Though he acknowledged the existence and celestial importance of the Way of Heaven, he insisted that the Dao principally concerns human affairs.

Though Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Washington-Williams while he was alive, he continued to give her financial support well into her adult life.

Though referred to as " the first modern vampire novel ", it is as a novel of social theme that I Am Legend made a lasting impression on the cinematic zombie genre, by way of director George A. Romero, who acknowledged its influence and that of its 1964 adaptation, The Last Man on Earth, upon his seminal film Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ).

Though Trevor-Roper often acknowledged the impact of social trends upon history, in his view, it was the actions of the individuals that made the difference.

Though the establishment kept holding back, other painters acknowledged Corot's growing stature.

Though songs are credited to all the musicians, McEntire quickly became perceived as, if not the acknowledged leader, the group's guiding force.

Though not officially acknowledged, the purchase price for the Speedway was reported by the Indianapolis Star and News to be $ 750, 000.

Though it was a novel, Horwood acknowledged its autobiographical elements.

" Though the Indians are acknowledged to have an unquestionable, and, heretofore, unquestioned right to the lands they occupy, until that right shall be extinguished by a voluntary cession to our government ; yet it may well be doubted whether those tribes which reside within the acknowledged boundaries of the United States can, with strict accuracy, be denominated foreign nations.

Though Charlemagne, in deference to Byzantine outrage, preferred the title " Emperor, king of the Franks and Lombards ", the ceremony formally acknowledged the Frankish Empire as the successor of the ( Western ) Roman one ( although only the forged " Donation " gave the pope political authority to do this ), thus triggering a series of disputes with the Byzantines around the Roman name.

Though acknowledged to be one of the foremost orators in the House of Lords, and taking a frequent part in debate, Ellenborough never held office again.

Though Waite in his dissertation, notably in chapter 4: The notation of organum duplum ' acknowledged that in organum duplum and monophonic conducts relative freedom may have been taken, he transcribed a selection of the Magnus Liber Organi of Leonin into strict modal rhythm.

Though Negativland are seldom acknowledged as musical antecedents of mashups, lacking perhaps the sense of fun many contemporary practitioners seek in their craft, their struggle against various forms of " censorship " ( in their terms ) and legal coercion ( for instance, their single " U2 " was one of the first pieces of music to be withdrawn for its use of unauthorised samples ) has made them poster children for some mashup commentators who approach the issue from a more critical perspective, and with an eye to the complicated cultural issues raised by both accidental and deliberate plundering within music and culture generally.

Though all fantasy works published after Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings are usually acknowledged as indebted to him to some extent, Feist has fairly directly borrowed elements amounting to entire cultures.

Fruit of the Lemon, set in England and Jamaica in the Thatcher era, " explores the notion of home, and how it differs for the formerly colonized and their descendants ," as the New York Times noted: " Though Levy writes specifically about black Jamaican Britons and their struggles to be acknowledged as full members of the larger society, her novel illuminates the general situation facing all children of postcolonial immigrants across the West, from the banlieue of France to the Islamic neighborhoods of New York to the Hispanic ghettos of Los Angeles.

Though she remained hesitant, Lois mentally acknowledged that this was something only the real Clark Kent would know.

Though they are few in number, most of the members of the Council are highly-placed persons of power in their own lands, and each is an acknowledged master of the magical arts.

Though Georkadtzis planned and executed an operation to assassinate the President of the Republic, and though his role in this has been acknowledged by the courts, the yearly church service in his memory is attended by prominent figures among the Greek Cypriot political leadership and at least one street has been named after him.

Though they sought to " challenge grunge-rock image " of Seattle, they are acknowledged as a part of the grunge music scene of the late 80's and early 90's.

Though the length and duration of the climb is relatively shorter, 2 days to climb up and 1 day to descend, this mountain is still acknowledged as the most difficult and technically challenging Philippine mountain to climb, alongside Mount Halcon in Mindoro and Mount Mantalingajan in Palawan.

Though Cape Verdean music is largely unknown outside of the expatriate community, Rhode Island is the acknowledged center for Cape Verdean morna and other styles in the United States.

We will accept the presumptive apology .” Though widely unpopular with contemporary critics of the day, most acknowledged the success of Forrest as the play ’ s lead.

Though an acknowledged genius at guitar design and construction, Moseley lacked many basic skills necessary to be a good businessman, and thus the company fell on hard times repeatedly in the late 1960s and 1970s, but continued to produce Mosrite guitars until 1993 in North Carolina and Arkansas.

Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

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 coyote is the basis for the character of Wile E. Coyote in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoons, especially about the Road Runner, coyotes have not been known as yet to attack greater roadrunners for prey.

Though Fascism adopted a number of positions designed to appeal to reactionaries, the Fascists sought to maintain Fascism's revolutionary character, with Angelo Oliviero Olivetti saying " Fascism would like to be conservative, but it will by being revolutionary.

Though it is on the left wing of Palestinian politics, its character is primarily nationalist rather than social democratic.

Though the thorn character ( whose appearance was usually similar to the modern " p ") was most common, the eth could equally be used.

Though an original character himself, many of Shang-Chi's supporting characters ( most notably Fu Manchu and Sir Denis Nayland Smith ) were Rohmer creations.

Though Bruce is a minor character, his battles and the events surrounding his war against England are catalogued.

Though strictly a commercial product, Peckinpah's creative touches abound throughout, most notably during the intricately-edited opening sequence when McQueen's character is suffering from the pressures of prison life.

Though it is most common, tries need not be keyed by character strings.

Though Thackeray does not settle definitively whether Becky murders Jos, such a development is in keeping with the overall trend of character development in the novel.

Though a minor character, he very notably arrests Fitz in " To Say I Love You " when he refuses to leave Judith alone after she has left him and gone to her parents ' house.

Though invisible, fate may be considered a leading character in the One Thousand and One Nights.

Though the animated character was never given a name, he is clearly based on Clouseau and the cartoons later appeared as part of the animated Pink Panther Show series.

Though Schimmelpenninck was a convinced federalist, he was a pliable character also.

Though collectors often focus on dōjinshi based on particular manga, any male character may become the subject of a yaoi dōjinshi, even characters from non-manga titles such as Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings, or video games such as Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, real people such as politicians, or personifications such as Hetalia: Axis Powers, or complementary items such as salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly.

Though Burr's character is often said never to have lost a case, he did lose two murder cases in early episodes of the series, once when his client misled him and another time when his client was later cleared.

Though Nyarlathotep appears as a character in only four stories and two sonnets ( which is more than any other of Lovecraft's gods ), his name is mentioned frequently in other works.

Though his character of Barney Greenwald was supposed to be Jewish ( a fact made relevant in the book but not in the film ), Ferrer himself was not.

Though technically a merman, the character Rikuo in the Darkstalkers game series and his race bear a striking resemblance to the Gill-Man, and perhaps more so than any character in the game, remain very true to the source character, with Rikuo being from an area in Brazil near the Amazon.

Though there is no direct dialogue about his age, the character is visibly far younger than seventeen years.

Though Shooter had previously displayed no problems with the belief on the part of fans that the character Element Lad was gay when Shooter had been the writer on Legion of Super-Heroes, Alan Kistler reported in a 2012 Comic Book Resources article that at Marvel, Shooter had declared a policy that there were " no gays in the Marvel Universe.

Though Clarabelle is now very rarely seen in animation today, she is a character in Disney's Toontown Online.