Though the success of The Jazz Singer was due largely to Jolson, already established as one of America's biggest music stars, and its limited use of synchronized sound hardly qualified it as an innovative sound film ( let alone the " first "), the movie's profits were proof enough to the industry that the technology was worth investing in.

* Though not as famous as George Boldt's Castle, Singer Castle on Dark Island is privately renovated and is open to tourists.

Though not strictly secular, the Yiddish works of authors like Sholem Aleichem ( whose collected works amounted to 28 volumes ) and Isaac Bashevis Singer ( winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize ), form their own canon, focusing on the Jewish experience in both Eastern Europe, and in America.

Though KLH was sold to the Singer Corporation in 1964, Kloss remained at the firm for a short time to assist in the development of additional speakers and electronic music products, and the firm continued to attract design and engineering talent.

Though the SVG Specification primarily focuses on vector graphics markup language, its design includes the basic capabilities of a page description language ( PDL ), like Adobe's PDF.

Though often a supporting character, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore focuses on him.

Though views differ as respects the impact of Title IX, discussion typically focuses on whether and to what extent Title IX has resulted in increased athletic opportunities for females, and whether and to what extent Title IX has resulted in decreased athletic opportunities for males.

Though the common perception of Abbasid artistic production focuses largely on pottery, the greatest development of the Abbasid period was in textiles.

) Though many talents are limited in scope ( called the " spot-on-a-wall " variety ), the series focuses mainly on individuals with " Magician " caliber abilities ( one of the criteria for serving as King of Xanth ).

Though the original name for the concept now known as appropriate technology, " intermediate technology " is now often considered a subset of appropriate technology that focuses on technology that is more productive than " inefficient " traditional technologies, but less costly than the technology of industrialized societies.

Though the film mainly focuses on the union of Jim Levenstein and Michelle Flaherty, for the first time in the series, the story centers around Steve Stifler, and his outrageous antics including his attempt to organize a bachelor party, teaching Jim to dance for the wedding, and competing with Finch to win the heart of Michelle's lovely sister, Cadence.

Though all programmers add to the content and experience that a game provides, a gameplay programmer focuses more on a game's strategy, implementation of the game's mechanics and logic, and the " feel " of a game.

Though typically thought of as an agriculturally focused organization as a result of its history, 4-H today focuses on citizenship, healthy living, science, engineering, and technology programs.

According to Yves Gautier in the book, “ Michael Jackson, Backdoor to Neverland ”: “ Though few know about it, Michael Jackson is a voracious reader and there is a 10, 000-volume library in the Neverland Ranch, that focuses on art, psychology and poetry .”

Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, the story focuses on Drood's uncle, choirmaster John Jasper, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud.

Though seen by many Hegemony citizens as barbarians, the Ousters have a highly-advanced culture that focuses primarily on the fine arts and on aesthetic values almost unknown amidst the many technologies of the WorldWeb.

Though he continues to work part-time as vice chairman of Fidelity Management & Research Co., the investment adviser arm of Fidelity Investments, spending most of his time mentoring young analysts, Peter Lynch focuses a great deal of time on philanthropy.

Though it focuses on writing free software for GNU in C, much of it can be applied more generally.

Though the play is generally more realistic than Shawn's previous politically charged work The Fever, it focuses on the characters ' emotional lives and leaves the civil war in the background.

Though the series focuses primarily on Elizabeth and Jessica, it also features stories of their friends and classmates.

: With respect to this maxim, Grice writes, " Though the maxim itself is terse, its formulation conceals a number of problems that exercise me a good deal: questions about what different kinds and focuses of relevance there may be, how these shift in the course of a talk exchange, how to allow for the fact that subjects of conversations are legitimately changed, and so on.

Though the game focuses on mixed fighting styles, the only way to win a fight is through Knock Out or Submission.

Though the Kojiki is a depository of Shinto myths, it is well known to scholars as a “ late compilation in which political considerations and specifically Chinese conceptions intrude themselves almost everywhere .” Mahikari utilizes many of the mythological deities found in the Kojiki but focuses on the Su god who personally chose Okada as his savior.

Though, in general, broadcast focuses on oldies, WJPA is also known for its wide sports coverage.

Though he knew no more about military science and tactics than any other desk officer, he managed to get transferred to the combat forces.

Though his character is broader and more comically rounded than the don, he gives it a firmness and toughness -- a sort of peasant dignity -- too.

Though the Republican legislative candidates won more popular votes, the Democrats won more seats, and the legislature re-elected Douglas to the Senate.

Though the preface initially states Luke ’ s intentions for writing, by closely examining the contents of the work as a whole, scholars have surmised that Luke ’ s purpose is much more complex.

Though some explain Housman's unexpected failure in his final exams as a result of Jackson's rejection, most biographers adduce a variety of reasons, indifference to philosophy, overconfidence in his praeternatural gifts, a contempt for inexact learning, and enjoyment of idling away his time with Jackson, conjoined with news of his father's desperate illness as the more immediate and germane causes.

Though much more expensive than steel, there are now aluminium alloys available that will not corrode in salt water, and an aluminium boat built to similar load carrying standards could be built lighter than steel.

Though a minimum of three bishops participating is desirable ( there are usually several more ) in order to demonstrate collegiality, canonically only one bishop is necessary.

Though Common Lisp is not as popular as some non-Lisp languages, many of its features have made their way into other, more widely used programming languages and systems ( see Greenspun's Tenth Rule ).

Though the Bengals ran it with some success, like the West Coast Offense the scheme became more successful elsewhere, in this case with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, where LeBeau has served two stints as defensive coordinator.

Though Beaux admired Eakins more and thought his painting skill superior to Sartain's, she preferred the latter's gentle teaching style which promoted no particular aesthetic approach.

Though they wanted a more democratic society, their proposed franchise did not extend to women or to the lowest orders of society.

Though a large body of research exists for this method it is more complex, less intuitive, and not more effective than the ERM method.

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

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

Though direct imaging may become more important in the future, the vast majority of known extrasolar planets have only been detected through indirect methods.

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

Though more than 99 % of the dry atmosphere is IR transparent ( because the main constituents — N < sub > 2 </ sub >, O < sub > 2 </ sub >, and Ar — are not able to directly absorb or emit infrared radiation ), intermolecular collisions cause the energy absorbed and emitted by the greenhouse gases to be shared with the other, non-IR-active, gases.

Though an excellent opera, it is rarely heard uncut today, as the original score runs more than four hours in performance.

Though Palestrina represents late Renaissance music well, others such as Orlande de Lassus ( a Franco-Flemish composer who also spent some of his early career in Italy ) and William Byrd were arguably more versatile.

Though this has never been proven, many observers in the press and academia believe that the US has not provided convincing answers to several of the more suspicious details surrounding the coup, such as the circumstances under which the US obtained Aristide's purported letter of " resignation " ( as presented by the US ) which, translated from Kreyol, does not actually read as a resignation.

Though it is of more recent vintage ( dated to the 3rd century ) than that with Iolaus, it had themes of mentoring in the ways of a warrior and help finding a wife in the end.

Though followers of Zwingli and Calvin were more severe in their rejection, Lutherans tended to be moderate: many of their parishes displayed statues and crucifixes.

Though it previously held a more eurosceptic stance than is usually articulated by most other green parties in Europe, the party backed the Lisbon Treaty with support from two thirds of the party.