Though Carrel was skeptical about meeting with a priest Presse ended up having a profound influence on the rest of Carrel's life.

Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas ( having been preceded by the Norse expedition led by Leif Ericson in the 11th century ), Columbus's voyages led to the first lasting European contact with America, inaugurating a period of European exploration and colonization of foreign lands that lasted for several centuries.

Though these sees are now seven ( Ostia and Velletri having been separated in 1914 ), there are only six cardinal bishops, since the Dean always adds the title of Ostia to his original suburbicarian diocese.

Though they used the original Japanese show as the medium for the dub, some of the voices seem to sound like the U. S. version ( e. g., Taichi having an adolescent's voice instead of a kid's ) or completely original to the dubbing crew ( e. g., Gabumon's deep, grumbly voice ).

Though both men professed ' sadness ' at having to do this, private conversations and letters show them both perfectly happy to sacrifice their " blue-eyed German ".

Though they had only recently received the funding necessary to produce the film, the script had been written for some time, having been composed largely during the production of Crimewave.

Though of course hotels have always been built in popular destinations, the defining characteristic of a resort hotel is that it exists purely to serve another attraction, the two having the same owners.

Though violations may be common in fact, states try to avoid the appearance of having disregarded international obligations.

Though Nancy was a controversial First Lady, 56 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of her when her husband left office on January 20, 1989, with 18 percent having an unfavorable opinion and the balance not giving an opinion.

Though having no shortage of romantic conquests, Paganini was once seriously involved with a singer named Antonia Bianchi from Como, whom he met in Milan in 1813.

Though the Round Table itself is not mentioned until Wace, the concept of Arthur having a marvellous court made up of many prominent warriors is much older.

Though consisting of previously released material ( save for the " Purple Toupee " b-sides, which were not available publicly ), it gave new fans a chance to hear the Johns ' earlier non-album work without having to hunt down the individual EPs.

The Alcubierre drive, however, remains a hypothetical concept with seemingly insuperable problems: Though the amount of energy required is no longer thought to be unobtainably large, there is no method to create a warp bubble in a region that does not already contain one, and there is no method to move from the warp-bubble once having arrived at an intended destination.

Though sometimes considered in conjunction with the earth sciences, due to the independent development of its concepts, techniques and practices and also the fact of it having a wide range of sub disciplines under its wing, the atmospheric science is also considered a separate branch of natural science.

Though there are no materials provided in the Lenten Triodion for this day, it is the very first day that is affected by the date of the upcoming Pascha ( all the preceding days having been affected by the previous Pascha ).

Though Spider-Man, having met the Warriors, warns Iceman that Firestar is " no slouch ", Firestar takes offense and melts Iceman's chair.

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 having " human capital " gives workers some benefits, they are still dependent on the owners of non-human wealth for their livelihood.

Though Henry is often suspected of having his predecessor murdered, there is no substantial evidence to prove that claim.

Though there are not documents to prove this story, Hagbard himself generally told people that he was an engineer building a dam during his time with the Mohawk because he was ashamed at having been a lawyer.

Though many have read the play as having a strong anti-Nazi sentiment, the fact that the Vichy Regime allowed the piece to be performed without censure testifies to the fact that it was potentially seen as supportive of the occupation in its time.

Though having been gone for a few episodes ( and thought to have been " retired "), Comic Book Guy made an appearance in an episode that aired later in the season, " Any Given Sundance ".

Though Meredith was legally entitled to register, the Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett, tried to block him by having the Legislature pass a law that “ prohibited any person who was convicted of a state crime from admission to a state school .” The law was directed at Meredith, who had been convicted of “ false voter registration .” Since passage of its 1890 constitution, the state had voter registration rules that effectively disfranchised black voters.

Though the biblical descriptions of the geographic boundary of the House of Joseph are fairly consistent, the descriptions of the boundaries between Manasseh and Ephraim are not, and each is portrayed as having exclaves within the territory of the other.

Though the biblical descriptions of the geographic boundary of the House of Joseph are fairly consistent, the descriptions of the boundaries between Manasseh and Ephraim are not, and each is portrayed as having exclaves within the territory of the other.

Though the Emperor retained some power over imperial churches, his power was damaged irreparably because he lost the religious authority that previously belonged to the office of the king.

Though large numbers of Irishmen had willingly joined Irish regiments and divisions of the New British Army at the outbreak of war in 1914, the likelihood of enforced conscription created a backlash – particularly as the Government of Ireland Act 1914 ( as previously recommended in March by the Irish Convention ) was controversially linked with a " dual policy " enactment of the Military Service Bill.

Though it previously held a more eurosceptic stance than is usually articulated by most other green parties in Europe, the party backed the Lisbon Treaty with support from two thirds of the party.

Though, before military integration ; present day Ethiopia, Eritrea, and parts of Somalia were previously and extensively linked commercially by local, long-distance and trans-frontier trade routes.

Though England is not very well known for making whisky there were distillers previously operating in London, Liverpool and Bristol until the late 19th century, after which production of English single malt whisky ceased until 2003.

Though entitled to be styled Princess of Wales, Camilla is the first Princess of Wales whose husband previously had another official consort known as Princess of Wales.

Though these words came to be used synonymously and interchangeably, at the time of Ying Zheng's rule, they were not used together, and would have carried the connotation of " The Holy Emperor " because Huang ( 皇 ) was previously associated with divine or deified entities.

Though previously ' vehicle ' and ' sportsCar ' were exactly alike, now the latter includes a new slot with a method that the original doesn't have.

Though previously the Balrog had entered the " large square chamber " of Mazarbul, at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm it " drew itself to a great height, and its wings spread from wall to wall " in what was a vast hall.

Though morphologically inconspicuous, ectopically transplanted fibroblasts can often retain positional memory of the location and tissue context where they had previously resided, at least over a few generations.

Though Shooter had previously displayed no problems with the belief on the part of fans that the character Element Lad was gay when Shooter had been the writer on Legion of Super-Heroes, Alan Kistler reported in a 2012 Comic Book Resources article that at Marvel, Shooter had declared a policy that there were " no gays in the Marvel Universe.

Though previously, " black " Kryptonians were mainly confined within the Kryptonian continent of Vathlo Island.

" Though Horatius did not perish in the river, the disability he suffered ( and subsequent honorable discharge from the army ) ended the life he had previously pursued.

Though now part of the inner city, Shoreditch was previously an extramural suburb of the City of London, centred around Shoreditch Church at the crossroads where Shoreditch High Street and Kingsland Road are intersected by Old Street and Hackney Road.

Though this Ogdoad is first in order of evolution, if the Valentinian theory be accepted as true, yet to us who trace the history of the development of that system the lower Ogdoad must clearly be pronounced the first, and the higher only as a subsequent extension of the previously accepted action of an Ogdoad.

Though the flag previously had a border of silver tassels, the tassels were cut from the flag to adorn the dress of Page's daughter.

Though many residents opposed it at the time, in 1967 two large multi-occupancy buildings of brutalist architectural design were built on the lakefront to create an opportunity for comfortable apartment dwelling in a municipality where previously only free-standing single-family housing existed.

Though Edgmont has its own post office as mentioned previously, most of the area is served by the Newtown Square post office ( 19073 ) or the Media post office ( 19063 ) or the Glen Mills post office as it delivers mail directly to residences.

Though he had not previously expressed an interest in the administration of the country, he now demanded more authority.

Though such epiphanies might have occurred, they were almost certainly the result of long and intensive periods of study those individuals have undertaken, not a sudden, out-of-the-blue, flash of inspiration on an issue they have not thought about previously.

Though the band had previously overlooked disco, the summer of 1979 saw EWF topping the dance music charts with their most disco-inspired single " Boogie Wonderland ", which was produced by Maurice and Al McKay and featured The Emotions.

Though this story, as dubious as it may be, adds fuel to the speculation that Ellis did not create the game per se, as there had previously been sports such as caid and harpastum, a game which was similar to rugby that was played by the ancient Romans.

Though at rare occasions, and with very strong horses, it does happen that a horse that previously has jumped nevertheless wins the race.

Though mainly a pianist, Coles played a number of instruments and had been seen previously performing the clarinet solos on the Bronski Beat hit " It Ain't Necessarily So ".