After being sworn in on October 14, 1940, Ball stunned his fellow conservatives in his first speech on the Senate floor, calling for the United States to aid Britain as " a barrier between us and whatever designs Hitler and his allies may have on this continent ," Though he was an opponent of the New Deal, he supported FDR's foreign policy, voting in favor of the lend-lease program on March 8, 1941 in spite of letters from his constituents that ran " 25 to 1 against the bill ".

Though the Rockets stunned the Staples Center crowd with a Game 1 win, the Lakers took the series in seven, with most games of the series ending as a blowout.

Though Demers had presided over the resurgence of the Detroit Red Wings in the 1980s and helmed a Stanley Cup run in Montreal in 1993, he was unable to change the team's fortunes, and the Lightning ended up losing 55 games.

Though his # 12 was honored by the Wings, Abel wore 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 19 and 20 throughout his career.

Though he received superior financial offers from the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers, Hull chose to sign a two-year, $ 9 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings to pursue a second Stanley Cup championship.

Though he had an immediate impact on the team, Bouchard had not scored many points for the team ; in his first season, 1941 – 42, he collected six points in the regular season and scored the first NHL goal of his career in the Canadiens ' first-round playoff loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Though the Stars battled back, winning their next two games, Osgood shone in game 6, stopping all but one shot in a game riddled with Red Wings penalties, sending them to the Stanley Cup Finals to meet the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Though they would lose the championship, Danbury handed the Kalamazoo Wings their only loss of the playoffs.

Though she believes she has exacted her revenge by helping The Raven defeat the Black Wings, and personally killing Selik with the spell IceWind, it is later revealed that he survived although terribly disfigured.

Though Cid's Enterprise gets caught in the crossfire between the Red Wings and Giott's tanks, the dwarves soon befriend Cecil and the rest of the party.

Though the Astros were poised to close out the series in Game Five in Houston, Brad Lidge gave up a monstrous two-out three-run home run to Albert Pujols, forcing the series to a sixth game in St. Louis, where the Astros clinched a World Series appearance.

Though regular season meetings have been infrequent since then, the teams have met two more times in the playoffs, including in 2009 when the Colts and Jets met in the AFC Championship Game.

Though its sales success as a non-Nintendo handheld has been surpassed by the PlayStation Portable ( PSP ), the Game Gear still stands as the longest supported handheld console not made by Nintendo.

Though the Islanders ' bid for a record-tying fifth championship was ended, Game Five was noted for rookie Pat LaFontaine's emergence, as he scored two third period goals in 38 seconds to cut the Oilers ' lead to 4 – 2.

Though they defeated the defending Stanley Cup Champion Oilers in Game 1 by a score of 4 – 1 at home, Edmonton won the next four games and the series.

Though the Bulls were swept, Jordan recorded a playoff single-game record 63 points in Game 2 ( which still stands to this day ), prompting Bird to call him ' God disguised as Michael Jordan.

Though he refers to many real events ( such as his writing of Ender's Game ), the short story is also completely fictional.

Though largely unheralded entering his first NHL training camp, he would go on to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in his first NHL season in 1995 – 96 and was the Senators ' representative at the NHL All-Star Game.

Though relatively brief, his stay with the troupe was eventful: in 1624 he was embroiled in both the Game at Chess controversy in August and the Spanish Viceroy affair in December.

Though not commercially sold, the coin operated minicomputer-driven Galaxy Game preceded it by two months, located solely at Stanford University.

Though initially planned for release the following winter, the game, now known under its finalized title of Pokémon Trading Card Game, would be pushed back to April 2000, which website IGN attributed to the company wanting to focus their efforts on the upcoming Pokémon Stadium for the Nintendo 64.

Though these imperial powers had experienced relatively few major conflicts between them over the previous hundred years, an underlying rivalry, otherwise known as “ the Great Game ”, had exacerbated the situation to such an extent that resolution was sought by the early 20th century.

Though each of the Great Powers was spared from outright war, “ The Great Game ” was a constant factor in Britain and Russia's political psyche.

Though it deviates from the play style of the first two games ( mostly due to the limitations of the Game Gear hardware ), it takes place in the same world, and even though it was released after Lunar: The Silver Star, it takes places hundreds of years before it.

Though the GP32 was planned to be a gaming console, its game selection was not sufficient in quality or quantity to truly compete against the Game Boy Advance.

He gains a radioactive zipper which he uses to travel back into time to attempt conquering the world by using the advanced technology of the future, such as the Game Guy ( a parody of a Game Boy ), and a joke book from the 1940s, both plans of which were thwarted by Dave and his family ( Though he is defeated by Faffy, Lula and Twinkle the marvel horse because they do not have thumbs to play on the Game Guys ).

Though handling physics were not in the same league of its main competitor the Gran Turismo 5, the game received great rating unanimously from all Game review websites and it was well deserved.

Though the machine garnered some attention at launch ( mainly due to the low price point for the machine and its games, which many felt might enable it to make inroads into Nintendo's market share ) it was ultimately unsuccessful in unseating the Game Boy from its position as the world's most popular handheld.

Though he extended his hitting streak to 38 games in the first two games of 2006, Rollins struggled in the first half of the season (. 259 AVG,. 744 OPS, 7 HR, 40 K ) while hitting leadoff, but went on a tear after the All-Star break ( he was not invited to the All-Star Game ) with a. 319 AVG,. 965 OPS, 18 HR, and 15 K's.

Though the scores ranged from 0 – 10 on the previous numerical scale, the score of zero was almost never utilized, with notable exceptions being Mortal Kombat Advance, The Guy Game, and Ping Pals.

Though the Bruins forced a Game 7, they lost the deciding contest and were eliminated.

Though reportedly funding for the access road itself is still up in the air, the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission ( which owns the floodway as part of a wildlife management area ) is proceeding with bids for a mitigation project apparently related to the floodway crossing.

Though most modern vendors serve only the bigger 1 / 4 " pearls, they still use " pearl tea " as the name.

Though these companies have successfully developed their software, they have not considered or defined or managed their processes as the CMM described as level 3 or above, and so would have fitted level 1 or 2 of the model.

Though there may have been earlier attempts to pull cars by endless ropes, the first cable car installation in operation was the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway in New York City, which ran from 1 July 1868 to 1870.

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

Though considerable variation exists, and peak flows in the venae cavae have been found between 0. 1 m / s and 0. 45 m / s.

Though ranked as 15th in production at ( mbpd ), the top 3 producers Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United States produce ( 11. 8 %), ( 12. 0 %), and ( 11. 1 %) respectively, collectively accounting for ( 44 %) of the world's total production. To put oil revenues in perspective: at an estimated export rate of, with a projected sales price of $ 65 per barrel in 2011, Nigeria's anticipated revenue from petroleum is about $ 52. 2 billion.

Though Hassan threatened to drive the Christians into the sea, he committed the first attack by launching his first major military offensive with his 1, 500 Dervish equipped with 20 modern rifles on the British soldiers stationed in the region.

Though there is no civilian definition within the U. S., any firearm utilizing a projectile greater than 1 / 2 inch (. 50 caliber or 12. 7 mm ) in diameter is legally defined as a " destructive device ," while anything. 50 caliber or less is normally considered " small arms.

Though it has been argued that the states lost the power to arm their citizens when the power to arm the militia was transferred from the states to the federal government by Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution, the individual right to arm was retained and strengthened by the Militia Act of 1792 and the similar act of 1795.

Though the status quo was restored, the conflict lingered on and on 1 February 1864 the German Confederation, i. e. Prussian and Austrian troops crossed the Eider sparking off the Second Schleswig War, after which Denmark had to cede Schleswig and Holstein according to the Treaty of Vienna.

Though promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1933, he saw no opportunity for further advancement.

Though oxygen was undoubtedly released by photosynthesis well back in Archean times, it could not build up to any significant degree until chemical sinks — unoxidized sulfur and iron — had been filled ; until roughly 2. 3 billion years ago, oxygen was probably only 1 % to 2 % of its current level.

For example, when speaking of whether or not someone may ever want to marry Katherina, Hortensio says " Though it pass your patience and mine to endure her loud alarums, why man, there be good fellows in the world, and a man could light on them, would take her with all faults and money enough " ( 1. 1. 125 – 128 ).

Though losing the first game, he won by 7 – 4 (+ 4 − 1 = 6 ).

Though the Tribune had been hailed by former City Newsers as a savior of CNB, on December 1, 2005, the Tribune informed the 19 employees of City News Service that their jobs were being eliminated as part of cost-cutting measures going on throughout the Tribune Company.

Though she does not appear among the lists of nereids in Iliad XVIII or Bibliotheke 1. 2. 7, such an ancient island nymph in other contexts might gain any of various Olympian parentages: she was thought of as a daughter of Poseidon with any of several primordial sea-goddesses — with whom she might be identified herself — notably Halia or Amphitrite.

Though some religions interpret Job 1: 4 to indicate birthday feasts of Job's sons, Jehovah's Witnesses interpret them as a circuit of feasts from one house to the next.

Though he is commonly portrayed as ignorant in the show, Cartman does speak fluent Spanish in the episodes ' My future self ' n ' me ' and ' Pandemic part 1 '.

Though the dioptre is based on the SI-metric system it has not been included in the standard so that there is no international name or abbreviation for this unit of measurement — within the international system of units this unit for optical power would need to be specified explicitly as the inverse metre ( m < sup >− 1 </ sup >).

Though Native Americans comprise less than 1 % of the city ’ s population, they doubled between the 2000 and 2010 Census, and combined with West New York ’ s Native Americans, comprise 38 % of the county ’ s Native American population.

Though Native Americans comprise less than 1 % of the city ’ s population, they doubled in the 2000s, and combined with Union City ’ s Native American ’ s comprise 38 % of the county ’ s Native American population.