Though they would produce some very memorable and lasting songs, Arlen and Mercer were not given strong material to work on.

Though gematria is most often used to calculate the values of individual words, psukim ( Biblical verses ), Talmudical aphorisms, sentences from the standard Jewish prayers, personal, angelic and Godly names, and other religiously significant material, Kabbalists use them often for arbitrary phrases and, occasionally, for various languages.

Though some of the episodes of Jason's story draw on ancient material, the definitive telling, on which this account relies, is that of Apollonius of Rhodes in his epic poem Argonautica, written in Alexandria in the late 3rd century BC.

Though by no means a unified movement with a set of shared axioms or methodologies, Post-structuralism emphasizes the ways in which different aspects of a cultural order, from its most banal material details to its most abstract theoretical exponents, determine one another ( rather than espousing a series of strict, uni-directional, cause and effect relationships – see Reductionism – or resorting to Epiphenomenalism ).

Though Spain and the Emperor Rudolf II encouraged Alfonso II's illegitimate cousin, Cesare d ' Este, to withstand the Pope, they were deterred from giving him any material aid by Henry IV's threats, and a papal army entered Ferrara almost unopposed.

Though the code of chivalry crucial to later continental romances dealing with the Round Table is mostly absent from the earlier Welsh material, some passages of Culhwch and Olwen seem to prefigure it, for instance when Arthur explains the ethos of his court, saying " e are nobles as long as we are sought out: the greater the bounty we may give, the greater our nobility, fame and honour.

Though consisting of previously released material ( save for the " Purple Toupee " b-sides, which were not available publicly ), it gave new fans a chance to hear the Johns ' earlier non-album work without having to hunt down the individual EPs.

Though these are a lot like mudflows, overall they are slower moving and are covered with solid material carried along by flow from within.

Though the colors vary from school to school, the normal uniform for boys is shorts or long pants in the specified color and material, with a short-sleeved shirt ( often white ) while girls ' uniforms include pinafores or skirts, with blouses and shorts underneath.

Though a radiological dispersal device ( RDD ) would be designed to disperse radioactive material over a large area, a bomb that uses conventional explosives would likely have far more lethal effect than the radioactive material.

Though his decision was made on the spot, Patel later said that his desire and commitment came after intensive personal contemplation, as he realised he would have to abandon his career and material ambitions.

Though the attack succeeds in destroying the facility and escaping with research material and key personnel, an ambush set by Huth ( who was forewarned of the assault by Mayhew ) results in the death of the King.

Though she had not released an album of new material since 1997's Sisters of Avalon, Lauper remained busy through the years.

Though the group had occasionally issued new material on minor labels, their offerings had been largely ignored by the greater commercial music industry and record-buying public.

Though esoteric and exoteric approaches are sometimes mixed, it is clear that some authors " are not concerned with material substances but are employing the language of exoteric alchemy for the sole purpose of expressing theological, philosophical, or mystical beliefs and aspirations.

Though much of the 20 years between the discontinuation of the 1000F and the introduction of the 2000FC was spent designing an improved focal plane shutter, the 2000-series again used corrugated metal foil as material for the shutter curtains, though now titanium replaced the original stainless steel.

Though he began as a translator and imitator of existing fables, Krylov soon showed himself an imaginative, prolific writer, who found abundant original material in his native land.

Though closed circuit feedback was a prominent feature in many early experimental electronic music compositions, it was contemporary American composer Robert Ashley who first used acoustic feedback as sound material in his work The Wolfman ( 1964 ).

Though the amount of information given by Mill is small compared with that in modern editions, it is probable that no one, except perhaps Tischendorf, has added so much material for the work of textual criticism.

Though the courts originally adopted the British Hicklin test, an American test was finally set down in Roth v. United States, in which it was determined that obscenity was material whose " dominant theme taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest " to the " average person, applying contemporary community standards ," and was, " utterly without redeeming social importance.

Though the usage of the term as a kind of shorthand to designate the work of certain Post-war " schools " employing relatively specific material and generic techniques has become conventional since the mid-1980s, the theoretical underpinnings of Postmodernism as an epochal or epistemic division are still very much in controversy.

Though nesting material is seldom used, the squabs leave the hole very oily.

Though Blake was influenced by his grand and mystical cosmic conception, Swedenborg's conventional moral structures and his Manichean view of good and evil led Blake to express a deliberately depolarized and unified vision of the cosmos in which the material world and physical desire are equally part of the divine order, hence, a marriage of heaven and hell.

Though most texts are in Serbian language there is a body of material in other languages, again mostly in English and Russian, but also in French, German, Spanish and other languages.

Though glamor and wealth certainly plays a role for only famous celebrities, most people in the sports and entertainments sphere, be it music, film, television, radio, modelling, comedy, literature etc.

Though having " human capital " gives workers some benefits, they are still dependent on the owners of non-human wealth for their livelihood.

Though few amassed a great deal of wealth, the city prospered due to Joseph Folsom's lobbying to get a railway to connect the town with Sacramento.

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 the town was small and non-influential compared to other Hanseatic cities, membership brought wealth and prosperity to Anklam.

Though a man of wealth and good family and a devoted member of the Church of England, William Warren Baldwin opposed the religious and political oligarchy which was then at the head of Canadian affairs, and brought up his son in the same principles.

Though outwardly this seems like an opportunity for great wealth and power for House Atreides, Leto recognizes it as a trap ; Shaddam has become threatened by Leto's rising power, and somehow intends to diminish or destroy him.

Though there are families with considerable wealth, a large section of the population are farmers with small and medium agricultural holdings.

Though Scrooge is the richest duck in the world, he constantly tries to find ways to increase his wealth.

Though Harry had accumulated a good deal of wealth from his dealings in the real estate business, Delmore only inherited a small amount of that money as the result of the shady dealings of the executor of Harry's estate.

Though other members of the family continued to bear the Rigby name and arms, the bulk of Richard Rigby's wealth fell to his sister who married General Hale, and ultimately to the Pitt-Rivers family, whose members endowed the museum of that name, a treasurehouse of anthropological exotica, at Oxford University.

Though he was accounted a noble, his ancestors had been brigands and were the source of his vast wealth.

Though their increasing wealth earned them recognition, but not acceptance into the traditional society in New York City.

Though relatively little-known in 1594, he would become one of the most famous of Renaissance actors, achieving a fame and wealth exceeded only by Alleyn's.

Though the power of the Corrinos is unrivaled by any individual House, they are in constant competition with each other for political power and stakes in the omnipresent CHOAM company, a directorship which controls the wealth of the entire Old Empire.

Though an extremely successful businessman, having acquired much of his wealth through investments, he seems to have little regard for money and will casually spend thousands of dollars on any whimsical endeavor ( a fact that often mortifies visitors of the Addams household ).

Though nominally under Seleucid control, Philetaerus, especially after the death of Seleucus, had considerable autonomy and was able with the help of his considerable wealth to increase his power and influence beyond Pergamon.

Though they were repulsed by the reptilian denizens of Lustria, the Cult of Pleasure returned to Naggaroth in strength, having acquired much physical and magical wealth from the invasion, and have openly displayed their status as devotees of Slaanesh.

Though she has attained fame and wealth, she is still a loner in the depths of despair.

Though Gankutsuou incorporates elements of science-fiction and fantasy, it also retains many aesthetics of France in the 19th century, particularly in regard to social classes and wealth.

Though funds for the chapel were assembled in 1429 by Andrea Pazzi, head of the Pazzi family, whose wealth was second only to the Medici, construction did not begin until about 1441.

Though a man of great wealth, his life was one of marked simplicity.

Though so occupied in politics, he seems to have been a man with wider interests, a considerable portion of his wealth was spent on charitable objects ; he founded almshouses at Ingatestone, and designed scholarships for All Souls College, Oxford, but his chief benefactions were to Exeter College, Oxford, and entitle him to be considered its second founder.

( Though Lee-Chin's wealth has been as high as $ 2. 5 billion in the past.