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 the merger process was traumatic and the new party suffered a few years of extremely poor poll results, it gradually found much greater electoral success than the Liberal Party had done in the post-war era.

Though Henderson was a leading supporter of appeasement, his relations with Ribbentrop were extremely poor throughout his ambassadorship.

Though he excelled at drawing, his grades were generally poor.

Though rare, there are also documented cases of scurvy due to poor dietary choices by people living in industrialized nations.

Though 84 years old and in poor health, Hindenburg was persuaded to run for re-election in 1932, as he was considered the only candidate who could defeat Adolf Hitler.

Though poor, his parents valued education, and Giuseppe walked six kilometers to school each day.

Though the March family is poor, their background is what was called ' genteel ', and Meg attended some society balls and parties.

Though originally a poor county, later heirs to the throne were diplomatically skilled, and gained control over strategic mountain passes in the Alps.

Though the couple were poor, their generosity far surpassed that of their rich neighbours, at whose homes the gods found " all the doors bolted and no word of kindness given, so wicked were the people of that land.

Though GDP per person is higher than elsewhere in Canada, the region remains relatively poor, mostly because of the extremely high cost of most consumer goods, and the region is heavily subsidised by the government of Canada.

Though it returned rather poor pictures by later standards, the historic, never-before-seen views of the far side of the Moon caused excitement and interest when they were published around the world, and a tentative Atlas of the Far Side of the Moon was created after image processing improved the pictures.

Though this result has subsequently been shown to be severely biased by the poor electrical standards in use at the time, it seems to have set a fashion for rather lower measured values.

Though he was extremely popular and widely credited with bringing about a revolution in French opera, Gluck's mastery of the Parisian operatic scene was never absolute, and after the poor reception of his Echo et Narcisse he left Paris in disgust and returned to Vienna to live out the remainder of his life.

Though a poor student, Kovacs was influenced deeply by his Trenton Central High School drama teacher, Harold Van Kirk, and received an acting scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937 with Mr. Van Kirk's help.

Though the ore was used to make cannons during the colonial era, the resulting casts were of poor quality and prone to cracking.

Though the former model may therefore be found relatively ubiquitously in British or American households, often it was either played with ( i. e. the condition is poor ) or it has a particular " treasure "- like sentimental value ( often the case with, for example, horse-drawn models ), so that the model will be kept " forever ", even by those who do not collect.

Though he continued to support the family by sending them meagre sums of money, they were poor and Dorothea had to go to work to help support her four siblings.

Though his family was quite poor, Woodcock had the opportunity to go to Oxford University on a partial scholarship ; however, he turned down the chance, because he would have had to become a member of the clergy.

Though his father owned a small tea trading business in Taizhou, the family was relatively poor.

Though, the very last frame of the last completed adventure suggests a cynical view that the poor will suffer, no matter who rules the state.

Though an accomplished leg spin bowler, he was a number 11 batsman and a poor fielder.

Though some of Blaug's more drastic assertions may be ill-founded or overly polemical, it appears evident that Speenhamland was by no means a household name, and that since the practice was by January 1795 ( the famous meeting was in May ) being used in various villages, usually in collusion with other means of relieving the poor.

Though he was a biracial Jamaican from an elite family, Manley's successful trade union background helped him to maintain a close relationship with the country's poor, black majority, and he was a dynamic, popular leader.

Though Kepler took a dim view of the attempts of contemporary astrologers to precisely predict the future or divine specific events, he had been casting well-received detailed horoscopes for friends, family and patrons since his time as a student in Tübingen.

Though distinctive, each is visually equal in importance, and they are linked with a series of open-air arcades that are the front facades of student accommodations.

" Though as rector he prevented students from displaying an anti-Semitic poster at the entrance to the university and from holding a book burning, he kept in close contact with the Nazi student leaders and clearly signaled to them his sympathy with their activism.

Though companies like MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems sell products and services designed to identify potential threats, a thorough study of all United States school shootings by the U. S. Secret Service warned against the belief that a certain " type " of student would be a perpetrator.

Though not used in official communication, the nickname " Illinois Tech " has long been a favorite of students, inspiring the name of the student newspaper ; ( renamed in 1928 from Armour Tech News to TechNews ), and the former mascot of the university's collegiate sports teams, the Techawks.

Though not an outstanding student there and composing little, he progressed well in violin under Valdemar Tofte and received a solid grounding in music theory from Orla Rosenhoff, who would remain a valued adviser during Nielsen's early years as a professional composer.

Though he was not an eyewitness of Push life, he provides some relevant insights into how student life became infected by Push doctrines of freedom and rebellion, to a point at which the social movement was superseded and its leading personalities were dispersed or replaced with a new breed of social critics.

Though an outstanding student, Bowra was very sociable, and his circle as an undergraduate included Cyril Radcliffe ( with whom he shared lodgings ), Roy Harrod, Robert Boothby, L. P. Hartley, Lord David Cecil, J.

Though its recollection has been attributed to Fa-hai, a student of Huineng, its origins are not clear:

Though life during the Depression was difficult with his mother having to work to provide for the family, and with himself having to make a three-hour daily commute by train, he was a good student, making his name at Northcote High School due to entering the school's broad jump championship and winning it easily with a jump of twenty feet and two inches, his competitors producing jumps of sixteen to seventeen feet.

Though Upper Canada College has accepted ethnic minorities since the first black student enrolled in 1831, their representation within the student body was initially disproportionate to the same within the city's population.

Though her policies were sometimes controversial, the seminary quickly attracted its target student body of 200.

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 he opposed Karaism, the Rabbinic commentator Abraham Ibn Ezra regularly quoted Karaite commentators, particularly Yefet ben ‘ Eli, to the degree that a legend exists among some Karaites that Ibn Ezra was ben ‘ Eli's student.

Though Cushman was an incredibly great student and achieved much academically, she left school to pursue a career in the opera.

Though Shoku Nihongi, an ancient Japanese record, implies the close relationship between the Balhae language, the descendant of the Goguryeo language, and Silla language: a student sent from Silla to Japan for an interpreter training in Japanese language assisted a diplomatic envoy from Balhae in communicating during the Japanese court audience.

Though the Society had taken a brief hiatus, the student body had not forgotten the honor of induction into the group: upon reporting the December tapping of four new members, The Daily Targum noted, " Election to Cap and Skull is the highest honorary distinction a Rutgers undergraduate can achieve.

Though an intelligent student, at school Senanayake did not excel.

Though a diligent student of original authorities, and sometimes successful in throwing fresh light on his subjects, Dixon was not always accurate, and thus laid himself open to criticism ; and his book, Spiritual Wives, treating of Mormonism, was so adversely criticised as to lead to an action.

Though there is no direct and constitutionally accepted relation with Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, it is treated as the student wing of that party.

Though he was a student of Wong in Wing Chun, he was actually Wong's sifu in the pole fighting skill.

Though a special student and not a candidate for a degree, he passed during his single year of residence nearly all the examinations in the four-year course and later graduated ; and in 1883-1884 he was engaged in advanced work at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.