Although the contract called for the purchase of 12 Kfirs and an option to purchase an additional 12, Ecuador acquired only the original group, at a price estimated at US $ 196 million.

Although the price of some platinum group metals can be much higher, gold has long been considered the most desirable of precious metals, and its value has been used as the standard for many currencies ( known as the gold standard ) in history.

Although little changed from the 48-215, marketing campaigns and price cuts kept FJ sales steady until a completely redesigned model was launched.

Although wage and price controls are sometimes used to control or prevent inflation, no episode of hyperinflation has been ended by the use of price controls alone.

Although hunted for food, this duck was considered to taste bad, would rot quickly and fetched a low price.

Although Tanenbaum wished for MINIX to be as accessible as possible to students, his publisher was not prepared to offer material ( such as the source code ) that could be copied freely, so a restrictive license requiring a nominal fee ( included in the price of Tanenbaum's book ) was applied as a compromise.

Although its high price tag kept it out of the mainstream gaming market, a strong game lineup likely contributed to the cult status of the Neo Geo, enabling it to outlast the more popular Sega Mega Drive / Genesis.

Although the import market has liberalized in recent years, the agricultural market has remained largely protectionist due to serious disparities in the price of domestic agricultural products such as rice with the international market.

Although he initially needed Watson to share the rent of his comfortable residence at 221B Baker Street, Watson reveals in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective ", when Holmes was living alone, that " I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms ," suggesting he had developed a good income from his practice, although it is seldom revealed exactly how much he charges for his services.

Although it is normal to regard the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied as functions of the price of the good, the standard graphical representation, usually attributed to Alfred Marshall, has price on the vertical axis and quantity on the horizontal axis, the opposite of the standard convention for the representation of a mathematical function.

Although Burton won in the end, the furor over the casting provoked enormous fan animosity, to the extent that Warner Brothers ' share price slumped.

Although the announced price was $ 850, 000, Pocklington actually paid $ 700, 000.

* Although the gold standard has brought long-run price stability, it has also historically been associated with high short-run price volatility.

Although price rises had also been high under Frei ( 27 % a year between 1967 and 1970 ), a basic basket of consumer goods rose by 120 % from 190 to 421 escudos in one month alone, August 1972.

Although sometimes used as a synonym for normal backwardation ( where a futures contract price is lower than the expected spot price at contract maturity ), it may also refer to the situation where a futures contract price is merely lower than the current spot price.

Although it may seem as if PPP and the law of one price are the same, there is a difference: the law of one price applies to individual commodities whereas PPP applies to the general price level.

Although, the change to Compressed Natural Gas ( CNG ) cars saved over 4000 premature deaths in 2009, their cheap price has spiked the total numbers of cars on the streets.

Although it never uses the term, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( The Mormon Church ) is episcopal, rather than presbyterian or congregational, in the sense that it has a strict hierarchy of leadership from the local bishop up to a single prophet / president, believed to be personally authorized and guided by Jesus Christ.

Although the Estonian orthography is generally guided by phonemic principles, with each grapheme corresponding to one phoneme, there are some historical and morphological deviations from this: for example the initial letter ' h ' in words, preservation of the morpheme in declension of the word ( writing b, g, d in places where p, k, t is pronounced )

Although they accept that some complex systems and organs can be explained by evolution, they claim that organs and biological features which are irreducibly complex cannot be explained by current models, and that an intelligent designer must have created life or guided its evolution.

Although it is a more complex technology, most rubber-tyred metro systems use quite simple techniques, in contrary to guided buses.

Although early film episodes showed her descending from her second-floor rooms in the saloon with Matt, or showed her or one of her girls leading a cowboy up to those same rooms, these scenes disappeared later on, and viewers were guided to see Miss Kitty just as a kindhearted businesswoman.

The visible church and its structures do exist but the church is more, as it is guided by the Holy Spirit: Although the juridical principles, on which the Church rests and is established, derive from the divine constitution given to it by Christ and contribute to the attaining of its supernatural end, nevertheless that which lifts the Society of Christians far above the whole natural order is the Spirit of our Redeemer who penetrates and fills every part of the Church.

Although the league campaign the following season did not live up the previous one, mainly due to the sale of key players, Burrows guided the Swans to Wembley for the first time in their history for the final of the Autoglass Trophy.

Although there is a man that monitors what questions are asked of it, he leaves the room when there are no guided tours and this is when Gloria enters.

Although Frederick Kemper was the founder of the school, Colonel Johnston guided the school through its largest period of growth and established its national reputation.

Although not able to open to the public the Centre owners are happy to take guided tours for individuals or groups of up to eight people on a pre-booked system.

Although only around 300 of Venice's roughly 1, 000 Jews still live in the Ghetto, many return there during the day for religious services in the two synagogues which are still used ( the other three are only used for guided tours, offered by the Jewish Community Museum ).

Although it has been said that both men had been taught at school by the same teacher, who encouraged their theatrical abilities, the fact is that Baker was taught, guided and mentored by Glyn Morse in Ferndale while Burton was mentored by Philip Burton.

Although she was not guided in her selections by the political or ideological persuasions of the poets, Forché believes the sharing of painful experience to be radicalizing, returning the poet to an emphasis on community rather than the individual ego.

Although formed in London and guided by two British born artists ( Hall and Rakozci ) the group has been described as " an Irish phenomenon " by the Irish art expert Dr. S B Kennedy.

Although the Marquis of Este, guided by his cousin Matilda, continued firm in the Pope's interests, his son Welf, who had succeeded to the Bavarian states, and whose views were more immediately directed to Germany, supported the emperor.

The visible Church and its structures do exist but the Church is more, she is guided by the Holy Spirit: " Although the juridical principles, on which the Church rests and is established, derive from the divine constitution given to it by Christ and contribute to the attaining of its supernatural end, nevertheless that which lifts the Society of Christians far above the whole natural order is the Spirit of our Redeemer who penetrates and fills every part of the Church ".

Although practically every member of his society except himself had fought through the war, and many, such as Hancock and W. F. Smith, were general officers of great distinction, it was from first to last maintained and guided by Ropes, who presented to it his military library and his collection of prints and medals.

Although Zhou's ideas have not yet been broadly accepted, leaders meeting in April at the 2009 G-20 London summit agreed to allow $ 250 billion of special drawing rights to be created by the IMF, to be distributed globally.

Although the summit of this mountain rests within the town of Mount Washington, its southern slope is located in Connecticut and is that state's highest elevation.

Although the canal was re-opened in March 1899, lack of water on the summit level soon closed it again, after which Gloucestershire County Council suggested that they take it over.

Although the western slope that the Cog Railway ascends is straightforward from base to summit, the mountain's other sides are more complex.

Although the highest elevation of the Sauerland is the Langenberg ( 843 m ) near Olsberg, the much more renowned summit, which is well known for the nearby skiing facilities, its weather station and observation tower, is the slightly lower Kahler Asten ( 842 m ) near Winterberg.

Although the goal of unification was not met, the summit leaders did ratify the Code, which regulated all aspects of nomadic life.

Although there is a significant net altitude gain this way, starting at a lower altitude allows the hiker time to acclimatize to the elevations of the trail rather than immediately having to tackle a 6, 000-foot ( 1, 800 m ) climb to the summit of Mount Whitney.

Although roughly 1, 000 volunteers perform most of the club's trail work, the club also employs a staff to handle day-to-day operations and a season staff of summit caretakers and the Long Trail Patrol which works on heavy duty projects on the trail.

Although the effects of altitude are severe ( atmospheric pressure is 40 % of sea-level at the summit ), the use of supplemental oxygen is not required.

Although further development of the summit for tourism was criticised, more and more members supported the construction of a larger hut.

Although the mountain is under, there is no easy way to the summit and bad weather commonly rebuffs most summit attempts.

: Although expedition leader, Bonington did not reach the summit of these peaks on these expeditions

Although Johann Rudolf Meyer claimed to have reached the summit on an attempt in 1812 with guides Arnold Abbühl, Joseph Bortes and Aloys Volker, it is now accepted — after the research of John Percy Farrar in the Alpine Journal — that Jakob Leuthold and Johann Währen ( guides to Franz Joseph Hugi ) were the first to reach the summit via the north-west ridge on 10 August 1829 ( Hugi and others remained just below the top ).

Although not mountaineers, during their honeymoon in Montana the couple were the first, on July 19, 1901, to reach the summit of the unclimbed southwest peak ( 2657 m or 8716 ft ) of Goat Mountain, between Lake McDonald and Logan Pass in what is now Glacier National Park.

Although the name Sgùrr Dearg refers to the mountain as a whole, references to the " summit " of Sgùrr Dearg are, unless otherwise qualified, generally taken to indicate the 978 metre top immediately below the Inaccessible Pinnacle on the north-western side.

Although rare in the eastern United States, there are petroglyphs near the summit of Paintlick Mountain.

Although Johnson and Kosygin failed to reach agreement on anything important, the generally amicable atmosphere of the summit was referred to as the " Spirit of Glassboro " and is seen to have improved Soviet-US relations.

Although Johnson and Kosygin failed to reach agreement on limiting anti-ballistic missile systems, the generally amicable atmosphere of the summit was referred to as the " Spirit of Glassboro ".

Although it is lower than the 7412 m summit, which Cooke did not ascend, it was considered at the time, and may still be considered, to be Kabru's highest point ; the higher summit was considered to be an unnamed summit along the ridge to Kangchenjunga.

Although they ascended the West face, and thereby became the first to reach the summit by that route, they chose the North Ridge ( first descended in 1936 by an Austrian team ) for their descent, which was made almost impossible by horrible weather.

Although there is some dispute over his age upon reaching the summit, it is widely accepted that he is the youngest person to have climbed the mountain until Jordan Romero scaled it on May 22, 2010.