Though his father, Uthman Abu Quhafa, was still alive, he came to be recognized as chief of his tribe.

Though his father wanted him to continue his training as a goldsmith, he showed such a precocious talent in drawing that he started as an apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen in 1486.

Though frank in places, Gaskell was selective about which details she revealed ; she suppressed details of Charlotte's love for Heger, a married man, as being too much of an affront to contemporary morals and source of distress to Charlotte's still-living father, husband and friends.

Though he has never seen her, Culhwch becomes infatuated with her, but his father warns him that he will never find her without the aid of his famous cousin Arthur.

Though he can hardly have known him, Marcus Aurelius wrote in his Meditations that he had learned " modesty and manliness " from his memories of his father and from the man's posthumous reputation.

Though he never attended college, Webster's father was intellectually curious and prized education ; his mother spent long hours teaching Noah and his siblings spelling, mathematics and music.

Though, according to the 4th-century BC father of botany, Theophrastus, olive trees ordinarily attained an age of about 200 years, he mentions that the very olive tree of Athena still grew on the Acropolis ; it was still to be seen there in the 2nd century AD ; and when Pausanias was shown it, ca 170 AD, he reported " Legend also says that when the Persians fired Athens the olive was burnt down, but on the very day it was burnt it grew again to the height of two cubits.

Though their approach is gentle, the girl cries for help and her father kills the confused Tars.

Though he " had been brought up by a Marxist father ", he stated that his father's politics were " very different " from his own.

Though he loves his father, he and Fitz share a love-hate relationship whenever Fitz drives Judith away, and he takes a particular disliking to Penhaligon, who is nearer to his age than Fitz's, when Fitz begins an affair with her.

Though inspiration for this act might have come from the hostility his parents had shown the Jews in France ( his father was famous for his devout Christianity ) it was also an attempt to make himself popular in his new domains for the removal of usury.

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

Though George II denounced Walpole as a " rogue and rascal " over the terms of the reconciliation with his father, Caroline advised her husband to retain Walpole as the leading minister.

Though human, he is a citizen of the Empire because his social-climbing father bought a title in one of the less reputable of the 17 Dragaeran Great Houses.

Though his father wished him to continue in either the military or the civil service, Bakunin abandoned both in 1835, and made his way to Moscow, hoping to study philosophy.

( Though Prinze's paternal ancestry was actually German, in his stage-act he would claim his father was Hungarian, thereby allowing him to comically refer to himself as " Hungarican ".

Though on a journey in the right direction, Terah fell short at arriving to the divine destination — in contrast to Abram, who did follow through and achieved the divine goal, and was not bound by his father ’ s idolatrous past.

Though William Barbee died shortly after establishing himself and his family in North Carolina, one of his eight children, Christopher Barbee, became an important contributor to his father ’ s adopted community and to the fledgling University of North Carolina.

Though his father had regained his freedom, Charles suffered a personal tragedy.

Though considered to be the Fomorian father of Eochu Bres, Elatha ( Elada ) was also the father of the Dagda, Ogma, a son named Delbaeth, and Elloth ( the father of Manannan mac Lir ) according to the Lebor Gabala Erinn.

Though he has never seen her, Culhwch becomes infatuated with her, but his father warns him that he will never find her without the aid of his famous cousin Arthur.

Though he has never seen her, Culhwch becomes infatuated with her, but his father warns him that he will never find her without the aid of his famous cousin Arthur.

Though his father was a patient teacher of basic subjects, young Sargent was a rambunctious child, more interested in outdoor activities than his studies.

Though this office owned no imperium, meaning no lictors for protection, they were allowed to wear the toga praetexta.

Though the building is owned by Geneva, it is only being used for some music practice rooms.

Though less than 3 % of Native Americans owned slaves, divisions grew among the Native Americans over slavery.

Though less than 3 % of Native Americans owned slaves, bondage created destructive cleavages among those who were slaveholders.

Though the common wisdom is that a serf owned " only his belly " — even his clothes were the property, in law, of his lord — a serf might still accumulate personal property and wealth, and some serfs became wealthier than their free neighbours, although this was rare.

Though much of the area ( and the term ) is owned by a single developer, many of Beaufort's commercial properties and administrative uses have moved to this area.

Though a farmer, he also owned a mercantile business.

Though located in Hattingen, it is owned by Bochum and has a significant history.

Though the channel is owned by another subsidiary company operated as a joint venture, Lifetime and its cable networks remain under the co-ownership of The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, though NBC Universal became partial owner of the Lifetime channels as well since NBCU already was a part owner of A & E Television Networks.

Though MBNA Canada Bank is not in any financial trouble, FIA Card Services ( owned by Bank of America Corporation ) is gradually scaling back its international credit operations, with eventual plans of a total removal from international credit management.

Though not overtly symbolic, this painting was owned by Cardinal Federico Borromeo and may have been appreciated for both religious and aesthetic reasons.

Though the land is owned by the Lower Colorado River Authority, it is leased to Travis County, whose Parks Department has administered the park since 1985.

Though dzi beads were not produced in ancient Tibet, but by an unknown culture, most ancient dzi beads are owned by Tibetans.

Though gentrification is sometimes cited as a reason for flight of poorer and non-white residents, the neighborhood has maintained racial and income diversity due to a large number of subsidized, publicly owned, or otherwise low-income housing units and a homeless shelter.

Though finances were not an immediate concern — the Kingston Trio partners Werber, Shane and Reynolds still owned an office building, a restaurant, other commercial real estate, and a variety of other lucrative investments — Shane wanted to return to a group environment and in 1969 secured permission from his partners to use the mutually-owned group name for another band, with Reynolds and Werber insisting only that Shane's group be musically as accomplished as its predecessors and that Shane append " new " to the band's title.

Though recently demolished, Fujiidera Stadium was owned and used by the now renamed Kintetsu Buffaloes, a Japanese baseball team with a large fan base in Osaka.

Though The Lucy Show was still hugely popular during the previous ( 1967 – 68 ) season, finishing in the top five of the ratings ( at # 2 ), Ball opted to end that series at the end of that season and create a new show, as she had just sold Desilu Productions ( which owned and produced The Lucy Show ), to Gulf + Western.

Though REI is owned by its membership and the board ostensibly serves at the members pleasure, there is no path to board membership without the approval of the Board Nomination and Governance Committee.

Though the XIT was the largest and one of the best known of the cattle ranches, the JA Ranch to its east covered portions of six counties, and more than 130 years after its founding by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, the JA remains a working ranch owned by the Adair heirs.

Though they did not immediately continue working on the franchise ( Sierra Entertainment, the game's publisher, owned the rights ), the game did have a spin-off, Homeworld: Cataclysm, developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by Sierra.

Though the stadium is owned by the state of Louisiana, the New Orleans Saints ' lease gives the team the authority to sell the rights.

Though the CANA congregations, including the departing Truro, and their clergy decided to disaffiliate with the Episcopal Church in America ( TEC ) and unite with another demonitation, CANA, they sought to retain the historic church, meeting facilities and other property of the Episcopal Church, and claimed that they owned the facilities as congregations affiliated with the global Anglican communion, albeit under a different " branch ".

Though most of the locally owned businesses. in the neighborhood have been demolished to make way for widening roads and commercial development, the remaining houses in San Margherita still retain their original character.

Though he has since sold the radio station, the car dealership is still owned by his family.