Though billed and marketed as an ELO album, the only returning member other than Lynne was Tandy, who performed on one track.

Though billed as " luxurious and plush ", the actual theaters were not luxurious, but not bare-bones, either.

Though not billed as starring, these actors frequently played significant roles in numerous episodes.

Though billed as Jill Connick, she was called Jill Goodacre throughout the show.

Though inspired by, and positioned directly against, the Corvette, Ford billed the Thunderbird as a personal luxury car, putting a greater emphasis on the car's comfort and convenience features rather than its inherent sportiness.

Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia ( although he was managed by Mr. Fuji, who would follow Anoai to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt, and waving a Japanese flag ).

Though originally billed as a subscriber exclusive, it was eventually sold at retailers.

Though most of the songs were billed as ' Andre Williams and the Don Juans ' ( on Epic in 1956 billed as ' Andre Mr Rhythm Williams and his New Group '), " Bacon Fat " and " Jail Bait " were solo efforts.

Though consoles from the second generation of video games onward typically had controller ports for two-player games, most systems did not have the computing or graphical power for simultaneous play, leading most games that billed " 2-player gameplay " as a feature to merely be the single player game with alternating players.

Though often billed as " light " or " no-contact ", the typical level of contact is controlled to the body and head ( in dan divisions ).

Though competing under his real name, he was billed early in his career as hailing from Norway.

Though in her subsequent films she was almost exclusively billed as Li Xianglan, she indeed appeared in a few as " Yamaguchi Yoshiko.

Though the club was billed as a discothèque, meaning only recordings with no bands, the Whisky A Go-Go opened with a live band led by Johnny Rivers and a mini-skirted DJ spinning records between sets from a suspended cage at the right of the stage.

Though it was billed as " The Final Chapter ", there have been many further sequels in the franchise.

Though their styles were no more similar to actual slave practices than those of the white minstrels, these groups billed themselves as more " authentic " and grew popular.

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 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 Flutter managed to climb to a reported 30 % market share, Flutter's backers were content to broker a merger which left Betfair the dominant partner by a reported ratio of 84: 16.

Though Hope prefers Billy, she insists she must marry Evelyn, not revealing to Billy her family's company is in financial trouble and a marriage to Evelyn would promote a merger and save the company.

Though this had caused concern among fans about the future of Atlus, the CEO of Atlus, Shinichi Suzuki officially affirmed that Atlus will continue to provide the " finest quality game experiences possible " and the merger only " further strengthens the foundation of Atlus, both in Japan and here in the United States ".

Though the Barisan Sosialis ' official position was to ' take the fight to the streets ', its morale was already eroding due to its failure to stop the merger.

Though the councilman is agreeable to the merger, Fishbine is not.

Though that original publication ceased in October 1884, the Houston Post was re-established with the merger of the Houston Morning Chronicle and the Houston Evening Journal on April 5, 1885.

Though the merger was plagued with controversy and eventually ended with Sony buying out BMG's stake in late 2008, Zomba executives continued to expand the company's operations in various aspects.

Though now Balangir is one of the most under-developed districts in Orissa, it was not the same before its merger with Orissa.

Though initially a library dedicated to the mechanical arts, a merger with another institution, known as the Mercantile Library Association, in 1906 caused the Mechanics ’ Institute Library ’ s collection to drop its technical focus.

Though the two leagues were expected to merge in 2007 ( with the five-team WWHL being absorbed into the 11-team NWHL as a new " western division "), logistics differences ( due to playoff scheduling ) made the merger impossible — the WWHL playoffs were finished before the Esso Women's Nationals, while the NWHL playoffs had yet to begin ( and would not conclude until after the Nationals and the world championships ).

Though the European influenced concept of meter may be inapplicable to Blackfoot music as it is characterized by the relationships between phrases usually of irregular length, the beat level generally equals the rate at which vocal pulsations occur ( p. 44 ).

Though they are minority populations, they are treated as equals with the elephants, and are given the same rights, liberties, and respects that the elephants have, and are fully incorporated into the elephant society.

Though Arthur Saint-Léon was by title and technicality Petipa's superior, the two men were viewed as equals by the critics and balletomanes of the day, and would rival one another with splendid productions throughout the 1860s.

Though the Indian Constitution does not specify the position and with the Prime Minister himself being treated as " first among equals " in the cabinet, the position of DPM is sometimes used by governments to bring political stability and strength by including a powerful individual, or in times of national emergency, when a proper chain of command is necessary.

Though the companies merged, the Justice Department required Warner to produce and release a few films each year under the First National name until 1938.

Though the towns merged long ago, the two school districts both remain in the city of 13, 400, divided at Division Street in the middle of Kewanee.

Though merged into larger organisations, the Morris name remained in use until 1984 when British Leyland's Austin Rover Group decided to concentrate on the more popular Austin brand.

Though it formerly reported to the Health and Safety Commission, on 1 April 2008, the two bodies merged.

Though the league and the WWHL were considered merged for the 2006-07 season, the WWHL teams did not compete for the Clarkson Cup, instead playing for the WWHL Champions Cup.

Though it sees itself as the ideological successor to the historical Herut party ( which merged into Likud ) it is a new and separate party.

Though the sides had a keen rivalry in the Campania section, they were not as successful outside of it and a few years after World War I, they merged as Foot-Ball Club Internazionale-Naples, also known as FBC Internaples.

Though there has been frequent speculation that the Financial Post would be merged into the business sections of the regional newspapers owned by the National Post < nowiki >’</ nowiki > s parent, Postmedia News, much of the Post < nowiki >’</ nowiki > s editorial content is now syndicated to other Postmedia newspapers through the Postmedia News Service.

Though traces of the three-gender system still exist in archaic expressions and certain dialects, masculine and feminine nouns have today merged into the common gender.

Though friction developed between the Pillager Bands of Chippewa and the Mississippi Bands of Chippewa when most of the Mississippi Chippewa reservations were dissolved with all residences relocated to the area surrounding the Leech Lake Reservation, while all other removable Mississippi Chippewa Bands negotiated relocation to a less hostile area to form the White Earth Reservation, the Pokegama Lake Band and some of the Removable Sandy Lake Band negotiated to remain in the area, forming the White Oak Point Reservation in 1873, which in 1934 merged with the Leech Lake and other reservations to form the contemporary Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

Though Zeorymer is merged into a half-black, half-white version, Masaki, Miku and Wakatsuki were ejected from it.

Though legally distinct, Ramla in practise merged with the other Ibelin holdings regained after the Third Crusade, and in the mid-13th century it was indistinguishable from the larger County of Jaffa and Ascalon.

Though his own political career was brief, he remained a lifetime supporter of the merged Liberal-Progressive Party and its successor, the Manitoba Liberal Party.

Though a bureaucrat of the old school and a non-Nazi conservative, Gürtner nonetheless merged the association of the German judges with the new National Socialist Lawyers Association, and provided a veil of constitutional legality for the Nazi State.

Though Kirby only needs one element in his body to gain an extra attack, Copy Abilities can also be merged with abilities of the same type for more powerful versions of the basic abilities.