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Though availability of paper and the invention of metal movable type sped the dissemination of ideas from the later 15th century, the changes of the Renaissance were not uniformly experienced across Europe.

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Though the paper retained its Republican and conservative perspective in its editorials, it began to publish perspectives in wider commentary that represented a spectrum of diverse opinions, while its news reporting no longer had the conservative slant it had in the McCormick years.

Though the Tribune endorsed George Ryan in the 1998 Illinois gubernatorial race, the paper subsequently investigated and reported on the scandals surrounding Ryan during his preceding years as Secretary of State.

Though the banker initially refuses to help, Disraeli forces him to sign a paper giving unlimited credit to Myers by threatening to have Parliament revoke the bank's charter.

Though in 1847 he published a paper in Liebig's Annalen der Chemie on the ' Mercaptan of Selenium ,' his mind was busy with the new ideas upon the nature of heat which were promulgated by Carnot, Clapeyron, Joule, Clausius, Mayer, Thomson, and Rankine.

Though the cheap paper of the originals has made them fragile today, the scope of the Patrologia still makes it unique and valuable, wherever modern editions do not yet exist.

Though Himes did not fully accept Miller ’ s ideas until 1842, he established the fortnightly paper Signs of the Times to publicize them.

Though formed as a Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of Irish unionism.

Though the paper became a publicly listed company in 1900, the family continued to hold a majority shareholding until the 1960s ( even after the family lost control, the great-grandson of the original purchaser was the paper's London editor ).

Though invented on paper in the 19th century, the first such machine had only been built in 1931, and normally they would be built by specialist manufacturers, at great cost.

Though on paper merely one member among many, fellow-member Jessie Boucherett considered Proctor to be the " animating spirit " of the Society.

Though, as Henley confessed, the paper had almost as many writers as readers, and its fame was confined mainly to the literary class, it was a lively and influential feature of the literary life of its time.

Though at that time few games supported large textures and 32-bit color, and those that did generally were too demanding to be run at playable framerates, the features " 32-bit color support " and " 2048x2048 textures " were much more impressive on paper than 16-bit color and 256x256 texture support.

Though he only knew a handful of guitar chords and improvised the majority of his lyrics ( as opposed to committing them to paper ), Suzuki was asked to perform with the band that same night.

Though Himes did not fully accept Miller ’ s ideas until 1842, he established the fortnightly paper Signs of the Times on February 28, 1840, to publicize them.

Though, once Sauerbruch saw his paper, he was thrown out of the hospital for continuing without his approval.

Though direct sunlight was used long ago, a UV exposure unit is preferable because it is more predictable, as the paper is most sensitive to ultraviolet light.

Though he proves to be a challenge to the Paper Sisters, he is defeated when the Paper Sisters create a paper " silencer " field which allows them to bypass his protection field.

Though only published for slightly over two years, the paper served to educate and unify otherwise scattered groups.

Though the supreme emperor may give to you, for you to own, precious coins and finest objects of the ancients, I myself shall give, one poet to another, paper gifts: take these, Konrad, the token of my love.

Though it depends on the recipe and food being cooked, otoshi buta may be substituted with a sheet of tough cooking paper or aluminum foil.

Though due to legal obligations he still had some affiliation with L ' Année littéraire, Fréron took up writing and editing his paper L ' Orateur du Peuple.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

Though put in rather maudlin terms, Steele's defense of himself has a reasonable basis.

Though not actually crewel embroidery, it has that look with its over-stitched raised pattern in blue, pink, bronze and gold and a sauterne background.

Though the number of people flowing in and out of our metropolitan areas each day has increased tremendously since World War 2,, total annual rail commutation dropped 124 million for 1947 to 1957.

Though there is obviously great need for continued experimentation with various types of short-term intervention to further efforts in developing an operational definition of prevention at the secondary -- or perhaps, in some instances, primary -- level, the place of short-term intervention has already been documented by a number of investigators in a wide variety of settings.

Though the spread of this type of decoration in the Aegean has not yet been precisely determined, it seems to appear first in the Cyclades, which were among the leading exporters of pottery throughout the century.

Though brief, it has a sharp dramatic edge and great poignancy.

Though there has been some avant garde indication that contemporary furniture might go back to the boxy look of the '20's and '40's, two manufacturers chose to take the approach of the sophisticated, but warm look in contemporary.

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 the subject -- segregation in her native South -- has been thoroughly worked, Miss McCullers uses her poet's instinct and storyteller's skill to reaffirm her place at the very top of modern American writing.

Though the are has fallen out of use, the hectare is still commonly used to measure land:

Though there was no Bronze Age city on the site, archaeology has detected human activity that is evident from the earliest Iron Age, circa 1100 BC.

Though the U. S. federal government has no official language, English is the common language used by the federal government and is considered the de facto language of the United States because of its widespread use.

Though several configurations have been tried, particularly in the early experimental days of tank development, a standard, mature design configuration has since emerged to a generally accepted pattern.

Though wine ( vino ) has traditionally been the most popular alcoholic beverage in Argentina, beer ( cerveza ; the Italian birra is frequently used ) in recent decades has competed with wine in popularity.

Though cloning is still possible even with digital technologies, the cost of wireless service is so low that the problem has virtually disappeared.

Though Todd's last name has never been mentioned in the series, it was revealed in This Book Sucks.

Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Though no doubt also motivated by an affection towards Ruth, in marrying her he has to pay a cost in money and uncertainty.

* " Though the hippopotamus has no sting, the wise man would prefer to be sat upon by the bee.

" Though she claims thousands of followers, mostly in Germany, there has been no verification that any have lived for extended periods without food.

Though much attention has been focused on the security and military aspects of Colombia's situation, the administration also is spending significant time on issues such as expanding international trade, supporting alternate means of development, and reforming Colombia's judicial system.

Though astronomers are not sure what has caused this ring of new stars, some hypothesize that it is from shock waves caused by a bar that is thus far invisible.

Though the Church is prohibited by the Manual from publishing membership figures, the number of branch churches in the United States has fallen steadily since World War II.