Even so, its kill rate was only 13 % in combat in 1972, leading to a practice of ripple-firing all four at once in hopes of increasing kill probability.

Even this version had room for improvement, leading British Aerospace and the Italian firm Alenia to develop advanced versions of Sparrow with better performance and improved electronics as the BAe Skyflash and Alenia Aspide, respectively.

Even though it did not feel like it, this was a turning point in the club's history leading to a period of turbulence and change including further promotion and exile.

Even with its athletic and competitive development, cheerleading at the school level has retained its ties to the spirit leading traditions started back in the 1890s.

Even so, several leading Politburo members supported Chernenko, such as Nikolai Tikhonov and Viktor Grishin.

Even leaving alone would induce dramatic chemical changes leading finally to deterioration and spoilage of such food.

Even at that point in his career he was the leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka having gone past Rumesh Ratnayake's aggregate of 73 wickets.

Even fundamental issues, such as Max Born's basic rules concerning probability amplitudes and probability distributions took decades to be appreciated by society and many leading scientists.

Even the leading Snowball proponent Hoffman agrees that the ~ million year long Gaskiers glaciation did not lead to global glaciation, although it was probably as intense as the late Ordovician glaciation.

Even still, the story was greeted with outrage by British reviewers, some of whom suggested that Wilde should be prosecuted on moral grounds, leading Wilde to defend the novel aggressively in letters to the British press.

Even when laws are upheld, the complication of compliance with the First Amendment requires careful and cautious drafting of legislation, leading to laws that are still fairly limited in scope, especially in comparison to those of other countries such as the United Kingdom, France or Canada.

Even though Britain was by far America's leading trading partner, Republicans feared that increased trade would undermine republicanism.

Even Charles Lyell thought that ordinary geological processes would cause Niagara Falls to move upstream to Lake Erie within 10, 000 years, leading to catastrophic flooding of a large part of North America.

Even so, Stassen was still leading Dewey in the polls for the upcoming Oregon primary.

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 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 before his death, he was considered a leading authority on the Greek and Latin works of antiquity.

Even Relander's continual state visits and trips drew criticism, leading to him gaining the nickname of Reissu-Lasse (' Travelling Larry ').

Even though it was written in 1981, Goffman ’ s book remains one of the leading sources on analyzing talk.

Even with the last concern acknowledged, we can still expect the leading conductors of the next century to be far more demographically representative of the world's population than has been typical of the field previously.

Even before his book was published, Stubbs's drawings were seen by leading aristocratic patrons, who recognised that his work was more accurate than that of earlier horse painters such as James Seymour, Peter Tillemans and John Wootton.

Even a winter torch relay featured a dragonboat when the torch was ferried over False Creek in Vancouver during the final leg of the longest Olympic torch relay ever, leading up to the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Games.

Even winning a debate on the matter with Constantine, Bishop of Nacoleia, a leading Iconoclast.

Even in the year leading up to the revolution, more than two-thirds of the Continental Congress still believed that ties between King George and the colonies could stay intact.

Even though Jiang Wei had not shown his military skills on the battlefield, he had already been praised by Zhuge Liang as a capable officer, and was quickly made Zhuge's leading officer at the age of 27, probably out of political consideration.

Even though Breton by 1946 responded rather negatively to the subject of music with his essay Silence is Golden, later Surrealists, such as Paul Garon, have been interested in — and found parallels to — Surrealism in the improvisation of jazz and the blues.

Even among the 19th century American individualists, there was not a monolithic doctrine, as they disagreed amongst each other on various issues including intellectual property rights and possession versus property in land.

Many egg matzah boxes no longer include the message, “ Ashkenazi custom is that egg matzah is only allowed for children, elderly and the infirm during Passover .” Even amongst those who consider that enriched matza may not be eaten during Passover, it is permissible to retain it in the home.

Even though both the House and Senate had large Democratic majorities throughout these years, there was enough support for the Acts amongst Democrats ( especially those representing Southern states ) to ensure their passage.

Even amongst gay men, behavior thought of as sissy or camp produces mixed reactions.

Even the code of conduct amongst the monks requires the monks to ask forgiveness for all transgressions:

Even if the number of Vaquita killed by fisheries is reduced to zero, concerns remain amongst conservationists.

Even at the peak of his success in 1995, journalists reported that during interviews he “ hardly finishes a sentence without repeating the phrase at least six or seven times .” At age twelve he began to learn piano, and was introduced to the art of scat singing at the age of fourteen through records by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, amongst others.

Even step-down power transformers required, amongst other things, to protect low-voltage equipment from mains voltage by isolating the secondary and primary such as are used in older " wall warts ", are not usually described specifically as " isolation transformers ".

Even in an era of rough play, Cleghorn was notorious for being among the dirtiest of the lot, and ranked amongst the league leaders in penalty minutes for nine of the first ten seasons of the NHL's history.

Even though the vast majority of items that Kula participants have at any given time are not theirs and will be passed on, Damon ( 1980: 281 ) notes that e. g. amongst the Muyuw all Kula objects are someone's kitoum, meaning they are owned by that person ( or by a group ).

Even though none of them knows whether or not it is raining, it is distributed knowledge amongst them that it is raining.

Even as the Jews bore the unleavened bread upon their heads out of Egypt through the desert () until they had crossed the Red Sea, after which they dedicated the bread to God, divided it amongst all their host, and having all eaten thereof, became ... terrible to their enemies, even so do we, saved by our Resurrected Lord from the captivity of that Pharaoh of the mind, the Devil, bear forth the blessed bread the Artos from the day of the Resurrection of Christ and, finally, having dedicated this bread to God, we eat of it and preserve it to the health of body and soul.

Even though it was overshadowed by the other big first-person shooters of its day, most notably Doom, it is a cult favorite and there is still currently a large presence of Zero Tolerance fans amongst the retro gaming community.

Even at the peak of the crackdown, charas was still popular and remains so today, especially amongst Indian sadhus.

Even though considerably damaged during the Croatian War of Independence, Konavle maintain its status as one of the wealthiest counties in all of Croatia, consistently ranking amongst the ten richest counties.

Even though NKP did survive the collapse of the Soviet Union, inner turmoil and particularly lack of recruitment amongst youth has since marginalized the party further.

Even then the matter is discussed by The Raven as a whole before it is acted upon and all major decisions for the group are discussed openly amongst them.

Even if the results are modest, this can disrupt left-wing social movements and their focus on social justice and egalitarianism ; and instead spread elitist ideas based on naturalistic fallacy, racism, homophobia, antisemitism and antifeminism amongst grassroots activists.