Though his election was interpreted by many Southerners as the forerunner of a dangerous shift in the federal balance in favor of the Union, Lincoln himself proposed no such change in the rights the Constitution gave the states.

Though, to be sure, we gave Kennedy no very positive approval in the margin of his preferment.

Though he knew no more about military science and tactics than any other desk officer, he managed to get transferred to the combat forces.

Though there was an occasional good-natured chuckle about Marvin Goulding, the Jewish officer from Chicago, singing tearfully about the ould sod, no one really thought it was strange.

Though by no means an ideal procedure, a red wine may similarly be brought from the cellar to the dining room and opened twenty minutes or so before serving time.

Though no longer able to turn out his protoplasmic pen-and-ink sketches ( several old favorites are scattered through the present volume ) Thurber has retained unimpaired his vision of humor as a thing of simple, unaffected humanness.

Though there was no Bronze Age city on the site, archaeology has detected human activity that is evident from the earliest Iron Age, circa 1100 BC.

Though there might be blocs of opinion, sometimes enduring, on important matters, there were no political parties and likewise no government or opposition ( as in the Westminster system ).

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 the service is no longer offered, these laws remain in force.

Though no doubt also motivated by an affection towards Ruth, in marrying her he has to pay a cost in money and uncertainty.

Though no significant damage was reported to most of the few Berkeley buildings of the time, the 1868 quake did destroy the vulnerable adobe home of Domingo Peralta in north Berkeley.

* " Though the hippopotamus has no sting, the wise man would prefer to be sat upon by the bee.

" Though she claims thousands of followers, mostly in Germany, there has been no verification that any have lived for extended periods without food.

Though the Cayman Islands are involved in no major international disputes, they have come under some criticism due to the use of their territory for narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

Though this office owned no imperium, meaning no lictors for protection, they were allowed to wear the toga praetexta.

Though conquerors, the Chaldeans were rapidly and completely assimilated into the dominant Babylonian culture, as the Amorites before them had been, and after the fall of Babylon in 539 BC the term " Chaldean " was no longer used to describe a specific race of people, but rather a " socio-Economic " class, regardless of ethnicity.

Though fascinated by the narrative elements of some of the pictures, particularly the Biblical themes of the massive paintings of Benjamin West, at this point Beaux had no aspirations of becoming an artist.

Though Beaux admired Eakins more and thought his painting skill superior to Sartain's, she preferred the latter's gentle teaching style which promoted no particular aesthetic approach.

Though no records exist of this design being built during Leonardo's lifetime, contemporary enthusiasts have reconstructed it.

Though he maintains his distaste for abortions, he continues Dr. Larch's legacy of honoring the choice of his patients, and he dreams of the day when abortions are free, legal, and safe, so he'll no longer feel obliged to offer them.

Though the model showed no significant changes to the climate in areas other than the Tropics, this may not be the case since the model has possible errors and the results are never absolutely definite.

Though they have no authority to direct the life of any congregation, the Regional Churches are analogous to the middle judicatories of other denominations.

Though the common authorship of the three epistles is still almost universally accepted, scholars such as Heinrich Julius Holtzmann and C. H. Dodd have maintained that the epistle and the gospel were written by different authors.

Though not universally required, the Geocacher's Creed provides ethical search guidelines.

Though the original name was " revolving gun ", the short-form " revolver " is universally used.

Though not universally liked by the townspeople, the Earps tended to protect the interests of the town's business owners and residents, although Virgil's brother Wyatt helped keep a Cowboy from being lynched after he accidentally killed Tombstone Marshal Fred White.

Though his works were " universally admired " by contemporaries, later commentators have remarked that " their erudition was … marred by speculative extravagances.

Though support for national treatment was expressed in several controversial ( and legally non-binding ) United Nations General Assembly resolutions, the issue of expropriations is almost universally handled through treaties with other states and contracts with private entities, rather than through reliance upon international custom.

Though magnetic tape has not been universally replaced as a recording medium, the advantages of non-linear editing ( NLE ) and recording have resulted in digital systems largely superseding tape.

Though the original Freddo sandwiches are traditionally made with a caramel Freddo in the center, it is universally accepted that any of the other Freddo variants could be used.

Though not universally used, ‘ metabolic fatigue ’ is a common alternative term for peripheral muscle weakness, because of the reduction in contractile force due to the direct or indirect effects of the reduction of substrates or accumulation of metabolites within the muscle fiber.

Though it spans many traditions, it is played universally the same way by the musician placing their lips over a chamber or holes in the instrument, and blowing or sucking air to create a sound.

Though not universally used, ‘ metabolic fatigue ’ is a common term for the reduction in contractile force due to the direct or indirect effects of the reduction of substrates or accumulation of metabolites within the muscle fiber.

Though these flawed tactics have been blamed for the failures of the first day, they were not universally adhered to by the attacking divisions.

Though the transfer process could only work between two close genetic relatives at first, Ra's has since modified to work universally, and plans to transfer into Bruce.

Though it was evaluated in the early days as " Behçet's Syndrome ", " Trisymptom Behçet ", and " Morbus Behçet ", today the disease is universally called ‘’’ Behçet's Disease ’’’ in medical literature.

Though all combat medical personnel are universally referred to as " medic ", within different branches of the US military, the skill level, quality of training and scope of work performed by medics varies from branch to branch.

Though technologically closer to a simple rubber-tyred metro, it was almost universally referred to as a monorail.

Though the Naccarellis are universally impressed with Clara, Margaret tries without success to share her deep reservations.

Though it met with a scathing review in Melody Maker, reviews in the underground press were universally positive, and sales were just enough to convince Liberty to give the green light to a second album.

Though SBU information may be exempt from complete disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, it should not be universally withheld.

Though there are differing points of view on a variety of practices, and the occasional disagreements among individuals, it is universally accepted that a unique feature of Blue Star Tradition is that it's participants regard each other as Family ; and annual convocations are referred to as Family Gatherings, and when together its practitioners feel at Home.