Though she has yet to fully return, the Phoenix Force continues to manifest itself, particularly through the red-haired, green-eyed " mutant messiah " Hope Summers, and Jean briefly appears in a vision to Emma Frost from the White Hot Room, telling the X-Men to " prepare.

“ Hope ” in the Holy Bible means “ a strong and confident expectation .” Though archaic today in modern terms, hope is akin to trust and a confident expectation ".

Though far west of the Cape of Good Hope, the islands were on the preferred route from Europe to the Indian Ocean in the 17th century ; ships first crossed the Atlantic to Brazil on the Northeasterly Trades, followed the Brazil Current south to pass the Doldrums, and then picked up the Westerlies to cross the Atlantic again, where they could encounter Tristan da Cunha.

Though they weren't raised in the same household until Thomas was a grown-up and despite the fact that Ridge never legally adopted her, Hope and Ridge considered each other father and daughter.

Though Arisa is nowhere near Shipon in academic or piloting ability, she finds Shipon to be an inspiration to improve herself, and calls Shipon her " Star of Hope ".

Though locally Bamford is described as being in the Hope Valley, it is technically in the Upper Derwent Valley.

Though Flagstad was not interested in stardom or Hollywood contracts per se, she did make trips to Hollywood during the late 1930s for publicity photo shoots, public appearances, concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, and she filmed a rendition of Brünnhilde's Battle Cry from Die Walküre for the Hollywood variety show anthology The Big Broadcast of 1938, in which she was introduced to American film audiences by Bob Hope.

This group is controlled by the board of Hope Ranch and is in no way connected to either the City of Santa Barbara Police Department or the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department. Though recently Hope Ranch is allowing the Santa Barbara Police Department to make a presence in Hope Ranch.

Though the bobcat prefers rabbits and hares, it will hunt anything from insects, chickens, and small rodents to deer.

Though he prefers to spend his time fishing or picnicking, his kind nature often gets him reluctantly entangled in his neighbors ' escapades.

Though Sakurai prefers Kirby not to speak, he has allowed him to use a small vocabulary.

Though he prefers to be called Superman during the Reign of the Supermen, after Superman returns from the dead the Kid accepts the name Superboy for himself and begins his own superhero career.

Though easily the most powerful of Superman's recurring enemies, Mxyzptlk is simply a fun-loving prankster who prefers to use his power for childish antics and light-hearted harassment rather than intentional malicious evil, as he would get bored very quickly by doing so ; thus he is more of an annoyance to the Man of Steel than a true threat.

" Though often known as UAF within the state, the university prefers to be called simply " Alaska " for athletics purposes.

Though he has a grand entrance, he is not a very actively exploited character, as he prefers to work behind the scenes.

Though he utilizes a small core of these techniques as part of his teachings, Thompson prefers more pragmatic full-contact martial arts and combat sports such as boxing, Muay Thai and wrestling ( Greco-Roman, Judo, Jujutsu, and Freestyle ).

Though artistically talented, the liberal-minded Laney is oblivious to popular fashion and prefers to focus her artworks on darker subjects inspired by her interest in world affairs.

Though it likes to stay in rivers and streams during the day it prefers large open waters during the night.

Though he says he prefers group books because they more easily allow him to hide his " bad layout skills ", he is nonetheless comfortable with solo character books.

Though its official name has been " Vitthalbhai Patel Marg " for a very long time, everyone in Mumbai still prefers to call it " Linking Road ".

Though downplayed by the NFL as inferior, the AFL signed half of the NFL's first-round draft choices in 1960, including All-American Billy Cannon, perennial All-Star Johnny Robinson, and Hall of Famer Ron Mix.

Though the Phillies moved into a permanent home at Baker Bowl in 1887, they did not win their first pennant until nearly 30 years later, after the likes of standout players Billy Hamilton, Sam Thompson, and Ed Delahanty had departed.

Though Lerner and Loewe originally took Brigadoon to producer Billy Rose, Cheryl Crawford was the producer who actually brought Brigadoon to Broadway.

Though wounded, Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury kept shooting.

Though the club mounted title challenges finishing fourth in 1974 – 75 under manager Billy Bingham, and under manager Gordon Lee, third in 1977 – 78 and fourth the following season.

Though highly nervous, Billy performs well, but he punches another boy in an unprovoked attack at the audition.

Though Hollywood production codes prohibited writer / director Billy Wilder from filming a comedy where adultery takes place, the review expressed disappointment that Sherman remains chaste.

Though the group maintained a united front against The Corporation, Billy Gunn became frustrated at Kane's presence and The New Age Outlaws ' inability to win the Tag Team Championships from X-Pac and Kane.

Though not a member of the Nouvelle vague, Eustache maintained ties to it, appearing as an actor in Jean-Luc Godard's Week End and editing Luc Moullet's Une aventure de Billy le Kid, which starred Jean-Pierre Leaud ( the lead in Eustache's The Mother and the Whore ).

Though he played a wide variety of characters, he gained enormous popularity in a series of 148 silent western shorts, becoming the first cowboy star of movies, " Broncho Billy.

Though the heads of the Army and Navy opposed the creation of an independent air arm for fear that they would be unable to find air cover for their operations, support from Prime Minister Billy Hughes, as well as prominent parliamentary figures including Treasurer Joseph Cook and Defence Minister George Pearce allowed the proposal to succeed.

Though some alterations were made before its release: some songs are not the same version featured in the original concert ( like " Big Shot "), others were edited in studio ( some YouTube videos of " Scenes From An Italian Restaurant " show Billy singing offkey, while he sings perfectly on the album ).

Though Billy did manage to attract girls earlier in his " nerd-like " persona, it was after he began his journey toward self-improvement that he would garner more attention from romantic interests, even more so than the other members of the team.

Though best known from the song " Ode to Billie Joe " and the film ( spelled differently ) Ode to Billy Joe, which has the refrain, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge, the river has historical significance due to the murder of Emmett Till, an African American youth who was beaten, shot, and sunk in the river by a cotton gin fan tied around his neck by barbed wire.

Though the cowboys barely make a living, John Grady and Billy love life on the open range, and John Grady-as detailed in " All the Pretty Horses "-is a master at training horses.

Though the man denies it, Billy suspects that he is Death.

Though the Vampire is close to retirement, Billy is young, and such a clause — if he loses — would greatly disadvantage him.

Though Griffith was generally cast as the outlaw in Western pictures, he managed to garner a few memorable " good guy " roles over his many years in Hollywood – Abraham Lincoln in both 1950's Stage to Tucson and 1955's Apache Ambush, sheriff Pat Garrett in 1954's The Law vs. Billy the Kid, John Wesley Hardin in a 1959 television episode of Maverick entitled " Duel at Sundown " featuring Clint Eastwood, and Davy Crockett in 1956's The First Texan.

Though he worked closely with movie professionals that he liked such as Billy Wilder and Huston, Viertel said there was always creative tension.

Though the ranch hand Billy Buck assures him there would be no rain, the pony is caught in a downpour and catches what appears to be a cold after being left out to corral.

A 1909 New York Times article criticized the quiet work of umpire Billy Evans, saying, " Though they laugh at Silk O ’ Loughlin, everybody knows just what he says.