Though Thomas was confirmed and took a seat on the Court, Hill's testimony focused national attention on the issue of workplace sexual harassment.

Though FitzGibbon asserts that Thomas ' negativity towards Welsh nationalism was fostered by his father's hostility towards the Welsh language.

Though he met Thomas Sully, one of the most famous portrait painters of the time and a valuable ally, Audubon was rebuffed for publication.

Though a serious methodological indictment, opponents of the minimum wage largely ignored this issue ; as Thomas C. Leonard noted, " The silence is fairly deafening.

Though his kinship to both the French and Spanish royal families suggested that he could be useful to Spanish interests, Thomas Francis was not entirely trusted, and was obliged to send his wife and children to Madrid as hostages.

) Though welcomed by the Spanish given that he was related to both the French and Spanish royal families, Thomas was not entirely trusted by them, and had to send his wife and children to Madrid as hostages.

* Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, a CBS television miniseries ( Air dates: 2 / 13 / 00 and 2 / 16 / 00 ; Writer: Tina Andrews Director: Charles Haid ; With Carmen Ejogo as Hemings and Sam Neill as Thomas Jefferson ) As PBS noted in a Frontline program, " Though many quarrelled with the portrayal of Hemings as unrealistically modern and heroic, no major historian challenged the series ' premise that Hemings and Jefferson had a 38-year relationship that produced children.

Though they had no direct connection, other writers considered the Beats to be a major influence, including Thomas Pynchon ( Gravity's Rainbow ) and Tom Robbins ( Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ).

Though his father, older brother, and oldest sister were all going themselves the General refused to help Thomas find a position aboard a ship.

Though to some extent anticipated by the British deist, Thomas Morgan, Semler was the first to take due note of and use for critical purposes the opposition between the Judaic and anti-Judaic parties of the early church.

Though they weren't raised in the same household until Thomas was a grown-up and despite the fact that Ridge never legally adopted her, Hope and Ridge considered each other father and daughter.

Though they do exhibit some of his trademark expressionism, the statues of Wolfe Tone and Thomas Davis are less abstract than was most of his work at the time ; the famine memorial is more typical in this regard.

Though he brought him into his cabinet in 1921 in part at the urging of Progressive leader Thomas Crerar, King found Stewart to be an inadequate protector of western interests — especially in his advocacy of tariff reduction, which King found lacklustre — and did not trust his political advice on the west.

Though polls showed that Stassen could unseat Harry S Truman if nominated., he lost the nomination to Thomas E. Dewey, who went on to lose to Truman.

Though he later recovered it and handed it over to Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury., his mishandling of the seal – indicative of questionale loyalty, led to his dismissal as Lord Chancellor.

Though there was no definite assurance to Saint Thomas Christians, Joint Political Congress decided to withdraw the agitation.

Though the government initiated the legislation process for reforming the land and the education sectors, they were considered as infringements over the rights by the school managements and landowners, who were predominantly Saint Thomas Christians and Nairs.

Though his stay at the school was short-he left after only twelve or fourteen months, having quarrelled with the trustees-he made two friendships he would keep for life: that of Thomas Twining, curate of Fordham, and of the Rev.

Though Gregory of Tours made a version, mainstream Christian tradition rejects the Acts of Thomas as pseudepigraphical and apocryphal, and for its part, the Roman Catholic Church finally confirmed the Acts as heretical at the Council of Trent.

Though the Volunteers ' stated purpose was not the establishment of a republic, the IRB intended to use the organisation to do just that, recruiting high ranking members into the IRB, notably Joseph Plunkett, Thomas MacDonagh, and Patrick Pearse, who was co-opted to the Supreme Council in 1915.

Though born in Florida, Thomas was raised in the Cleveland, Ohio area.

" Though Isaac was given to Thomas Jefferson's daughter in 1797 as part of her marriage settlement, Isaac and his family were hired or bought by Jefferson's older daughter, who lived near Monticello and moved there full time in 1809.

Though two of Gary Thomas ’ recordings were highly rated by Down Beat he only had a contract with a small European company and his performance opportunities were virtually limited to Europe.

Though their views were complex, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison were adherents, in some respects, of Unitarianism.

Though she did not then know its name, this strange new fruit was a banana.

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 he quickly dropped " Octavianus " from his name and his contemporaries referred to him as " Caesar " during this period, historians refer to him as Octavian between 44 BC and 27 BC.

Though Hitler was originally against the idea ( but later convinced ), Drexler changed the name of the party to the National Socialist German Workers ' Party ( Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP ) early in 1920.

Though the name Area 51 is used in official Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) documentation, other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, Groom Lake, and most recently Homey Airport.

Though Todd's last name has never been mentioned in the series, it was revealed in This Book Sucks.

Though most modern vendors serve only the bigger 1 / 4 " pearls, they still use " pearl tea " as the name.

Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Though most of the Paronomasia is lost in translation, it is the equivalent of ‘ Ashdod shall be but ashes ,’ where the fate of the city matches its name.

Though the name came to be commonly used to refer to the whole of southern Mesopotamia, Chaldea proper was in fact the vast plain in the far south east formed by the deposits of the Euphrates and the Tigris, extending to about four hundred miles along the course of these rivers, and about a hundred miles in average width.

Though the TeX typesetting language has an equivalent, the CTAN ( and in fact the CPAN's name is based on the CTAN ), few languages have an exhaustive central repository for libraries.

Though the term " Cathar " has been used for centuries to identify the movement, whether the movement identified itself with this name is debatable.

Though best known for his invention of the pressure-ignited heat engine that bears his name, Rudolf Diesel was also a well-respected thermal engineer and a social theorist.

Though it made Poe a household name almost instantly, he was paid only $ 9 for its publication.

Though such use is not encouraged by the company, the common use of the name as a generic term has put the trademark in jeopardy.

Though technically incorrect, this pronunciation is also commonly used for Adams ' middle name.

Though his name was then a household word ( as was " existentialism " during the tumultuous 1960s ), Sartre remained a simple man with few possessions, actively committed to causes until the end of his life, such as the May 1968 strikes in Paris during the summer of 1968 during which he was arrested for civil disobedience.

Though initially sarcastic and self-possessed to the point of arrogance ( Leiko is actually a Japanese name meaning " arrogant ") her relationship with her new lover causes her to become more contemplative.

Though it was not the first use of this writing system, which was also used in the earlier Kojiki ( 712 ), it was influential enough to give the writing system its name: " the kana of the Man ' yōshū ".

Though the Pope is the diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Rome, he delegates most of the day-to-day work of leading the diocese to the Cardinal Vicar, who assures direct episcopal oversight of the diocese's pastoral needs, not in his own name but in that of the Pope.

Though this ' stamp ' was applied to a letter instead of a separate piece of paper it is considered by many historians as the world's first postage stamp .< ref name =" William Dockwra and the Penny Post Service "></ span ></ font ></ ref >

Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s, and in blues records from the 1920s, rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s.

Though the original name was " revolving gun ", the short-form " revolver " is universally used.

Though the concept has changed, the name " tuple " has not.

Though he left most of the game ( including the distribution of letters ) unchanged, Brunot slightly rearranged the " premium " squares of the board and simplified the rules ; he also changed the name of the game to " Scrabble ," a real word which means " to scratch frantically.