Though Alexander's body had a missing finger and a different appearance from Lex at the time of his death, 52 editor Stephen Wacker has confirmed that the body found in Gotham is indeed Alex, and that Luthor had it altered before the police discovered it.

Though Roger had sworn allegiance to Matilda, he disliked the Angevin connection, and went over to Stephen, carrying with him the royal treasure and administrative system upon Stephen's accession in 1135.

Though Marcello Malpighi and Stephen Hales had shown that much of the substance of plants must be obtained from the atmosphere, no progress was made until Charles Bonnet observed on leaves plunged in aerated water bubbles of gas, which Joseph Priestley recognized as oxygen.

Though it was marked by continual strife, Stephen's long reign brought considerable cultural development ; many churches and monasteries were erected by Stephen himself ; some of which, including Voroneț, are now part of UNESCO's World Heritage sites.

Though King Henry VIII's commissioners declared the famous relic to be nothing but the blood of a duck, regularly renewed, and though the Abbot Stephen Sagar admitted that the Holy Blood was a fake in hope of saving the Abbey, Hailes Abbey was one of the last religious institutions to acquiesce following the Dissolution Act of 1536.

Though there is no direct evidence that these are the remains of Stephen Tomašević, folk tradition and circumstantial evidence make it almost a foregone conclusion that they are.

Though born in Papakura on 3 December 1983, Stephen attended Sandspit Primary School in Waiuku then four years at Waiuku College where his father is a long-serving teacher, before spending his seventh form at Wesley College.

Though he had been elected to the Senate in 1887 ( serving March 4, 1887 to June 10, 1891 ), he resigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas at the behest of his friend, Governor James Stephen " Jim " Hogg, who had run on a platform of state regulation of railroads, and chaired it until 1903 .< ref name =" JOHN H. Reagan "> </ span ></ font ></ ref >

* Though not referred to by name, Haiti is the backdrop for the 1990 Broadway musical Once On This Island by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

Though the music was more accessible than their earlier material, the lyrics and subject matter remained characteristically oblique and suggestive ( McAloon has often cited Stephen Sondheim as an influence ).

Though all of New Order's songs are credited as group compositions, it is known that the chief composer of " Procession " is Stephen Morris.

Though often mistaken for an anti-war song, it was this first of the " Sunset Strip riots " which inspired then Buffalo Springfield band member Stephen Stills to write " For What It ’ s Worth ", recorded about three weeks after on December 5, 1966.

Though a financier of undoubted reputation, Stephen did not excel in public debate.

Though Guy had been supported by Pope Stephen V since before the death of Charles the Fat, he was now abandoned by the pope, who turned to Arnulf.

Though Stephen asked the Doc on the show if he could come back next week it was to be a one off appearance, and The Foundation confirmed that the Doc was only a guest for this show.

Marvel ominously describes Clea as, " Though practically the perfect candidate for the job, one might wonder exactly where her loyalties lie ..." and " the daughter of the powerful Umar, Clea's toiled to equal and perhaps even exceed her teacher, Stephen Strange.

Though the papers have long been disputed, recent scholarship by historians including Stephen W. Sears and Edward Steers, Jr. has tended to favor their authenticity, though few who believe in their authenticity contend they were written by anyone other than Dahlgren himself.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars, writing, " Although the album is formulaic, it's a well-executed, stylish, and catchy formula, accentuating her natural vocal charm [...] Though there are a couple of weak tracks, Falling into You is a remarkably well-crafted set of adult contemporary pop and Dion's best album.

Though the leader of the Canadian Alliance Party, Stephen Harper, objected to the Prime Minister's position on Iraq, stating that Canada should be fighting alongside the US, Chrétien's decision reflected the view of the general Canadian public: In March 2003, a poll conducted by EKOS Research Associates for the Toronto Star and the Montreal newspaper La Presse found 71 % of those questioned did not support the United States-led invasion, with 27 % expressing disapproval.

Though still produced by WTWO, the broadcast once again featured a separate news set, graphics package ( the same used by many Fox owned-and-operated stations and affiliates ), and the news music package Extreme by Stephen Arnold Music.

Though in mid 1988, to the request of Oliver Amberg and support of producer Tony Platt, the band was resurrected, though with an entirely new line-up ( Oliver Amberg – guitars, Curt Victor Bryant – bass, Stephen Priestley – drums and additional vocals ).

Though DeMille completed the film, it proved to be his last, for he never fully recovered, and died on January 21, 1959 of heart failure.

Though their flesh has died and rotted away, their minds still live on within their skeletons, which communicate telepathically.

Though Farmer died in 1839, his efforts led to the creation of the New England Historic Genealogical Society ( NEHGS ), one of New England's oldest and most prominent organizations dedicated to the preservation of public records.

Though the Indian music craze soon died down among mainstream audiences, die hard fans and immigrants continued the fusion.

Though initially successful, Julian was mortally wounded in battle and died shortly after.

Though Sanjō was a nephew of Michinaga ( the mother of Sanjō was another sister of Michinaga ; she had died already in Sanjō's childhood and he was relatively less influenced by his maternal line ).

Though Oxford died in 1604 before approximately 12 of the plays were written according to the generally-accepted chronology, Oxfordians say that regular publication of new, " newly augmented ", and " corrected " Shakespeare plays stopped with Oxford's death in 1604, and they interpret certain written references to Shakespeare between 1604 and 1616 to mean that the writer was dead.

Though his earliest publications date from his mid-twenties, Valéry did not become a full-time writer until 1920, when the man for whom he worked as private secretary, a former chief executive of the Havas news agency, Edouard Lebey, died of Parkinson's disease.

Though he died owing money, his novels continued to sell and the debts encumbering his estate were eventually discharged.

Though born into a wealthy slave-owning family, Jefferson had many financial problems, and died deeply in debt.

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 Jobst had the greater support among the electors, he died on January 18, 1411, clearing the way for Sigismund's election as king and later Holy Roman Emperor.

Though King Wu died just a few years after the Battle of Muye, the Duke of Zhou assisted the young and inexperienced King Cheng in consolidating power for the Ji line: he managed a war against rebellious Zhou princes in the eastern lowlands ( allied with feudal rulers and Shang remnants ); formulated the Mandate of Heaven doctrine to counter Shang claims to a divine right of rule ; founded Chengzhou as an eastern capital ; and set up the fengjian " feudal " system designed to maintain Zhou authority as it expanded its rule over a larger amount of territory.

" Though he suffered all his life from the condition spondyloarthritis, Karel Čapek died of double pneumonia on December 25, 1938 shortly after part of Czechoslovakia was annexed by Nazi Germany following the so-called Munich Agreement.

Though Nobel wrote several wills during his lifetime, the last was written a little over a year before he died, and signed at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris on 27 November 1895.

Though Kerr, who died in 1991, continues to be reviled in some quarters, Whitlam and Fraser later reconciled.

Though Mistinguett never married, she had a son, Léopoldo João de Lima e Silva, by Brazilian diplomat Leopoldo de Lima e Silva ( died 1931 ); the latter was a grandson of the Duke of Caxias.

Though William Barbee died shortly after establishing himself and his family in North Carolina, one of his eight children, Christopher Barbee, became an important contributor to his father ’ s adopted community and to the fledgling University of North Carolina.

Though he died in Padua, he was born and raised in a wealthy family in Lisbon.

Though initially crops sprouted quickly and lushly, they just as quickly wilted and died seemingly without reason.

Though he died from rheumatic heart disease in Hamburg, while shooting interiors on The Lovers of Montparnasse, Ophüls was buried in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Though gravely injured, he survived the immediate explosion, but he died of his wounds a few hours later.

Though the school died in 1883, the town streets still bear the names of several well-known 19th-century Baptists: Judson and Hasseltine ( after Adoniram Judson and his wife, Ann Hasseltine Judson ), Wayland ( after Francis Wayland, president of Brown University in Rhode Island ), Wade ( after missionary Jonathan Wade ) and Boardman ( after missionary George Boardman, whose widow, Sarah Hall Boardman became Judson's second wife ).

Though notably, while Athenians tended to refer to metics by their name and deme of residence ( the same democratic scheme used for citizens ), on their tombstones freeborn metics who died in Athens preferred to name the cities from which they had come and of which they were citizens still.