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 heraldic forms initially were broadly similar across Europe, several national styles had developed by the end of the Middle Ages, and artistic and blazoning styles today range from the very simple to extraordinarily complex.

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 a simple battering ram had come into use in the previous millennium, the Assyrians improved siege warfare and used huge wooden tower-shaped battering rams with archers positioned on top.

Though SSB uses substantially less bandwidth and power, it cannot be demodulated by a simple envelope detector like standard AM.

Though there have been several definitions of voluntary and involuntary unemployment in the economics literature, a simple distinction is often applied.

Though considered a generally dull, undistinguished painter, Pacheco sometimes expressed a simple, direct realism in contradiction to the style of Raphael that he was taught.

Though only composed of simple words, it is notable for being very difficult to sing, due to the lengthy mellismas.

Though an alternate view is that the term was coined by the Czech art historian Antonin Matějček in 1910, as the opposite of impressionism: " An Expressionist wishes, above all, to express himself ... ( an Expressionist rejects ) immediate perception and builds on more complex psychic structures ... Impressions and mental images that pass through mental peoples soul as through a filter which rids them of all substantial accretions to produce their clear essence are assimilated and condense into more general forms, into types, which he transcribes through simple short-hand formulae and symbols.

Though now considered primitive, the use of a single, convex lens for viewing is still found in simple magnification devices, such as the magnifying glass and the loupe.

#" Though of simple metal-sided, frame construction, the diminutive Tenney Fire Hall ... is a visual landmark in the small town.

Though he thought it was understood to be a simple fling, she begins clinging to him.

Though the idea of this " game " may seem simple, the actual strategy needed to win is not.

Though yari is a catchall for spear, it is usually distinguished between kama yari, which have additional horizontal blades, and simple su yari ( choku-sō ) or straight spears.

Though not the inventor of the philosophy of wabi-sabi, which finds beauty in the very simple, Rikyū is among those most responsible for popularizing it, developing it, and incorporating it into tea ceremony.

Though perhaps a simple error made in translation, many lectures in textbooks of modern-day psychology quote Gestalt theory by saying “ the whole is greater than the sum of its parts ”.

Though seemingly simple, the various available themed sets allow for hours of creativity.

Though the Tanquetazo was an abject failure, it showed that tactically, it would be a relatively simple thing to stage a full-blown coup.

Though the ' footprint ' of a bungalow is often a simple rectangle, any foundation is possible.

Though this sort of research has been controversial, especially among cognitive linguists, many researchers agree that many animals can understand the meaning of individual words, and some may understand simple sentences and syntactic variations, but there is little evidence that any animal can produce new strings of symbols that correspond to new sentences.

Though the battle appears severely lopsided, as Uruk-hai were much better in battle than simple orcs, the defenders managed to hold the fort until a force of nearly 1, 000 men on foot led by Gandalf along with a forest of Huorns arrive at dawn in the rear of the hosts of Isengard and surround the Uruks.

Though the President of the High Court appoints a presiding judge for each chamber, all decisions are reached by a simple majority, in all types of cases.

Though the website found its main story to be " simple and basic ", and gameplay to be largely luck-based, it ultimately declared that " whether you like or hate those darn Pokémon ... if Nintendo keeps making Pokémon videogames of this quality, those creatures aren't going away anytime soon.

Though regression analysis is preferred over a simple two-way ANNOVA analysis, not enough data is available at this point in time.

Though numerous derivatives of the dangerous toxic atoxyl were examined by Paul Ehrlich and his group, the compound with best effectiveness and toxicity characteristics was selected for production.

Though there are many compounds present in the extracts of vanilla, the compound vanillin ( 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde ) is primarily responsible for the characteristic flavor and smell of vanilla.

Though V + V compound verbs are rare in English, one may illustrate the form with the example " start reading ".

Though DET is a synthetic compound with no known natural sources it has been used with mycelium of Psilocybe cubensis to produce the synthetic chemicals 4-PO-DET ( Ethocybin ) and 4-HO-DET ( Ethocin ), as opposed the naturally occurring 4-PO-DMT ( Psilocybin ) and 4-HO-DMT ( Psilocin ).

Though some archaeologists agree with the consideration that the site was an altar compound ( though not constructed by Joshua ), and some ( including Israel Finkelstein ) at least agree that it was a cultic location ( though not necessarily involving an altar ), others believe that it was simply a farmhouse and / or the Biblical tower of Shechem.

Though it is sometimes mistaken as a reference to the water often used to lubricate such stones, the word " whetstone " is a compound word formed with the word " whet ", which means to sharpen a blade, not the word " wet ".

The fortress incorporates some of the pre-existing southern walls, the pre-existing structures including the keep of Santo Martini, the San Giovanni tower and an ancient basilica which now serves as the fortress chapel. Though the town itself was eventually conquered, the fortress itself was never taken, an admirable feat, considering the size of the Sienese and Florentine forces that besieged Montalcino at varying intervals.

Though still used for historical renovations, and for heavy-duty applications, such as attaching boards to masonry walls, cut nails are much less common today than wire nails.

Though the SI were a very small group, they were expert self-propagandists, and their slogans appeared daubed on walls throughout Paris at the time of the revolt.

Though the fire practically destroyed the monument and left only the outer walls remaining, the church has since been rebuilt with a modern interior.

Though space within these walls was limited, surviving documents show that there were animals, fruit trees and kitchen gardens inside the city limits.

Though the defences which once crested the walls of the inner wards no longer survive in most places, it seems that they did not extend for the entire circuit.

Though Rice was based in London, where he worked with Michael Hopkins on the tented Mound Stand at Lord's, much of his work was in Paris, including the great glass walls of the Cité des Sciences at La Villette and the tent-like canopy that softens the monumentality of the Grand Arche at La Défense.

Though not the focus of the test, calcification within the artery walls, located in the outer edges of atheroma within the artery walls, is sometimes recognizable on fluoroscopy ( without contrast injection ) as radiodense halo rings partially encircling, and separated from the blood filled lumen by the interceding radiolucent atheroma tissue and endothelial lining.

Though in ruins since at least the 17th century, it is impressive due to its site, and a converted house incorporating the castle walls which faces west over the town, the bay and the Irish Sea is still inhabited.

" Though I have husbanded Her Majesty's money well I have been constrained to employ more than I received, and our walls want a third part yet ".

Though difficult, this technique was occasionally used by cheaters to create windows in walls, to see normally hidden enemies approaching from behind doors and walls, and resulted in an anti-cheat mechanism used in recent 3D games that calculates a checksum for each file used in the game, to detect players using potentially hacked map files.

Though it was impossible to break the Sun temple of Konark, the stone walls of which are of to thick, he somehow managed to displace the Dadhinauti ( Arch stone ) and thus made a way for the temple to collapse.

Though it will attack any entity, Mashadar's choice prey is Shadowspawn, which avoid Shadar Logoth as much as possible after an entire Trolloc army vanished within its walls.

Though a terrifying force within Shadar Logoth, Mashadar is bound to the city and unable to leave its walls.

Though the rough walls of the little building have been raised in height and are cased externally in richly sculptured marble, the interior measures only thirty-one feet by thirteen.

Though replying to Hulagu's demands in a manner that the Mongol commander found threatening and offensive enough to break off further negotiation, Al-Musta ' sim declined to gather armies to assist the forces available to him in Baghdad, nor did he strengthen the city's walls.

Though Hurricane Katrina did not deal the city of New Orleans a direct hit on August 29, 2005, her storm surge precipitated catastrophic failures of the levees and flood walls.