Though followers of Zwingli and Calvin were more severe in their rejection, Lutherans tended to be moderate: many of their parishes displayed statues and crucifixes.

Though influential in their own right, these strands of research have not been given much attention in the debate surrounding linguistic relativity, which has tended to center on the American paradigm exemplified by Sapir and Whorf.

Though not universally liked by the townspeople, the Earps tended to protect the interests of the town's business owners and residents, although Virgil's brother Wyatt helped keep a Cowboy from being lynched after he accidentally killed Tombstone Marshal Fred White.

Though De Witt tended to believe the repeated diplomatic assurances by the French and English that they had no invasion in mind, many Dutch politicians and military men interpreted the French diplomatic activities in the German principalities, the preparing of the English Navy and the raising of large armies as sure signs of an imminent war.

Though notably, while Athenians tended to refer to metics by their name and deme of residence ( the same democratic scheme used for citizens ), on their tombstones freeborn metics who died in Athens preferred to name the cities from which they had come and of which they were citizens still.

Though a side-mounted magazine was common in submachine guns, the larger magazine with heavier ammunition of a full-powered rifle tended to unbalance the weapon.

Though, in nations with substantial natural resources, criticism has tended to focus on privatization of industries exploiting these resources.

Though rappers not from Dixie had tended to avoid being associated with southern hip hop music before, Busta Rhymes and Nelly accepted offers to perform on remixes of " Get Low ".

Though the Glasite Church is now ' extinct ', certain former Glasite chapels, which tended to be of unusual form, survive, e. g. in Edinburgh, Dundee and Perth.

Though often labeled a Dixieland musician by virtue of the company he kept, he tended to reject any label.

Though she was not a political woman, as a queen known to be a staunch supporter of monarchy in its traditional conception, Maria Amalia was able to escape the suspicion of many of the French who worried that her husband's ideology was not monarchical enough and tended toward middle class, bourgeois, values at the expense of the proper treatment and conduct of royalty.

Though the Luftwaffe, like its counterparts, tended to focus on strategic bombing, the Luftwaffe was unique in its willingness to commit forces to CAS.

Though Bellamy tended to stress the independence of his work, Looking Backward shares relationships and resemblances with several earlier works — most notably the anonymous The Great Romance ( 1881 ), John Macnie's The Diothas ( 1883 ), Laurence Gronlund's The Co-operative Commonwealth ( 1884 ), and August Bebel's Woman in the Past, Present, and Future ( 1886 ).

Though the rise of a more serious approach in Neoclassicism from the 1770s onward tended to replace Oriental inspired designs, at the height of Regency " Grecian " furnishings, the Prince Regent came down with a case of Brighton Pavilion, and Chamberlain's Worcester china manufactory imitated gaudy " Imari " wares.

Though this dance traces its origins to Kūya, a tenth-century evangelist of Pure Land Buddhism, by Okuni's time it had become a largely secular folk dance, and her particular adaptation tended to be known for its sultriness and sexual innuendo.

Though there were some public lands available to the common person for use, aristocrats also tended to purchase those pieces of land, which caused a great deal of tension between the two classes.

Though as a story collection by an unknown author, the book was not widely reviewed, those who did review it ( including Philip Roth and The New Yorker book page ) tended to rate the stories highly.

Though the papers have long been disputed, recent scholarship by historians including Stephen W. Sears and Edward Steers, Jr. has tended to favor their authenticity, though few who believe in their authenticity contend they were written by anyone other than Dahlgren himself.

Though historically a swing state politically, since the 1988 election, the state tended toward Republican party domination until 2004, when the election of Democratic governor and a return of the legislature to divided party rule temporarily moved the state back into the swing status, solidified by the election of Senator Jon Tester in 2006.

Though the Doughboys ' early broadcasts were well-received, the notion of using radio to advertise was still new, and O ' Daniel was unconvinced.

Though 3DO did not advertise it as such, the game is an enhanced remake of King's Bounty.

Though King Wu died just a few years after the Battle of Muye, the Duke of Zhou assisted the young and inexperienced King Cheng in consolidating power for the Ji line: he managed a war against rebellious Zhou princes in the eastern lowlands ( allied with feudal rulers and Shang remnants ); formulated the Mandate of Heaven doctrine to counter Shang claims to a divine right of rule ; founded Chengzhou as an eastern capital ; and set up the fengjian " feudal " system designed to maintain Zhou authority as it expanded its rule over a larger amount of territory.

Though many criticise Cheng for not having a voice capable of singing harder or higher-noted songs.

Though he and Jordan Chan both sing a separate version, it was Cheng who sang it first.

Though these companies were supposedly treated the same as local Chinese companies by the Government, the President of the Yuan legislature in Nanjing, Cheng Kung-po, complained that this was untrue to the Kaizo Japanese review.

Though the Bengals ran it with some success, like the West Coast Offense the scheme became more successful elsewhere, in this case with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, where LeBeau has served two stints as defensive coordinator.

Though each environment served different users, they often required much of the same stored data.

Though technically a clerk in the Interior Department, he served as Lincoln's secretary until 1864.

Though Heilmann had served as a bodyguard, not as an informant or secret police officer, he violated a Left Party regulation obliging candidates to reveal past Stasi involvement.

Though generally quite young and less experienced than the tribuni angusticlavii, he served as second in command of the legion, behind the legate.

Though no other visual details are given, a comment made by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel " Bear " Malloy in Rainbow Six indicated that at least some of the Ryanverse Special Operations community had heard of the red seal tattoo and understood that it was associated with the Third Special Operations Group ( SOG ), with whom Clark served during the Vietnam War.

Though Book of Mormon authors are not explicit about the practices in these Nephite temples, they were patterned " after the manner of the temple of Solomon " () and served as gathering places for significant religious and political events ( e. g. Mosiah 1-6 ; 3rd Nephi 11-26 ).

Though an opponent of the radicals, he had politically survived the coups of 1798, and served as ambassador to France, and as plenipotentiary to the Amiens negotiations.

Though established somewhat in rivalry with the Paris Review, George Plimpton also had served on Merlin's editorial board.

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 hoping to pursue a career in the civil service, he failed the Imperial examinations twice, leading him to decide an entry into politics through the Huai Army, where many of his relatives served.

Though only loosely based on the prior accounts of the " Experiment ", it served to dramatize the core elements of the original story.

Though his work crossed many stylistic boundaries, his involvement with the other major figures of Impressionism and their exhibitions, his dynamic paintings and sketches of everyday life and activities, and his bold color experiments, served to finally tie him to the Impressionist movement as one of its greatest artists.

Though he campaigned on King Henry's behalf in Poitou and Brittany, and served as Regent three times, relations were often strained between the brothers in the early years of Henry's reign.

Though CBS passed on Tee-Witt, its designs served as the basis for Bakshi's 1977 film Wizards.

Though any food served prior to the main course is technically an hors d ' oeuvre, the phrase is generally limited to individual items, not crudités, cheese or fruit.

Though primarily a keyboardist, Junie composed or co-wrote several of the band's hits at the height of their popularity and served as a lead vocalist, producer, and arranger on many songs for the collective.

Though the efforts ultimately failed, the PIN Railroad served an important function as a “ farm-to-market ” railroad until 1940, and then as a timber railroad for local timber outfits.

Though this area was historically an unincorporated section of Lake County prior to annexation by the City of Hobart, it is currently served by the Merrillville post office.

Though one chronicle claims he accompanied his father to England in 1297, the first reliable reference to him is from Gascony later that year, when he served in the company of Edward I.

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 antidiscrimination laws " enumerated " certain groups that they protected, this merely served to put others on notice ( i. e., the enumeration was merely declaratory ).

Though it is often not considered part of the genre since it lacked key RPG mechanics such as experience points, it had many features in common with RPGs and served as the template for the action role-playing game genre.

Though short-lived, it served as an important milestone in Norwegian politics, both because it marked the conclusion of the bitter and divisive debate over Norway's membership in the European Union, and because it was a centrist non-socialist coalition.