Though place names survived the deurbanized Sub-Roman and early Anglo-Saxon periods, and historiography has been at pains to signal the expected survivals, archaeology shows that a bare handful of Roman towns were continuously occupied.

Though the Philistines adopted local Canaanite culture and language before leaving any written texts ( and later adopted the Aramaic language ), an Indo-European origin has been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words that survived as loanwords in Hebrew.

Though his live performances in the U. S. are infrequent, Chao played a handful of dates there in 2006, including a headlining show at Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago, IL.

Though an eclipse of the sun prevented his bringing with him more than a handful of troops, he overthrew the tyrant's far superior force on the ridge of Cynoscephalae.

Though the overall effect of the entire genus on humans is probably detrimental, this is merely due to the considerable damage done by a handful of species when these are allowed to spread uncontrolled.

Though never an actively touring band, Boards of Canada did perform a handful of shows.

Though Áras an Uachtaráin is possibly not as palatial as other European royal and presidential palaces, with only a handful of state rooms ( the state drawing room, large and small dining rooms, the President's Office and Library, a large ballroom and a presidential corridor lined with the busts of past presidents ( Francini Corridor ), and some fine eighteenth and nineteenth century bedrooms above, all in the main building ), it is a relatively comfortable state residence.

Though there were probably a handful of V13 members who also became Suicidals, Amery was not a member of V13 but bassist Louiche Mayorga's brother was ( and that's whose hat he's wearing just for the photo ).

Though he taught widely, a handful of his chosen students remained a close-knit group, among the first humanists of the Renaissance.

Though he only knew a handful of guitar chords and improvised the majority of his lyrics ( as opposed to committing them to paper ), Suzuki was asked to perform with the band that same night.

Though they insisted the reunion was short-term, the band regrouped once again in 2007 to perform Spiderland in its entirety in Barcelona as part of the Primavera Sound Festival, in London as part of the ATP Don't Look Back series of shows, as well as at a handful of dates in Europe, the U. S. ( at Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, the Showbox in Seattle, and the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood ), and Canada.

Though there are several hundred tests available, only a handful are approved by the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ); these are sold as at-home test kits, and are therefore considered " medical devices " over which the FDA may assert jurisdiction.

Though the Hornets played all but a handful of games during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons in Oklahoma City — and even temporarily changed the team's name to the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets, the basketball team's ownership insisted they would return to the recovering city as soon as possible.

Though the outer ward had fallen, and in the process a handful of the garrison killed, the Crusaders retreated to the more formidable inner ward.

Though subsequently the territory passed to the Dukes of Burgundy, Hesdin remained one of a handful of French strongholds, until in 1553 Emperor Charles V ordered the utter destruction of the old fortified town on a rise of ground and built the present town the following year, some from the original site, on the banks of the Canche.

Though the CCF / NDP has a long history in Nova Scotia, it was unable to break the two-party system and win more than a handful of seats ( if any ) in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly until the 1990s.

Though a handful of originals were present, the album was for the most part focused on, appropriately, soul standards such as " Walk on By " and " Your Precious Love ".

Though the kanji characters are pronounced in Japanese as ' Nagayoshi ', by convention the Chinese pronunciation of ' Chogi ' is used for this smith, and a handful of others ( less commonly for his student Kanenaga, pronounced in Chinese as ' Kencho ').

Though the palace guard mobilized quickly to protect the Emperor, it is said that Tameyoshi, with a handful of mounted samurai, drove the mobs away himself.

Though rarely encountered because of its oceanic habitat, a handful of documented attacks on humans were apparently caused by cookiecutter sharks.

Though a handful of ashcan copies of the Pharos edition were eventually distributed, Stephan Michael Sechi ( who maintained creative control of the game through all editions ) rescinded the license with Pharos and announced that the game was up for grabs.

Though hundreds of letters claiming to be from the killer were posted at the time of the Ripper murders, many researchers argue that the " From Hell " letter is one of a handful of possibly authentic writings received from the murderer.

Though his live performances in the U. S. are infrequent, Chao played a handful of dates there in 2006, including a headlining show at Lollapalooza 2006 in Chicago, IL, " Celebrate Brooklyn " in 2007, and at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland to a sellout crowd on June 23, 2007.

Though now largely gone from cultivation, a handful of Flower of Kent trees remain.

Though both policies are presented in the Honor Code Handbook given to new members of the Caltech Community, some undergraduates regard them as a slight against the Honor Code and the implicit trust and respect it represents within the community.

Though the Bible is part of the LDS canon and members believe it to be the word of God, they believe that omissions and mistranslations are present in even the earliest known manuscripts.

Though the CPC charges a limited due on its members for its expenditure, its total amount would be insignificant for the continued operation of this hegemony.

Though present and allowed to speak before the council, members of the Imperial Roman / Byzantine court, abbots, priests, monks and laymen were not allowed to vote.

Though hired to be part of the live performance group rather than as band members, these four musicians were also included in the photograph alongside the core duo on the album cover of their first album to assist in projecting an image of a group rather than a duo.

Though a minority of WASG members opposed the merger of the two parties scheduled for June 2007, the new party – The Left – was on Germany's political stage before the federal elections.

Though the monarch retains all executive, legislative, and judicial power in and over Canada, the governor general is permitted to exercise most of this, including the Royal Prerogative, in the sovereign's name ; some as outlined in the Constitution Act, 1867, and some through various letters patent issued over the decades, particularly those from 1947 that constitute the Office of Governor General of Canada ; they state: " And We do hereby authorize and empower Our Governor General, with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada or of any members thereof or individually, as the case requires, to exercise all powers and authorities lawfully belonging to Us in respect of Canada.

Though the band members finally met up in October, they posted on their website that they had only " met up for an enjoyable lunch " and that there were no " other music plans for Blur ".

Though Nasser allowed former Ba ' ath members to hold prominent political positions, they never reached positions as high in the government as did the Egyptian officials.

Though the expedition ended in failure the members of the Uitvoerend Bewind became very nervous in the days before the Battle of Bergen.

Though they are not members of the EU, Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican City also have euro coins featuring a national side, but these coins are not put into general circulation by the authorities who instead sell them to collectors for prices higher than their face value.

Though Welk was occasionally rumored to be very tight with a dollar, he paid his regular band members top scale-a very good living for a working musician.

Though the school included highly distinct musical personalities ( the styles of Berg and Webern are in fact very different from each other, and from Schoenberg — for example, only the works of Webern conform to the rule stated by Schoenberg that only a single row be used throughout all movements of a composition — while Gerhard and Skalkottas were closely involved with the folk music of their respective countries ) the impression of cohesiveness was enhanced by the literary efforts of some of its members.

Though there were complications over the next several weeks ( some of which are detailed below ), on February 25, 1994, it was announced that a new conference would be formed from the members of the Big Eight and four of the Texas member colleges of the Southwest Conference.

Though sparing the lives of the delegation members, King Edward drove out most of the French inhabitants, and settled the town with English, so that it might serve as a gateway to France.

Though University members may borrow some books from dependent libraries ( such as the Radcliffe Science Library ), the Bodleian operates principally as a reference library and in general documents may not be removed from the reading rooms.

Though accepted by most members, some within the Jehovah's Witness community do not endorse the doctrine.

Though referred to as bass, all are actually members of the sunfish family ( Centrarchidae: order Perciformes ).

Though the band members finally met up in October, they posted on their website that they had only " met up for an enjoyable lunch " and that there were no " other music plans for Blur ".

Though Big Horn is an unincorporated community, it has several civic organizations including the volunteer fire department, a non-denominational church, Women's Club, Lion's Club, and the Big Horn City Historical Society which boasts over 400 members nationwide.

Though the Homebrew members were hobbyists, most of them had an electronic engineering or programming background.

Though Kingston's work is highly acclaimed, it has also received criticism, especially from some members of the Chinese American community.

Though there were no official CSN or CSNY projects during the year, 1972 proved a fruitful year for all the band members in their solo efforts.

Though her death was ruled a suicide, family members disputed this finding.

Though they had achieved stardom, the group members of Labelle were never satisfied with their music.