Though German was spoken in each realm, sharing the same language and culture more often than not pushed Austria-Hungary and Germany apart.

Though the four combined tribes sharing the Colorado River Indian Reservation function today as one geo-political unit, the federally recognized Colorado River Indian Tribes, each continues to maintain and observe its individual traditions, distinct religions, and culturally unique identities.

Though in the mid -' 90s cassette culture seemed to decline with the appearance of new technologies and methods of distribution such as the Internet, MP3 files, file sharing, and CD-Rs, in recent years it has once again seen a revival, with the rise of tape labels like:

Though surrounded by farm communities, Champaign is notable for sharing the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with its sister city of Urbana.

Though he moved to Richmond shortly before the Civil War, he paid homage to his Southside roots through his music and story-telling, in which he engaged himself professionally in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, sharing a stage on occasion with Mark Twain, and becoming the first known artist to record music with a mixed-race ensemble.

Though many of their teachings still remain secret, little by little, members of this association — such as Master Hiroshi Doi — have been sharing their knowledge with the rest of the world.

Though sharing some design characteristics with other Fords of the time, such as single, circular headlamps and tail lamps and modest tailfins, the Thunderbird was sleeker and more athletic in shape, and had features like a faux hood scoop and a speedometer hinting a higher performance nature that other Fords didn't possess.

Though the Theravādin Abhidhamma is well preserved and best known, it should be noted that a number of the early Eighteen Schools each had their own distinct Abhidharma collection with not very much common textual material, though sharing methodology.

Though sharing the brand name, Tab Energy does not share the same taste.

Though sharing the same mechanics, We Love Katamari introduces new gameplay features, such as co-operative play, and new goals, such as collecting the most valuable objects, that would continue through its sequels.

Though Ganas is portrayed as a commune in the media, only the core-group participates in income and property sharing.

Though underplayed in the 2nd and 3rd films, the graboid's stench becomes a critical plot point in Tremors 4 ; Juan is able to identify the graboids as being the unseen killers in the silver mines later in the film due to them sharing the same vile odor.

Though sharing an identical body, this version was simply known as " APV ", with no " Lumina " badging on the exterior of the vehicle.

Though they were traditionally different, all of them are now the same character, with different names, sharing both his reindeers, his red outfit and his fabric in the north pole.

Though sharing many similarities with Def Leppard's pre-Hysteria sound ( Pyromania had been released the year before ), the title track's musical style is a foreshadowing of what was to come a few years later, as it features a thrash metal-oriented guitar riff with more groove metal-like breakdowns.

Though completely resembling a vampire, Paifu is a vampire hybrid, sharing the genes and traits of a were-koala.

Though sharing the same political foundation and similar ideologies, Mellat Iran differed greatly from the Pan-Iranist Party, which he had originally co-founded with Mohsen Pezeshkpour.

Though the album was well received by critics and fans alike, King Diamond's record company claimed loss of profits due to file sharing prevented them from supporting an album tour from the band.

Though sharing is touted as an economical and environmental aid to the public ( carpooling, shared apartments, etc.

Though Germany is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, since World War II it has generally refrained from using this technology to outfit its own armed forces with weapons of mass destruction ( WMD ), although it participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering nuclear weapons.

Though the studio version officially remains in the vault, it has surfaced occasionally on file sharing programs.

Though the followers of the movement presently deny any past connection to the Roman Catholic Church, the word ' Meal ' within the name of the movement referred originally to the sharing of the Eucharist.

Though still releasing films through United Artists, Small formed an arrangement with Columbia Pictures where he made eleven films over seven years where Columbia allowed him profit sharing after Columbia made up their investment in the film.

Though closely related, the two disciplines are not necessarily the same.

Though belonging to the same Semitic ethnic group, they are to be differentiated from the Aramean stock ; and the Assyrian king Sennacherib, for example, is careful in his inscriptions to distinguish them.

Though this is true when comparing a single crochet swatch with a stockinette swatch, both made with the same size yarn and needle / hook, it is not necessarily true for crochet in general.

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

Though modern epigrams are usually thought of as very short, Greek literary epigram was not always as short as later examples, and the divide between " epigram " and " elegy " is sometimes indistinct ( they share a characteristic metre, elegiac couplets ); all the same, the origin of the genre in inscription exerted a residual pressure to keep things concise.

Though the scene did not initially generate the same enthusiasm as An American in Paris, it subsequently overtook the earlier film to occupy its current pre-eminent place among critics and filmgoers alike.

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

Though of course hotels have always been built in popular destinations, the defining characteristic of a resort hotel is that it exists purely to serve another attraction, the two having the same owners.

Though the same chemical substance, ground-level ozone should not be confused with stratospheric ozone, or the ozone layer, which protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays.

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 conquest was one of Jahangir's many goals, he was a naturalist and lover of the arts and did not have quite the same warrior ambition of the Persian king.

Though loquats are not botanically related to kumquats, the terms originate in the same Chinese word designating " orange ".

Though times for non-winners were not recorded, in 1973 Sham finished second, two and a half lengths behind Secretariat in the same race.

Though the two scripts – Linear A and B – share some of the same symbols, using the syllables associated with Linear B in Linear A writings produces words that are unrelated to any known language.

Though relatively little of this has survived, it bears resemblance to the similar endeavours of other Germanic tribes of northern and central Europe from the same era.

Though Oblique illumination suffers from the same limitations as bright field microscopy ( low contrast of many biological samples ; low apparent resolution due to out of focus objects ), it may highlight otherwise invisible structures.

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

Though Ichijō already had an empress, a daughter of Michitaka, he claimed there were two types of empresshood and therefore it was legal for an emperor to have two empresses at the same time.

Though set long after his time frame for the life of " Merlin Ambrosius ", he tries to assert the characters are the same with references to King Arthur and his death as told in the Historia Regum Britanniae.

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 in the United States, naturism and nudism have the same meaning, in Britain there is a clear distinction.

Though it is not required, it is understood that the different methods will also produce similar results ( for example, returning values of the same type ).

Though these characters and items were not presented in the same context, their general traits survived the transition.