Though, as a clerk temporarily employed by the Hydro Electricity Commission, Truchanas was forbidden to speak about the increasing controversy surrounding the impending damming, his photographs began to play an important role in publicity for the campaign.

Though his father wanted him to continue his training as a goldsmith, he showed such a precocious talent in drawing that he started as an apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen in 1486.

Though some new cable car systems were still being built, by 1890 the cheaper to construct and simpler to operate electrically-powered trolley or tram started to become the norm, and eventually started to replace existing cable car systems.

Though Christianity started as a movement within Judaism, gradually Christians and Jews became bitterly opposed.

Though their finances were tenuous, the Audubons started a family.

Though he had earned a degree in engineering, Anton started work as a sales representative ; soon, however, he began to contribute many important business ideas.

Though started in 1938, it only gathered steam in 1940 under new-broom chairman James L. Fly.

Though the Asian Financial Crisis struck in the late 1990s and left many crippled, the economy of the region has started to pick up again at a more sustainable rate as demand from the United States and People's Republic of China soar.

Though the coup of January 22 did not bode well for a genuinely democratic approval process for the new constitution ( and the French would have preferred going the " safe " way of approval by the rump-Assembly ) the plebiscite that started on March 17 ( in the usual form of elections in " primary " assemblies of about 100-500 voters ) had a reasonably democratic quality.

Though the act of placing the bombs was not recorded, just as the new tape was started, the bags were clearly visible.

Though he started writing his lyrics during his lower league days in Japan, it was not until 2006 that he released his first commercial single " Accepterais-tu ", a French song with lyrics that fit well with his present personal status — asking his loved one to marry him.

Though the current Pumpkin Festival is held at Juan Bautista de Anza Park in Calabasas, the original festival was meant to have taken place where, according to legend, a traveling wagon carrying pumpkins overturned and started the area's first pumpkin patch.

Though it started as a side branch from the original source tree Joy had created, tcsh is now the main branch for ongoing development.

Though too far from Portland to benefit much at first, recently Gaston has started to see new housing and an uptick in school registrations.

Though Swan had beaten him to this goal, Edison obtained patents in America for a fairly direct copy of the Swan light, and started an advertising campaign that claimed that he was the real inventor.

Though Pravda was officially started on 5 May 1912, which indeed also was the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, its origins traces back to 1903 when it was founded in Moscow by a wealthy railway engineer V. A Kozhevnikov.

Though their marriage started in conflict, Melisende mourned for him privately as well as publicly.

Though not natural, steel wool makes excellent tinder and can be started with steel and flint, or a 9 volt battery without difficulty.

Though Grassmann started the subject in 1844 with his Ausdehnungslehre, and re-published in 1862, his work was slow to find acceptance as ordinary linear algebra provided sufficient challenges to comprehension.

Though the blind Sandman angle was his first " major " feud in ECW, his later, years-long feud against Raven that started in April 1995 is arguably his most memorable.

Though Copeland's songwriting contribution was reduced to a couple of songs per album as Sting started writing more material, he continued to co-arrange all The Police's songs with his two bandmates.

Though the sets started out strictly as a collection of various coloured shapes, countless themes Fuzzy Felt sets became available through the years.

Though the group was not quite always as recognizable as other New York R & B acts when it first started, the Force M. D.

* Though construction on a temple was started at this site, it was never completed, due to the poverty and divisions among Strang's followers.

Though Bob Carroll seemed to have had his head practically blown off by the exploding grenade, he lived.

Though the rest of the original Barlow family were killed off, Ken has remained the constant link throughout the entire series of Coronation Street.

Though Herbert's novel Dune seems to describe Harkonnen's suspensor belt as simply enabling him to stand and walk upright rather than actually " fly ," both the 1984 film and the 2000 miniseries feature the Baron utilizing the suspensors to levitate off the ground and float through the air in a flying-like manner.

Though Djibouti is nominally neutral, it broke off relations with Eritrea in November 1998, renewing relations in 2000.

Though they are assisted by humanoid creatures they refer to as ' trolls ', the Magistra's forces are driven off.

Though most survived only briefly, perhaps recording a small-label single or two, others set off new trends.

Though the Egyptians maintained control of most of the east bank of the Canal, in the later stages of the war, the Israeli military crossed the southern section of Canal, cutting off the Egyptian 3rd Army, and occupied a section of the west bank.

Though these swords did not provide a full two-hand grip they allowed their wielders to hold a shield or parrying dagger in their off hand, or to use it as a two-handed sword for a more powerful blow.

Though much of the dialogue in Curb Your Enthusiasm is improvised, the plot was scripted, and the Seinfeld special that aired within the show was scripted and directed by Seinfeld regular Andy Ackerman, making this the first time since Seinfeld went off the air that the central cast appeared together in a scripted show.

Though his early reception in the city seems to have been lukewarm, Procopius won favor quickly by using propaganda to his advantage: he sealed off the city to outside reports and began spreading rumors that Valentinian had died ; he began minting coinage flaunting his connections to the Constantinian dynasty ; and he further exploited dynastic claims by using the widow and daughter of Constantius II to act as showpieces for his regime.

Though there are international treaties that say no government shall lay claim to geography off planet earth, I am not a government.

Though there are international treaties that say, no government shall lay claim to geography off planet earth, I am not a government.

Though the status quo was restored, the conflict lingered on and on 1 February 1864 the German Confederation, i. e. Prussian and Austrian troops crossed the Eider sparking off the Second Schleswig War, after which Denmark had to cede Schleswig and Holstein according to the Treaty of Vienna.

Though some choose to view the act as " anal sex ", it is clear the scene depicts a rape by definition because Jeane was screaming, crying hysterically, fighting him off and yelling the clear-cut " no ".

Though originally Melanesian, many island populations, especially in the Banda Islands, were killed off in the 17th century during the Spice wars.

Though his teammates wanted him to shave it off, Jackson refused.

Though Mozart and Schubert did not study with Haydn, Mozart and Haydn were fans of each other's work and evidence suggests that the two composers fed off the other's compositional craftsmanship.

Though completely cut off, the French fought on for four days under General Molinié, thereby keeping seven German divisions from the assault on Dunkirk and saving an estimated 100, 000 Allied troops.

Though a plague carried off 10, 000 of the inhabitants in 1376, the town seems to have remained tolerably prosperous until the 16th century.

Though he fought with valor, wielding a large battle-axe, his helmet was knocked off.

Though Wilamowitz-Moellendorff wrote them off as mythical, the results of archaeological excavations at Çatalhöyük by James Mellaart and Fritz Schachermeyr led them to conclude that the Pelasgians had migrated from Asia Minor to the Aegean basin in the 4th millennium BC.

Though the adults call off the trip, the younger heroes sneak out at night and end up on Earth which is overrun with Sentinels.

Though their efforts to fight Bartleby are unsuccessful ( in fact, Jay accidentally helps Bartleby out by shooting his wings off with a MAC-10, turning him to a mortal ), God ( Alanis Morissette ) arrives, and proceeds to set things in order.

Though no shots were fired, the county records were loaded onto the wagons and carried off to English before nightfall.

Though Spanish sailors probably frequented the island on their way to intercept the Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras, Pedro de Quexos was the first documented explorer of the region in the 1520s, naming what is now Santee River the " River Jordan.