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 his recordings sold well, he was not so influential on some younger blues singers of his generation, who could not imitate him as they could other commercially successful artists.

Though the Bengals ran it with some success, like the West Coast Offense the scheme became more successful elsewhere, in this case with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, where LeBeau has served two stints as defensive coordinator.

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

Though designed strictly as a mechanism to support " natural language conversation " with a computer, ELIZA's DOCTOR script was found to be surprisingly successful in eliciting emotional responses from users who, in the course of interacting with the program, began to ascribe understanding and motivation to the program's output.

Though it has roots back to the beginning, the system has proven successful in many applications and has been ported to modern platforms.

Though initially successful, Julian was mortally wounded in battle and died shortly after.

Though Hezbollah organized a very successful rally, opposition leaders were quick to point out that Hezbollah had active support from Lebanon's government and Syria.

Though unable to halt the bill's passage, his campaign was successful in drawing attention to the grievances of Indians in South Africa.

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

Though the Allied governments were slow to use film as a medium for conveying a desired position and set of beliefs, individuals, such as Charlie Chaplin were considerably more successful with The Bond and Zepped.

Though a marvel of the time, and a successful sideshow, it was considered little more than a novelty until the invention of the capsule in 1836.

Though he and his supporters attempted to dismantle several of the accomplishments of his two predecessors, notably the national bank, military, and federal taxation system, they were only partially successful.

Though the first attack was not successful, already in the autumn of 1004 the German forces deposed Bolesław I from the Bohemian throne.

Though unsuccessful in building his internal combustion engine, his attempts were helpful to those that were successful.

Though it was not initially successful, the Dart range that succeeded the Lancer in 1963 would prove to be one of the division's top sellers for many years.

Though the German attack was successful, losses were greater than expected.

Though well reviewed, particularly the performances of Bridges and Rosie Perez — who received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress — the film was less commercially successful than Weir's two preceding films.

Though Forrest had no prior formal military training or experience, he had exhibited leadership qualities and soon exhibited a gift for successful tactics.

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.

Though not as successful as his forebears, Garrett provided well for his two children with considerable help from his wife ’ s inheritance.

Though extremely successful in the 1960s, the Beetle was faced with stiff competition from more modern designs.

Though LeMay lost significant appropriation battles for the Skybolt ALBM and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress replacement, the North American XB-70 Valkyrie, he was largely successful at expanding Air Force budgets.

Though not as commercially successful in the U. S., Squeeze had American chart hits with " Tempted ", " Hourglass " and " 853-5937 ", and they have a dedicated following there and continue to attract new fans.

Though an application for admittance to the Scottish Premier League was rejected, a successful application to the Scottish Football League secured Rangers a place in the Third Division for the 2012 – 13 season.

Though the latter is not specific for IC / BPS, it has been determined to be helpful in predicting the use of compounds, such as pentosan polysulphate, which are designed to help repair the GAG layer.

Though for years private polling companies and several news media published polls predicting Arias would win by a wide margin, the election was initially deemed too close to call.

Though explosive lenses had been pursued during the war, the art was still very new, and the tolerances required in terms of timing and symmetry were unprecedented.

Though the colour of the bill changes from black in summer to pale grey in winter, the timing of the colour change does not necessarily correspond to that of the bird's overall plumage change.

Though it is in 3 / 4 timing, Schumann manipulates it so that the time signature is often ambiguous.

Though often race times are recorded manually by race organizers, sometimes road races feature electronic timing using transponders.

Though in 1980 Ovett had tied Coe's 1500 m world record of 3: 32. 1, new timing rules would come into effect in 1981, which would recognise records over 400 m to the hundredth of a second.

Though the committee admitted the three did not break any clear rules of the UK House of Commons, the committee believed the timing of the adverts were planned to coincide with the Assembly elections.

Though child marriages are customary during that time, Phoolan's mother Moola ( Savitri Raekwar ) objects to the timing of the match.

Though the company had fallen on hard times during the Great Depression it still had the manufacturing capability to make large numbers of timing devices.

Though the timing is somewhat critical, some players have used this trick to amass scores of several hundred thousand without ever completing the more difficult screens in level 4 and beyond.

Though Karna is shown as an extremely competent warrior, sometimes more skillful than Arjuna, the timing of his curses in crucial moments of his battle with Arjuna brought him doom.

Though there have been conflicting reports over the timing and nature of Lynn's departure from his employer ISS, Lynn was told by ISS that he would be fired if he made his original presentation.

Though the microphone is used to determine the presence of sound, the game does not have the technology to process sound pitches, making it possible to " sing " just by blowing air on the microphone with proper timing.

Though the term radiodensity is more commonly used in the context of qualitative comparison, radiodensity can also be quantified according to the Hounsfield scale, a principle which is central to X-ray computed tomography ( CT scan ) applications.

Though Groves's ideas were forerunners of the theory of the conservation of energy, they were qualitative, unlike the quantitative investigations of Joule or Julius Robert von Mayer.