Even Arnold Houbraken, a noted historian of Dutch Golden Age paintings and the sole authority on Cuyp for the hundred years following his death, paints a very thin biographical picture.

Even more surprisingly, Venizelos ' Liberal Party lost the elections called in November 1920, and in a referendum shortly after, the Greek people voted for the return of King Constantine from exile, following the sudden death of Alexander.

Even though Stevenson had twice been the Democratic Party's presidential candidate and retained a loyal following of liberals, his two landslide defeats to Republican Dwight Eisenhower led most party leaders and delegates to search for a " fresh face " who could win a national election.

Even if today the majority of Corfiots are Greek Orthodox ( following the official religion of Greece ), a percentage of Catholics ( 5 %) nevertheless owe their faith to these origins.

Even so, she insisted on standing for the National Anthem during the memorial service for her husband on 6 February the following year.

Even a leading role in a Mel Brooks comic horror parody, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, failed to generate much box office excitement, although it did gain somewhat of a following on its later release to video.

Even during his lifetime, the city was renamed Gorky following his return to the Soviet Union in 1932 on the invitation of Joseph Stalin.

Even through the stock market crash of 1929 and the following Great Depression, the city continued to attract new businesses.

Even though U. S. President George W. Bush had named North Korea as part of an " Axis of Evil " following the September 11, 2001 attacks, U. S. officials stated that the United States was not planning any immediate military action.

Even though the group was building a decent following, Brain Capers ( 1971 ) failed to sell well.

Even though it was considered unusual in his era, he still decided to study the topic of moral judgement following Piaget's footsteps.

Even though Germany sent many divisions to fight in Italy and the Franco-Benelux theater following the collapse of Russia and the Eastern Front in 1917 / 18, the Western Allies still defeated the Central Powers ' forces.

Even then, the English guitarist was in the early stages of heroin withdrawal − only a cameraman supplying him with some methadone would result in Clapton taking the stage the following day, after his young girlfriend had been unsuccessful in scoring uncut heroin for him on the street.

Even so dissections were performed in the following centuries and medieval times only few insights were added.

Even the overturning of her past scandalous life was seen by Sabbatai's followers as additional confirmation of his messiahship, following the biblical story of the prophet Hosea, who had also been commanded to take a " wife of whoredom " as the first symbolic act of his calling.

Even in areas with three full-time affiliates, ABC stations often opted to broadcast the news in the 6 p. m ./ 5 p. m. timeslot to entice viewers by presenting the day's national and international news first, thus making it more likely that they would stay tuned to the station's local newscast immediately following ( or one half-hour afterward ), instead of turning to CBS or NBC.

Even though national coverage is produced by ITN, it has no role in the regional coverage provided for each individual ITV region's newsroom with the exception of ITV London, which it has run since March 2004 following its acquisition of the London News Network, a company previously owned by the now merged Carlton and Granada.

Even though King Taksin had applied himself to reforming the Buddhist religion after its period of decline following the loss of Ayutthaya to Burma, gradually bringing it back to the normalcy it enjoyed during the Ayutthaya kingdom, since his reign was so brief he was not able to do very much.

Even extremist groups were publicly offering her support, it seemed, following their falling out with Juan Perón between May and June.

Even following Kim Il-sung's death he remains the eternal president and even those who were critical of his son Kim Jung-il still passionately revered him.

Even with Ecclestone's statements, the 2007 calendar was confirmed on October 31, 2006, following an extension of the race contract into 2007.

Even though the sandcoleids are now assumed to be monophyletic following the removal of these taxa, many forms cannot be conclusively assigned to one family or the other.

Even though FINA had already approved the ban, it had not been scheduled to go into effect until the following spring.

Even though Zwingli died in battle in 1531, the canton remained a stronghold of the Swiss Reformed Church over the following centuries.

Even so, Joffre ordered an invasion of the Ardennes on 20 August for the following day.

Even though Gospatric and Siward's son Waltheof submitted by the end of the year, the arrival of a Danish army under Sweyn Estridsson seemed to ensure that William's position remained weak.

Even after the younger William's death in 1100 and the succession of his youngest brother Henry as king, Normandy and England remained contested between the brothers until Robert's capture by Henry at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106.

Even so, William's supporters sought ways to enhance his prestige, and on 19 September 1668, the States of Zeeland received him as First Noble.

Even though William's position was still weak, with Gui of Burgundy still holding out and William having to pardon many of the barons who had opposed him, it would be five years before he had to face another major revolt.

Even Rector himself was prey to this spirit of competition and he knew it, not for a more exalted office in the hierarchy of the church -- his ambitions for the bishopry had died very early in his career -- but for the one clear victory he had talked about to the colonel.

" Even Thatcher herself wrote in her 1995 memoirs, which charted her beginnings in Grantham to her victory in the 1979 General Election, that she admired Attlee, writing: " Of Clement Attlee, however, I was an admirer.

Even so, Grace made his mark by scoring 34 out of 77 – 2 in the second innings to steer the Gentlemen to victory.

Even after the American Revolutionary War and victory by the rebellious colonists, the British continued to operate in the area.

Even though Reding's army won victories at Rothenthurm on 2 May 1798 and Morgarten, Schauenburg's victory near Sattel allowed him to threaten the town of Schwyz.

Even if they failed to kill Kira, even if they all perished, it wouldn't have mattered, as victory and defeat have no importance in bushido.

Even though Serbia at the beginning was part of a united alliance of Balkan powers against the Ottomans the initial victory led to squabbles about the division of the spoils and in the second of the two wars it was Bulgaria who was Serbia's main enemy.

Even with the commission's report fresh in voters ' minds, he led his party to another election victory in 1987.

Even though the Raid on St Malo was small and little damage was done, it is considered a British victory.

Even after Emperor Gaozu ( Liu Bang )' s victory over Xiang Yu, there were still unstable areas in the empire, requiring the new government to launch military campaigns to pacify these regions thereafter.

Even without external military support, Stephen the Great led his troops to victory in the battle of Vaslui on January 10, 1475.

Even in victory, conquistadores often disputed the booty and fled or were executed or imprisoned.

Even in victory, some hundreds of conquistadores may were disputing the booty being killed, executed, fled or imprisoned due to internal clashes.

Even if the absurd atrocity stories were all true, the fact would be almost negligible beside an event that shouts aloud in spite of the journalistic silence: the victory of Hitler signifies the end of the Communist threat, forever.

Even though there were 16, 215 abstentions, Makarios ' overwhelming victory was seen as a massive endorsement of his personal leadership and of an independent Cyprus.

Even the close defeat at the terrible Battle of Marignano in 1515, the " Battle of Giants ", was seen as a victory of sorts for Swiss arms due to the ferocity of the fighting and the good order of their withdrawal.

Even prior to victory in the North African Campaign, there was disagreement between the Allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis.

Even up against a depleted Indian Army a tactical victory was unlikely ; however, the war served the dual purpose of deflecting domestic criticism and also offering the opportunity for strategic political gains.

Even though the northernmost stretch of the Main Line Through Upper Norrland had long been planned, it was not until 1887 and the victory of the Lantmanna Party's protectionist wing in that year's election that the financial means — from increased trade tariff income — and the political will allowed the completion of the railway through Överluleå, which Boden was sometimes called.

Even after his great victory, Emperor Napoleon considered Archduke Charles ' large army a threat.

Even though the team did not have any success in this period, playing in the Gauliga Ostmark, they managed a much more important victory in keeping the name " Austria " despite attempts by Nazi sports authorities to rename the club.

Even with the victory of the government troops in the war, tensions did not abate.

Even though the Viet Cong had won a clear victory over the regular units of the South Vietnamese army, they did not get away with light casualties.

Even after Cromwell started on his manoeuvre, the Scottish army was still in the midst of its political troubles, and, certain though he was that nothing but victory in the field would give an assured peace, he was obliged to intervene in the confused negotiations of the various Scottish parties.

Even the pilots in his own flight would beg him to conserve himself and wait for a fair opportunity for a victory.