Though some explain Housman's unexpected failure in his final exams as a result of Jackson's rejection, most biographers adduce a variety of reasons, indifference to philosophy, overconfidence in his praeternatural gifts, a contempt for inexact learning, and enjoyment of idling away his time with Jackson, conjoined with news of his father's desperate illness as the more immediate and germane causes.

Though his name was then a household word ( as was " existentialism " during the tumultuous 1960s ), Sartre remained a simple man with few possessions, actively committed to causes until the end of his life, such as the May 1968 strikes in Paris during the summer of 1968 during which he was arrested for civil disobedience.

Though during her years in the Governor's Mansion, she did not hold a single formal event, Laura worked for women's and children's causes including health, education, and literacy.

Though initially sarcastic and self-possessed to the point of arrogance ( Leiko is actually a Japanese name meaning " arrogant ") her relationship with her new lover causes her to become more contemplative.

Though Robinson and people who in the past might not have espoused her causes, fought a determined battle, Wood Quay was ultimately bulldozed and concreted over, to build the controversial Civic Offices.

Though antipope movements were significant at one time, they are now overwhelmingly minor fringe causes.

Though her health declined as she entered her seventies, Parks continued to make many appearances and devoted considerable energy to these causes.

: Though similar to the uniformity of law, this deals with geological causes, not physico-chemical laws.

Though he gave the impression of sympathy with progressive and liberal causes, he had no enthusiasm for the New Deal of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt ( which Bennett eventually tried to emulate, after floundering without solutions for several years ), and he never advocated massive government action to alleviate depression in Canada.

Though it also occurs with other causes of hyperthyroidism, Graves ' disease is the most common cause of diffuse goitre.

Though the term Noumenon did not come into common usage until Kant, the idea that undergirds it, that matter has an absolute existence which causes it to emanate certain phenomena, had historically been subjected to criticism.

Though twitching is sometimes a symptom of serious diseases such as spinal injury, muscular dystrophy, Lyme Disease, multiple sclerosis or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ), it is much more often due to more benign causes ( BFS, over-exertion, etc.

Though debate continues about the merits of the Schlieffen Plan and even on whether the Schlieffen Plan was ever truly executed, a number of causes contributed to the failure of the German invasion:

Though there was no suspicion that she had ever been involved in any putatively " subversive " political causes ( and though her real name was spelled differently ), Lee became the target of thousands of protest phone calls to her network.

Though surprisingly successful, Beamen causes tension among staff and teammates, as he frequently changes the plays the Coach calls, or just calls his own.

Though she had no children of her own, she made children's music education one of her causes, helping establish the Ottawa Children's Concerts in 1946 and later becoming a proponent of the Orff Approach ( Orff Schulwerk, also called Music for Children ) in music education in the Ottawa area.

Though he knows he wields an accursed sword, Balin nevertheless continues his quest to regain King Arthur's favour, though he unintentionally causes misery wherever he goes.

Though the debate surrounding the cause of Alexander's sudden death has never been clearly resolved, all of our ancient sources — even those who reject the notion of murder and assign the death to natural causes — mention that rumours abounded in the late fourth century BC that Antipater had been responsible for poisoning the great king.

Though there has been general agreement on the existence of a crisis and its consequences, what is less clear are the causes of the crisis, as well as its scope and resolution.

Though he knows he wields an accursed sword, Balin nevertheless continues his quest to regain King Arthur's favour, though he unintentionally causes misery wherever he goes.

Though she gets it, Pistachio causes so much trouble that he's forced to abandon Jennifer when Bowman sends his men after him.

Though speculation in idle sites is for these reasons often profitable to their owner ( and even when not profitable, keeping sites idle is often the rational choice from the standpoint of the owner's financial expectation ), continued retention of land without usage ( or in sub-optimal use ) causes those who actually desire to use land to settle for lower quality of land.

Though having suffered only six men killed in combat, over 200 more died from disease and other causes during the 10 months of campaigning.

Though he gave the impression of sympathy with progressive and liberal causes, he had no enthusiasm for the New Deal of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt ( which Bennett tried to emulate ), and he never advocated massive government action to alleviate depression in Canada.

Though ink does not easily cause death, inappropriate contact can cause effects such as severe headaches, skin irritation, or nervous system damage.

Though natural selection acts on individuals, the effects of chance mean that fitness can only really be defined " on average " for the individuals within a population.

Though their effects remain somewhat less well understood owing to a lack of experimental data, they have been detected in various ecological habitats far removed from industrial activity such as the Arctic, demonstrating diffusion and bioaccumulation after only a relatively brief period of widespread use.

Though the series is often remembered solely for its gruesome stories and sound effects, Cooper's scripts for Lights Out were well-written and offered innovations seldom heard in early radio dramas, including multiple first person narrators, stream of consciousness monologues and scripts that contrasted a duplicitious character's internal monologue and his spoken words.

Though the 1986 movie The Golden Child implemented very crude morphing effects from animal to human and back, the first movie to employ detailed morphing was Willow, in 1988.

Though Wise worked only as editor on Citizen Kane, it is likely that while working on the film he became familiar with the optical printer techniques employed by Linwood Dunn, inventor of the practical optical printer, to produce effects for Citizen Kane such as the image projected in the broken snowglobe which falls from Kane's hand as he dies.

Though Wise was never known as a special-effects-driven director, echoes of this 1940s high-tech special effects technology were to emerge in several of his important later films, such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Though research is inconclusive, it suggests that the effects of Internet use are very small.

Though they are not read by Zelazny and do not contain special effects, for a time they were the only source for unabridged readings of the later works.

Though other side effects are thought to be possibly associated with TMS ( alterations to the endocrine system, altered neurotransmitter and immune system activity ) they are considered investigational and lacking substantive proof.

Though the casinos lie outside the town limits, the effects of tax revenue generated are felt inside the town.

Though contributing to the economy of the area by attracting tourists, the practice is controversial because of the " well-documented ill effects of high-dose radiation on the body.

Though there is no evidence that the fountain located in the park today is the storied fountain or has any restorative effects, visitors drink the water.

Though often suffering from the effects of leprosy and ruling with regency governments, Baldwin was able to maintain himself as king for much longer than otherwise might have been expected.

Though their introduction was not seen to have particularly dramatic effects for several decades, by the 1560s, thousands of gunpowder weapons were in use in Japan, and began to have revolutionary effects upon Japanese battle tactics and strategies, army compositions, and castle architecture.

Though their effects were the same, there was a subtle difference between the concept of the interrupter and the synchronizer.

Though not immune to the effects of a sufficiently hot fire, the fire resistance of fiberglass, stone wool and ceramic fibers makes them common building materials when passive fire protection is required, being used as spray fireproofing, in stud cavities in drywall assemblies and as packing materials in firestops.

Though still outperforming most of its EU partners, Spain failed to escape the effects of the global economic downturn in 2002.

Though no further research has been done as of yet, it may also be involved with disrupted NMDA channels in the brain, which have both synergistic and regulatory effects on norepinephrine.

Though more research needs to be done of the effect of music therapy on adolescents with mood disorders, most research has been finding positive effects.

Though official documentation of the health effects of glyphosate spraying in Colombia are virtually non-existent, neighbouring Ecuador has conducted studies to determine the cause of mysterious illnesses amongst people living along the border of Colombia and has since demanded that no aerial sprayings occur within 10 km of the border because of the damages caused to the people, animals and environment in that area.

Though unpleasant, there are no known lasting effects, with the FDA reporting that there are " no apparent adverse clinical side effects .".