Though Flockhart at first hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract, she was swayed by the script and traveled to Los Angeles to audition for the part, which she won.

Though he had asserted a desire to remain with the Astros, Beltrán signed a long-term contract with the New York Mets on January 9, 2005.

Though Kotite did lead the Eagles to one playoff victory against the New Orleans Saints during the 1992 season, his contract was not renewed after a disastrous 1994 season in which the Eagles went 7 – 9, losing their last seven games after starting the season 7 – 2.

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

Though the university and the laboratory had difficult relations many times since their first World War II contract, this was the first time that the university ever had to compete for management of the laboratory.

Though the film was not a box office success, Nielsen caught the eye of producer Nicholas Nayfack who offered him an audition for a role in the science fiction film Forbidden Planet, resulting in Nielsen being signed to a long-term contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ( MGM ).

Though the terms of the contract would vary, essentially a free man pledged himself as a bond slave ( nexus ) as surety for a loan.

Though Zamora was gay, he chose to not make that explicit point to school children, preferring to emphasize to them that he got the disease through unprotected sex, so as to underscore the fact that both homosexuals and heterosexuals could contract HIV.

Though 86 years old, Monteux asked for, and received, a 25-year contract with a 25-year option of renewal.

Though they had more chart action with Motown than with previous labels, the group struggled with follow-ups and when their contract was up in 1968, the brothers opted not to renew it.

Though details were undisclosed, Wisden 1968 speculated that his contract would run for three years and be worth £ 7000 a year ( a very high income at the time ), including an apartment and a car.

Though having a 10-year contract with UFA expiring in 1935, Helm incurred the wrath of Nazi Germany for " race defilement " in marrying her second husband Dr. Hugo von Kuenheim, an industrialist of Jewish background.

When asked about the Croatian's current contract status with the UFC and whether it would interfere with his participation in ' Dream ' events, Dream producer and front man Keiichi Sasahara said, " Though I can't share specific details about his contract, there will not be any foreseeable problems arising.

Though Fowler had been on a contract extension from 1999 ( unlike Steve McManaman – who exercised his Bosman entitlement the very same year ), Fowler was linked to Lazio, Arsenal and Leeds, and Liverpool's management as well as fans and the media constantly reported that what happened with McManaman ( regarded as a huge financial loss ) would never be repeated and thus the club never rejected those bids without consideration.

Though it was Allan's idea, competition for the contract was fierce.

Though children often contract this infection as well, they less frequently become symptomatic.

Though Gordy reportedly tried to renegotiate with Wells, the singer still asked to be let go of her contract with Motown.

Though he received superior financial offers from the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers, Hull chose to sign a two-year, $ 9 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings to pursue a second Stanley Cup championship.

Though Messier was actually under contract to the Oilers until 1993, his agent and father Doug Messier unsuccessfully pressed Sather for a new deal in the summer of 1990.

Though there is no written contract, both parties verbally agreed to cross-promote each other with the result that Mandrake the Magician became recognized throughout North America.

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 the contract cannot be destroyed, Lilah is touched by the act.

Though due to his studies he mainly played for Worksop's reserves, in a first-team match against Northampton Town he caught the opposition's eye, and they offered him a contract, leading him to turn professional for the first time in 1901.

Though early thermal weapons, such as Greek fire, have existed since ancient times, the first widely used explosive in warfare and mining was black powder, invented in 9th century China ( see the history of gunpowder ).

Though the Internet has allowed the global explosion of collectively authored comedy, its precursors existed on bulletin boards, corporate messaging systems, and even through such low-tech mechanisms as the facsimile since at least the 1970s.

Though the word indigo has existed in English since the 13th century, it may never have been a common part of the basic color-naming system.

Though the body has existed intermittently since medieval times, its current composition and the nature of its work are defined in the constitution and subsequent laws that have been published, the most recent in 2004.

Though the Byzantines recovered control of the ravaged city a half century later, the Byzantine Empire was terminally weakened, and existed as a ghost of its old self until Sultan Mehmet The Conqueror took the city in 1453.

Though Fox's work has now been to some extent revised, it remains a vital record of stretches of the Dyke that still existed between 1926 and 1928, when his three field surveys took place, but that are now destroyed.

Though the city was founded relatively late, a sanctuary existed there since very ancient times.

Though relative peace existed in the Western world, the United States and its allies have been involved in various regional wars, such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Yugoslav wars, the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War.

Though not seen as the most tyrannical of kings, unlike his son Prince Edward, discontent was common during Henry's time and, though traditionally thought of as belonging to the time of King John, the earliest Robin Hood sources and tales suggest that, if he existed at all, it was during Henry's reign.

Though the Internet itself has existed since 1969, it was with the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989 by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee and Belgian Robert Cailliau and its implementation in 1991 that the Internet truly became a global network.

Though Romana reveals that the equipment will bring him back after 2 minutes, the Doctor asserts that it is enough time for Scaroth to stop the explosion of the Jagaroth ship, itself the source of the spark of energy that created the beginnings of life on Earth ; should Scaroth prevent the explosion, every native living being on the planet will never have existed.

Though many residents opposed it at the time, in 1967 two large multi-occupancy buildings of brutalist architectural design were built on the lakefront to create an opportunity for comfortable apartment dwelling in a municipality where previously only free-standing single-family housing existed.

Though the word " prequel " is of recent origin, works fitting this concept existed long before.

Though a prison, Le Stinche, existed as early as the 14th century in Florence, Italy, incarceration was not widely used until the 19th century.

Though Advaita philosophy existed from the period of the Vedanta and the Upanishads, and was advocated by many saints like Sukha, Sanaka, Goudapada and Govinda Bhagvatpada, Adi Shankara is its most famous and profound presenter ..

Though other historians have expressed doubts, Davis has been at least partially persuasive: Richard L. Greaves, in a review of Davis's book, suggests that though a very radical fringe existed, it was probably never as organized as conservatives of the time suggested.

Though Sébastien Foucan states in Jump London that " le parkour has always existed, freerunning has always been there, the thing is that no one gave it a name, we didn't put it in the box ," the roots of the modern discipline can be traced.

Though he was writing an in era before evolution existed, Buffon is a key figure in the history of evolutionary thought ; his " transformist " theory would influence the evolutionary theories of both Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin.

Though the inspectorate has existed since the mid-19th century, the office was reorganised under the Education ( Schools ) Act 1992, and is explicitly named in the Education and Inspections Act 2006.

Though corruption existed in Civilization I and II, it has been made much more severe in Civilization III.

Though a very small Neolithic population may have existed in Caria, the people known as " Carians " may in fact have been of Aegean origin that settled in southwestern Anatolia during the second millennium BC.

Though modern readers may be skeptical that such beliefs ever existed, the superstitions of Gypsy culture are well documented.

Though the culture was mainly urban, some agriculture and much stock raising existed.

Though metapuzzles have existed in some form for many Mystery Hunts, the structure regarding how the puzzles combine into metapuzzles and how puzzles are released varies.