Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

Though I had a great dread of the island and felt I would never leave it alive, I eagerly wrote down everything she told me about its women.

Though she did not then know its name, this strange new fruit was a banana.

Though not actually crewel embroidery, it has that look with its over-stitched raised pattern in blue, pink, bronze and gold and a sauterne background.

Institutionalization Though undoubtedly all six processes are operative within the whole social system and its subsystems, two processes that are of crucial importance to this study will be singled out for particular emphasis.

Though now complete, the publication is included in this directory because of its importance and because of the long-term nature of its preparation.

Though the period of his caliphate was not long, it included successful invasions of the two most powerful empires of the time, a remarkable achievement in its own right.

Though the U. S. federal government has no official language, English is the common language used by the federal government and is considered the de facto language of the United States because of its widespread use.

Though Antlia was technically visible to ancient Greek astronomers, its stars were too faint to have been included in any constellations.

Though the anthem of the Church of England is analogous to the motet of the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches, both being written for a trained choir and not for the congregation, it is as a musical form essentially English in its origin and development.

Though less than five percent of its land is arable, the province is agriculturally rich ( particularly in the Fraser and Okanagan Valleys ) because of its mild weather.

Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Though most of the Paronomasia is lost in translation, it is the equivalent of ‘ Ashdod shall be but ashes ,’ where the fate of the city matches its name.

* Though its usage here is not a parody, in an episode of Cheers, Cliff aborts his plans to emigrate to Canada with his love interest when Sam, Woody, and Frasier appeal to his patriotic side by singing this song.

Though he used the German vernacular form, it is allowed under the ICZN code because of its subsequent latinization.

Though Western culture contained several polytheistic religions during its early years under the Greek and Roman empires, as the centralized Roman power waned, the dominance of the Catholic Church was the only consistent force in Europe.

Though Common Lisp is not as popular as some non-Lisp languages, many of its features have made their way into other, more widely used programming languages and systems ( see Greenspun's Tenth Rule ).

Though it is detached from the star field, it is not concentrated at its center at all.

Though controversial ( with many traditional herpetologists still using Bufo marinus ) the binomial Rhinella marina is gaining in acceptance with such bodies as the IUCN, Encyclopaedia of Life, Amphibian Species of the World and increasing numbers of scientific publications adopting its usage.

* Processes: Though these systems have many technological components, business processes lie at its core.

Though the CPC charges a limited due on its members for its expenditure, its total amount would be insignificant for the continued operation of this hegemony.

Though some explain Housman's unexpected failure in his final exams as a result of Jackson's rejection, most biographers adduce a variety of reasons, indifference to philosophy, overconfidence in his praeternatural gifts, a contempt for inexact learning, and enjoyment of idling away his time with Jackson, conjoined with news of his father's desperate illness as the more immediate and germane causes.

Though he fell two votes short of the required winning margin of 187 in the second ballot, the result was sufficient to secure immediate concessions from his rivals.

Though the French and the Italians were serious about Mussolini's peace plan, which called for an immediate ceasefire and a four-power conference à la Munich to consider Poland's borders, the British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax stated that unless the Germans withdrew from Poland immediately, then Britain would not attend the proposed conference.

Though the Athenians do not appear to have taken any measures for the immediate relief of Segesta, it is probable that the Selinuntines and Syracusans withdrew their forces at once, as we hear no more of their operations against Segesta.

Though Hitler failed to achieve his immediate stated goal, the event did give the Nazis their first exposure to national attention and a propaganda victory.

Though the reality was that the Stonewall riots themselves, as well as the immediate and the ongoing political organizing that occurred following them, were events fully participated in by lesbian women, bisexual people and transgender people as well as by gay men of all races and backgrounds, historically these events were first named Gay, the word at that time being used in a more generic sense to cover the entire spectrum of what is now variously called the ' queer ' or LGBT community.

Though the Stars were relatively still unknown, word of the team spread rapidly, and the immediate success of the team on the ice, as well as Mike Modano's career best season ( 50 goals, 93 points ) helped spur the team's popularity in Dallas.

Though an alternate view is that the term was coined by the Czech art historian Antonin Matějček in 1910, as the opposite of impressionism: " An Expressionist wishes, above all, to express himself ... ( an Expressionist rejects ) immediate perception and builds on more complex psychic structures ... Impressions and mental images that pass through mental peoples soul as through a filter which rids them of all substantial accretions to produce their clear essence are assimilated and condense into more general forms, into types, which he transcribes through simple short-hand formulae and symbols.

Though gravely injured, he survived the immediate explosion, but he died of his wounds a few hours later.

Though the price dropped about 20 % that day, the move downward was not immediate, and the price rebounded to $ 3 the following day.

Though the railroad ceased operating in 1939, Leadore has remained the largest town in the immediate area.

Though its formal place designation is " Landen Farm Drainage Lake ", the reduction in farming activity in the immediate area of the lake has made it suitable for recreation.

Though Clive's suicide has been linked to his history of depression and to opium addiction, the likely immediate impetus was excruciating pain resulting from illness ( he was known to suffer from gallstones ) which he had been attempting to abate with opium.

Though those programs can also lead to the university, they are geared towards immediate employment.

Though he was unable to halt Vale's immediate return to the bottom tier of the Football League, he succeeded in steadying the ship.

Though Osterman was fired shortly after the report's release, Getty's immediate offer of an $ 85 million settlement to investors further hurt the government's reputation in areas of business.

Though he maintained a successful law practice in Philadelphia and was a major figure of the World War II and immediate post-war eras, he nonetheless became the subject of jokes, even wearing a toupee in an apparent effort to look younger and hence presumably more electable.

Though the producer took an immediate shine to Malkmus, Kannberg and Nastanovich were wary of him.

" Though the Quaker establishment took no immediate action, the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery, was a clear and forceful argument against slavery and initiated the process of banning slavery in the Society of Friends ( 1776 ) and Pennsylvania ( 1780 ).

Though the Mamluks were the traditional enemies of the Franks, the Barons of Acre recognized the Mongols as the more immediate menace, and so the Crusaders opted for a position of cautious neutrality between the two forces.

Though their fortunes rose and fell during the immediate postwar period ( a major blow was the overthrow of a left-wing friendly government in Bangkok in 1947 ), by 1954 the Khmer Issarak operating with the Viet Minh by some estimates controlled as much as 50 percent of Cambodia's territory.

Though the group won several awards in its early years, including the Naumburg Award in 1973, Tower left the group in 1984, buoyed by the immediate success of her first orchestral composition, Sequoia ( 1981 ).

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 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.