Though aware of the plot, Agrippina embarked on this boat and was nearly crushed by a collapsing lead ceiling only to be saved by the side of a sofa breaking the ceiling's fall.

Though witnesses against them were numerous, the evidence cited was nearly all hearsay or outright fabrications.

Though nearly all modern mathematicians consider nonconstructive methods just as sound as constructive ones, Euclid's constructive proofs often supplanted fallacious nonconstructive ones — e. g., some of the Pythagoreans ' proofs that involved irrational numbers, which usually required a statement such as " Find the greatest common measure of ..."

Though he will eat nearly anything ( with the exception of raisins and spinach ), Garfield is particularly fond of lasagna ; he also enjoys eating Jon's houseplants and other pets ( mainly birds and fish ).

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

Though he was always quite hostile to slavery, nearly to be point of being an abolitionist ( although he doubted the abolitionists could successfully end slavery ), he grew even more hostile to it later in life.

Though nearly all scholars reject any alternative authorship candidates, including Oxford, popular interest in various authorship theories persists.

Though the Phillies moved into a permanent home at Baker Bowl in 1887, they did not win their first pennant until nearly 30 years later, after the likes of standout players Billy Hamilton, Sam Thompson, and Ed Delahanty had departed.

* Though normal television programming resumed after nearly a full week of news coverage following the attack, some daily talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O ' Brien, The Daily Show and Late Show with David Letterman took additional time before beginning to broadcast new installments, with Letterman in particular stating that he was not sure he wanted to continue to do the show.

Though she is conspicuously absent from many of his papers and talks, Liv participated in nearly all of Thor's journeys, with the exception of the Kon-Tiki expedition.

Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi.

Though he attempted to defend the duchy against French encroachment for nearly a year, lack of resources and money meant he could do little but husband what little territory the English still controlled, and he resigned the command in September 1371 and returned to England.

Though Buffy is disgusted by this, her hostility towards him fades considerably when she learns that Spike refused, even under intense torture, to reveal the identity of The Key to Glory, nearly laying down his life to protect Buffy's sister Dawn.

Though he had been undefeated since a loss against David Tua in 1996, the level of competition Ruiz had been facing was suspect and the only name he had beaten was a nearly 40 year old Tony Tucker.

Though not nearly as rich biologically as the more northerly Stirling Range, there exist ten endemic species of plant in the Porongurup Range, the best known being the mountain villarsia ( Villarsia caltbifolia ).

Though initially used in the 1994 and 1995 Mustang GT and Cobra, Ford retired the 302 cid pushrod small-block V8 after nearly 30 years of use, replacing it with the newer Modular 4. 6 L ( 281 cid ) SOHC V8 in the 1996 Mustang GT.

Though still unincorporated, this led to massive development in the area, and by 1960 the population of the area had reached 20, 720, nearly triple the population of a decade earlier.

Though there are no longer any supporters of the " Pan Giorgionismus " which a century ago claimed for Giorgione nearly every painting of the time that at all resembles his manner, there are still, as then, exclusive critics who reduce to half a dozen the list of extant pictures which they will admit to be actually by this master.

Though the Winchester head remained in place, another one appeared at Jumièges ; he " must have clandestinely removed the head, or at least the greater part of it, and left his monks to venerate the empty or nearly empty capsa ".

Though the applied voltage and current will propagate at nearly the speed of light, the movement of the conductors themselves is almost negligible.

Though Snuffer may look and sound like a humble butler, his ambitions are not nearly so humble and he enjoys devising particularly grisly ends for Bond and his friends.

Though having a nearly 2, 400 year history, its modern prosperity dates only from 1910, when the railroad from Hanoi was built.

Though nearly obsolete by the beginning of World War II, the T-26 was the most important tank of the Spanish Civil War and played a significant role during the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938 as well as in the Winter War in 1939 – 40.

Though the two words are subject to being confused with one another, the molality and molarity of a weak aqueous solution happen to be nearly the same, as one kilogram of water ( the solvent ) occupies 1 liter of volume at room temperature and the small amount of solute would have little effect on the volume.

Though the Giants lost $ 50, 000 that season, the rival league folded and was subsumed into the NFL.

Though there is no civilian definition within the U. S., any firearm utilizing a projectile greater than 1 / 2 inch (. 50 caliber or 12. 7 mm ) in diameter is legally defined as a " destructive device ," while anything. 50 caliber or less is normally considered " small arms.

Though the two species are never seen together, several references are made to the Rutan Host, an equally militaristic race with whom the Sontarans have been at war for more than 50, 000 years (" The Poison Sky ").

Though some scholars agree in placing the Gospel of John somewhere between AD 65 and 85, John A. T. Robinson proposes an initial edition by 50 – 55 and then a final edition by 65 due to narrative similarities with Paul.

Though all 50 states ( as well as the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands ) have enacted some form of Article 8, many of them still appear to use older versions of Article 8, including some that did not permit non-certificated securities.

Though state banks were no longer allowed to issue notes, local bankers took advantage of less strict capital requirements ($ 10, 000 for state banks vs. $ 50, 000-200, 000 for national banks ) and opened new branches en masse.

Though the mine maintained a constant temperature of about 50 degrees Farenheit, its high humidity played havoc with the crew's equipment and props.

Though not officially sanctioned, legal beheadings were carried out against at least 50 prostitutes and pimps under Saddam Hussein as late as 2000.

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 Innes hired a musicologist to defend the originality of his songs, he settled with ATV out of court for 50 % of the royalties and shared songwriting credit on the 14 songs included on the album.

Though there are numerous ways of measuring the energy of a recoil impulse, in general a 10 % to 50 % reduction can be measured.

Though it was discovered in 2001 it was proven to be circulating in the population for at least 50 years and that by the age of five most children have already been exposed to it.

Though windsurfing is possible in winds from near 0 to 50 knots, the ideal planing conditions for most recreational riders is 15-25 knots.

Though the Race is an expansionist imperial power, the Race itself is a relatively peaceful society, having overcome internal wars and maintained a politically stable interstellar empire for nearly 50, 000 human years.

Though the majority of the university's students originate in the southwestern United States, the school has served students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries.

Though Asaf Jah-II ruled for over 50 years, Nizam's dominions lost considerable power and more importantly, land to both the British and the French due to infighting and debts owed to the foreign powers.

Though his known career as a pirate captain lasted little more than a year, Bellamy and his crew captured more than 50 ships before his death at age 28.

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 at the time of liberation the death rate had peaked at 200 per day, after the liberation by U. S. forces the rate eventually fell to between 50 and 80 deaths per day.

" Though Parmar was blocked at the border because he had already been put on a 24 hour watch, Bagri gave an hour-long speech in which he declared, " until we kill 50, 000 Hindus, we will not rest " before an enraged crowd of 4, 000 people ; this would become infamous at his later trial.

Though the Cretaceous – Paleogene extinction event had some impact on genetic diversity, the rapid diversification continued into the Eocene, then apparently reaching a plateau of about 50 families up to the Recent.

Though a pioneer in that field — he has 50 years of experience — Verschuur is also an author ( he has written about astronomy, natural disasters, and earth sciences ), inventor, a self-employed IP Consultant, adjunct professor of physics for the University of Memphis, and a lifetime fan of Manchester United F. C.

Though bombing caused approximately 50 civilian deaths on Iheya Island, Izena's close neighbor to the North.