symbol of stupidity ", he added that " stupid people are quite nice ".

Although gay men are the most visible symbol of the leather community, in 2010 there are numerous women who identify as leatherwomen-and women have the International Ms. Leather ( IMsL ) event as their corollary to International Mr. Leather ( IML ).

Although quantum computers may be faster than classical computers, those described above can't solve any problems that classical computers can't solve, given enough time and memory ( however, those amounts might be practically infeasible ).

Although Dave and Kay love each other, they know they can't be together because Dave cannot provide Kay with the kind of lifestyle she desires.

Although he continued to work with William Shatner in the Star Trek movies, in private life Doohan didn't care for him, and was once quoted as saying " I like Captain Kirk, but I can't say that I'm very fond of Bill ," declining to be interviewed by Shatner for Shatner's first Star Trek: Memories book about the show.

Although Murray tries to avoid returning to work, he finds himself in a dilemma: if he wishes to keep his nephew, he must swallow his dignity and go back to work ; on the other hand, he can't let go of Nick until he thinks the boy has shown some backbone ; he " wants a little guts to show.

Although he's very brave, he can't actively participate because he's still a young boy.

Although Jude wishes to attend the university, he can't afford to get his degree and is thereby shut out from having any economic mobility out of the working class.

Although this latter reading has the same meaning as the former in principle, in a complement of result it simply indicates inability with some verbs ( for example, 受不了, to be unable to stand ( tolerate ) something or someone, as in " I can't stand it !").

Although Madison warns him that if he comes to live in the sea he can't return, he jumps into the water after her and they elude their pursuers.

Although you can't hurt a person's astral form, if two or more users are both astral then they can do damage to each other ( As seen when Chow fought Jackie ) and the user's body is susceptible to all damage when the astral user returns to the body ( i. e. Hak Foo during his fight with Tohru ).

Although he can't talk, Chris has the ability to telepathically speak to all of D's animals as well as the Count and Leon.

Although the unconscious can't be studied by using direct approaches it is according to Jung, at least, a useful hypothesis.

Although SMBus devices usually can't identify their functionality, a new PMBus coalition has extended SMBus to include conventions allowing that.

Although demons normally can't handle human emotions, the Source maintained that he needed Phoebe's love because without it, Cole's soul would die and he would cease to exist but that was only a ploy because he did not want to say that Cole and Phoebe's love would survive decades and eternities no matter what happened.

Although this tinkering drives Yossarian mad, any idea of harming Orr is so absurd that Yossarian can't follow through with it.

Although you can't breathe in because then you will inhale the flames and die.

Although Sam Vimes and the ship's captain see the sense of this, they can't believe that someone in love could be so sensible.

Although it is unknown whether or not Ramaphosa will run for President of the ANC, he attempted to quiet the speculation by responding to Hanekom's comment by stating " You can't read anything what he said.

Although Betty appears to be dating Michele who came to visit her, she still can't get over Armando.

Although the number of sentences required for a 30 minute conversation is said to be greater than the number of particles in the universe, it is clear that such a machine could at least logically exist ( this makes for a purely theoretical argument which can't be applied in practice ).

Although he can't always understand what is going on, he sometimes shows much more human-like behaviour, such as being able to walk on his hind feet, play soccer, or dance.

Although these units can't fire quite as well as regular artillery, they're useful for getting the battle going quickly when used with Cavalry on the first battle turn.

Although bullets can't hurt the invaders, they are defenceless against a pair of German shepherd dogs that the posse has.