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 by this time opposition to images was strongly entrenched in Judaism and Islam, attribution of the impetus toward an iconoclastic movement in Eastern Orthodoxy to Muslims or Jews " seems to have been highly exaggerated, both by contemporaries and by modern scholars ".

Though sharing the same goal as Madison, most other delegates reacted strongly against such an extreme change to the status quo.

Though this usually goes unacknowledged, Optimality Theory was strongly influenced by Natural Phonology ; both view phonology in terms of constraints on speakers and their production, though these constraints are formalized in very different ways.

Though actual unemployment numbers were not officially counted, the country was affected especially strongly in the North Island.

Though the Church's practices and approach to the sacraments became strongly influenced by those of continental reformers, it nevertheless retained episcopal church structure.

Though Middleton's approach was strongly patriotic, the Privy Council shut down the play after nine performances on the complaint of the Spanish ambassador.

Though he could be droll and flippant about social and political matters, he always was serious about art and often invited public controversy and debate to argue for his strongly held theories.

Though Boniface's letter praises Æthelbald's faith and alms-giving, its criticisms have strongly coloured subsequent opinion of Æthelbald.

Though its immediate genesis is unclear, the legend of Prester John drew strongly from earlier accounts of the Orient and of Westerners ' travels there.

Though the now strongly conservative Calles thought he could control him, it quickly became clear Cárdenas would not accept a subordinate role like his predecessors did.

Though strongly supported initially by Dobzhansky, it was downgraded later as results from ecological genetics were obtained.

Though Dodd Darin, Sandra Dee, and Blauner responded enthusiastically to Spacey's work and the film was strongly promoted by the studio, Beyond the Sea received mixed-to-poor reviews upon wide release, and box office results were disappointing.

Though originally reported to be based strongly on the Ford Evos concept car, the development of the Fusion based on the Evos indicates that, while the Mustang is expected to borrow some styling from the concept, it will not rely as heavily upon it and there has been no indication from Ford whether it will share the global platform with the Fusion and Ford Mondeo or sit upon a modified version of its current platform.

Though a moderate reformer, he strongly disapproved of the rebellion of 1837 – 1838.

Though his appointment had been strongly opposed by the orthodox party, De Wette soon won for himself great influence both in the university and among the people generally.

Though this community ostensibly had much in common with Gypsies both communities strongly resisted any such comparison, and surviving boat people feel deeply insulted if described as ' water gypsies '.

Though they are rare, based on the occurrence of repunit primes and probable primes, it is conjectured strongly that there are infinitely many unique primes.

Though the Grimké sisters were strongly supported by some male abolitionists such as Weld and Garrison, they were met with a considerable amount of opposition – both because they were female and because they were abolitionists.

Though most people meet their dates at social organizations, in their daily life, or are introduced through friends or relatives, commercial dating agencies emerged strongly, but discreetly, in the Western world after World War II, mostly catering for the 25 – 44 age group.

Though influenced strongly by the Soviet Union, Kádár enacted a policy slightly contrary to that of Moscow, for example, allowing considerably large private plots for farmers of collective farms.

( Though Qutb was in favor of " social justice ", he strongly disapproved of socialism-even of " Islamic socialism "-seeing it as compromise with jahiliyya.

Though much more variegated than some commentaries would seem to suggest, British idealism was generally marked by several broad tendencies: a belief in an Absolute ( a single all-encompassing reality that in some sense formed a coherent and all-inclusive system ); the assignment of a high place to reason as both the faculty by which the Absolute's structure is grasped and as that structure itself ; and a fundamental unwillingness to accept a dichotomy between thought and object, reality consisting of thought-and-object together in a strongly coherent unity.

Though this decline was not found to be strongly related to performance, this evidence is a starting point in making these connections between decay and neural imaging.

Though small, this advantage appears to have been enough to drive natural selection in favour of a prime-numbered life-cycle for these insects.

Though once held in very high regard Cymbeline has lost favour over the past century.

Though loyal and supportive of her son, Queen Mary could not comprehend why Edward would neglect his royal duties in favour of his personal feelings.

Though devastated she learns to cope by rejecting her previous life in favour of conscious " nothing "; rejecting all people, belongings and emotions.

Though far from being a critical success – and in spite of receiving only a dozen or so performances – the popular reaction in favour of Boris made this the peak of Mussorgsky's career.

Though lawyers argued that the House could intervene only after the lower courts had failed to remedy the case, the Lords decided in Skinner's favour in 1668.

Though there were few developments in France after 1792 that Fox could positively favour ( the guillotine claimed the life of his old friend, the duc de Biron, among many others ) Fox maintained that the old monarchical system still proved a greater threat to liberty than the new, degenerating experiment in France.

Though Theodore I Laskaris could not oppose this later campaign, it appears that Henry decided it best to focus on his European problems, for he sought a truce with Theodore I in 1214, and amicably divided Latin from Nicean possessions to the favour of Nicea.

Though many in the Conservative Party favour the expansion of grammar schools, since 2006 the Party's policy has been that no new grammar schools will be built, except to cope with population expansion in wholly selective areas such as Buckinghamshire and Kent.

Though not in any sense religious, Bowra signed the petition ( in favour of the Tridentine Catholic Mass ) that became informally known as the Agatha Christie indult and regularly attended the Church of England services of his college chapel.

Though Blair's Sermons eventually fell out of favour for lacking doctrinal definiteness —" a bucket of warm water ", as one opinion puts it — they were undoubtedly influential during Blair's lifetime and for several decades after his death.

Though he knows he wields an accursed sword, Balin nevertheless continues his quest to regain King Arthur's favour, though he unintentionally causes misery wherever he goes.

Though in favour of national reform, he remained loyal to the royal family, and, in the trial of Marie Antoinette in 1793, bore testimony in her favour.

Though he knows he wields an accursed sword, Balin nevertheless continues his quest to regain King Arthur's favour, though he unintentionally causes misery wherever he goes.

Though the administration planned to phase out boarding in favour of increased socio-economic diversity, widespread protest from the college's Old Boys led to the abandonment of such plans and the administration re-committed to revitalizing the boarding program.

Though rock music has risen in popularity in recent years, the Belarusian government has attempted to limit the amount of popular music aired on the radio, in favour of traditional Belarussian music.

Though the ' revival instruments ' have now fallen out of favour, concerti continue to be written for harpsichord, though are now more likely to be played on a copy of a historical instrument, perhaps with a small orchestra or some amplification to ensure it can be well heard.

Though titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils or Demons.

Though personally not much in favour of the idea of female emancipation, he was one of the first men in Bengal to open the door of higher education to women.

" Though few of Harty's compositions continued to be regularly programmed in the concert hall, and even the once-popular Handel arrangements have fallen from favour in the era of authentic period performance, several of his works have been recorded for compact disc, notably by the Ulster Orchestra.

Though the press of these days showed favour towards the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the state of California supported the farmers who grew opium poppies for their seeds.

Though not initially an advocate of professionalism, McGregor came to favour its introduction.

Though Lawrence was not the eldest and as a goalkeeper was considered the sort of player who could carry on for longer than most, he was suddenly removed from the team in favour of Clemence after the notorious 1-0 6th round FA Cup defeat at Watford in 1970 He played for Liverpool only once again ( against Manchester City in a 2-2 draw at Maine Road on 26 April 1971.