Owing to his father's work around the globe Pierre was part of the original jetset, and claims that constant travel took its toll on his academic life, though he was always able to draw and paint, and was published as a cartoonist while still in his early teens.

Owing to this new development, the German government on July 12 made a fresh application for postponement of the payments that had been fixed for 1922, and for a simultaneous reduction of the monthly payments for the clearing of private prewar claims from £ 2, 000, 000 to £ 500, 000.

Owing to a combination of tree removal for use in the smelters, the smelter fumes ( for about 40 years ), and the heavy annual rainfall, the erosion of the shallow horizon topsoil back to the harder rock profile contributed to the stark state of the mountains for many decades.

Owing to steady decade-long growth India's share in world Foreign exchange earnings has gone up from 0. 64 % in 2002 to about 1. 72 % in 2011.

Owing to the large tidal range in the Bristol Channel, the low tide mark in Weston Bay is about a mile from the seafront.

Owing to his passion for history, he also wrote two books about General José de San Martín.

Owing to their success soon after both Olympic and Harriers were subject to allegations of ' professionalism ' and illegal payments to players, although the League Committee let off both clubs with a warning about future conduct.

Owing to its strategic value, in about 1960 a few supposed fishing vessels from the Soviet Union tried to install a stable base on the island.

Owing to its reputation for exploring new areas, HBO was initially doubtful about including a police drama in its lineup, but eventually agreed to produce the pilot episode.

Owing to miscommunication about who was responsible for preventing Maitland's movements, the waterways separating Hilton Head Island from the mainland were unguarded, and Maitland was able to reach Savannah hours before the truce ended.

Owing to health reasons brought about mostly by his alcoholism, he was dismissed from his command on January 13, 1942.

Owing to their belief that black men are gods, the group allowed its members to make choices about clothing and most aspects of diet.

Owing to lack of research, much is not known about octopamine or its role in humans.

Owing to several factors, including dwindling financial support from fraternity and sorority alumni and legitimate concerns about student academics, health and safety, the college announced on May 19, 2004 that it would reinstate a new, revised Greek System beginning on September 1, 2004 after a 16 year absence.

Owing to its northerly aspect that captures moisture from the prevailing northeasterly winds, San Cristóbal de La Laguna has a Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ) that contrasts with the arid climate of other cities on the Canary Islands, with three to five times more rainfall than on the southern slopes, around ten percent less sunshine, and about ten percent higher humidity throughout the year.

Owing to Korfmann the interest in Troy rose enormously, for his excavations again rekindled enthusiasm for the myths about Troy.

Owing to both effects, there has also been a recent trend in China to hire fortune tellers to change people's names to new ones more in accordance with traditional Taoist and five element practices.

Owing to the small numbers of surviving specimens outcrossing was used in the breeding programme.

Owing to the poor and steep route and a good competing road, the army-built line is used for goods only

Owing to its pyrophoricity, white phosphorus is used as an additive in napalm.

Owing to Rococo love of shell-like curves and focus on decorative arts, some critics used the term to derogatively imply that the style was frivolous or merely modish.

Owing to its high levels of gluten ( which give the dough sponginess and elasticity ), common wheat ( also known as bread wheat ) is the most common grain used for the preparation of bread.

Owing to the expense of helium, heliox is most likely to be used in deep commercial diving.

Owing to PSK's simplicity, particularly when compared with its competitor quadrature amplitude modulation, it is widely used in existing technologies.

Owing to the shifting debate over time ( see " History and Controversy " below ), many school systems, such as California's, have made major changes in the method they have used to teach early reading.

Owing to the prevalence of East Slavs and the Eastern Orthodox faith among the population in eastern and southern regions of the state, the Ruthenian language was a widely used colloquial language while Lithuanian was primarily used for administrative and diplomatic needs until the late 17th century, when it was eventually replaced by Polish.

Owing to a fascination with airplanes, gadgets and science fiction, he sent names like " Rocket ", " Retro ", " Ramjet ", and " Roger ", the latter a term used in signalling protocol over two-way radios, military and civil aviation.

Owing to their very high affinity for water, these substances are often used as desiccants, which is also an application for concentrated sulfuric and phosphoric acids.

Owing to its typically English appearance, attractive shop fronts and cobbled streets, the town has often been used as a backdrop for the shooting of various films and television programmes.

Owing to the costs of growing, crushing, and refining rapeseed biodiesel, rapeseed-derived biodiesel from new oil costs more to produce than standard diesel fuel, so diesel fuels are commonly made from the used oil.

Owing to its use primarily outside of concert music, there is not much solo literature for the mellophone, other than that used within drum and bugle corps.

Owing to the connection between lightning activity and the Earth's climate it has been suggested that they may also be used to monitor global temperature variations and variations of water vapor in the upper troposphere.

Owing to the physical assumptions made in the original derivation, the term Fowler-Nordheim-type equation has long been used only for equations that describe the ECD at zero temperature.

Owing to the limited metallurgy of the period, Hackworth's first spring valves used an accordion-like stack of multiple leaf springs.

Owing to the relatively high density of the wood ( it is one of the few woods that are denser than water ), boxwood is often used for chess pieces, unstained boxwood for the white pieces and stained (' ebonized ') boxwood for the black pieces, in lieu of ebony.

* Owing to light weight and an interesting pattern, these have been used for canes or walking sticks.

Owing to the severe refugee crisis mainly caused by the expulsions of ethnic Germans, the camp was from late 1948 used to house 2000 Germans from Czechoslovakia ( mainly from the Sudetenland ).

Owing to its ease and economy of cultivation, the Neff strain of A. castellanii discovered in a pond in Golden Gate Park in the 1960s, has been effectively used as a classic model organism in the field of cell biology.

Owing to the comparative thickness of the gold leaf used in ancient gilding, the traces of it which yet remain are remarkably brilliant and solid.

Owing to the rubber suspension bushes used to isolate engine vibration from the car body, the true Chapman strut's use of the drive shaft as the lower locating link could not be followed whilst still giving the precise track and handling desired.

Owing to his lack of established residency rights in Britain and during his earlier exile in Ireland the name Roger or Roger Tennant was used as a pseudonym.