* 1960s: Thanks to advanced technology, the rival Nipponbashi district of Osaka took its position as an equally prominent Electric Town, selling vast volumes of household consumer durable goods such as televisions, refrigerators and washing machines.

Thanks to a well-designed set of chips designed by MOS Technology, the Commodore 64, ( also referred to as C64 ), possessed remarkable sound and graphics for its time and is often credited with starting the computer demo scene.

Thanks to its radial road system, all of these routes touch Budapest.

Thanks to its many entrepreneurs and engineers, and its large stock of easily mined coal, Scotland became a world centre for engineering, shipbuilding, and locomotive construction, with steel replacing iron after 1870.

Thanks to its long runway ( 4, 000 m ), even the largest types of plane are able to use its facilities.

Thanks to the persistence of the band's management, the album was eventually released in the US and the UK six months after its Australian release.

Thanks to his intervention, Napoleon, with a letter delivered to Gasparre Monge, scientist and commissary of the French Government for Science and Art, promised to guarantee and protect the independence of the Republic offering to extend its territory according to its needs.

Thanks to its architectural heritage Toruń is visited by more than 1. 5 million tourists a year ( 1. 6 million in 2007 ).

Thanks to its natural harbour, it became an entrepot for goods from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

Thanks to its important museums, theatres and landmarks ( including the Milan Cathedral, the fourth largest cathedral in the world, and Santa Maria delle Grazie, decorated with Leonardo da Vinci paintings, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ) Milan attracts two million annual visitors.

Thanks to its daytime and primetime schedules, CBS prospered in the 1930s.

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 technological advances in electronic toll collection, Singapore upgraded its system in 1998 ( see Singapore's Electronic Road Pricing ).

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 its small size and an acceptable public transport service, there are no major transport problems.

Thanks to its vast forests ( more than a third of the department's surface ) the timber industry employed in September 2007 approximately 4, 500 workers.

Thanks to its larger area, barrio Canas was by far the most populated ward of the municipality.

Thanks to the productivity of its agriculture, Gates County helped supply food to the Confederate States of America ( CSA ).

Thanks to these and many other attributes within its community, the overall economic outlook for the parish is promising.

Thanks to his scouts, Archduke John had a clear picture of his opponent's army.

Thanks to this oligotrophy and the filtered spring inflows, the water is exceptionally clear with transparencies to a depth of as much as 22 meters ( 66 feet ).

Thanks to the station's clear channel designation, the signal reached most of the Eastern and Midwestern United States, although African-American listeners in the Deep South were the intended audience of the programs.

Thanks to low buoyancy towards the rear of the boat, this should cause the hull to sink ; the diagonally opposite front corner will rise clear of the water and the boat will come up onto its side.

Thanks to the station's 50, 000-watt clear channel AM signal, Metz Here was heard by listeners in 40 states and much of Canada.

Thanks in large part to the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, public radio continued to air a smattering of audio drama until the mid-1980s.

This ident was used by TVS until they went off air on 31 December 1992, when a special ident with the caption ' Thanks for Watching ' was used to close the final TVS programme.

Thanks to the many mountain forests around the town and the lack of industrial pollution, the air is clean in Blagoevgrad.

Thanks in part to breezes blowing over Lakes Erie and Ontario ( which are usually cooler than the air temperature in the summer ), most of Western New York enjoy generally cooler and more comfortable summers than other regions in the same climatic zone.

Thanks to a thick firewall on that side of the Alabama, the theater was unharmed aside from some smoke damage around air vents in the auditorium.

Thanks to his mother, they meet him at the very expensive Ritz ( hotel and ) restaurant where he and Hugh upset the posh air of the place.

Thanks to the air oil filter and better arrangement of cylinders, cooling and hence economy improved.

Thanks to the sea the maximum temperature on summer it's mild, in the interior zones of Almeria every summer day the temperature reaches 40 ºC, but the average low temperature it's very high, and sleep in the summer nights ( from May to October ) without air conditioning it's very difficult, almost impossible on June, July and August.

On December 15, the sale of WNEW to Bloomberg became final, and the station continued simulcasting WYNY until 4 p. m. Then, after airing the Perry Como Christmas Special, shows from Talk Net, and the first hour of Larry King ( cutting it off a few minutes before midnight ), the station would sign off forever at 11: 59 p. m. As the station signed off, they abruptly ended Larry King and the pre-recorded voice of Director of Engineering Alan Kirschner went on and stated " At this time 1130 WNEW New York will leave the air forever ... Thanks for your support over the years ... This is WNEW, New York ".

Thanks to the station setting up a temporary studio in her home, Davis was able to return to the air only one week later and broadcast the show from home for the next three months .< ref name =' march06 '>

Thanks to this money, PSG embarked on a spending spree, buying the best talent in France and the world, and entered a golden age, winning nine trophies.

Thanks to Spike Witwicky and the allied-Nebulons, Cybertron regained its golden hue.

Thanks to the barracas ( traditional restaurants / bars built on the beach sand, just close by the sea waters and resembling huge Amazonian-Indian straw huts ), thanks to the modern buildings facing the sea ( luxurious hotels and residential buildings ), thanks to the running and cycling tracks and row of benches that follow the coastline like at Copacabana beach in Rio or Miami beach in the US, thanks to the beach volley friendly practice and beach volley tournaments, and thanks to its beautiful squares and plygrounds, Ponta Verde is a place of entertainment, healthy activities, cultural activities, meeting, and nightlife.

Thanks to the " barracas "( traditional restaurants / bars built on the beach sand, just close by the sea waters and resembling huge Amazonian-Indian straw huts ), thanks to the modern buildings facing the sea ( luxurious hotels and residential buildings ), thanks to the running and cycling tracks and row of benches that follow the coastline like at Copacabana beach in Rio or Miami beach in the United States, thanks to the beach volley friendly practice and beach volley tournaments, and thanks to its beautiful squares and playgrounds, Pajuçara is a place of entertainment, healthy activities, cultural activities, meeting, and nightlife.

As of June 2012, My Best Friend's Wedding holds a 71 % ' Fresh ' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus " Thanks to a charming performance from Julia Roberts and a subversive spin on the genre, My Best Friend's Wedding is a refreshingly entertaining romantic comedy.

Thanks to the absence of big factories the scenic nature stayed almost untouched and the town hides several romantic places to discover.

Thanks to a back-nine surge, PGA Tour veteran Vijay Singh bested Stricker down the stretch and claimed a two-stroke victory.