Though these sizes may seem small by today's computing standards, for text-only adventures, these are large enough for very elaborate games.

Though Charles Martel chose not to take the title King, as his son Pepin III the Short would, or Emperor, as his grandson Charlemagne would be titled, he was absolute ruler of virtually all of today's continental Western Europe north of the Pyrenees.

Though understandably part of the backlash reaction toward the Pearl Harbor attack, some jokes about the Empire of Japan certainly would be considered politically incorrect on today's airwaves.

Though written in dialect and certainly politically incorrect by today's standards, his later songs were free of the ridicule and blatantly racist caricatures that typified other songs of the genre.

Though the band's initial run was short-lived, Yazoo continues to influence and inspire many of today's bands, including LCD Soundsystem, Shiny Toy Guns, Blaqk Audio, Hercules and Love Affair, La Roux and Gil Mantera's Party Dream.

Though they might seem boring and rudimentary by today's standards, Bosko's films were quite popular in their day and he rivaled Mickey Mouse in popularity in the early 1930s, although the Disney cartoons would eventually surge ahead in popularity on the basis of stronger plot and character development.

Though it may be counter-productive to make this point in today's age, this willful blindness to the truth is spectacularly evidenced ...

Though not extraordinary by today's sports-car standards, such acceleration is impressive for cars weighing well over 6, 000 pounds.

Though today's shortcakes are usually of the biscuit or sponge-cake variety, earlier American recipes called for pie crust in rounds or broken-up pieces, which was a variety still being enjoyed in the 20th century, particularly in the South.

Though it no longer has an explicitly anarchist character, today's residents are aware, and proud, of its origins.

Though lengthy, the book never drags in developing its themes: the relationship of oil to the rise of modern capitalism ; the intertwining relations between oil, politics, and international power ; and the relationship between oil and society in what Yergin calls today's age of ' Hydrocarbon Man '.

Though the Eurobeat genre originally sounded almost identical to Italo disco, today's modern Eurobeat features greatly increased BPM and faster synth-lines and vocals, though many recent releases have a slower BPM.

Though seven levels is considered sparse by today's standards, since the game didn't include any facilities to save throughout the course of the game, the seven levels usually kept most players occupied for some time.

Though slot machines were originally operated mechanically by a lever on the side of the machine ( the one arm ) instead of an electronic button on the front panel as used on today's models, many modern machines still have a " legacy lever " in addition to the button on the front.

Though The Dillards were a tremendous influence on the main core of musicians who started Southern California's country rock movement in the late 1960s ( which further extended from that genre into today's country music ), their biggest claim to fame is playing the fictional bluegrass band " The Darlings " on The Andy Griffith Show, introducing many Americans to bluegrass who had never heard it.

Though historically forming the western half of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians, these communities associated with the Mille Lacs band since the 1800s and are a part of today's contemporary Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.

Though seldom used in today's context, it has been alleged that Pakistan Military believed in the concept of martial races and they thus thought that they would easily defeat India in a war, especially prior to the Second Kashmir War Based on this belief in the martial supremacy, it was popularly hyped that one Pakistani soldier was equal to four to ten Hindus / Indian soldiers, and thus numerical superiority of the foe could be overcome.

Though unassuming by today's standards, the buildings were part of an attempt to define MIT's social cohesion.

Though his films are predominantly set in the United States, Jarmusch has advanced the notion that he looks at America " through a foreigner's eyes ", with the intention of creating a form of world cinema that synthesizes European and Japanese film with that of Hollywood.

Though root parsley looks similar to the parsnip, it tastes quite different.

Though the qilin (), a creature in Chinese mythology, is sometimes called " the Chinese unicorn ", it is a hybrid animal that looks less unicorn than chimera, with the body of a deer, the head of a lion, green scales and a long forwardly-curved horn.

Though DiCaprio's performance was generally well-received, with Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman writing that " the shockingly androgynous DiCaprio looks barely old enough to be playing anyone with hormones, but he's a fluid and instinctive actor, with the face of a mischievous angel ," he was awarded a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple for both incarnations the following year.

Though they both relate to network security, an intrusion detection system ( IDS ) differs from a firewall in that a firewall looks outwardly for intrusions in order to stop them from happening.

Though some of the admissions criteria for admissions into Wharton, CAS, and SEAS overlap, the admissions committee, when selecting Wharton students, also looks for qualities that fit with the business school's unique undergraduate culture.

" Though only having married white men, she makes frequent references to her " real-life relationships with black men ", riffing in an interview that " my problem is, I can't get a good-looking white guy anymore, I just don't have the looks to get that.

Though they conceive of mimesis in quite different ways, its relation with diegesis is identical in Plato's and Aristotle's formulations ; one represents, the other reports ; one embodies, the other narrates ; one transforms, the other indicates ; one knows only a continuous present, the other looks back on a past.

Though Daisy Mae, with the help of Stupefyin ' Jones ( any man who looks at her freezes ), almost succeeds in catching Abner, Evil Eye Fleagle uses his evil eye to freeze everyone in the race, and Appasionata calmly walks up to Abner and claims him as hers.

Though she overwhelms him, and it looks like Phillip is about to meet his death, the three fairies transfer some of their power to Phillip's sword as he throws the weapon into her heart, fatally wounding her.

Though there remain several extremely different styles of debate and judges / coaches each have their own idea of what a good round looks like, they now all follow the same basic outline and an LD round in one part of the country would be at least recognizable to a debater with a different style in another part of the country.

Though renowned for his dark, classically handsome looks that made him a matinee idol from his first film appearance, Power played a wide range of roles, from film leading man to light comedy.

Though Alex looks down on Alan M. and insults his intelligence, Alan M. has more common sense than Alex does.

Though, he tends to leap before he looks, and his thick-headedness tends to turn potential allies into enemies, though his friends soon clobber him, and salvage the situation.

Though she is 191 years old, she claims that she looks to be only 19.

Though he looks unapproachable and serious, he is actually very unpredictable.

Though Demeulemeester works with a very specific aesthetic, she continuously strives to push conventions and produce fresh looks for each season.

Though Bart is profoundly underwhelmed, instead of complaining or being critical, Bart looks into his mother's expectant face and professes to be overjoyed.

Though not blessed with conventional good looks, being short, balding and dumpy, he had the power to charm women and mixed with all classes of society from prostitutes to the aristocracy.

Though the river looks innocuous, the underlying current is very strong.

He wrote: " Though Dearden gets the surface right – the movie looks sleek – he skimps on characterization ... Dearden's script fails to provide the raw material that would let him go beyond the stereotype ... Dearden merely walks the cast through a gauntlet of film noir cliches ".

Though Jackie thinks it looks like Paris, the town is often verbally bashed by some characters.

Though each strain looks quite different, they are all recognized as members of the same breed.

Though there were many contenders for the lead role, the director Sadhu Meher had a special interest in his capability and looks.