Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

Though the four boys and two girls, the youngest nineteen years of age, the oldest twenty-four, came from varying backgrounds and had different professional and personal interests, there was surprising agreement among them.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

Though far from completion, these studies indicated beyond a doubt that savings would result which would be of unprecedented benefit to the railroads concerned, their investors, their customers, their users, and to the public at large.

Though there was an occasional good-natured chuckle about Marvin Goulding, the Jewish officer from Chicago, singing tearfully about the ould sod, no one really thought it was strange.

Though by no means an ideal procedure, a red wine may similarly be brought from the cellar to the dining room and opened twenty minutes or so before serving time.

Though President John F. Kennedy was primarily concerned with the crucial problems of Berlin and disarmament adviser McCloy's unexpected report from Khrushchev, his new enthusiasm and reliance on personal diplomacy involved him in other key problems of U.S. foreign policy last week.

Though that may be unfair since Ben Cooper, John's first son, came along early in 1938, the cutest baby you ever saw and a blessing that he looked all Cooper from fontanel to pink toes, nary a trace of Edythe.

Though they saw the old-style chemical rockets lift up from the field beyond B'dikkat's cabin, they did not make plans to hide among the frozen crop of transmuted flesh.

Though he quickly dropped " Octavianus " from his name and his contemporaries referred to him as " Caesar " during this period, historians refer to him as Octavian between 44 BC and 27 BC.

Though she suffered from consumption, Eliza supported Johnson's endeavors.

Though his party won the governor's race and control of the legislature, Johnson still had to overcome considerable opposition from the conservatives in both parties.

Though there was no Bronze Age city on the site, archaeology has detected human activity that is evident from the earliest Iron Age, circa 1100 BC.

Though both ended up as rogue governments and did not follow through on their constitutional promises, they began as responses from the Athenian elite to what they saw as the inherent arbitrariness of government by the masses ( Plato in the Seventh Epistle does remark that the Thirty made the preceding democratic regime look like a Golden Age ).

Though from vastly different backgrounds, within three months Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell were married on 29 December 1812.

Though, theoretically, all life forms are said to deserve full protection from all kinds of injury, Jains admit that this ideal cannot be completely implemented in practice.

Though authors are not allowed to charge for access to copies of their work, downloading a copy from the ACM site requires a paid subscription.

Though at first well received in political circles, it was eventually doomed by well-organized opposition from conservatives, the American Medical Association, and the health insurance industry.

Though a practicing Christian, he had been born into a Jewish family with origins from Portugal, and had converted at a young age.

Though initially unenthusiastic about acting, he returned from service, auditioned for a Broadway play, and was offered a role.

Though distinct, the three persons cannot be divided from one another in being or in operation.

Though diverse, these views may be generally classified into those that hold Christ to be only divine and not differing from the Father hypostatically ; those that hold Christ to be less fully God than the Father ; in other forms being completely human and a messenger as the perfect created human.

Though the United States refused to aide Chiang Kai-shek in his hope to " recover the mainland ," it continued supporting the Republic of China with military supplies and expertise to prevent Taiwan from falling into PRC hands.

Though the article was signed pseudonymously by " X ," it was well known at the time that the true author was George F. Kennan, the deputy chief of mission of the United States to the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1946, under ambassador W. Averell Harriman.

Though Gondwana was still intact in the beginning of the Cretaceous, it broke up as South America, Antarctica and Australia rifted away from Africa ( though India and Madagascar remained attached to each other ); thus, the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans were newly formed.

Though many nations ' armored formations included an organic mechanized infantry component at the start of World War II, the proportion of mechanized infantry in such combined arms formations was increased by most armies as the war progressed.

Though things looked promising at the start of 1196 when Arthur of Brittany ended up in Philip's hands, and he won the Siege of Aumale, it would not last.

Though the original rules of Reversi were such that each player was limited to using no more than half of the disks ( those in possession at the start ), this rule has long been out of common practice ; and, if using a physical board and pieces, the player whose turn it is simply retrieves a disk that is in possession of the opponent as needed.

Though schools start closing from mid-March, the actual academic closure is on May 31 and in Nepal it starts from July 15.

Though Spielberg was interested in casting Ford in the lead role from the start, Lucas was not, due to having already worked with the actor in American Graffiti and Star Wars, but he eventually relented after Tom Selleck was unable to accept.

Though neither side intended to start a nuclear war, and, in fact, were extremely concerned about the possibility of it, neither side adopted strategies to calm things down, so sure were they of their adversaries ' bad faith.

Though an application for membership of the Scottish Premier League was rejected, an application to the Scottish Football League was successful with member clubs deciding to place Rangers in the bottom division, the Third, for the start of the 2012-13 season rather than the First Division as had been proposed.

Though the cast ultimately proved to be one of the film's greatest strengths, Friedkin had problems with casting choices from the start.

Though Paula is demanding, and makes clear from the start that she doesn't like Elliot, he allows her and Lucy to stay.

Though commonly associated with the Unix shebang at the start of an interpreted script, the problem is more widespread.

Though Roermond grew and expanded steadily over the years to come it was not until the start of the 21st century that Roermond saw another boost coming.

Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his television career.

Though the print building doesn ’ t appear too much, the newspaper itself is often the base of the jokes, using the news to start misunderstandings.

Though several differences between the original and Lightning Saga Legions exist, Geoff Johns stated that this incarnation of the Legion shares the same history as the original Legion up to the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Clark Kent having joined the team as the teenage Superboy prior to the start of his career as Superman.

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 V + V compound verbs are rare in English, one may illustrate the form with the example " start reading ".

Though Hayworth was anxious to start a new life abroad away from Hollywood, Aly Khan's flamboyant lifestyle and duties proved too difficult for Hayworth.

Though he was prepared to dislike Wodehouse, the interview became the start of a lifelong friendship and publishing relationship.

Though Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan once threw well over 200 pitches in a single game ( a 1974 contest in which he pitched 13 innings ), it is now rare for a manager to allow a pitcher to throw more than 120 pitches in a start.

Though, from the start, John Wilkes Booth was known to be the murderer, in the search for his conspirators, scores of suspected accomplices, probably some innocent ones, were arrested and thrown into prison.

Though he was arrested shortly after once again, and this time held for five months at Kazan, he escaped once more and returned to the Yaitsk to start his revolt.

Though the British had supported Hussein from the start of the Arab Revolt and the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence, they elected not to help Hussein repel the Saudi attack, which eventually took Mecca, Medina, and Jeddah.

Though Treen ran a vigorous campaign, Louisiana's Democratic tradition favored Edwards from the start, as Edwards had predicted.

Though barter has been used for millennia and continues to be used, almost from the start of trading post history, the need occurred to have something as a payment medium.