Though downplayed by the NFL as inferior, the AFL signed half of the NFL's first-round draft choices in 1960, including All-American Billy Cannon, perennial All-Star Johnny Robinson, and Hall of Famer Ron Mix.

Though Smith played 16 years in the league and is now enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, he is perhaps best known for his embarrassing blunder on the sport's biggest stage.

Though there was some criticism in the final evaluations of her performance as governor general, mostly for a perceived aloofness and sense of self-importance which her closing of the Rideau Hall estate to the public came to symbolise Sauvé was also described as having been elegant, charming, and a person who could mingle well with common Canadians especially children while also maintaining a sense of the dignity of state.

Though he had been a significant contributor to the organisation of the trip, Buchan retired to Rideau Hall for the duration of the royal tour ; Buchan expressed the view that while the King of Canada was present, " I cease to exist as Viceroy, and retain only a shadowy legal existence as Governor-General in Council.

Though the school died in 1883, the town streets still bear the names of several well-known 19th-century Baptists: Judson and Hasseltine ( after Adoniram Judson and his wife, Ann Hasseltine Judson ), Wayland ( after Francis Wayland, president of Brown University in Rhode Island ), Wade ( after missionary Jonathan Wade ) and Boardman ( after missionary George Boardman, whose widow, Sarah Hall Boardman became Judson's second wife ).

#" Though of simple metal-sided, frame construction, the diminutive Tenney Fire Hall ... is a visual landmark in the small town.

Though they did not receive any Grammys, ( they were nominated for Best R & B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "( Love Is Like A ) Heat Wave ", in 1964 ), Martha and the Vandellas ' " Dancing in the Street " was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

( Though born in New York, John was raised in a suburb of Philadelphia and attended Temple University ) Then, on December 11, both Hall and Oates appeared on the year's last episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Though it was demonstrated as early as 1873 in the Hall, full electric lighting was not installed until 1888.

Though the mayor still holds office in the Old City Hall, most of the city's administration is housed in the adjacent New City Hall ( Neues Rathaus ).

Though its official name is Amida-dō, it began to be called Hōō-dō, or Phoenix Hall, in the beginning of the Edo period.

Though it still functions as a venue for big musical events, its primary purpose is for Japanese martial arts ( indeed, the name literally means " Japan Martial Arts Hall ").

Though George Washington's great-grandfather John Washington left for Virginia from Essex, Washington Old Hall was the family home of George Washington's ancestors.

Though several Hall of Famers have had AFL, Canadian Football League, World Football League and United States Football League experience, and there is a division of the Hall devoted to alternative leagues such as this, to this point no players have made the Hall without having made significant contributions to either the NFL, AFL or All-America Football Conference.

Though the resident governor general's wife, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, could do little to add her personal touch to Rideau Hall, due to rationing and scarce supplies, she put many of the other royal ladies to work making clothing for those who had lost their homes in the Blitz.

Though Bishop Strachan School ( BSS ) is located only two blocks from UCC, it is not UCC's sister school, UCC students do, however, work on joint projects with students of other nearby girls ' schools, including BSS, St. Clement's School, Havergal College, and Branksome Hall.

Though originally snobbish and superficial, she is also intelligent enough to be accepted to Shiz University's Crage Hall, where she is forced to share a room with Elphaba.

Though Hall was subsequently unseated for political corruption, a seat was found for Harcourt at Derby, by the voluntary retirement of Samuel Plimsoll.

Though Wells has been eligible for induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame-she was nominated twice in 1986 and 1987-she has yet to achieve it.

Though I promptly took to the laboratory of psychology when that was established by Stanley Hall, it was Peirce who gave me my first training in the handling of a psychological problem, and at the same time stimulated my self-esteem by entrusting me, then fairly innocent of any laboratory habits, with a real bit of research.

Though they are sometimes erroneously referred to as " Hall of Famers ", honorees are not inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Though Philby claimed publicly in January 1988 that he did not regret his decisions, and that he missed nothing about England except some friends, Colman's mustard, and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce, his KGB-appointed wife Rufina later described Philby as " disappointed in many ways " by what he found in Moscow.

Though some earlier interpreters blended the person of Mary of Bethany with Mary Magdalene and the sinful woman of Luke 7: 36-50, current scholars believe she was a different person .< ref >" Mary & Martha: Friends of Jesus.

Though a Segway-focused organization, Disability Rights Advocates for Technology, advocates for Segway PT sidewalk and facility access as an ADA issue, Segways cannot be marketed in the US as medical devices: they have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a medical device and Johnson & Johnson claims exclusive rights to the medical uses of the balancing technology found in the iBOT and Segway.

Though the original text has been lost, a reference in Archimedes ' book The Sand Reckoner ( Archimedis Syracusani Arenarius & Dimensio Circuli ) describes another work by Aristarchus in which he advanced the heliocentric model as an alternative hypothesis.

Though Disney Channel was no longer considered a premium channel, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association had long continued to register the channel among the U. S. premium channels in its subscription base rankings ( however, the channel now appears in the NCTA's list of the top-ranked basic cable channels by number of subscribers ).

Though all Copenhagen operations were consolidated at Tegleholmen in 1994 and the last volume production unit at the B & W Shipyard was delivered in 1996. in 2000 MAN B & W Diesel two-stroke diesel engines had over 70 % market share, with a substantial number of MC-line engines on order.

Though it was 20 years in the building, the G & SIRR more than fulfilled its promise.

Though the restraining order, obtained by Brown & Williamson ’ s lawyers, was thrown out in Mississippi, Wigand is threatened with the contention that if he testifies and returns to Kentucky he could be imprisoned for contempt of court.

Though this has had no direct impact upon his position as Prime Minister, there were rumours that the Christian Democratic and Flemish ( CD & V ) party that won the elections, would participate in federal government.

Though he had few performances of his music, and the BBC, the International Society for Contemporary Music ( ISCM ) Festival and the publishers Boosey & Hawkes all turned down the Concerto for Double String Orchestra ( later to be one of his most popular works ), a private recording of the First Piano Sonata by Phyllis Sellick attracted favourable reviews.

Though Wolf himself was obsessed with the idea that to compose only short forms was to be second-rate, his organization of lyrics of particular poets ( Goethe ; Mörike ; Eichendorff ; Heyse & Geibel in the Spanish and Italian Songbooks ) into semicyclical anthologies, finding connections between texts not explicitly intended by the poets he set and his conceptions of individual songs as dramatic works in miniature, mark him as a talented dramatist despite having written only one not particularly successful opera, Der Corregidor.

Though social issues had been discussed by R & B artists ranging from groups such as The Impressions and The Temptations, talk of political and social commentary on an album was uncommon in Motown, which advised its artists not to delve fully into discussing serious topics.

Though widely known as a leading man in the 1950s & 60s ( often starring in romantic comedies opposite Doris Day ), Hudson is also recognized for dramatic roles in films such as Giant and Magnificent Obsession.

" Though well-received by both peers and critics, and attaining a few moderate pop and several major R & B hits while at Atlantic, Burke never broke through into the mainstream as did Sam Cooke or Otis Redding, who covered Burke's " Down in the Valley " for 1965's Otis Blue.

Though she continued to perform, little was heard of Etta James until 1987 when she was seen performing " Rock & Roll Music " with Chuck Berry on his " Hail!

Though none of the three singles from the album went far on the pop charts, their R & B success was swift and massive.

Though sales began promisingly, and it contained the hit single " Old Man and Me " ( U. S. No. 13 ), the album sold four million copies in the U. S. Hootie & the Blowfish has since released three more studio albums: Musical Chairs, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Looking for Lucky.

Though they continued charting on the R & B charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the O ' Jays never again achieved pop success.

Though generally no longer seen as multituberculates, " a few specimens described as? Ferugliotherium ," are Multituberculates ( Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p. 411 ).

Though the channel is owned by another subsidiary company operated as a joint venture, Lifetime and its cable networks remain under the co-ownership of The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, though NBC Universal became partial owner of the Lifetime channels as well since NBCU already was a part owner of A & E Television Networks.

Though the granite soon proved too unforgiving and expensive for track, most of the B & O's monumental bridges have survived to this day, and many are still in active railroad use by CSX.