Though little democracy had ever been practised in this region, and much of it was still ruled by feudalistic means, it was taken for granted that at least the forms of Western democracy would be established in this area and Western capitalism preserved within it.

Though he struggled with philosophy all his life, he never got much beyond the pessimism of his twenties ; ;

Though it might be that we would have much to give you, you have nothing to give us ''.

Though the preface initially states Luke ’ s intentions for writing, by closely examining the contents of the work as a whole, scholars have surmised that Luke ’ s purpose is much more complex.

Though much more expensive than steel, there are now aluminium alloys available that will not corrode in salt water, and an aluminium boat built to similar load carrying standards could be built lighter than steel.

Though the merger process was traumatic and the new party suffered a few years of extremely poor poll results, it gradually found much greater electoral success than the Liberal Party had done in the post-war era.

Though there was much argument in the past, it is now generally accepted that brochs were roofed, probably with a conical timber framed roof covered with a locally sourced thatch.

Though much attention has been focused on the security and military aspects of Colombia's situation, the administration also is spending significant time on issues such as expanding international trade, supporting alternate means of development, and reforming Colombia's judicial system.

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 each environment served different users, they often required much of the same stored data.

Though no historical support exists for the flag story in the Fellin battle either, it is not difficult to understand how a small and unknown place is replaced with the much grander battle of Reval ( Tallinn ) from the Estonia campaign of King Valdemar II.

Though much rarer, the incidence of insulin-producing tumors also rises with advancing age.

Though the practice of heraldry is nearly 900 years old, it is still very much in use.

Though using both flat wooden panel and stretched canvas paintings, Catholics traditionally have also favored images in the form of three-dimensional statuary, whereas in the East statuary is much less widely employed.

Though ill-received by mainstream American reviewers, Dead Man found much favor internationally and among critics, many of whom lauded it as a visionary masterpiece.

Though he did not realize it yet, translating much of what became the Latin Vulgate Bible would take many years and be his most important achievement ( see Writings – Translations section below ).

Though low paying, the job was ideal, as it afforded him much time to roam and paint in the woods.

Though he did not use oils much for his bird work, Audubon earned good money painting oil portraits for patrons along the Mississippi.

Though much has been made of the fact that Lindh did meet Osama bin Laden, his association with bin Laden was only a passing encounter and not an affiliation.

Though she has been discussed in literature frequently, much of the information is exaggerated or fiction.

Though The Times judged it a " miserable failure ," the production did much to overturn the tendency to scenic and antiquarian excess that had peaked with Charles Kean.

Though the Millenia ( and its Miller-type V6 engine ) were discontinued in 2002, the company has recently introduced a much smaller Miller-cycle four-cylinder engine for use in itsDemio starting in 2008.

Though Molokans are somewhat similar to the European Quakers and Mennonites — for their pacifism, communal organization, spiritual meetings, and sub-groupings — they are ethnically much closer to Doukhobors and Sabbatarians ( Subbotniki ) because they evolved from the same Russian Spiritual Christian movement of Khristovers and Ikonobors ( icon-wrestlers ), and migrated together with some intermarriage.

Though still used for historical renovations, and for heavy-duty applications, such as attaching boards to masonry walls, cut nails are much less common today than wire nails.

Though it is difficult to be certain of much of the aspects of Norn grammar, documents indicate that it may have featured subjectless clauses, which were common in the West Scandinavian languages.

Though Alexander's body had a missing finger and a different appearance from Lex at the time of his death, 52 editor Stephen Wacker has confirmed that the body found in Gotham is indeed Alex, and that Luthor had it altered before the police discovered it.

Though the comic version altered the story to bring it in line with established Marvel Universe continuity ( such as making the Green Goblin identity a costume as in the comics, rather than a physical transformation as in the episode ), it was not considered part of said continuity.

Though most of the Mission complex, including the quadrangle and convento, has either been altered or demolished outright during the intervening years, the façade of the Mission chapel has remained relatively unchanged since its construction in 1782 – 1791.

Though other side effects are thought to be possibly associated with TMS ( alterations to the endocrine system, altered neurotransmitter and immune system activity ) they are considered investigational and lacking substantive proof.

Though Hellman received sole credit for the screenplay, she worked from an earlier treatment, and director Sam Spiegel made additional changes and altered the sequence of scenes.

Though his books themselves only placed secondary importance on descriptions of method, Monroe also founded an institute dedicated to research, exploration and non-profit dissemination of auditory technology for assisting others in achieving projection and related altered states of consciousness.

Though much altered, this is one of Scotland's most beautiful ancient churches, with a fine western tower with small spire, and a double arcade of round pillars of variegated red sandstone in the nave.

Though Dostoyevsky was influenced by religion and philosophy in his life and the writing of The Brothers Karamazov, a personal tragedy altered the work.

Though flags were used by the watchmen for communication, these towers usually contained an alarm bell or bells built into a Bell-Cot, thus Middle English speakers thought berfrei had something to do with bells: they altered it to belfry, an interesting example of the process of folk etymology.

Though he fought bravely at the Battle of Cowshed, the facts are altered to say he openly fought for Jones and the shot wounds are changed to wounds Napoleon inflicted on him.

Though NMH10 and NMR11 are identical in protein sequence, nucleotide substitutions in nontranslated regions of the genome could be responsible for altered viral phenotypes, as could changes in protein glycosylation or virus membrane components.

Though costly at US $ 895, it altered the overall appearance greatly.

Though now altered, the original escapement was Arnold's horizontal pivoted detent as fitted to the larger timekeepers, which was it seems not entirely successful and needed improvements.

Though they are now listed separately in § 161. 114 of the Minnesota Statutes, the definitions are legally considered to be part of the constitution, and cannot be altered or removed without an amendment.

Though his sources on Gnosticism were secondary, since the texts in the Nag Hammadi library were not yet widely available, Eric Voegelin ( 1901 – 1985 ), partially building on the concept of gnosis as used by Plato and the followers of Gnosticism, along with how it was defined by Hans Jonas, defined the gnosis of the followers of Gnosticism as religious philosophical teachings that are the foundations of cults.

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

Though the exact date of the building is unknown, an unnamed causeway leading from the Stadtschloss through the swampy area between the settlements of Charlottenburg ( then called Lietzow ) and Wilmersdorf to Grunewald is depicted in a 1685 map.

Though the building was incomplete, the Capitol held its first session of United States Congress on November 17, 1800.

Though unsuccessful in building his internal combustion engine, his attempts were helpful to those that were successful.

Though the Hotel Chelsea no longer accepts new long-term residencies, the building is still home to many residents who lived there before the change of policy.

Though there are not documents to prove this story, Hagbard himself generally told people that he was an engineer building a dam during his time with the Mohawk because he was ashamed at having been a lawyer.

Though his " Goblin " model lost out to competition from Hoover in the household vacuum market, his company successfully turned its focus to the industrial market, building ever-larger models for factories and warehouses.

Though the building was hit by bombs several times, it emerged from the war largely unscathed ; rumour at the time had it that the reason the building had fared so well was that Adolf Hitler had planned to use it as his headquarters in London.

Though several organs were installed in the cathedral over time, the earliest ones were inadequate for the building.

Though they will temporarily occupy abandoned burrows, they do not dig or put much effort into building their own.

Though arson was suspected, no arrest was made until January 1878, when Henry Wells, an African American with some criminal history was arrested and locked in the garett of the new building, which had been erected in 1877.

Though arson was suspected, no arrest was made until January 1878 when Henry Wells, an African American with a criminal history, was arrested and locked in the garret of the new building.

Though there is no discernible architectural styles in the outgrowth areas, a notable building technique has been used in the construction of the Children's Reading Center Charter School.

Though the building was originally constructed to serve as the meeting hall for the local AF and AM Lodge, from its opening it has always been used by all of Orangeville's fraternal organizations.

Though the canal closed in 1873, the building of several different railroads kept the community as a place for trade.

Though long forgotten as a name, the Hazel Hill community still exists and the Lincoln building is still standing.

Though it was 20 years in the building, the G & SIRR more than fulfilled its promise.

Though the blast furnaces were idled in late 2008, Republic announced in December 2011 that they would be building electric arc furnaces to once again make steel in Lorain.

Though also heavily damaged in the 2007 flood, the Shelby Fire Department remained in their historic building alongside the Black Fork of the Mohican River.

Though it has been enlarged several times, the 1857 building remains at the core of the present church.

Though he did not live to see its completion, the building programme turned Alnwick into a major fortress along the Anglo-Scottish border.

Though the interior was gutted, the façade was saved and the building has since been fully restored with an additional rooftop bar.

Though Áras an Uachtaráin is possibly not as palatial as other European royal and presidential palaces, with only a handful of state rooms ( the state drawing room, large and small dining rooms, the President's Office and Library, a large ballroom and a presidential corridor lined with the busts of past presidents ( Francini Corridor ), and some fine eighteenth and nineteenth century bedrooms above, all in the main building ), it is a relatively comfortable state residence.