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Even before the lock canal decision was made, Major George Washington Goethals ( United States Army Corps of Engineers ), the chief engineer from 1907 to 1914 of the construction effort, had already carried out an investigation under John Frank Stevens ( chief engineer, 1905 – 1907 ) into determining the suitability of the land at Gatun for the building of a large dam there.
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`` Even when the islands were under German mandate before World War 1,, Europeans gave Eromonga a wide berth.
Even so, Edward's ambassadors can scarcely have foreseen that five years of unremitting work lay ahead of them before peace was finally made and that when it did come the countless embassies that left England for Rome during that period had very little to do with it.
Even before the century was out the tide of reaction had set in.
Even before the benches had dried, the Civil War veterans were straggling back to their places.
Even some of the queens will die before the winter is over, falling prey to enemies or disease.
Even before his death this influence had begun to ebb.
Even before he saw the necessity of growing better food and planning good nutrition, Mr. Clark felt the school had a good health program.
Even a city of thirty thousand might have six baseball teams, sponsored by grocers and hardware merchants or department stores, that played two or three times a week throughout the summer, usually in the cool of the evening, before an earnest and partisan audience who did not begrudge a quarter each, or even more, to be dropped into a hat when the game was half over.
Even before it was formally dissolved in 1912, the A.L.A.M. was succeeded by the Automobile Board of Trade, the direct lineal ancestor of the present-day Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Even before his mind had rounded out the idea, he thrust one hand into his trousers pocket and pulled out the six slugs he had taken from the revolver.
Even before he hit big money, he had begun buying modern paintings.
Even the stable-garage, which housed nothing now but the scent of rot, had a lawn before it.
Even before Johnston arrived in Tennessee, two forts had been started to defend the Tennessee River and the Cumberland River which provided avenues into the State from the north.
Even before the fight began, dissension spread through some of Abd al-Rahman's lines.
Even before the Nazis came to power, political pressure on Bauhaus had increased.
Even earlier I would take my coffee at Martin's, at 54th Street – now, alas, vanished – where I would see creatures of the night life before they disappeared with the
Even before the completion of the new house, the pattern of the royal couple's life in the Highlands was soon established.
Even before the Ionian Revolt, Darius had begun to expand the Empire into Europe, subjugating Thrace, and forcing Macedon to become allied to Persia.
Even before the publication of Client-Centered Therapy in 1951, Rogers believed that the principles he was describing could be applied in a variety of contexts and not just in the therapy situation.
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Even before he was inaugurated Eisenhower accepted a request from the British government to restore the Shah to power.
Even D-Cinema itself had evolved over time before the DCI standards were framed.
Even worse, these delays occurred a couple of days before the election day and some have indicated the governments role in these delays, but couldn't provide substantial proof for their accusations.
Even before the Crusade, Eleanor and Louis were becoming estranged.
Even before the Declaration of Boulogne, the language was remarkably stable ; only one set of lexical changes were made in the first year after publication, namely changing " when ", " then ", " never ", " sometimes ", " always " from kian, tian, nenian, ian, ĉian to kiam, tiam, neniam etc., to avoid confusion with the accusative forms of kia " what sort of ", tia " that sort of ", etc.
Even and lock
It is notable that the two methods can be combined: Even if the exchange does not support DTMF, the key lock can be circumvented by switch-hooking, and the tone dialer can be then used to operate automated DTMF controlled services that can't be used with rotary dial.
Even though this technique is a non-locking one, in as much as the Object is not locked from concurrent access for the duration of a transaction, the act of recording each timestamp against the Object requires an extremely short duration lock on the Object or its proxy.
Even though a determined thief could eventually defeat the skewer's lock nut by using a power tool, e. g. by grinding a screwdriver slot into it or simply cutting it off, locking skewers provide convenient protection against theft of bicycle parts in areas where locked bicycles should not be left unattended for long periods of time.
Even and canal
Even though Outram's experience of his treatment by the canal proprietors must have spoilt his satisfaction on the completion of the lines, they were arguably a major achievement and a model for railways in the future.
Even the arrival of the railways at Fort William, Fort Augustus and Inverness did little to harm the canal, as trains were scheduled to connect with steamboat services.
Even so, the canal was still too small for many boats.
Even with the canal, the difficulty was such that it was usually more convenient to ship goods by rail to Montreal, where they could be loaded at the city's port.
Even when canal boats were operated at extremely slow speeds, the banks rapidly eroded, and the canal had to be constantly dredged to be operable.
Even when the waters are higher, navigating the open lake can be tricky, whereas the rim canal is simple, so to reach a specific location in the lake it is often easiest to go around the rim canal to get close then take one of the many channels into the lake.
Even earlier, while the Miami-Erie Canal still flowed to the west of the neighborhood, parties traveled up the canal towpath to recreation open spaces in an area called Ludlow Grove area between St. Bernard and Bond Hill.
Even then, the canal fell far short of its intended destination of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Even as late as the early 1980s large parts of the canal line were easily recognisable with local roads passing over the old narrow sandstone hump-back canal bridges, however since then road-improvement schemes have seen the removal of redundant bridges and in some areas the utilisation of the canal bed for new roads.
Even the canal itself was an attraction, given that the next-nearest ' recreational ' water was either at Alexandra Park or Hogganfield Loch
Even with the advent of the railway in 1846, the canal continued to flourish.
Even and decision
" Even though at first they were thought to be too weak or fragile to do this type of work, after the first few days on which Chinese were on the line, the decision was made to hire as many as could be found in California ( where most were independent gold miners or in service industries such as laundries and kitchens ).
Even after he revised this strategy he still stayed out of New Hampshire, a decision that allowed McGovern to emerge as the leading challenger to Muskie in that state.
Even after a decision has been made, it is virtually impossible to know whether a jury has been correct or incorrect in freeing or accusing a defendant of a crime.
Even the terms méthode champenoise and champagne method were forbidden by an EU court decision in 1994.
Even the party's decision to loosen travel restrictions to the West ( through the opening of the border to West Germany and West Berlin ) did not improve the situation.
Even though the legal effect would be same for a majority rather than unanimous decision, it was felt that it was vital to not have a dissent that could be relied upon by opponents of desegregation as a legitimizing counterargument.
Even though Uehara was fighting in his homeland, all judges agreed and gave Serrano more rounds than they gave Uehara, and Serrano the world title back by a fifteen round unanimous decision.
Even afterwards, backtracking and disagreements continued, until British Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, was moved to comment in 1851 that " the boundary line between Turkey and Persia can never be finally settled except by an arbitrary decision on the part of Great Britain and Russia ".
Even Paul ’ s decision to send a Cossack army to take British India, bizarre as it may seem, makes a certain amount of sense: Britain itself was almost impervious to direct attack, being an island nation with a formidable navy, but the British had left India largely unguarded and would have great difficulty staving off a force that came over land to attack it.
Even though Chapin was driving without a license, his driver's license having previously been revoked for a long string of traffic violations, his widow Sandy won a $ 12 million decision in a negligence lawsuit against Supermarkets General, the owners of the truck.
Even after this decision, however, Congress has continued to intervene in the management of the airports.
Even well after James married Anne, people were still in horror of the prince's decision, regardless of what he had promised beforehand.
Even with many Americans not competing in finals because of confusion caused by the organizers ' decision to count scores achieved on Monday, 16 July for finals held on Sunday, 15 July and subsequent rescission of that decision, the United States won more than 4 times as many medals as any other nation, including 16 of the 23 gold medals.
" Even so, he acknowledged that the decisive factor in Stewart's downfall was not anything that he did, but the decision by the UFA to run candidates in 1921 ; in Thomas's view, Sifton would have been defeated in 1917 if he had had to contend with a politicized UFA.
Even if you think you can predict your decision, if you claim to have free will, you must admit the potential ( if not the desire ) to change your mind before the decision is final.
Even though he had been moved to Secretary of State for Defence, Reid was the main opponent of her proposals, and a leading figure in the decision of the Cabinet to grant an exemption for private clubs and pubs that did not serve food.
Even members of Congress refused to abide by the decision.
Even though not that many people were forced to serve until the end of the war, the decision made by Mackenzie King to allow conscription was very unpopular in Quebec.
Even though the big blind would still be getting the correct pot odds to call, the best decision is to raise.
Even for Hartlepool, four managers in the space of eight months was somewhat farcical ; the fact that the decision was made to re-appoint Billy Horner ( initially as a temporary measure, although he would actually remain in charge until November 1986 ) made the situation even worse.
Even though Sheridan angrily confronted her later about it, she stood by her decision.
Even as Metro officially designated Rosecroft Raceway as the Green Line's southern terminus, more than half of Prince George's County's representatives in the Maryland state legislature asked Governor Harry Hughes to review the proposed route after allegations of improper political pressure regarding the 1978 route decision surfaced.
" Labour's shadow Business Secretary John Denham said that the fees increase had been driven by the governments decision to make deep cuts in university funding alleging that " Even if they had just cut universities the way they are cutting other public services, students would be facing fees of no more than £ 4, 000.
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