Though he claims he didn't know what the money was being spent for, longtime Fatah official Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, was responsible for the financing of the Munich attack.

Though transportation out of the city was available to her and her daughter, she decided to stay in Weimar as she didn't want to leave her servants to their own luck.

Though it didn't do well commercially ( many critics felt Burton, at 33, looked too old for the part ) and Burton's Hollywood box office aura seemed to be diminishing, Burton was proud of the effort and wrote to his mentor Philip Burton, " I promise you that there isn't a shred of self-pity in my performance.

Though my fingers are thin, still her thimble didn't fit me.

Though it is said that Bill was married many times, he never liked the others as much as Sue, and the other relationships didn't work out.

Though the film didn't do well at the box office, Clooney's direction showed promise.

Though the psychiatric establishment once medicalized same-sex desire, homosexuality was later removed in 1974 as a mental disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM ) because it wasn't supported by sound scientific evidence and didn't meet the criteria for a mental disorder.

Though smaller than most of his competitors, Connors didn't let it bother him, making up for a lack of size with determination.

Though the Ur-Quan forces didn't find the Earthlings during their sweep of the system, relief never arrived.

Though the album went gold in the US and Japan, and platinum in Canada, it didn't meet with the same level of commercial success as their debut.

Though Sébastien Foucan states in Jump London that " le parkour has always existed, freerunning has always been there, the thing is that no one gave it a name, we didn't put it in the box ," the roots of the modern discipline can be traced.

Though the label didn't last long, it did introduce groups like Trzyha and Molesta.

Though many still flocked to Dublin every social season, many didn't or went to London.

Though Dravid had not officially retired from ODI cricket, he accepted that he didn't expect to be recalled.

Though sharing some design characteristics with other Fords of the time, such as single, circular headlamps and tail lamps and modest tailfins, the Thunderbird was sleeker and more athletic in shape, and had features like a faux hood scoop and a speedometer hinting a higher performance nature that other Fords didn't possess.

Though widely known in Texas, his singing career didn't really take off until he was 60 years old in 1994.

Though Rachel ends up getting a heart tattooed on her hip, Phoebe does not get the intended lily ( for her mother ) on her shoulder because she ' didn't know they did it with needles '.

Though she didn't release new album for years, she was still invite to perform at 9th Asia Song Festival which was held in Yeosul, Korea on 4th Augest. In September, she will be involved in another china drama Tun Shu Xi Jiang about revolution occurring in Xinjiang with Hong Kong actor Bowie Lam and Chinese director Zhang Jizhong.

Though they saw each other every day, the relationship, what there was of one, didn't last beyond Florida.

Though Northguard was published as an independent comic book series and didn't achieve the notoriety of better-known Canadian superheroes like Richard Comely's Captain Canuck or Marvel Comics ' Alpha Flight, it was well received by critics and a core following of fans.

Though many members didn't like the way this transfer of power was executed within the party, symbolically referring to it as " oceubistvo " ( patricide ), many others such as founding member Gojko Đogo took some positives from the new approach introduced by Đinđić:

Though he didn't know it, he was also suffering from diabetes and this led to ever more sudden mood swings, bouts of melancholia and, mercifully brief, periods of paranoid suspicion about his family.

Though an illegitimate child – Juana never married his father – he didn't allow this aspect to affect his standing in society.

Though Tyminski's love and feel for traditional bluegrass didn't come from growing up in the southern Appalachians, he absorbed and learned the music just the same.

Though the gimmick was a launching platform for Batista's career, it didn't last long and Hughes was betrayed by Batista.

Though by no means free from credulity, the freshness and ingenuity of his mind invested everything he touched with interest ; while on more important subjects his style, if frequently rugged and pedantic, often rises to the highest pitch of stately eloquence.

Though the music is atonal in the sense that it does not follow the techniques of the major / minor tonality system dominant in the West during the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods, the piece is written with other methods for controlling pitch to direct the harmonic flow.

Though pitch standards were not fixed in the eighteenth century, this rare note is also heard in the opera Esclarmonde by Jules Massenet and Les contes d ' Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach.

Though the reasons for losing the re-election were many, three features – Barrow's geographic isolation, Hereford United's FA Cup victory against Newcastle United and the decision of the Barrow board to introduce a speedway track around pitch at Holker Street, as a means of off-setting financial difficulties – have all been highlighted as contributing to Barrow's relegation.

Though the bending motion required to pitch effectively as a submariner means that submariners may be more at risk of developing back problems, it is commonly thought that the submarine motion is less injurious to the elbow and shoulder.

Though his goal tally was not excellent by any means, his willingness to play any role on the pitch and his tireless efforts to save " The Whites " from relegation was greatly appreciated by the Leeds fans.

Though not exceptionally fast through the air, Tate gave the illusion of gaining speed off the pitch.

Though the pitch and the appalling quality of the opposing batting make this much less of a feat, his 17 for 48 ( 10 for 30 and 7 for 18 ) against Northamptonshire in a day on 1 June 1907 still stands as the best bowling analysis in the County Championship.

Though the board were satisfied with results on the pitch, they felt that the relationship between Gannon and the directors had broken down.

Though the pitch appeared to be well over the plate, Tucker stepped toward the mound and pointed at Gagne, a former hockey player who welcomed the invitation and dropped his glove.

Though built by Moog, it was sold by Radio Shack from 1982 to 1983 under their " Realistic " brand name and it was produced without some standard Moog features, such as pitch and modulation wheels.

Though character designs by Marc Davis survive, Walt Disney personally rejected the pitch, and the film was never put into production or animation tests.

Though he was under contract for both and, he did not pitch in the Major Leagues after 1998.

Though Yorkshire had a decline in fortunes in 1953, Wardle took 4 for 7 on a soft pitch at Old Trafford, and he was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, and he toured the West Indies again.

Though there are a variety of positions in which the outfield ( non-goalkeeper ) players are strategically placed by a coach, these positions are not defined or required by the rules of the game.

Though virtually any game in which there are winning and losing outcomes can be wagered on, these games are specifically designed to make the betting process a strategic part of the game.

Though the breed is famous for its use in exterminating badgers and badger-baiting, dachshunds were also commonly used for rabbit and fox hunting, for locating wounded deer, and in packs were known to hunt game as large as wild boar and as fierce as the wolverine.

Though the unit was sold as a development machine it could be modified to enable the creation and use of commercial game backups.

Though CBS gave up on daytime game shows in 1968, the other networks did not follow suit.

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 by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.

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 he thought the game lacked quality, seeing it prompted Bushnell to assign the project to Alcorn.

Though the game was never officially released abroad, ROM hackers completed an English fan translation in 2003.

Though he left most of the game ( including the distribution of letters ) unchanged, Brunot slightly rearranged the " premium " squares of the board and simplified the rules ; he also changed the name of the game to " Scrabble ," a real word which means " to scratch frantically.

Though none matched the critical success of the handheld version, Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO was noted as the first game of the genre to successfully utilize internet competition.

Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to post-war shortages, the game was not officially launched until 1949, when the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was renamed " Clue " along with other minor changes.

Though a pilot was shot in the spring of 1955, the game did not move to television until 1959.

Though the editor has received updates through game patches, it is not officially supported as a product.

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

Though the WFL's Toronto establishment failed due to Canadian resistance, the Buffalo Bills ( with Canadian backing and special conditions ) are playing occasional home games in Toronto as of 2008, and the league's original intent to expand the game globally is being partially fulfilled by the NFL International Series.

Though technically a merman, the character Rikuo in the Darkstalkers game series and his race bear a striking resemblance to the Gill-Man, and perhaps more so than any character in the game, remain very true to the source character, with Rikuo being from an area in Brazil near the Amazon.

Though most predicted a Milwaukee cakewalk, the 76ers kept the game close before falling, 80 – 74.

Though some game genres share conceptual and gameplay similarities with the RTS template, recognized genres are generally not subsumed as RTS games.

( Though an early advertisement flyer for the arcade version of the game did refer to " conquer dragons " as part of its gameplay.