Though they may not have pioneered dive bombing tactics, Marine aviators were the first to include it in their doctrine during United States occupation of Haiti and Nicaragua.

Though he appears to be unimportant throughout most of the book, he seems to be the only American before the bombing of Dresden to understand what war can do to people.

Though Richard Jewell was hailed as a hero for his role in discovering the bomb and moving spectators to safety, four days after the bombing, and shortly after a brief, mistaken detainment of two juvenile persons of interest at the Kensington MARTA station, news organizations reported that Jewell was considered a potential suspect in the bombing.

Though a handful of members were arrested and tried, Inderjit Singh Reyat was the only person convicted of involvement in the bombing, due to a lack of solid evidence and various legal and investigative errors.

Though the United States had not officially declared war, on 26 December 1942, US Tenth Air Force bombers based in India launched the first major bombing raid that damaged Bangkok and other targets and caused several thousand casualties.

Though most airpower proponents sought independence from ground commanders and hence pushed the importance of interdiction and strategic bombing, they nonetheless recognised the need for close air support.

Though the Luftwaffe, like its counterparts, tended to focus on strategic bombing, the Luftwaffe was unique in its willingness to commit forces to CAS.

Though he accepted the invitation to display a piece, he remained uninspired until he heard of the bombing of Guernica.

Though Barrett said that the updated STEP Act was in response to Fort Hood shooting and the failed bombing attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, it was noted by Keith Olbermann that neither of the alleged perpetrators would have fallen under its restrictions.

Though equipped with conventional weapons, the STAIR STEP F-84F and F-86H squadrons maintained their proficiency to deliver nuclear weapons by practicing toss bombing.

Though their town is in ruins after excessive American bombing and the unconverted American money is unspendable in Afghanistan, in return the four Afghan boys send the South Park boys a goat in the mail.

Though astronomers are not sure what has caused this ring of new stars, some hypothesize that it is from shock waves caused by a bar that is thus far invisible.

Though lies seem to present Marlow as a depraved hypocrite, Conrad intends them to show an enlightened and willful man who desires to undo the darkness caused by others.

Though Mary claimed that Sonny's drug use caused the accident, the autopsy performed by the Douglas County Coroner showed no indication of any substances or alcohol.

Though the Queen Regent, Mary of Guise, made no move to act against Knox, his activities caused concern among the church authorities.

Though most turbulence at this altitude is caused by variations in the jet stream and other local wind shears, areas of significant convective activity ( thunderstorms ) in the troposphere below may produce convective overshoot.

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 anosmia caused by brain damage cannot be treated, anosmia caused by inflammatory changes in the mucosa may be treated with glucocorticoids.

Though protected from access by another app, a well-written app still needs to protect itself against failures and device loss caused by other applications.

Though Peake was an artist and poet who knew many years of perfect health and happy productivity, his paralysis caused by the Parkinson's disease that afflicted him during the last years of his life, is an undeniable influence on the novels.

Though he had several bursts of extraordinary productivity, particularly in 1888 and 1889, depression frequently interrupted his creative periods, and his last composition was written in 1898, before he suffered a mental collapse caused by syphilis.

Though some criticized the school for inducting a student-athlete who caused their Final Four achievement to be vacated, others saw it as a positive recognition of one of the school's best ever athletes.

Though a series of attacks by the Pandyas between 7th and 8th centuries caused the decline of Ays, the dynasty was powerful till the beginning of the 10th century.

Though a popular idiom refers to " adding insult to injury ", in a medical context, they are one and the same: physicians examine injuries resulting from an insult to flesh and bones, caused by various traumatic events.

Though dead elms also appear in Italian paintings of the late 15th century, this suggestion remains largely speculative, and there is no proof that it was caused by a fungus related to Dutch elm disease.

Though Santiago's expansion has caused newer vineyards to more rural locations, many of the country's oldest wineries, built in the 19th century, have preserved cellars in the valley.

Contortionists usually start practicing from an very early age ( Though in Mongolia the minimum acceptable age is 5, as they believe any younger and bone deformities can be caused due to growth factors ).

Though much faster than the depolarization caused by the funny current and decrease in potassium permeability above, the upstroke in a pacemaker cell is slow compared to that in an axon.

Though not completely unprecedented, it was the first known large-scale asphyxiation caused by a natural event.

Though Morgan's Raid was breathlessly followed by the Northern and Southern press and caused the Union leadership considerable concern, it is now regarded as little more than a showy but ultimately futile sidelight to the war.

Though official documentation of the health effects of glyphosate spraying in Colombia are virtually non-existent, neighbouring Ecuador has conducted studies to determine the cause of mysterious illnesses amongst people living along the border of Colombia and has since demanded that no aerial sprayings occur within 10 km of the border because of the damages caused to the people, animals and environment in that area.

Though this effect is named after the Netherlands, economists have argued that the decline in the Dutch manufacturing industry was actually caused by unsustainable spending on social services.

Though the American paddlefish was once common throughout the Midwest, overfishing and habitat changes have caused major population declines ; both the meat and roe of Polyodon spathula are desirable as food.

Though offering two of the largest displacement V8 engines ever installed in a production vehicle by Ford, the car's considerable weight combined with low horsepower output caused by restrictive emissions technology resulted in modest performance.

Though estriol is the most plentiful of the three estrogens it is also the weakest, whereas estradiol is the strongest with a potency of approximately 80x that of estriol.

Though Oxford died in 1604 before approximately 12 of the plays were written according to the generally-accepted chronology, Oxfordians say that regular publication of new, " newly augmented ", and " corrected " Shakespeare plays stopped with Oxford's death in 1604, and they interpret certain written references to Shakespeare between 1604 and 1616 to mean that the writer was dead.

Though having approximately the same range as the tenor, it was generally of a much less melodic nature than either of these other two parts.

Though there is controversy over the exact date horses were domesticated and when they were first ridden ; the best estimate is that horses first were ridden approximately 4500 BC.

Though it was released almost two years after TIE Fighter: Collector's CD-ROM, XvT was actually developed under an attenuated schedule of approximately 14 months.

Though there were no human casualties, agricultural interests lost approximately $ 59 million.

Though the official total area of the town is 11. 2 square miles, approximately 100 square miles of the surrounding Los Gatos Mountains ( within the Santa Cruz Mountains range ), has a Los Gatos address and uses the 95033 zip code ( primarily ) for U. S. Postal Service mail delivery ( among other purposes ).

Though both Sherman County and Sherman, Texas, are named for the same person, the city of Sherman is located in Grayson County, approximately 430 miles to the southeast.

Though often regarded as a summer resort, the borough's website emphasizes that it is a " year round community of approximately 19, 000 residents ".

Though no reliable census has been taken in Burma since 1935, the Shan are estimated to number approximately 6 million.

Though popular belief sets varying dates for the introduction of bagpipes to Scotland, concrete evidence is limited until approximately the 15th century.

Though the holiday was introduced in many Soviet republics approximately between 1946 and 1950, it only became a non-labour day in Ukrainian ( 1963 ) and Russian ( 1965 ) SSRs.

Though MDA currently staffs approximately 1, 200 emergency medical technicians, paramedics and emergency physicians, it still relies heavily on over 10, 000 volunteers who serve in both operational and administrative capacities.

Though the Impergium dates back to the Mythic Age before recorded history ( occurring over a period of approximately 3, 000 years between 13, 000 and 10, 000 years ago ), humanity has retained an inborn fear of the Garou.

Though small ( ⅓ mi² ), the neighborhood has approximately 100 eating establishments, and a variety of tourist attractions.

Though nowadays many people have digital wrist watches, mobile phones or computers telling the time accurately, the service is still being called approximately four million times a year, especially around New Year's Eve and when the daylight saving time changes.

Though it existed approximately 75 million years before the oldest known bird, its skeletal structure is allegedly more bird-like.

Though a last is made approximately in the shape of a human foot, the precise shape is tailored to the kind of footwear being made.

Though they are a higher form of multi-cellular life and are approximately as intelligent as human beings, Dralasite have some similarities to amoebas in that they have no bones or hard body parts.

Though the Danes still outnumbered the Swedes, by approximately 4, 500 to 4, 000, Arensdorff had lost the initiative and after just half an hour his army had disintegrated.

Though the Florida Lottery ’ s expenses and payouts vary from year to year, approximately 50 to 60 percent of its net revenue makes up the games ’ prize pools, 30 to 40 percent is transferred to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, 6 percent is paid to retailers in the form of commissions, 2 percent is paid to the Lottery ’ s on-line and Scratch-Off ticket vendors, and the remaining 2 percent covers operational costs, including advertising.

Though one cannot imagine the exact figure of Theyyam, there are approximately 400 types.

Though sources vary, approximately fifty total were built.

Though the Kennedy Plaza hub for bus-based local and regional transportation is approximately ¼ mile away, the route is not marked.