Thanks largely to the research of John Harley, knowledge of Byrd's biography has expanded in recent years.

Thanks largely to the efforts of Master Cheng Yen of the Buddhist charity Tzu Chi ( which utterly dominates philanthopic giving in Taiwan ), Taiwan's nuns nowadays probably receive more public respect and support than monks.

Thanks largely to a combination of Greene's tactics, and Kościuszko's bateaux and accurate scouting of the rivers ahead of the main body, the Continentals safely crossed each one in its path, including the Dan River.

Thanks largely to the success of the Sign of the Cross, he left £ 57, 000, even after periods of relative failure, mainly during his later years managing the Old Court Theatre.

Thanks to his translation of this largely forgotten work, van Gulik became interested in Chinese detective fiction.

Thanks to the lagoon ’ s salt marshes, the salines became Torcello ’ s economic backbone and its harbour developed quickly into an important re-export market in the profitable east-west-trade, which was largely controlled by Byzantium during that period.

Thanks largely to the intelligent use made of the aid given by the U. S. S. R., the United States, West Germany, Britain, China, and the World Bank, the internal economy of the country made good progress.

Thanks largely to < nowiki ></ nowiki > João ` s battlefield skills, the Portuguese managed to fight Fernando ` s forces to a near draw.

Thanks to Giulio Bizzozero, who founded the Laboratory of General Pathology ( 1873 ) and contributed largely to the spread of the microscope in addition to discovering blood platelets, medicine in Turin branched out into the field of social medicine to meet the health and sanitary needs of the population, in particular with regard to infectious diseases and infant mortality.

Thanks largely to Seznec, it is widely understood that the Olympian gods, and the earlier spirits of field and spring, did not die with the advent of Christianity, but lived on.

Thanks largely to a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over C. D.

Thanks largely to the enormous worldwide popularity of this single, " The Girl From Ipanema " now ranks as the second most-recorded song of all time, surpassed only by Paul McCartney's " Yesterday ".

Thanks largely to their efforts, the Governor of the Canal Zone declared Barro Colorado Island ( BCI ) a biological reserve in 1923, making it one of the earliest biological reserves in the Americas.

Thanks largely to Parmentier's efforts, the Paris Faculty of Medicine declared potatoes edible in 1772.

Thanks to Amin's efforts in the 1970s, the officer corps consisted largely of Khalqis.

Thanks largely to the market a number of new restaurants and boutiques have opened in the area.

Thanks to these songs, the name Ogopogo stuck and the First Nation name has largely been forgotten.

Thanks largely to J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, which have become the best selling book series of all time, fantasy is becoming increasingly intertwined with mainstream fiction.

Thanks largely to recommendations by Cliff Gladwin, he went on to make his County Championship and Derbyshire debut on 7 June the follow year, scoring another duck and eight as well as taking two catches as Derbyshire drew with Sussex at the County Ground, Derby.

Thanks largely to tourism, present-day standards of living have risen to the average Spanish levels.

Thanks largely to a growing Pacific Islander culture in New Zealand, this word has been adopted by other Pacific cultures.

" Thanks largely to her recordings for Spirit Feel, Williams received both the MacArthur Genius Award and the Kennedy Center Honor in 1993, tragically just a few months before her death.

Thanks to the success of The Jazz Singer, the studio was cash-rich.

Thanks in part to its success in organizing labor unions and its early opposition to fascism, the Communist Party of the United States ( CPUSA ) increased its membership through the 1930s, reaching a peak of about 75, 000 members in 1940 – 41.

Thanks to the success of " Twist Español " and " Florida Twist ", among others, the band had continued success in Mexico and Latin America over the next few years, selling many recordings of Spanish and Spanish-flavored material and simulated live performances ( overdubbed audience over studio recordings ) on the Orfeon label and its subsidiary, Dimsa.

Thanks to the success of the single, the album also became the band's biggest hit, peaking at number four.

Although Snipes is better known for his roles in action films like Passenger 57, Demolition Man ( with Sylvester Stallone ), Money Train, The Fan, U. S. Marshals and Rising Sun, he has also had success in comedies like White Men Can't Jump, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Thanks to her political success, she confirmed her regional presence and reinforced her internal position within the FN.

Thanks to Castle's gimmickry, the film was a huge success.

Thanks to the success of Witchblade Top Cow was able to expand, adding to its line with titles that included The Darkness, Magdalena, Aphrodite IX, and others.

Thanks partly to their on-field success and the continental scope of their tours, the Red Stockings established styles in team uniforms and team nicknames that have some currency even in the 21st century.

Thanks to the success of the first Folsom Street Fair, the organizers created the Up Your Alley Fair on Ringold Street in 1985.

Thanks in no small part to the success of ABC's General Hospital, Texas remained in the bottom echelon of the ratings chart, tying with The Doctors for last place in 1980.

Thanks to North's success, all the children in the world are threatening to leave their parents and hiring Arthur Belt as their lawyer, which propels Belt and Winchell into being the richest and most powerful people in the world.

Thanks to the slightly bigger success of this album, Bruce would work with Roy Z in the future on his solo albums ( including his latest, Tyranny of Souls ).

Thanks to the success of the singles " Let It Be Me ", " Ball and Chain ", " Story of My Life " and " Ring of Fire ", Social Distortion became the band's best-selling album of their recording career, achieving gold sales certification in the United States.

Thanks to the years during which a co-operative culture has been in place, management requests from workers for proposals to improve operations or increase productivity, for example, are no longer considered mere legal formalities ; they represent recognition of the fact that workers play an important part in plant success.

Thanks in part to the success of Starburst, Skinn was headhunted by Stan Lee to reshape Marvel's floundering UK reprint division.

Thanks to his tremendous coaching success in junior, Crisp was named head coach of the Calgary Flames in 1987-88, following two years as the head coach of the team's AHL affiliate in Moncton.

Thanks to the success of their album and singles, Wolfmother's music has been featured in many video games, films and commercials.

Thanks to Gennaro's secret cheese recipe, they have rebuilt a new business empire out of the House of Cheese pizza franchise, which is a major financial success ; House of Cheese uses the Hereti-Corp " hC " logo, with the intention of provoking Oasis into repeated Override B-1 rampages so they can track her.

Thanks to the success of the song, the album went double platinum in Brazil and selling 500. 000 copies sold.

Thanks to his invention, called the ' ordering, recording and adding machine ' using punched card, and once he saw the success, undertook the production of new copies of his T-30 machine adding improvements beyond.

) Thanks to this success, Tillis won the CMA Awards's most coveted award, Entertainer of the Year, and was also inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame that year.