Though he attempted to defend the duchy against French encroachment for nearly a year, lack of resources and money meant he could do little but husband what little territory the English still controlled, and he resigned the command in September 1371 and returned to England.

Though Townsend resigned not long after NICAP was founded, NICAP was an influential force in civilian UFO research through 1970.

Though he thereafter resigned his cabinet post, Massey was still included in the Canadian delegation to the 1926 Imperial Conference, where was drafted the Balfour Declaration that would ultimately lead to vast constitutional changes in the role of the monarch and his viceroys throughout the former empire.

Though retaining its two seats at the 2004 European elections, in a smaller field of 7 ( Scotland up until then had 8 MEPs ) the Scottish press and certain elements within the Fundamentalist wing of the Party depicted the result as a disaster for the SNP putting further pressure on Swinney who resigned soon afterwards on 22 June 2004.

Though he was elected to Parliament for Manchester in 1839, it was without his consent and he resigned in the following year.

Though this had been internally suspected since 1973, Brandt accepted responsibility and resigned.

Though highly admired, he resigned after members of the audience jeered Maria Callas during a run of operas from February, 16 to April 27, 1956.

Though he completely supported American participation in the First World War, he resigned from Columbia on Oct. 8, 1917, charging that " the University is really under the control of a small and active group of trustees who have no standing in the world of education, who are reactionary and visionless in politics, narrow and medieval in religion.

Though Nixon resigned in 1974, the effects of the Act he passed had positive effects on America years after his resignation.

Though the party not only recovered many seats but also gained more votes overall than Devine's Progressive Conservatives, he fell short of defeating the government and resigned in 1987 to be succeeded by Roy Romanow.

Though McLeish could not have personally benefited financially from the oversight, he undertook to repay the £ 36, 000 rental income, and resigned to allow the Scottish Labour Party a clean break to prepare for the 2003 Parliamentary elections.

Though the events finally stabilized during the 2000 – 01 season, the USAD administration changed dramatically that year when the program's executive director, James Alvino, resigned.

Though he resigned in 1980, his term was marked by the formation of many Malian sports organizations.

Though he had been elected to the Senate in 1887 ( serving March 4, 1887 to June 10, 1891 ), he resigned to become chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas at the behest of his friend, Governor James Stephen " Jim " Hogg, who had run on a platform of state regulation of railroads, and chaired it until 1903 .< ref name =" JOHN H. Reagan "> </ span ></ font ></ ref >

Though he opposed secession, Tattnall resigned his commission on 21 February 1861.

Though Gowen remained as president, and Smith resigned from the board, the incident forced Gowen's 1876 annual report to approximate frankness.

Though the ORP passed the NSW Electoral Office's political party registration process in June 2006, allowing it to contest the 2007 New South Wales state election, Jenkins resigned his seat shortly before the election.

Though he never stated why he left the team there were rumours that he was to join the Senators, whose former owner and manager, Tommy Gorman, resigned on the same day from the New York Americans.

Though Sadanobu resigned from his position on the senior council, he continued to keep up with political affairs, especially keeping in close touch with Matsudaira Nobuaki ( his successor in the senior council ), as well as the rector of the Shogunate's college, Hayashi Jussai, whom he had personally installed in that position.

Though her interests lay in developing her Waterbending skills, she resigned herself to cooking and cleaning duties while her brother, Sokka, trained to become a warrior.

Though the ceremony installs the new abbot into a position of legal authority, it does not confer further sacramental authority-it is not a further degree of Holy Orders ( although some abbots have been ordained to the episcopacy ).

Though Hollingworth gave up his episcopal position to accept the appointment, it still attracted considerable opposition in a country which maintains a formal separation between Church and State.

Though some still maintain that calling a Monarch Head of State is incorrect, it has now become a widespread political convention to attach the label to Monarchs, regardless of their political position.

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 did vote against the admission of Missouri as a slave state, and though he would be the nominated presidential candidate of the Free Soil Party, an anti-slavery political party, in 1848, there was no ambiguity in his position on the abolition of slavery during his term of office.

Though the Allied governments were slow to use film as a medium for conveying a desired position and set of beliefs, individuals, such as Charlie Chaplin were considerably more successful with The Bond and Zepped.

Though the Jews in the Austrian duchy had been subject to local persecutions during the 13th and 14th century, their position remained relatively safe.

Though his intentions ( to protect the Wetchik's funds, as per his job ) are originally good, he is overwhelmed by his own power after first becoming the Wetchik himself and then taking over Gaballufix's position.

Though Holbein retained his position as King's Painter, Cromwell's death left a gap no other patron could fill.

Though the flow may be steady ( time independent ), the fluid decelerates as it moves down the diverging duct ( assuming incompressible or subsonic compressible flow ), hence there is an acceleration happening over position.

Though the position of Holy Roman Emperor was an elected one, the title often passed from father to son.

Though one of the northernmost sections, its name derives from its position relative to Tianjin.

Though Barthez was understudy to Bernard Lama at Euro 1996 – at which France reached the semi-finals – he gained the number one goalkeeping position shortly afterwards and would not relinquish it for a decade.

" 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 Kennedy may have intended this to remain a more nominal position, Taylor Branch in Pillar of Fire contends that Johnson served to push the Kennedy administration's actions for civil rights further and faster than Kennedy originally intended to go.

Though the ROC no longer portrays itself as the sole legitimate government of China, the position of the PRC remained unchanged until the early 2000s, when the PRC began to soften its position on this issue to promote Chinese reunification.

Though faced with a hostile majority in Parliament, Pitt was able to solidify his position in a few months ' time.

Though the repetition of the same name in every other generation is common in Greece, there is no certain evidence for either position.

Though he could have continued to operate as proconsul, it seems that the position as consul would make his position as commander unassailable and avoid any problems with the consuls if he was only a proconsul.

Though he figures importantly in much of Arthurian literature, in French texts he is more often found in a supporting position ( as in Perceval ).

Though this has had no direct impact upon his position as Prime Minister, there were rumours that the Christian Democratic and Flemish ( CD & V ) party that won the elections, would participate in federal government.

Though not normally signaled by a change of position, this sort of changing role is constantly seen in his music.