Though today many historians feel the possibility of France and Italy falling to the communists was remote, it was regarded as a very real possibility by American policy makers at the time.

Though typically synonymous with a command line shell or text terminal, the term terminal covers all remote terminals, including graphical interfaces.

Though the Altai is lower in elevation than other Asian mountain groups, it is very remote, and much time and planning are required for its approach.

Though real enough and believable enough, this kind of amour fou is remote indeed from what the staid middle class cinema would generally consider as realism.

Though this form of interactive TV is not insignificant, critics claim that saying that using a remote control to turn TV sets on and off makes television interactive is like saying turning the pages of a book makes the book interactive.

Though Kaboom ultimately took over, Rito lost Kaboom's remote control, which meant that Zedd and Rita's group could no longer control Kaboom.

Though initially not common, the quick success of the DVD format led to wide availability of remote designs with D-pads circa 2000, and most current menu-driven consumer electronics devices include some sort of d-pad on the remote ( and, occasionally, on the unit itself ).

" Though Speed Buggy — nicknamed Speedy by his friends — had a mind of his own, much like Disney's Herbie the Love Bug, he was vulnerable to commands given through a communicator / remote control device made by Tinker when he first built Speed Buggy.

Though the technology utilized was the same one being used by television remote controls, it had the advantage that the link did not require an Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) telecommunications approval.

Though the airplane remains its primary ministry tool, MAF has emerged as the key provider of communications, learning technology, and logistics services in the world ’ s most remote areas.

Though not attested prior to Strabo, the region Cambysene and the rivers Cyrus and Cambyses are believed to have born these name since remote antiquity.

Though most of the Wall runs through remote countryside, there are sections which pass through the cities and suburbs of Newcastle and Carlisle.

Though he quickly dropped " Octavianus " from his name and his contemporaries referred to him as " Caesar " during this period, historians refer to him as Octavian between 44 BC and 27 BC.

Though he was destined to be a strongly counter-reforming emperor, Alexander had little prospect of succeeding to the throne during the first two decades of his life, as he had an elder brother, Nicolas, who seemed of robust constitution.

Though God is never explicitly mentioned in the Book of Esther, some Christians believe that his influence during the story is implied.

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 Havana, which had become the third-largest city in the Americas, was to enter an era of sustained development and closening ties with North America during this period, the British occupation of the city proved short-lived.

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

Though the fiber flow ( local inhomogeneities of the material's chemical composition generated during casting ) doesn ’ t follow the shape of the crankshaft ( which is undesirable ), this is usually not a problem since higher quality steels, which normally are difficult to forge, can be used.

Though she abandons the ship several times during the course of the series, her attachment to the crew always brings her back.

Though governor of the Druze Mountain, Bashir was a crypto-Christian, and it was he whose aid Napoleon solicited in 1799 during his campaign against Syria.

Though by no means a certainty, déjà vu occurs often enough during seizures that researches have reason to suspect a link.

Though he spent some of his money trying to clean up swamps and eradicate malaria, he was nonetheless sent to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror as an enemy of the people.

Though they had only recently received the funding necessary to produce the film, the script had been written for some time, having been composed largely during the production of Crimewave.

Though it was crude, the hypo helmet was a stopgap measure for British troops in the trenches that offered at least some protection during a gas attack.

Though originally from Massachusetts, Charles Adams also fought for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, earning the rank of brigadier-general.

Though the essay did not earn him a place in Ferdinand's court, it did detail a new method for measuring lunar eclipses, which he applied during the July 10 eclipse in Graz.

Though the Virginia Plan was an outline rather than a draft of a possible constitution, and though it was extensively changed during the debate ( especially by John Rutledge and James Wilson in the Committee of Detail ), its use at the convention led many to call Madison the " Father of the Constitution ".

Though by then she was no longer an active member of science fiction fandom, she was interviewed by phone during Wiscon ( the feminist science fiction convention in Madison, Wisconsin ) in 2006 by her friend and member of the same cohort, Samuel R. Delany.

Though these games were wins, key players Byron Leftwich, Mike Peterson, Akin Ayodele, Paul Spicer, and Rashean Mathis were hurt during this stretch.

Though many delegates emerged in the East subservient to Justinian, many, especially the Monophysites, remained unsatisfied ; all the more bitter for him because during his last years he took an even greater interest in theological matters.

Though most of her concerts were recorded during her solo career, few have been officially released, resulting in being heavily bootlegged.

Though his name was then a household word ( as was " existentialism " during the tumultuous 1960s ), Sartre remained a simple man with few possessions, actively committed to causes until the end of his life, such as the May 1968 strikes in Paris during the summer of 1968 during which he was arrested for civil disobedience.

Though the team would bounce back with winning records during the next several years, the disastrous season would symbolically come to mark the beginning of the end of Kansas City's relevance in professional baseball.

Though during her years in the Governor's Mansion, she did not hold a single formal event, Laura worked for women's and children's causes including health, education, and literacy.

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 associated with the Sassanid Persians and with Mithradates VI Eupator ( who for a time incorporated the city into his empire ), by the late Hellenistic or early Roman period, the star and crescent motif had been associated to some degree with Byzantium.

Though Columbus was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas ( having been preceded by the Norse expedition led by Leif Ericson in the 11th century ), Columbus's voyages led to the first lasting European contact with America, inaugurating a period of European exploration and colonization of foreign lands that lasted for several centuries.

Though her solo singles and the Wagoner duets were successful, her biggest hit of this period would be " Jolene ".

Though Locke was associated with the influential Whigs, his ideas about natural rights and government are today considered quite revolutionary for that period in English history.

Though Orthwein's period as owner was short and controversial, he did oversee major changes to the team, first with the hiring of former New York Giants coach Bill Parcells in 1993.

Though he won immense fame in his own generation and helped lead the way to the period of art known as the Golden Age of Danish Painting, his works are scarcely known outside of Denmark.

Though commercially successful over an extended period, they maintained an underground-style, subcultural identity.

Though their effects remain somewhat less well understood owing to a lack of experimental data, they have been detected in various ecological habitats far removed from industrial activity such as the Arctic, demonstrating diffusion and bioaccumulation after only a relatively brief period of widespread use.

Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, whether 12th century Jerusalem ( Kingdom of Heaven ), contemporary Osaka ( Black Rain ) or Mogadishu ( Black Hawk Down ), or the future cityscapes of Blade Runner.

Though such laws were instituted shortly after fighting ended in many cases, they only became formalized after the end of Republican-enforced Reconstruction in the 1870s and 80s during a period known as the nadir of American race relations.

Though the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem would continue to exist for a period, its defeat at Hattin marked a turning point in its conflict with the Muslims and Arabs.

Though few historical records are left from that period, Western Sahara's modern history has its roots linked to some nomadic groups ( living under Berber tribal rule and in contact with the Roman Empire ) such as the Sanhaja group and the introduction of Islam and the Arabic language the end from the 8th century AD.

Though Saba ' dominated in the earlier period of South Arabian history, Minaic inscriptions are of the same time period as the first Sabaic inscriptions.

Though there were no further kings in Aegina, the kings of Epirus claimed descent from Peleus in the historic period.

Though in most species at least part of the disc is needed for complete regeneration, in a few species of sea stars a single severed arm can grow into a complete individual over a period of several months.

Though ukiyo-e saw its end in the Meiji period, and the term is not applied to works after that time, in the 20th century, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, new print forms arose in Japan.

Though deprived of the opportunity to study in Rome, the decade after the scandal proved to be Ravel's most productive, and included his " Spanish period ".

Though for a period the Soviet government under Stalin continued its support of agricultural scientists, after 1935 the balance of power abruptly swung towards Lysenko and his followers.

Though more awkward for vehicle occupants, most manufacturers opted to use less expensive automatic belts rather than airbags during this time period.

Though generally not at the top of Wilson's personal areas of priority, his first period in office was notable for substantial legal changes in a number of social areas, including the liberalisation of laws on censorship, divorce, homosexuality, immigration, and abortion, as well as the abolition of capital punishment, due in part to the initiatives of backbench MPs who had the support of Roy Jenkins during his time as Home Secretary.

" Though Clark had hoped this change in policy would work to his advantage, it actually earned him widespread animosity as a politician who could not keep his promises, even in such a short period.