Though Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues ( Cicero described his literary style as " a river of gold "), it is thought that the majority of his writings are now lost and only about one-third of the original works have survived.

Though most of the Paronomasia is lost in translation, it is the equivalent of ‘ Ashdod shall be but ashes ,’ where the fate of the city matches its name.

Though Chiang lost militarily, the battle dispelled Japanese claims that it could conquer China in three months and demonstrated to the Western powers that the Chinese would continue the fight.

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 the combination of both companies ' PC manufacturing capacity initially made it the number one, it soon lost the lead and further market share to Dell which squeezed HP on low end PCs.

Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as capital city to Dodoma in 1974 ( a move which was not complete until 1996 ), it remains the centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam Region.

Though modestly budgeted, at the high end of the B movie scale, Stranger on the Third Floor still lost its studio, RKO, $ 56, 000, almost a third of its total cost.

Though England lost 2 – 1, Banks gained plaudits and Ramsey was pleased with his performance.

Though the Quakers lost influence after the Glorious Revolution, which deposed James II, the Act of Toleration 1689 put an end to the uniformity laws under which Quakers had been persecuted, permitting them to assemble freely.

Though the arguments he used were lost, Plutarch stated that Seleucus was the first to prove the heliocentric system through reasoning.

Though the new Apocalypse was defeated, Cyclops seemed lost forever.

Though Madison lost most of his battles over how to amend the Virginia Plan ( most importantly over the exclusion of the Council of Revision ), in the process he increasingly shifted the debate away from a position of pure state sovereignty.

Though he is a noted criminal on Earth, Luthor is revered on the alien world of Lexor, where he rediscovered the planet's lost technology and rebuilt society for its inhabitants.

Though the Giants lost $ 50, 000 that season, the rival league folded and was subsumed into the NFL.

Though Greece eventually lost political sovereignty, the Greek culture of training in public speaking was adopted virtually wholesale by the Romans.

Though most lost silent films will never be recovered, some have been discovered in film archives or private collections.

Though widespread use of DC ultimately lost favor for distribution, it exists today primarily in long-distance high-voltage direct current ( HVDC ) transmission systems.

Though it has been argued that the states lost the power to arm their citizens when the power to arm the militia was transferred from the states to the federal government by Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution, the individual right to arm was retained and strengthened by the Militia Act of 1792 and the similar act of 1795.

Though the original text has been lost, a reference in Archimedes ' book The Sand Reckoner describes Aristarchus ' heliocentric theory.

Though the early literary presentations of Medea are lost, Apollonius of Rhodes, in a redefinition of epic formulas, and Euripides, in a dramatic version for a specifically Athenian audience, each employed the figure of Medea ; Seneca offered yet another tragic Medea, of witchcraft and potions, and Ovid rendered her portrait three times for a sophisticated and sceptical audience in Imperial Rome.

Though once held in very high regard Cymbeline has lost favour over the past century.

( Though they lost relatively few men in overrunning Aquitaine, they suffered some casualties — losses that may have been pivotal at Tours.

Though his burial place was recorded, it was subsequently lost and he was listed on the Loos Memorial.

Though his " Goblin " model lost out to competition from Hoover in the household vacuum market, his company successfully turned its focus to the industrial market, building ever-larger models for factories and warehouses.

Though the group was initially signed to Miles Copeland III's BTM Records, the label went under in late 1976, and so their early singles and debut EP, 1977's Packet of Three, were released on the Deptford Fun City label.

Though only a modest commercial success, the Browne-produced Warren Zevon ( 1976 ) would later be termed a masterpiece in the first edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide and is cited in the book's most recently revised ( November 2004 ) edition as Zevon's most realized work.

Though he returned to his viceregal duties not long after, presiding over an Order of Canada investiture in December 1974, his wife assisted him on many occasions, even reading parts of the Speech from the Throne in 1976 and 1978.

Though most of the foreign victims were either Vietnamese or Thai, a number of Western prisoners, many picked up at sea by Khmer Rouge patrol boats, also passed through S-21 between April 1976 and December 1978.

Though the major sports of football, basketball, and baseball were discontinued in 1976, the individual and life-time sports have continued a tradition of winning district and state championships.

Some of the more notable include " City of God " ( 1981 ), " Only This I Want " ( 1981 ), " Blest Be the Lord " ( 1976 ), " You Are Near " ( 1971 ), " Though the Mountains May Fall " ( 1975 ), " Sing a New Song " ( 1972 ), " Glory and Praise to Our God " ( 1976 ) " Table of Plenty " ( 1992 ) and " These Alone Are Enough " ( 2004 ).

Though they were operated by Conrail after April 1976, they were the last remnant of Erie Lackawanna passenger trains outside the New York-New Jersey commuter zone.

Though Dark Horse ultimately focused solely on Harrison's releases, the label also released albums by the following artists between 1974 and 1976:

" Good Night Though " refers to a line in a 1976 BBC play by Mike Leigh called Nuts in May, featuring a group of Brummies going camping.

Though the ' 77 Buick LeSabre was considerably smaller on the outside, headroom, rear seat legroom and trunk space were increased over the much-larger 1976 model.

Though Carter's background as Asa Carter was discussed in academic circles, it was not widely known by the book-buying public nearly ten years after the 1976 New York Times article about him.

Though the essay is published in 1980, it appears to recapitulate the ideas presented in James S. Albus's 1976, book: Peoples ' Capitalism: The Economics of the Robot Revolution, though Albus proposes to prevent inflation through a mandatory savings plan, not through a gradual phase-in of a National Dividend.

Though his by-now famous stage presence and soaring jumps had been made famous by PBS's airing of In Performance Live from Wolf Trap ( his American television dancing debut in 1976 ), Baryshnikov's performance of Yuri Kopeikine in The Turning Point was his first film role ; one for which he received an Oscar nomination, a Golden Globe nomination and a David from the David di Donatello Awards.

Though the National Park Service in 1976 called the finished memorial the " last major Classical style memorial " constructed in the United States, the New York State Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt at the American Museum of Natural History by John Russell Pope was also completed in 1936, and Pope's Jefferson Memorial in Washington was completed during 1939-1943.

Though the Republican legislative candidates won more popular votes, the Democrats won more seats, and the legislature re-elected Douglas to the Senate.

Though the paper retained its Republican and conservative perspective in its editorials, it began to publish perspectives in wider commentary that represented a spectrum of diverse opinions, while its news reporting no longer had the conservative slant it had in the McCormick years.

Though a sense of nationalism pervaded his earliest surreal landscapes and Head of a Catalan Peasant, it wasn ’ t until Spain ’ s Republican government commissioned him to paint the mural, The Reaper, for the Spanish Republican Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exhibition, that Miró ’ s work took on a politically charged meaning.

Though such Republican sweeps had frequently occurred in northern and northwestern Arkansas, White County was the first in the Little Rock area to turn to the GOP, as the party steadily made inroads toward a two-party system.

Though the initial bill did not pass, the Republican party platform of June 1912 endorsed the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission.

Though originally a residential area of healthy families ; by the Republican time, the Vicus Tuscus became a hub of Roman commerce where there were many stores ( horrea ) on both sides, such as booksellers.

Though Bush lost to Lloyd Bentsen in the election, Baker continued in politics, becoming the Finance Chairman of the Republican Party in 1971.

Though Nelson claimed to retire from politics, he remained an active insider in Minnesota Republican politics.

Though facing a credible challenge from Republican councilmember Carol Schwartz, who received the endorsement of the Washington Post and captured 42 % of the vote, Barry was victorious in the general election with 56 %.

Though he supported some Republican budgetary measures, and voted in favor of George W. Bush's 2001 tax-cut package, he was staunchly pro-choice and pro-environment.

Though once a friend and admirer of President Woodrow Wilson, his ties to the Republican Party were well established.

Though a political novice, Burns had a great deal of name recognition from his previous jobs, and the Republican Party recruited him to run against Democrat and incumbent Senator John Melcher, a popular veterinarian.

Though the party was originally founded as a conservative, Republican and generally anti-Communist and anti-Monarchist party which wanted reforms to speed up so democracy could be put in place more quickly, and founded as a alternative to the Democratic Party and the Socialist Party, it has usually been aligned with the centre-right Democratic Party due to the fact that it was bitterly opposed to the Socialists, who they regarded as communists hiding under a more moderate centre-left guise.

Though he did not gain the nomination at the party convention, he was widely considered the front runner for the Republican nomination until accusations of plagiarism gained attention.

Though Maryland traditionally votes Democratic and had not elected a Republican governor in almost 40 years, Ehrlich won the race ( 52 % of the vote to Townsend's 47 %), becoming only the sixth Republican governor in state history, and the first since Spiro T. Agnew was elected in 1967.

Though the Republican platform in 2000 criticized Clinton's treatment of China, George W. Bush did not fully embrace the " blue " interpretation of China's aims, nor did he reverse Clinton's policy of constructive engagement.

Though Maryland traditionally votes Democratic and had not elected a Republican Governor in almost 40 years, Townsend lost the race, gaining 48 % of the vote to Ehrlich's 51 % and Lancaster's 1 %.

Though Harlan's nomination prompted some criticism from Republican stalwarts, he was confirmed unanimously on November 29, 1877.

Though a member of the Republican Party during his time in Congress, he later left the Republican Party and became one of the few independents to be elected as a state governor in the United States in recent years.

Though the former justice initially polled well, a contested primary and Goldberg's own poor skills as a campaigner, coupled with Rockefeller's formidable advantages, resulted in a 700, 000 vote margin of victory for the incumbent Republican.

Though originally more of a constitutionalist, through his dealings with men such as Pearse, Plunkett, and Sean MacDermott, MacDonagh developed stronger republican beliefs, joining the Irish Republican Brotherhood ( IRB ), probably during the summer of 1915.