Though he spent some of his money trying to clean up swamps and eradicate malaria, he was nonetheless sent to the guillotine during the Reign of Terror as an enemy of the people.

Though he certainly did not support it ( which he made clear at the time ), he was purposely trying to antagonize the pro-slavery faction of Congress into an open fight on the matter.

Though the older brother, Napoleon, had intended for the younger brother to be little more than a French governor of Holland, Louis took his duties as the King seriously, calling himself Koning Lodewijk I ( adopting the Dutch form of his name ), attempting to learn the Dutch language, and trying hard to be a responsible, independent ruler of Holland.

Though Lionheart suspects her betrayal, Albion believes she was only trying to protect him.

Though classical music was Strayhorn ’ s first love, his ambition to become a classical composer was shot down by the harsh reality of a black man trying to make it in the then almost completely white classical world.

Though the country houses many of the world's most successful franchises such as Tomb Raider, Grand Theft Auto, Fable, Dirt and Total War, the country is trying to find its identity, with many of the games without any cultural influence coming from the UK, with most influence derived from North America.

Though the encounter left Adam's confidence in himself weakened, he would soon recover when he gained the attention of a girl whom he had been trying to court and begin a relationship with.

Though the mark can be suppressed by willpower and by the recognition of one's shortcomings and flaws, Vandal Savage never realized it, instead trying to force the mark on other people.

Though some criticized Aguilera for trying to cash in on the Latin music boom at the time.

Though they never totaled more than 75, they patrolled as far west as California trying to restrict the flow of illegal Chinese immigration.

Though the attack involved armed squads, car bombs, and up to a dozen suicide bombers, there was also an explosive-laden vehicle which was intercepted while trying to enter Basra, as were two suicide bombers in Karbala and others in Baghdad who had entered via Syria.

Though initially believing that Adam should be sent to child services, Archer finds Sasha to be a caring mother trying to raise her son in rough conditions.

Though Mou claims he was trying to depict historical accuracy with the film, he has been criticized that the film's appearance as an exploitation film negates any educational value.

Though he was not able to keep one alcoholic sober, he found that by engaging in the activity of trying to convert others he was able to keep himself sober.

Though this means that they could return to the lifestyle they were accustomed to, they decide to honor their father's memory by trying to turn it around themselves.

Though the GPWC created definite plans to start a rival series in 2004, the FIA responded by openly trying to entice the breakaway teams with a one off 40 million dollar ( US ) incentive for their agreements, however the GPWC future was cast into doubt in mid-January 2005 when Ferrari, FIAT's F1 team, announced it had secretly come to terms with Ecclestone and signed an extension to the Concorde Agreement for a one off payment amounting to 100 million dollars ( US ).

Though well-meaning, he often gets himself into serious trouble trying to " help " the lawcows, but has been a useful asset on several occasions.

Though the British Empire looked upon Hodson as somewhat of a hero, he is remembered in India mostly for his excesses while trying to curb the 1857 Revolt.

Though politically folded into the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, thus no longer independently Federally recognized, Sandy Lake Band members are trying to regain their independent Federal recognition restored.

In his review for the Washington Post, Joe Brown wrote, " Though Raimi seems to be trying to restrain himself, his giddily sick sense of humor still pops out all over the place – Darkman is a frenetic funhouse ride that has you laughing and screaming at the same time ".

Though already naturally rare, tourists trying to get close to the flower for photos easily trample the host plant or young buds.

Though trying to restore the ravaged earth and preserve personal freedom, the PastWatchers discover that the society in which they live is doomed.

Though the US Navy was offered the design a year or two after its invention, they declined and the American Bethlehem Steel spent the next five years in trying to circumvent Welin's patent, before having to buy it through Vickers.

Though normally very gentle, Dora adopts a Stepan-like persona at the end of the play, wishing to avenge Kaliayev's death or die trying.

Though the exact definition varies between scholars, natural language can broadly be defined in contrast on the one hand to artificial or constructed languages, such as computer programming languages like Python and international auxiliary languages like Esperanto, and on the other hand to other communication systems in nature, such as the waggle dance of bees.

Though these swords did not provide a full two-hand grip they allowed their wielders to hold a shield or parrying dagger in their off hand, or to use it as a two-handed sword for a more powerful blow.

Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns.

Though theologies and religions typically do not claim to be irrational, there is often a perceived conflict or tension between faith and tradition on the one hand, and reason on the other, as potentially competing sources of wisdom, law and truth.

" Though she was not always extravagant ( she had her old stockings darned for re-use and her old dresses were recycled as furniture covers ), she would dismiss protests about her heavy spending with a wave of a hand or by claiming that she had not heard.

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 they Khazraj were in disagreement, Umar after strained negotiations lasting up to one or two days, brilliantly divided the Ansar into their old warring factions of Aws and Khazraj tribes, Umar resolved the divisions by placing his hand on that of Abu Bakr as a unity candidate for those gathered in the Saqifah, most others gathered at the Saqifah followed suit with the exception of the Khazraj tribe and their leader, Sa'd ibn ' Ubada, whose tribe was ostracized.

Though Alexandre Dumas writes in paradoxically positive terms about him in The Three Musketeers, on the other hand, the English novelist and historian Charles Dickens makes no effort to hide his total rejection of the Duke in his book A Child ’ s History of England.

Though the dunk can be finished using only one hand, generally both hands control the ball through the entire motion.

Though Anastasia never admitted to having a hand in the Mangano murders, he managed to convince the heads of the other families that Vincent Mangano had been plotting to have him killed, a claim backed up by Frank Costello, the acting boss of the Luciano crime family.

Though the popes were often fearful of his growing power, they preferred the strong and independent hand of a Catholic Norman to the rule of a Byzantine Greek.

Though several stylistic details have survived since the earliest days -- the use of the stars, pointing hand, and Greek letters on the obverse, for example -- notable differences exist between older keys and current examples.

Though there are debates on which hand is better to read from, both have their own significance.

Though, according to TIME Magazine, Hunter " chose to float in his hotel pool, a bottle of hooch in hand, while the great fight took place, and he was unable to file anything.

Though each version has certain advantages over the others, the choice of which form to use is largely a question of the requirements of the recipe at hand and the training of the cook preparing it.

Though naturally left-handed, Gallagher plays guitar right-handed, which he claims is the only thing he can do with his non-dominant hand.

Though the Carolingian minuscule was superseded by Gothic blackletter hands, it later seemed so thoroughly ' classic ' to the humanists of the early Renaissance that they took these old Carolingian manuscripts to be ancient Roman originals and modelled their Renaissance hand on the Carolingian one.

Though other styles also use that term, the trigger-style capo, because it can be operated by one hand in one single squeezing motion, is typically the quickest capo to apply or move on the instrument ; other capos can be quicker and easier to remove from the instrument.

* Though the maximum score for a cribbage hand is 29, there is no combination of cards that adds up to 19 points.

Though this may be the first published book of Miss Agatha Christie, she betrays the cunning of an old hand … You must wait for the last-but-one chapter in the book for the last link in the chain of evidence that enabled Mr. Poirot to unravel the whole complicated plot and lay the guilt where it really belonged.

Though always doing his best, he frequently receives a helping hand from his virtually superior brother ( Racer X ) when he falls short of his goals.

Though he tried his hand at etching in 1914, it was not until 1920 that he began his career as an etcher in earnest, eventually achieving success as both a printmaker and society portraitist.

Though he mostly fielded close to the wicket, Sobers was an exceptional outfielder who was seen on one occasion, when he had fielded the ball on the boundary, to " bend his hand back almost parallel with his arm before flipping the ball a full seventy yards to the wicketkeeper ".