Though focused on his own problems in this story, Scrooge makes a valid point in proving to his nephew how hard the money he's so quick to ask for, actually is to earn.

Though Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, he constantly tries to find ways to increase his wealth.

Though they are often heard clairaudiently, as if a voice were speaking them, in other cases they are apprehended visually as symbols: a slope to signify the name `` Hill '', for instance.

Though simple and compound walls were often used, Great Houses were primarily constructed of core-and-veneer walls: two parallel load-bearing walls comprising dressed, flat sandstone blocks bound in clay mortar were erected.

Though often referred to without quotations, the correct title is " Love and Theft ".

Though herbicides are chemicals, they are often grouped with biological warfare and chemical warfare because they may work in a similar manner as biotoxins or bioregulators and also because the Army Biological Laboratory tested them and the Army's Technical Escort Unit which all chemical, biological, radiological ( nuclear ) materials.

Though DeMille was respected by his peers, his individual films were often criticized by them.

Though parts of Acadiana are well suited to cattle or dairy farming, beef is not often used in a pre-processed or uniquely Cajun form.

Though Beaux was an individualist, comparisons to Sargent would prove inevitable, and often favorable.

Though the closing argument is often considered the deciding moment of a trial, effective cross-examination wins trials.

Though there are several methods for doing so, cDNA is most often synthesized from mature ( fully spliced ) mRNA using the enzyme reverse transcriptase.

Though " planned economy " and " command economy " are often used as synonyms, some make the distinction that under a command economy, enterprises need not follow a comprehensive plan of production.

Though each environment served different users, they often required much of the same stored data.

Though Dilbert and his office-mates often find themselves baffled or victimized by the whims of managerial behavior, they never seem to question it openly.

Though Demeter is often described simply as the goddess of the harvest, she presided also over the sanctity of marriage, the sacred law, and the cycle of life and death.

Though often described as, and to a great extent is a declarative language, SQL also includes procedural elements.

Though typically accessed by a DBMS through the underlying Operating system ( and often utilizing the operating systems ' File systems as intermediates for storage layout ), storage properties and configuration setting are extremely important for the efficient operation of the DBMS, and thus are closely maintained by database administrators.

Though typically accessed by a DBMS through the underlying Operating system ( and often utilizing the operating systems ' File systems as intermediates for storage layout ), storage properties and configuration setting are extremely important for the efficient operation of the DBMS, and thus are closely maintained by database administrators.

Though deists rejected atheism, they often were called " atheists " by more traditional theists.

Though by no means a certainty, déjà vu occurs often enough during seizures that researches have reason to suspect a link.

Though German was spoken in each realm, sharing the same language and culture more often than not pushed Austria-Hungary and Germany apart.

Though nearly all modern mathematicians consider nonconstructive methods just as sound as constructive ones, Euclid's constructive proofs often supplanted fallacious nonconstructive ones — e. g., some of the Pythagoreans ' proofs that involved irrational numbers, which usually required a statement such as " Find the greatest common measure of ..."

Though discouraging, the failure of choice to lead to overall improvement often seems to reflect weaknesses in the way that choice is implemented rather than a failure of the basic principle itself.

Though this drink is often given to women who are nursing, the sweetness and smooth texture make it a comfort drink for anyone who enjoys its flavor.

Though some historians have criticised Elizabeth on similar grounds, Raleigh's verdict has more often been judged unfair.

Though the EPR paper has often been taken as an exact expression of Einstein's views, it was primarily authored by Podolsky, based on discussions at the Institute for Advanced Study with Einstein and Rosen.

Though film noir is often identified with a visual style, unconventional within a Hollywood context, that emphasizes low-key lighting and unbalanced compositions, films commonly identified as noir evidence a variety of visual approaches, including ones that fit comfortably within the Hollywood mainstream.

Though such increases may be temporary, long-term conflicts between motorists and light rail operations can be alleviated by segregating their respective rights-of-way and installing appropriate signage and warning systems.

Though its contract with the University of California was initially intended to be temporary, the relationship was maintained long after the war.

Though it had sections with marble floors and heating and air conditioning, it was planned to be a temporary structure.

Though the Kildare Street side car park was restored for use quickly, a considerable increase in staff numbers and media numbers working in the Leinster House required that the temporary car park on Leinster Lawn remain in use.

Though the commission's report suggested the option of having Madras as the temporary capital of Andhra State to allow smooth partitioning of the assets and the secretariat, Rajaji refused to allow Andhra State to have Madras even for a day.

* Though the actions of the United States and its allies may lead to civilian deaths or other forms of collateral damage, may require the use of means such as torture that would be condemned in other contexts, and may involve temporary alliances with undemocratic regimes, these actions are justified by the greater moral necessity of defeating terrorism and thus promoting American values and ensuring long-term U. S. security.

Though the majority of Russian Jews settled in Rome and Ladispoli ( a small city near Rome ), a significant number of them, particularly those from the Ukrainian city of Odessa, chose Nettuno as their temporary home, perhaps due to its magnificent beaches and lively night scene.

Though most of the complaints have been dropped, the case has since been combined with two other lawsuits and continues today under the temporary name " The Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation ".

Though degrees of depersonalization and derealization can happen to anyone who is subject to temporary anxiety / stress, chronic depersonalization is more related to individuals who have experienced a severe trauma or prolonged stress / anxiety.

Though cherishing a strong antipathy to the received ecclesiastical formulas, Irving's great aim was to revive the antique style of thought and sentiment which had hardened into these formulas, and by this means to supplant the new influences, the accidental and temporary moral shortcomings of which he detected with instinctive certainty, but whose profound and real tendencies were utterly beyond the reach of his conjecture.

Though the majority of services are still conducted in church buildings designed specifically for that purpose, some services take place in " store front " or temporary settings.

Though it was intended as a temporary war measure and despite White's recommendation that " a year or two after the war is over, the measure should be reviewed by the minister of finance of the day, with a view of judging whether it is suitable to the conditions which then prevail ," income tax became a permanent feature of Canadian life.

Though considerably more recent than the collecting of postage stamps ( philately ) or books ( bibliophilia ), it has a major following around the world today and is partially responsible for the increased interest in comics after the temporary slump experienced during the 1980s.

Though going all-Christmas may be a temporary pause in a station's existing format ( with the regular format resuming after the holiday mainly intact or with minor adjustments ), it has also been used as a temporary transition to a new format.

Though a member of the 1938 Unified Opposition, Sekula eternally stayed in opposition even after the Cvetković-Maček Agreement of 1939 that put a temporary end to most Yugoslavian problems because of his demands for an independent Montenegro, losing all support and disappearing from the political scene.

Though the school would survive the tremors of the 1906 earthquake with only moderate damage, the subsequent fires destroyed the school and church, forcing SI to find a new location near Golden Gate Park, a hastily constructed " temporary " wooden building, affectionately known as the " Shirt Factory ", which housed the school for more than 20 years, from 1906 to 1929.

Though these changes are usually temporary, some do have a long-term impact on human health.

Though in separate universes, the two manage to make brief, temporary contact, and Hiroki realises that the only way to wake Sayuri is to fly her body over the Tower, to take her to the " promised land of our childhood ".

Though it was vaulted over by 1524, the ambitious projects of its sculpture and the intervention of events, such as the temporary exile of the Medici ( 1527 ), the death of Giulio, now Pope Clement VII and the permanent departure of Michelangelo for Rome in 1534, meant that Michelangelo never finished it.

Though the government provided assurances that the centre would remain open throughout the process, much of the complex was vacant for some time with many long term retailers moving to temporary locations nearby.