Thanks to the efforts of men like Hubert Walter, this trend towards improved record keeping continued into his reign.

Thanks to the efforts of other like-minded individuals, the nihontō did not disappear, many swordsmiths continued the work begun by Masahide, and the old swordmaking techniques were rediscovered.

Thanks to British counter-intelligence efforts, of which Philby's Iberian subsection formed a significant part, the project ( code-named Bodden ) never came to fruition.

Thanks to the former Soviet system of game preserves and the efforts of the Society for Nature Conservation and the Academy of Sciences, flora and fauna receive some protection in the republic ; however, " hard-currency hunts " by wealthy Western and Arab businesspeople already are depleting animals on preserves.

Thanks to Disney's efforts, Baskett won an honorary Oscar in 1948.

* Thanks to the efforts of Eumenes II of Pergamum while in Rome, the Romans declare war on Macedonia and send troops to Thessaly, thus beginning the Third Macedonian War.

Thanks to these efforts, Kassel celebrated an enormous cultural upturn.

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

Thanks to the efforts of Dr. Pope, Eufaula remained intact, its citizens unharmed.

Thanks to the efforts of Mayor Thelma Kindell and Board member Nancy Burger, Sandy Myers, John Seaman and Chris Rose and Cheri Thornton ( Treasurer ).

Thanks to the efforts of prominent members such as William Cecil and Gilbert Gerard, Gray's Inn became the largest of the four by number, with over 200 barristers recorded as members.

Thanks to the efforts of the Merseyside Police Department his collection of shirts, medals and awards was recovered, along with most of his valuables.

Thanks to the efforts of the 13th Autonomous, however, the Mars Zeons were defeated and the Olympus Cannon was destroyed.

Thanks to great efforts to decorate the park using loads of pine trees and thousands of Christmas lights in winter, " Winter Efteling " is growing more popular every year, reaching a climax during the holidays when thousands of people visit the park.

Thanks to conservation efforts its numbers increased.

Thanks to efforts made by local community groups such as the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, East Village Community Coalition, Historic Districts Council, and Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, however, the proposed district now includes these worthy buildings.

Thanks to Charlotte's efforts, and with the assistance of the gluttonous rat Templeton, Wilbur not only lives, but goes to the county fair with Charlotte and wins a prize.

Thanks in part to his efforts, Hickel's debates with Congressional leaders led to enough initially hesitant Republicans voting in favor of the Alaska Statehood Act in 1958.

Thanks to the efforts of the Carlisle Indian School football program, which ended with the school's closure in 1918, there were numerous native Americans in the NFL through the 1920s, most famously Jim Thorpe.

Thanks to considerable fundraising and volunteer efforts, 4017 now resides with other pieces of railroad equipment in a climate-controlled shed at the museum in Green Bay.

Thanks to our combined efforts, the Ottoman army is everywhere in full retreat ".

Thanks in part to his efforts as RMC Dean, the Royal Military College of Canada pipes and drums were equipped with most of their highland kit, including the Mackenzie tartan in 1965.

Thanks to his efforts, along with those of John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, and others, Delaware became the first state to approve the Constitution.

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 vigorous lobbying by the anti-Chinese Workingmen's Party, led by Denis Kearney ( an immigrant from Ireland ), Article XIX, Section 4 forbade corporations from hiring Chinese " coolies ", and empowered all California cities and counties to completely expel Chinese persons or to limit where they could reside.

Thanks to an official in the State department sympathetic to the Party, the confidential correspondence, concerning political and economic matters in Europe, ended up in the hands of Soviet intelligence.

Thanks in part to the Harris " Common Sense Revolution " and the appearance of the Reform Party of Ontario, the party lost momentum and had trouble finding candidates and ran few in 1999 and 2003.

Thanks to an official in the State department sympathetic to the Party, the confidential correspondence, concerning political and economic matters in Europe, ended up in the hands of Soviet intelligence.

Thanks to a reform in the Brazilian multi-party system, the Republic Party ( Partido da Republica, PR ) was founded on December 21, 2006 by the merger of the Liberal Party ( Partido Liberal, PL ) and PRONA.

Thanks to this the Constitutional Party was able to form a government with the support of Labour although this was not a coalition in the true sense of the word as Labour refused to assume any Ministerial portfolios.

Thanks to the State Archivist ( rijksarchivaris ) Mr. J. Smit, the flag is back in use.

* Thanks of Congress to Major-General William T. Sherman and command for Georgia Campaign

Thanks to republication in 1954 by the University of Oklahoma Press, with a foreword by William H. Kittrell, the first edition text is now readily available ; it appeared in paperback in 1976.

Thanks to the revival of interest in Palladio and Inigo Jones, soon Neo-Palladian villas dotted the valley of the River Thames and English countryside: such as Stourhead by Colen Campbell-1720, Holkham Hall-1730 ; Woburn Abbey by Henry Flitcroft and Henry Holland-1744 ; and Chiswick House by William Kent-1788.

* Resolution conveying the Thanks of Congress to Isaac Shelby and William Henry Harrison

Thanks to Duke William of Saxe-Weimar, John George was accepted into the Fruitbearing Society ( 1658 ).

Thanks to his protector Pierre-Joseph de Paul de Maibe, a member of the Second Chamber of the States-General, king William I of the Netherlands awarded an annual stipend to Wiertz from 1821 onwards.

George William Gordon is mentioned in the song " Innocent Blood " by the reggae band Culture as well as in the song " Silver Tongue Show " by Groundation " Give Thanks and Praise " by Roy Rayon and " Prediction " and " Born Fe Rebel " by Steel Pulse.

William Irwin writes in his book Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture that this " burst of banjo " must convey a message even if the viewers do not " get " the reference to Deliverance: " Thanks to prevailing connotations of banjo music, viewers who do not recognize the banjo tune as the theme from Deliverance will not laugh, but the mere sound of banjo tells the audience that Homer has entered a backward, redneck area.

* October 23 – Award-winning composer and Hollywood songwriter Ralph Rainger (" Thanks for the Memory ") is among 12 people killed in the mid-air collision between an American Airlines DC-3 airliner and a U. S. Army bomber near Palm Springs, California.

In June 2007, he announced he would no longer be on Team Pokerstars due to changes in the U. S. legal system that would cause poker sites to have to focus on European and Asian markets and held a farewell Pokerstars tournament on June 5, 2007, which he titled So Long and Thanks for All the Chips.

Thanks to contacts provided by an academic colleague, E. B. Titchener, Watson subsequently began working for U. S. advertising agency J. Walter Thompson.

Thanks to a precedent established in a 1998 lawsuit involving the Rio PMP300 player, most MP3 players are deemed " computer peripherals " and are not subject to a royalty of this type in the U. S.

Thanks to this cooperation mechanism between S. epidermidis and humans, the development of such disease can be counteracted.

Thanks to dedicated health care professionals and the parents of children who vaccinated on schedule, polio has been eliminated in the U. S. since 1979.

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 to S. H. I. E. L. D., Wolverine eventually came to his senses and wanted revenge.

Thanks to Ronnie, Murray got into the hotel and did his radio show from their Plaza Hotel room their first night in New York ( there is a picture of " Ronnie " being interviewed by Murray the K, as Paul McCartney and George Harrison look on, in the hotel, though according to Ronnie's biography, Phil Spector did not allow her to go so they sent another cousin in her place ) and accompanied them to Washington, D. C. for their first U. S. concert, was backstage at their The Ed Sullivan Show premiere, and roomed with Beatles guitarist George Harrison in Miami, broadcasting his shows from there.

They have released five albums: Grip Stand Throw, 4-Track Mind, Thanks to the Moon's Gravitational Pull, Five on the Floor, which saw Marasigan handle vocal duties in lieu of former singer Marc Abaya, and their latest release, < nowiki >< S > Marks the Spot </ nowiki >.

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 repeated exposure on MTV, the album became a moderate hit in the U. S. Later in 1984, " New Song " and " What Is Love " became American Top 40 hits, while " Pearl in the Shell " became his third UK Top 10 single.

Thanks to a major gift from an anonymous donor, the football field now bears the name W. S.

; Special Thanks: M. Yamamoto, T. Watanabe, C. Kuratani, N. Wada, S. Isobe, M. Yamamoto

Thanks to the author's very diverse interests, and personal experiences ranging from the U. S. Army to physics studies, the stories have included tongue-in-cheek references to a wide variety of popular culture, spanning anything from science, fantasy, science-fiction, television series, books, superheroes, computer games, animation, manga, or even internet memes.