Though he had offers from the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees while he was still in high school, his mother thought he was too young to leave home, so he signed up with the local minor league club, the San Diego Padres.

Though she offers to introduce Keating to Toohey, he initially refuses despite the fact that such an introduction would help his career.

Though the work of Humboldt offers a deep insight into the relationship between thinking and speaking, and though Edward Sapir gives a very subtle account of this relationship in English.

Though this usage continues to be widespread, the term, " etheric travel ", used by some later Theosophists, offers a useful distinction.

Though still the most dominant provider of telephone services, it has had competition from the sole cable provider in the country ( since September 2006 ), Hot, which offers a cables based telephone and internet access services as of 2005, and with 012 Smile and more recently 013 netvision and Orange.

Though the band was receiving lucrative offers from major labels, they chose to remain independent and signed to Touch and Go Records, Albini being good friends with label head Corey Rusk.

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 unclear, precisely, who coined the phrase, this rubric offers a useful way of dealing with the intercession of the Objectivist poets into our consciousness.

Though the Messenger is easily disabled for free by the user, this works because it creates a perceived need and then offers an immediate solution.

Though Sanford received a number of legal and business offers from the private sector during this period, he was interested in a position that would allow him to keep his political prospects open.

Though he received superior financial offers from the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers, Hull chose to sign a two-year, $ 9 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings to pursue a second Stanley Cup championship.

Though he tells us little of his own career as a commander and master at arms, he offers an extensive list of his more famous students, including Piero del Verde, Nicolò Borialino, Galeazzo di Mantua, and Azzone Francesco di Castelbarco, and details their martial exploits.

Though it does not award bachelor's degrees, it offers a minor program for undergraduates.

Though the contents of these offers ( which amounted to a version of the concessions demanded by Spain ) were not known in the Republic, the fact of the secret negotiations became known, and disquieted the proponents of restarting the war, like the investors in the Dutch West India Company, that after a long delay was now finally about to be founded with as a main objective bringing the war to the Spanish Americas.

Though other offers were available, Martin decided to remain close to home and attend Pittsburgh.

Though it may be debatable if the termination was truly mutual, the employer offers the employee a " softened firing " in order to reduce backlash.

Though the marriage ended in a divorce a short time later, he would not take any offers to return to Major League Baseball, despite Chicago's salary offer of $ 3, 500 that would have made him the highest paid player in the league.

Though the civilization of Triton offers everything that he could reasonably want, he is unhappy with his life, out of harmony with those around him, and continually looking for others to blame whenever things go wrong.

Though they had already decided to break up following the album's supporting tours due to tiredness and frustration, the band decided to consider the offers, partly due to the major label successes of their peers Green Day and Jawbox.

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 2½ stars stating " Though While We're Young was a definitive recording for Abercrombie's vaunted trio, this CD simply offers a different slant.

Though the Hannay books stop short of World War Two, Buchan's last novel, Sick Heart River ( published just after the author died in 1940 ) offers a hint about Hannay's future: dying in Canada, Hannay's friend Sir Edward Leithen hears of the outbreak of war in Europe and guesses that many of his old friends, including Hannay, will have taken up arms again.

Though Xiang Qian rebuffed dozens of offers and the PLA managed to capture the chieftain's villages, Xi continued to pursue a political solution.

At the 14th International AIDS conference in 2002, Changedia and Gilada reported that " Though circumcision offers protection in acquisition of HIV infection, our findings reveal that it does not reduce transmission of HIV in conjugal settings.

Though there is no dispute that Jerusalem fell the second time in the summer month of Tammuz (), Albright dates the end of Zedekiah's reign ( and the fall of Jerusalem ) to 587 BCE, whereas Thiele offers 586 BCE.

Though Guam is a United States territory, some U. S. long distance plans and courier services list Guam as an international location.

Though many types of improvised explosive devices (" IEDs ") can technically be classified as land mines, the term land mine is typically reserved for manufactured devices designed to be used by recognized military services, whereas IED is used for makeshift devices assembled by paramilitary, insurgent, or terrorist groups.

Though the stratification of food services in Beijing was no longer effected by imperial laws, the structure more or less remained despite continuous weakening due to the financial background of the local clientele.

Though their schools were segregated and underfunded, as were services, due to a lack of political representation, African Americans were able to create their own communities.

Though companies like MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems sell products and services designed to identify potential threats, a thorough study of all United States school shootings by the U. S. Secret Service warned against the belief that a certain " type " of student would be a perpetrator.

Though Patel's health had suffered during his stint in jail, Patel gave emotional speeches to large crowds across India, asking people to refuse paying taxes and participate in civil disobedience, mass protests and a shutdown of all civil services.

Though the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino was just outside the border of Rancho Mirage in an unincorporated area, the City of Rancho Mirage included the property as part of the city in an agreement with the tribe so they would have access to police and firefighting services.

Though there are several large ranches adjacent to the town, there is little to no farming due to the uneven topography, and the town has no agriculture-related services to speak of.

Though the services offered vary from local branch to local branch, public libraries in Canada are not only places to read and borrow books ; they are also hubs of community services, such as early reading programs, computer access, and tutoring and literacy help for children and adults.

Though not in any sense religious, Bowra signed the petition ( in favour of the Tridentine Catholic Mass ) that became informally known as the Agatha Christie indult and regularly attended the Church of England services of his college chapel.

For example, “ for multi-product television or radio broadcasters, the more homogeneity possible between different services held in common ownership ( or the more elements within a programme schedule which can be shared between ’ different ’ stations ), the greater the opportunity to reap economies .” Though the main concern of pluralism is that different organization under different ownership may buy the same e. g. news stories from the same news-supplier agency.

Though this effect is named after the Netherlands, economists have argued that the decline in the Dutch manufacturing industry was actually caused by unsustainable spending on social services.

Though studies have demonstrated mental health care to reduce overall health care costs, demonstrate efficacy, and reduce employee absenteeism while improving employee functioning, the availability of comprehensive mental health services is in decline.

Though relatively small, Stalbridge is quite independent, with its own small supermarket, newsagent, electronics store, GP Surgery and many other services, reflecting its catchment area of surrounding farms and hamlets.

Though Western classical and other musics play an important role in Anglican church services on Barbados, religion and folk music are closely intertwined in the everyday lives of most Barbadians.

Though English is spoken by most citizens of Wales, many churches hold their services in their native Welsh language.

Though the NDL's original mandate was to be a research library for the National Diet, the general public is the largest consumer of the library's services.

Though becoming more and more visible, Auslan is still rarely seen at public events or on television ; there are, for example, no interpreted news services.

Though both Seattle and Tacoma grew at a rapid rate from 1880 to 1890, based on the strength of their timber industries, Seattle's growth as an exporter of services and manufactured goods continued for another two decades, while Tacoma's growth dropped almost to zero.

Though the airline was price competitive with new entry carriers, it still offered full services such as hot meals, checked baggage, a frequent flier program and co-sharing with partner airlines.

Though the building is supposedly residential, it is made up of many independent low-budget hotels, shops, and other services.

Though Draper did not win the seat of Newland, policy commitments by both parties ensured that essential funding and services would continue to be provided at Modbury Hospital for the benefit of residents of both Newland and surrounding areas of the North Eastern suburbs.