Though a losing season, this was a 26-game improvement over 2004, and sufficient for second place in a woefully weak NL West, five games behind the San Diego Padres.

Though the body has existed intermittently since medieval times, its current composition and the nature of its work are defined in the constitution and subsequent laws that have been published, the most recent in 2004.

Though not owning the broadcasting rights to show first-run movies from 20th Century Fox, Showtime has been able to show independent films the studio owns the home video rights to, even if they did not release them theatrically, most notably being Mel Gibson's 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ.

Though it has rained on several Mardi Gras parades ( notably with heavy downpours prior to, and drizzle during, the parade in 1995, and heavy rainfall during the parade in 2004 ), this has never stopped the parade.

Though Hurricane Ivan in 2004 dealt a devastating blow to the island of Grenada, remarkably, Carriacou and Petite Martinique suffered significantly less damage.

Though both men garnered a combined 60 % of the vote in 2000 ( compared to Chen's 39 %) they lost to Chen in 2004 by a mere 0. 22 % of the vote and never conceded.

Though much bitterness between Canibus and Wyclef Jean remained for a period of time, the two artists finally settled their differences at the end of 2004 ; they have since worked together on two remixes of the Machel Montano song " Carnival Survivors ".

Though Brendon does not portray Xander again subsequent to " Chosen ", the Angel episode " Damage " ( 2004 ) mentions that Xander is in Africa, recruiting newly activated Slayers for Buffy's team.

Though only a modest commercial success, the Browne-produced Warren Zevon ( 1976 ) would later be termed a masterpiece in the first edition of the Rolling Stone Record Guide and is cited in the book's most recently revised ( November 2004 ) edition as Zevon's most realized work.

Though retaining its two seats at the 2004 European elections, in a smaller field of 7 ( Scotland up until then had 8 MEPs ) the Scottish press and certain elements within the Fundamentalist wing of the Party depicted the result as a disaster for the SNP putting further pressure on Swinney who resigned soon afterwards on 22 June 2004.

Though Barrichello had good cars during his Ferrari era, his best result at his home race was a third place in 2004.

Though Fisher has described Lourd as her second husband in interviews, according to a 2004 profile of the actress and writer, she and Lourd were never legally married.

Though Hydro started off as a fertilizer producer and agricultural products was for a long time one of the companies major ventures, the agricultural division was in 2004 demerged into the independent company Yara International, listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Though it received mixed reviews, Innocence was selected to compete at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for the coveted Palme d ' Or prize, making it the first ( and thus far, only ) anime to be so honored.

Though actively engaged in all seven areas of the 2004 document titled " For the Health of the Nation ," the NAE gained much notice for the seventh point of that document ; this section of the document calls on evangelicals to " protect God's creation.

Though it had a vocal fanbase the whole game line was discontinued due to low sales in 2001 ; an adaptation for the d20 system was released in 2004.

Though he briefly retreated from the public spotlight and had all his commercial tie-ins and television appearances canceled and withdrawn, Inagaki made a comeback and starred in a 2004 drama about a fictional Japanese investment banker killed in the events of September 11.

Though he is often content with his drumming remaining behind the music, “ his drumming is always part of the music's internal construction .” Modern Drummer magazine, in a 2004 interview, called DeJohnette ’ s drumming “ beyond technique .” While most of his drumming is considered free and flowing, he commented that he has to play with a lot of restraint when playing with Keith Jarrett and his trio, saying that he ’ s challenged when playing in that group “ to play with the subtlety that the music requires .” His work on the cymbals especially has been described as “ loose ,” creating an almost free tempo, and he calls himself an “ abstract thinker ” when it comes to soloing, saying that he puts “ more weight on the abstract than, ‘ What were you thinking in bar 33 ?’ I don ’ t like to think that way.

Though he broke his hip while promoting the album The Real New Fall LP ( Formerly Country on the Click ) in 2004, Smith refused to cancel an upcoming American tour, instead choosing to perform in a wheelchair.

Though originally mandated for a total of 90 days, the operation was extended at the request of the United Nations until July 2004 and the Canadian forces returned home in August.

Though the name of the cereal is ' Corn ' Pops, since 2004, its ingredients have included wheat starch.

Some of the more notable include " City of God " ( 1981 ), " Only This I Want " ( 1981 ), " Blest Be the Lord " ( 1976 ), " You Are Near " ( 1971 ), " Though the Mountains May Fall " ( 1975 ), " Sing a New Song " ( 1972 ), " Glory and Praise to Our God " ( 1976 ) " Table of Plenty " ( 1992 ) and " These Alone Are Enough " ( 2004 ).

Though a big theatrical release had eluded Tate for the first few years of the millennial turnover, Tate would soon turn up opposite Laurence Fishburne in the high-octane but critically derided Biker Boyz ( 2003 ) A Man Apart ( 2003 ), Crash ( 2004 ), as music legend Quincy Jones in Ray ( 2004 ), and Waist Deep ( 2006 ).

Though bronze is generally harder than wrought iron, with Vickers hardness of 60 – 258 vs. 30 – 80, the Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age ; this happened because iron was easier to find and easier to process.

" Though advised regularly of Beaux ’ s progress abroad and to " not be worried about any indiscretions of ours ", her Aunt Eliza repeatedly reminded her niece to avoid the temptations of Paris, " Remember you are first of all a Christian – then a woman and last of all an Artist.

Though large numbers of Irishmen had willingly joined Irish regiments and divisions of the New British Army at the outbreak of war in 1914, the likelihood of enforced conscription created a backlash – particularly as the Government of Ireland Act 1914 ( as previously recommended in March by the Irish Convention ) was controversially linked with a " dual policy " enactment of the Military Service Bill.

Though England lost 2 – 1, Banks gained plaudits and Ramsey was pleased with his performance.

Though his sources on Gnosticism were secondary, since the texts in the Nag Hammadi library were not yet widely available, Eric Voegelin ( 1901 – 1985 ), partially building on the concept of gnosis as used by Plato and the followers of Gnosticism, along with how it was defined by Hans Jonas, defined the gnosis of the followers of Gnosticism as religious philosophical teachings that are the foundations of cults.

Though militarily victorious in the 1957 – 1958 Moroccan invasion of Spanish West Africa, Spain gradually relinquished its remaining African colonies.

< sup > δ </ sup > Though this term is non-standard usage – by " left ", agorists mean " left " in the general sense used by left-libertarians, as defined by Roderick T. Long, as "... an integration, or I'd argue, a reintegration of libertarianism with concerns that are traditionally thought of as being concerns of the left.

Though he did not realize it yet, translating much of what became the Latin Vulgate Bible would take many years and be his most important achievement ( see Writings – Translations section below ).

Though the election represented a victory for the center-right, personality conflicts and scandals within the two largest right of center parties – Latvian Way and the People's Party – prevented stable coalitions from forming.

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 the Vikings won the coin toss, Atlanta went on to win it 30 – 27 in overtime on Morten Andersen's 38-yard field goal.

Though they were the road team, the Vikings were actually favored to win the game ( since most considered their 11 – 2 record with Culpepper more indicative than their 0 – 3 record when he was out ).

Though the Brewers only went 68 – 94 in 2003, the Brewers did raise hopes with a winning record in August during the season.

Though the term nihilism was first popularized by the novelist Ivan Turgenev ( 1818 – 1883 ) in his novel Fathers and Sons, </ i > it was first introduced into philosophical discourse by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi ( 1743 – 1819 ).

Though the Jets were viewed as the inferior team, Joe Namath publicly guaranteed New York's victory ; his prediction became immortalized as the Jets defeated the Colts 16 – 7.

Though the Giants went into halftime down only 10 – 0, the Ravens dominated the second half.

Though a minority of WASG members opposed the merger of the two parties scheduled for June 2007, the new party – The Left – was on Germany's political stage before the federal elections.

Though Kotite did lead the Eagles to one playoff victory against the New Orleans Saints during the 1992 season, his contract was not renewed after a disastrous 1994 season in which the Eagles went 7 – 9, losing their last seven games after starting the season 7 – 2.