Though this application was hailed upon its release for ease of use, it sold only 10, 000 copies ; not enough to cover the development expenses.

Though her elegant fashions and wardrobe were hailed as a " glamorous paragon of chic ", they were also controversial subjects.

Though hailed as a talented performer, her movie roles in the United States soon became cartoonish and she grew to resent them.

Though the Tribune had been hailed by former City Newsers as a savior of CNB, on December 1, 2005, the Tribune informed the 19 employees of City News Service that their jobs were being eliminated as part of cost-cutting measures going on throughout the Tribune Company.

Though differing with Whistler on several points, including his insistence that poetry was a higher form of art than painting, Oscar Wilde was generous in his praise and hailed the lecture a masterpiece: " not merely for its clever satire and amusing jests … but for the pure and perfect beauty of many of its passages.

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 he has received criticism for never staying in any one place for very long, Brown is hailed as one of basketball's greatest teachers, and is well known for turning losers into winners.

Though this has been refuted by the Oxford dictionary and hailed as " nothing apart from local folklore ... after all, the phrase isn't ' a local Ashbourne '.

Though hailed as a hero by the villagers for ridding them of Kryton, and finally achieving some of the glory and acclaim he had always wanted, he then has to deal with the consequences and grief of knowing he took a human life, even if the man he killed was evil and arguably deserved his fate.

Though she was hailed as " the first lady of Motown ", Wells was technically Motown's third female signed act: Claudette Rogers of Motown's first star group The Miracles, has been referred to by Berry Gordy as " the first lady of Motown Records " due to her being signed as a member of the group, and in late 1959 Detroit blues-gospel singer Mable John signed to the then-fledging label a year prior to Wells ' arrival.

Though the Merediths were Anglo-Irish, his paternal grandmother was from a prominent Catholic family in Ireland, and as such the Catholic population in Ontario had initially hailed Meredith as one of their own.

Though critically hailed, Hu's later films were ostensibly less successful than his first two films.

Though he was a Hindu monk and was hailed as the first Hindu missionary in modern times, he exhorted his followers to be true to their faith but respect all religions of the world as his Guru Sri Ramakrishna had taught that all religions are pathways to God.

Though not a critical success, it was a box office favorite, and De Carlo was hailed as an up-and-coming star.

Though the album was praised by critics as " fresher and more immediate than has been in a long time ," hailed for " strong " music and songwriting and nominated for a Grammy, fans clearly rejected the album's alt-rock, mid-tempo feel.

Though hailed as national heroes, Paulding and the others did see their reputations impugned by some.

Though the general strike collapsed because labor leadership viewed it as a misguided tactic from the start, Mayor Hanson took credit for ending the five-day strike and was hailed by the press.

Though a writer from Physics World hailed it as “ brilliant theatre ,” a Charles Spencer, of the Daily Telegraph, wrote, “ I felt that my brain was being stretched to breaking point -- well beyond breaking point, in fact .”

Though the local newspapers hailed him as a returning war hero, the Continental Congress was less than pleased with his disobedience to orders and his loss of his original commission, which had been confiscated by the French during his brief stay in their prison.

Though hailed by Thomas Carlyle as “ the writer's best book ” and despite its commercial success, initial critical reactions to The Conduct Of Life were mixed at best.

Though many hailed it as an important step for the development of club basketball in the Balkans region, many others felt that it brings no new quality and that it is not worth dismantling three domestic leagues.

Though widely hailed as the wonder of the age, the 1858 cable failed after only about a month of fitful service, a victim of hasty manufacture and the excessive signaling voltages used by Whitehouse.

Though I had a great dread of the island and felt I would never leave it alive, I eagerly wrote down everything she told me about its women.

Though it was a great relief when the big brains on these shows turned out to be frauds and phonies, it did irreparable damage to the ego of the editor and many another intelligent, well-informed American.

Though there is obviously great need for continued experimentation with various types of short-term intervention to further efforts in developing an operational definition of prevention at the secondary -- or perhaps, in some instances, primary -- level, the place of short-term intervention has already been documented by a number of investigators in a wide variety of settings.

Though brief, it has a sharp dramatic edge and great poignancy.

Though these machines are early forerunners to computer engineering, the calculator failed to be a great commercial success.

Though the unified reign of the First Qin Emperor lasted only 12 years, he managed to subdue great parts of what constitutes the core of the Han Chinese homeland and to unite them under a tightly centralized Legalist government seated at Xianyang ( close to modern Xi ' an ).

Though his ambitions were great and he was able to buy both a country estate and a ship ( as well as civet cats to make perfume ), he was rarely out of debt.

Though often described as, and to a great extent is a declarative language, SQL also includes procedural elements.

Though the ritual is standardized, there is great variation amongst United Methodist churches, from typically high-church to low-church, in the enactment and style of celebration.

Though directors wield a great deal of power, they are ultimately subordinate to the film's Producer or Producers.

" Though he was not a mathematician himself, his views on mathematics had great influence.

Though it is often called a whale today, the Hebrew, as throughout scripture, refers to no species in particular, simply sufficing with " great fish " or " big fish " ( whales are today classified as mammals and not fish, but no such distinction was made in antiquity ).

Though inflation spiked again after Russia ’ s 1998 currency devaluation, Moldova made great strides in bringing it under control: 18. 4 % in 2000, 6. 3 % in 2001, and 4. 4 % in 2002.

Though the Books of Kings and Books of Chronicles talk a great deal about the Assyrian empire, Nineveh itself is not again noticed till the days of Jonah, when it is described ( ff ; ) as an " exceedingly great city of three days journey in breadth ".

Though he is no relation to this great figure of Scottish history, MacDonald's Robert Bruce constantly refers to the story of " his ancestor and the spider ," even when it is totally irrelevant to the conversation at the moment.

Though many believe the shotgun is a great firearm for inexperienced shooters, the truth is, at close range, the spread of shot is not very large at all, and competency in aiming is still required.

Though the French Géographie Sociale had been a great influence especially on Hartke's ideas, no such distinct school of thought formed within the French human geography.

Though bilateral trade was $ 11. 7 million in 2007 relations show " great potential ".

Though this failed to arouse great interest in 1850, it has since come to be recognised as his masterpiece.

Though the charge was untrue, it did Pope a great deal of damage.

Though this was true of internal affairs, the Vikings remained a great threat, unsuccessfully storming Winchester and ravaging eastern Kent.

Though perhaps one would not immediately associate honesty with courage, there are obvious situations in life where to be honest and authentic requires a great deal of strength in the midst of fear.

" Historian Charles Wiltse agrees, noting, " Though he is known today primarily for his sectionalism, Calhoun was the last of the great political leaders of his time to take a sectional position — later than Daniel Webster, later than Henry Clay, later than Adams himself.

Though at the time of the release of the movie, it did not have a great overall impact, once reunification began in 1990, the hip-hop scene began to flourish.