Though Dattero di mare ( Lithophaga lithophaga ) was once eaten, overfishing drove it to the verge of extinction ( it takes 15 to 35 years to reach adult size and could only be harvested by smashing the calcarean rocks that form its habitat ) and the Italian government has declared it an endangered species since 1998 and its harvest and sale are forbidden.

Though he claims to have been opposed to the sale on principle, Weinberger participated in the transfer of United States TOW anti-tank missiles to Iran during the Iran – Contra affair.

Though in this position he twice came under investigation – firstly for an alleged conflict of interest in relation to contracts awarded to his own economic research company, and secondly concerning the sale of the loss-making state-owned food conglomerate SME to the multinational Unilever, for which he had, for a time, been a paid consultant – however he was fully acquitted on both counts.

Though Ole Haugsrud had first rights to the next Minnesota-based franchise ( a deal resulting from his sale of the Duluth Eskimos back to the league in 1927 ), he passed, letting Dunn and Val Ness have control over the new team.

Though the raising and sale of poultry was an interstate industry, the Court found that the " stream of interstate commerce " had stopped in this case — Schechter's slaughterhouses bought chickens almost exclusively from intrastate wholesalers and sold completely exclusively to intrastate buyers.

Though initial attempts to acquire the pendant serve only to alienate the Earl's fiancée, Jill Wyvern, and the sale of the house, which would have yielded deposit enough to recompense the Captain, are thwarted by the tactlessness of Sir Roderick ; Jeeves comes up with a successful plan, which exploits Mrs Spottsworth's fascination in the supernatural.

Though he told his employer that he thought that slavekeeping was inconsistent with Christianity, he wrote the bill of sale.

Though the company loses money for each sale, the company hopes to force other competitors out of the market, after which the company would be free to raise prices for a greater profit.

Though he knew he needed the book to sell sufficient copies to make £ 2, 500 before he saw any profit, Edgar was confidently aware this would be achieved in the first three months of the book going on sale, hopelessly underestimating the expenses.

Though not a Teetotaler, Boone was a Temperance advocate and worked to prohibit the sale and consumption of alcohol.

Though not as popular as " The World's Longest Yard Sale ", the US-50 Coast-to-Coast sale is in its eleventh year.

Though no new Lisas were available for sale, development continued on MacWorks Plus to support the installed base of Lisas, making them as relevant as their closely related cousin, the Macintosh Plus.

Though the Turner sale included all of MGM's rights to most of its pre-1986 films, MGM retained its overall rights to the Fame franchise as the TV series was still in production in 1986.

Though the airline began as bush flying operation, it grew to become the third largest airline in Canada at the time of its sale.

" Though a congressman does not need to live in the district he represents, McEwen put his home in Hillsboro up for sale and rented a home in Bethel in Clermont County.

Though his salvage business never quite broke even during the course of the salvage of the German fleet ( he was ten thousand pounds out of pocket at the sale of his interests ), his scrap metal business offset the loss by turning considerable profit ; whilst Cox was frequently assumed to be a poor businessman who did not understand business efficiency, it is also true that he suffered from an astonishing amount of bad luck in the varying degrees of difficulty of ship salvage that ensures that no two lifts are ever the same.

Though on supposed Spanish and then subsequently Mexican territory, the legitimacy of these claims was contested by both the Company and the Russian Government until the sale of the settlement in 1841, basing the legitimacy of their claims on prior English ( New Albion ) claims of territorial discovery.

Though oxen were used for most farm work into the 18th century, horses ' fit for the dray, the plough, or the chariot ' were on sale at Smithfield Market in London as early as 1145.

" Though Archie is caught as the mastermind of the match and confronted, Brother Leon intervenes on Archie's behalf and in private praises his efforts that led to unprecedented results in the chocolate sale.

Though the staff is much smaller than it was before the sale, many other key figures remained as of June 2010, including media critic Michael Miner, film critic J. R. Jones, arts reporter Deanna Isaacs, food writer Mike Sula, theater critic Albert Williams, and music writers Peter Margasak and Miles Raymer.

Though Peniston herself, who supported the trio by performing live in the Next In club in Scottsdale, Arizona, did not consider the record as a strong enough to be offered for sale, " Still I " was eventually released as a four track virtual single in September 2007, and the session that was supposed to rejoin the former producers with the singer ended up with an apparent contradiction.

Though Carter listed the sale of the assets, he did not list the actual amount of capital gains, on which he did pay taxes.

Though The Outlook quickly saw a rise in circulation and influence, its failure to turn a profit led to the paper's sale and Garvin's exit two years later.

Though he made initial preparations for the war, Constantine fell ill and sent Constantius east to take command of the eastern frontier.

Though they won a narrow majority, it fell short of the 40 per cent required, accelerating the fall of the Labour Government, in May 1979.

Though he fell two votes short of the required winning margin of 187 in the second ballot, the result was sufficient to secure immediate concessions from his rivals.

Though the kingdom centred on Pavia in the north fell to Charlemagne, the Lombard-controlled territory to the south of the Papal States was never subjugated by Charlemagne or his descendants.

Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been reevaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century English art.

Though the club showed strength in the early going, the team proved unable to keep pace with the surging Oakland Athletics in the second half and fell out of contention in September.

Though Jovian made accommodations to appease this potential claimant, Procopius fell increasingly under suspicion in the first year of Valens ' reign.

Though supported only by the towns and a few of the younger barons, he triumphed by superior generalship at the Battle of Lewes on 14 May 1264, where the king, Prince Edward, and Richard of Cornwall fell into his hands.

Though on a journey in the right direction, Terah fell short at arriving to the divine destination — in contrast to Abram, who did follow through and achieved the divine goal, and was not bound by his father ’ s idolatrous past.

Though Henry III once again managed to regain the ducal title in 985, Carinthia upon his death in 989 fell back to the Imperial Ottonian dynasty of Bavaria.

Though Lepidus eventually fell out of political favor and was sent into exile as Augustus consolidated power, he retained the priestly office until his death in 13 BC, at which point Augustus was selected to succeed him and given the right to appoint other pontifices.

Though married to Theseus, Phaedra fell in love with Hippolytus, Theseus ' son born by either Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, or Antiope, her sister.

Though the album debuted better than the band's last album at 33 on the Billboard charts, the album quickly fell off the charts due to lack of promotion by Capitol Records and a dwindling fan base.

Though still mentioned in the Quinisext Council of 692, the Agape fell into disuse soon after, except perhaps in Ethiopia.

Though his work flourished most under the twenty-seven year reign of Jalal ud-Din Shah Shuja ( Shah Shuja ), it is claimed Hāfez briefly fell out of favor with Shah Shuja for mocking inferior poets ( Shah Shuja wrote poetry himself and may have taken the comments personally ), forcing Hāfez to flee from Shiraz to Isfahan and Yazd, although no historical evidence of this is available.

Though successful for a while, he eventually fell out of favor of the emperor.

Though Blair's Sermons eventually fell out of favour for lacking doctrinal definiteness —" a bucket of warm water ", as one opinion puts it — they were undoubtedly influential during Blair's lifetime and for several decades after his death.

Though Tosti's songs never completely left the repertoire, salon music generally fell into a period of obscurity.

Though Ban Chao claimed to be victorious, forcing the Kushans to retreat by use of a scorched-earth policy, the region fell to Kushan forces in the early 2nd century.

Though King George ordered that the princes ' household be run along military lines, and that they follow university rules, the town merchants proved willing to extend credit to the princes, and all three fell into debt.

Though the idea fell through when Dwight Eisenhower retained Richard Nixon in the second slot, Anderson received a million dollars for his efforts and a subsequent appointment as treasury secretary, the same position that Connally would fill for Nixon fourteen years later in 1971.

Though their fortunes rose and fell during the immediate postwar period ( a major blow was the overthrow of a left-wing friendly government in Bangkok in 1947 ), by 1954 the Khmer Issarak operating with the Viet Minh by some estimates controlled as much as 50 percent of Cambodia's territory.

Though at the time of liberation the death rate had peaked at 200 per day, after the liberation by U. S. forces the rate eventually fell to between 50 and 80 deaths per day.

Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga and fell from the spotlight soon after, several branches of the family would continue on as daimyo houses until the Meiji Restoration.