Though Kamakura Bakufu took over the police force and ruled Eastern Japan, the authority of Emperor and retired Emperors remained.

Though some enemies tried to turn the king against him, their plots were foiled and Pepin remained on good terms with the king until 629, when, for reasons unknown, he retired ( or was retired ) to his estates, where he remained for the next decade, until Dagobert's death.

Though having been gone for a few episodes ( and thought to have been " retired "), Comic Book Guy made an appearance in an episode that aired later in the season, " Any Given Sundance ".

Though he had been a significant contributor to the organisation of the trip, Buchan retired to Rideau Hall for the duration of the royal tour ; Buchan expressed the view that while the King of Canada was present, " I cease to exist as Viceroy, and retain only a shadowy legal existence as Governor-General in Council.

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 she was " retired ", she maintained great influence in court and government affairs, acting as regent for Baldwin while he was on campaign.

Though he felt he had retired too early, and could have carried on playing for another two years, this brought an end to his 35 year professional career.

Though he retired from Harvard's presidency in 1909, Eliot lived until 1926.

Though both Liberator and Universal produced minor hits and the latter also spawned their first Top 20 hit in five years with " Walking On The Milky Way ", McCluskey retired the OMD name in late 1996, due to waning public interest in an 80's synth band at the height of the guitar-based Britpop era.

Though Polaroid continued producing instant cameras after 1983, the name ' Land ' was dropped from the camera name since Edwin Land retired in 1982.

Though some believe the title Texaco Star Theatre was retired temporarily, in favor of Texaco Time, after Allen scaled the show back to a half-hour, the show retained the Texaco Star Theatre title officially, the confusion likely stemming from the announcers ' first words of introduction: " It's Texaco time starring Fred Allen.

Though none were life threatening, he temporarily retired from active driving and became a color commentator for NHRA telecasts on TNN and for NBC.

Though he retired from public life in 1928, he continued to make his presence known in the army well into the Second World War, just before his death in 1942 ; at the time of his death, he was Queen Victoria's last surviving son.

Though Sigismund had retired from Prague, the castles of Vyšehrad and Hradčany remained in possession of his troops.

Though Dravid had not officially retired from ODI cricket, he accepted that he didn't expect to be recalled.

Though Sierra was sold in 1996, Williams ' production credits date to 1999, when she retired from Sierra On-Line.

Though Sigismund had retired from Prague, the castles of Vyšehrad and Hradčany remained in possession of his troops.

Though he retired in 1979, he continued to be active until his death.

Though retired from active politics he continued to take a great interest in public affairs, and when Chamberlain started his tariff reform movement in 1903, Lord Goschen was one of the weightiest champions of free trade on the Unionist side.

Though Schell retired in the first lap, this marked the first appearance of a rear-engined racer at a Grand Prix event since the end of WWII.

Though he never officially retired, Vidro has not played since.

Though the Vachtangov production was finally retired from the company's repertory, the play remains a symbol of Habima.

Though Westbury is often described as a very “ English village ”, the first European settlers were predominantly Irish ; ex Irish convicts, retired soldiers and free settlers, many fleeing the Great Irish Famine in the 1840s.

Though some Roman patrons ordered marble replicas of the specifically Anatolian " Diana " of Ephesus, where the Temple of Artemis stood, Diana was usually depicted for educated Romans in her Greek guise.

Though Diana, Princess of Wales was commonly called " Princess Diana " after her marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales, it was officially incorrect, as Diana herself pointed out, because she was not a princess in her own right.

Though her sisters Unity and Diana were well-known British supporters of Hitler and her father was described as being " one of nature's fascists ," Jessica ( always known as " Decca ") renounced her privileged background at an early age and became an adherent of communism.

Though Portuguese was Montemor's native language, he only used it for two songs and a short prose passage in the sixth book of the Diana.

Though he was apparently killed in the summer, he re-appears in extremely cold snow, nearly dies again by freezing, and is saved by a fur-clad woman named Diana.

Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as capital city to Dodoma in 1974 ( a move which was not complete until 1996 ), it remains the centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam Region.

Though the theory of dark matter remains the most widely accepted theory to explain the anomalies in observed galactic rotation, some alternative theoretical approaches have been developed which broadly fall into the categories of modified gravitational laws and quantum gravitational laws.

Though considerably changed in detail and expanded over the years, this system remains essentially the same as when formally implemented in 1920.

Though literary detectives have uncovered some of its sources, its remains difficult to say what the poem is about.

Though he remains the head of state, some of his former power is now devolved to several advisory and legislative bodies.

Though the general form remains the same, various definitions become changed and different constants appear at different places.

Though the prime minister remains an appointee of the president, the president must obey the rules of parliament, and select a leader from the house's majority holding party.

Though considered to be very important and necessary drugs required to treat severe and life-threatening bacterial infections, the associated antibiotic misuse remains unchecked, which has contributed to the problem of bacterial resistance.

Though semantically singular or ambiguous, singular they remains morphologically and syntactically plural ( e. g. it still takes plural forms of verbs ).

Though the location of Solomon's port of Ezion-Geber is known, no remains have ever been found.

Though much remains unknown about Shaka's personal appearance, sources tend to agree he had a strong, muscular body and was not fat.

Though regulation of sulfate aerosol emissions from petroleum production is becoming stringent, acid rain remains a threat to the health of the residents and the forests.

Though these targumim were later " easternized ", the substratum belying their origins still remains.

Though she takes little direct part in government, the Crown remains the fount in which ultimate executive power over Government lies.

Though the UK parliament remains the sovereign parliament, Scotland has a parliament and Wales and Northern Ireland have assemblies.

Though not yet available, all that remains is approval by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education.

Though Fox's work has now been to some extent revised, it remains a vital record of stretches of the Dyke that still existed between 1926 and 1928, when his three field surveys took place, but that are now destroyed.

The Alcubierre drive, however, remains a hypothetical concept with seemingly insuperable problems: Though the amount of energy required is no longer thought to be unobtainably large, there is no method to create a warp bubble in a region that does not already contain one, and there is no method to move from the warp-bubble once having arrived at an intended destination.

Though the sovereign remains the fount of justice, he or she cannot unilaterally establish new courts or act as a judge.

Though all but the most primitive bony fish lack a spiracle, the pseudobranch associated with it often remains, being located at the base of the operculum.

Though the prohibition of illegal drugs was established under Islamic law, particularly against the use of hashish as a recreational drug, classical jurists of medieval Islamic jurisprudence accepted the use of hashish for medicinal and therapeutic purposes, and agreed that its " medical use, even if it leads to mental derangement, remains exempt " from punishment.

Though 97 % of Argentina's population self-identify as of European descent to this day a high level of multiculturalism remains a feature of Argentina's culture, allowing foreign festivals and holidays ( e. g. Saint Patrick's Day ), supporting all kinds of art or cultural expression from ethnic groups, as well as their diffusion through an important multicultural presence in the media ; for instance it is not uncommon to find newspapers or radio programs in English, German, Italian or French in Argentina.

Though progress is ongoing, there remains a number of still unrealized goals within the framework of the ROC: " although certainly more ‘ equal ' than they were 20, or even 10, years ago, the indigenous inhabitants in Taiwan still remain on the lowest rungs of the legal and socioeconomic ladders ".

Though the MCS-48 series was eventually replaced by the very popular Intel MCS-51, even at the turn of the millennium it remains quite popular, due to its low cost, wide availability, memory efficient one-byte instruction set, and mature development tools.

Though there is also a healthy and active grindcore scene, death metal remains Poland's strongest and most successful genre in terms of heavy metal.