Though versatile and capable of turning out a ballad lyric with the best of them, Mercer's forte is a highly polished quasi-folk wit.

Though a world championship match between Karpov and Fischer was highly anticipated, those hopes were never realised.

Though devastated by the loss, at fifty-five years of age, Beaux remained highly productive.

" Though overshadowed by Mary Cassatt and relatively unknown to museum-goers today, Beaux's craftsmanship and extraordinary output were highly regarded in her time.

Though by this time opposition to images was strongly entrenched in Judaism and Islam, attribution of the impetus toward an iconoclastic movement in Eastern Orthodoxy to Muslims or Jews " seems to have been highly exaggerated, both by contemporaries and by modern scholars ".

Though his talents were far greater than his desire to serve, he was finally convinced to remain in public service when he learned how highly Washington felt of his abilities.

Though Dowland was highly regarded by King Christian, he was not the ideal servant, often overstaying his leave when he went to England on publishing business or for other reasons.

Though highly decentralized, Spain is not a federation since the nation — as represented in the central institutions of government — retains full sovereignty.

Though Vesalius ' work was not the first such work based on actual autopsy, nor even the first work of this era, the production values, highly detailed and intricate plates, and the fact that the artists who produced it were clearly present at the dissections themselves made it into an instant classic.

Though some of the more highly exposed workers showed evidence of short-term kidney damage ( e. g., protein in the urine ), none of these workers had lasting kidney toxicity from the uranium exposure.

Though highly regarded at the time, and much later forcibly removed from Perugia by the Borghese, it stands rather alone in Raphael's work.

Though Derrida addressed the American Philosophical Association at least on one occasion in 1988, and was highly regarded by some contemporary philosophers like Richard Rorty, Alexander Nehamas, and Stanley Cavell, his work has been regarded by other analytic philosophers, such as John Searle and Willard Van Orman Quine, as pseudophilosophy or sophistry.

Though nominally loyal to the king, the concept of kingship was new to the Lombards and the dukes were highly independent, especially in central and southern Italy, where the Duke of Spoleto and the Duke of Benevento were de facto sovereigns.

Though no longer as prized as a concubine, Perrund is highly regarded by UrLeyn, DeWar, and most of Tassasen society.

Though the school included highly distinct musical personalities ( the styles of Berg and Webern are in fact very different from each other, and from Schoenberg — for example, only the works of Webern conform to the rule stated by Schoenberg that only a single row be used throughout all movements of a composition — while Gerhard and Skalkottas were closely involved with the folk music of their respective countries ) the impression of cohesiveness was enhanced by the literary efforts of some of its members.

Though strictly not musical, the Muslim call to prayer ( azan ) is always chanted by tenors, possibly due to the highly placed resonance of the tenor voice which allows it to be heard from a longer distance than baritones or basses during pre-amplification times.

Though some storks are highly threatened, no species or subspecies are known to have gone extinct in historic times.

Though his education was far from complete, Sargent grew up to be a highly literate and cosmopolitan young man, accomplished in art, music, and literature.

Though Kingston's work is highly acclaimed, it has also received criticism, especially from some members of the Chinese American community.

Though it was not as popular as its predecessor, it was highly acclaimed and the new generation was soon dancing on Dalida disco tunes.

Though phonological and lexical studies are comparatively well developed, the basis has yet to be laid for a comparative morphosyntactic study, for example between such highly diverse varieties as Khalkha and Khorchin.

Though highly nervous, Billy performs well, but he punches another boy in an unprovoked attack at the audition.

Though the present archaeological site covered by mudbrick ruins is vast, the site of Samarra was only lightly occupied in ancient times, apart from the Chalcolithic Samarran Culture ( ca 5500 – 4800 BC ) identified at the rich site of Tell Sawwan, where evidence of irrigation — including flax — establishes the presence of a prosperous settled culture with a highly organized social structure.

Though Tamura was a highly respected fighter who held wins over the likes of Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn, and Renzo Gracie, he was giving up 150 lbs to his foe and was quickly overwhelmed by the much-larger American, succumbing to strikes just 11 seconds into the bout.

Though still reviled by the left, Bennett remains generally highly respected among conservatives in BC, who view his rule as a " golden era " before the corruption of the Vander Zalm government and the NDP that succeeded him.

Though Kepler took a dim view of the attempts of contemporary astrologers to precisely predict the future or divine specific events, he had been casting well-received detailed horoscopes for friends, family and patrons since his time as a student in Tübingen.

Though the broad outline of the process is generally agreed, there is a considerable diversity of views held by specialist scholars on detailed issues concerning the development, categorization and meaning of the arabesque.

Though the 1986 movie The Golden Child implemented very crude morphing effects from animal to human and back, the first movie to employ detailed morphing was Willow, in 1988.

Though there were complications over the next several weeks ( some of which are detailed below ), on February 25, 1994, it was announced that a new conference would be formed from the members of the Big Eight and four of the Texas member colleges of the Southwest Conference.

Though the report suggested that immediate corrective action was needed, making ten recommendations, and one of those most active in the Synod was Cardinal Wojtyła, who on October 16, 1978 was elected Pope John Paul II, no implementation of the report's detailed recommendations followed.

Though the Bessemer process was licensed in 1856, nine years of detailed planning and project management were needed before the first steel was produced.

Though not officially affiliated, Dr. Yossi Beilin as well as other members of ECF were central to the drafting of the Geneva Accord, the most detailed proposal for a Permanent Status Accord negotiated by those with close relations to both the Israeli and Palestinian political establishments.

Though there has been some discussion as to whether this was a single tornado or a tornado family, recent and ongoing detailed reanalysis has found no break in the path and in fact that the tornado began 15 mi ( 24 km ) before previously thought.

" Though he does not mention the birthplace of Rama, he gives a detailed account of the place where the ashes of Ram are kept.

Though they would make a few more live appearances in their original Bay Area stomping grounds, infighting, clashes over music and disagreements over how the bands finances were being directed ( living and recording in London during very high inflation, air travel and the meticulously detailed album art, while prestigious, had proved to be exorbitantly expensive ) this led to Automatic Man's first line-up dissolving after returning to the United States in 1977.

Though there is some architectural and archaeological evidence of early templa, the first and most detailed description of a templon comes from a poem by Paul the Silentiary, describing Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

Though philosophical zombies are widely used in thought experiments, the detailed articulation of the concept is not always the same.

Though doubt has been cast on the accuracy of these sketches, they are detailed and represent a valid development of the ocean-going currach.

Though his works usually involve a detailed analysis of common incidents or common people, he handles bigger issues and subjects through them.

Though it may be related to the fact that J. Michael Straczynski, the creator, main writer and executive producer of Babylon 5 usually ( or at least in the first three years of the show ) deferred to the designers and animators when it came to providing detailed functionality to a model.

Though detailed and comprehensive, the standard never really caught on except for limited interchange between music OCR software and scorewriting software.

Though he was trained as a stone carver, Shaman's most significant work was in wood and involved the detailed process called lamination.

Though the Bessemer process was licensed in 1856, nine years of detailed planning and project management were needed before the first steel was produced.

Though the cowboys barely make a living, John Grady and Billy love life on the open range, and John Grady-as detailed in " All the Pretty Horses "-is a master at training horses.

Though colors were often bright, they were perfectly proportioned and extremely detailed, like the Magirus fire truck with a whole series of ladders, a very detailed electric street car, or some figures like the drivers in the Mercedes 190, Porsche 550 Spyder, or Karmann Ghia convertibles ( Natrop 1998-2002 ; Natrop No date A ).

Though the detailed mechanism of axon guidance is not fully understood, it is known that netrin attraction is mediated through UNC-40 / DCC cell surface receptors and repulsion is mediated through UNC-5 receptors.

Though Tamburawa is in the Outskirt of kano, it is highly connected to the Major city of Kano with a ranging distance of about 10 – 15 km away from the city with a good transportation Network. The history of Tamburawa ’ s rise as a Hausa city-state, its embracing of Islam, and its emergence as a major power is documented in the Kano Chronicle, a richly detailed manuscript compiled in the 18th or 19th century from earlier sources.