* 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 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 its clear air and lovely golden sand, this romantic stretch of sand was voted the best place in the UK to watch the sun set ( Country Living magazine 2005 ) and one the top romantic spots in the country ( The Guardian 2007 ).

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 natural caution and reserve, Condillac's relations with unorthodox philosophers did not injure his career ; and he justified abundantly the choice of the French court in sending him to Parma to educate the orphan duke, then a child of seven years.

Thanks to its natural defences and the supply route by sea, Harlech held out and as other fortresses fell, eventually became the last major stronghold still under Lancasterian control.

Thanks to the remarkable cortical plasticity of the brain, signals from implanted prostheses can, after adaptation, be handled by the brain like natural sensor or effector channels.

Thanks to grassroots efforts by local citizens, educational institutions, and organizations the state government was convinced that the area should be set aside and protected due to significant natural communities, plants and animals, intrinsic beauty, and unique recreational opportunities.

Thanks to an influential teacher named Mrs. Adams, he was able to cultivate his natural talent and boundless energy into marketable skill.

Thanks to the Mulroney government ’ s desire to improve conflict resolution mechanisms and for its natural interest in multilateralism and peacekeeping, Canada found the Somali Civil War to fit its foreign policy priorities.

Thanks to its natural beauty and ample possibility to make any aquatic activity.

Thanks to a natural deep channel, and despite lacking modern infrastructure, Amapala long served as the main Honduran port in the Pacific Ocean.

Thanks to the genial natural lightning in the top area of the building, Wiesner dedicated this part to residential apartments.

Thanks to this DVC technology its cornering behaviour is said to feel natural and pleasant.

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 to its situation near the coast, the village had a small harbour of little importance on the river Touques.

Thanks to this process, Quiberon became the leading harbour for sardine fishing and the production of canned sardines in France.

Thanks to Karl, the Wittgensteins became the second wealthiest family in the Habsburg Empire, behind only the Rothschilds.

Thanks to their influence, studying calculus became the major focus of Euler's work.

Thanks to such leaders as Barton W. Stone ( 1772 – 1844 ) and Alexander Campbell ( 1788 – 1866 ), the camp meeting revival became a major mode of church expansion for the Methodists and Baptists.

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

Thanks to divine favour and Romulus ' inspired leadership, Rome became a dominant force, but Romulus himself became increasingly autocratic, and disappeared or died in mysterious circumstances.

Thanks to an outburst of entrepreneurship in the North and the arrival of millions of immigrant workers and farmers from Europe, the United States became the leading industrialized power at the turn of the 20th century.

Thanks to the efforts by Stanisław Staszic Kielce became the centre of the newly-established Old-Polish Industrial Zone ( Staropolski Okręg Przemysłowy ).

Thanks to Hercules, though, he learned self-confidence and became a hero.

Thanks to the recorded observations of Far Eastern and Middle Eastern astronomers of 1054, Crab Nebula became the first astronomical object recognized as being connected to a supernova explosion.

Thanks to Rene, France quickly became one of the European centers of perfume and cosmetic manufacture.

Thanks to appearances on the show, he recorded a piercing version of the 1920s song " Tiptoe Through the Tulips " which became a Top-40 hit.

Thanks to the example of her music producer brother Eddie, music became teenage Sylvie's main interest.

Thanks to the New Castle-Franklin railroad Volant became a popular shopping district.

Thanks to its easy access to New York City by rail, Rutherford became an early bedroom community.

Thanks to an original mall tour, " The Beautiful You: Celebrating The Good Life Shopping Mall Tour ' 87 ", Tiffany became a pop sensation ; both the single and the album peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts, respectively.

Thanks to Ibn Rushd ( Averroes ), Spain became a center of philosophical learning as is reflected by the explosion of philosophical inquiry among Jews, Muslims and Christians.

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

Thanks to Cleon Floyd, manager of R & B singer ( and uncle to ) King Floyd, it became a huge New Orleans hit.

Thanks to a poem by Coleridge, Xanadu became a metaphor for splendor and opulence.

Thanks to this entrepreneurial spirit Medellín became a city with an airline, although it was still on paper.

Thanks to Johnny Cradock, Peter later became a sous-chef at the Dorchester Hotel.