Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

Thus, Margenau remarks: `` A large number of unrelated epicycles was needed to explain the observations, but otherwise the ( Ptolemaic ) system served well and with quantitative precision.

Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.

Thus, when the Russians sent up their first sputnik, American chagrin was human enough, and American determination to put American satellites into orbit was perfectly understandable.

Thus, a finding of conspiracy to restrain trade or attempt to monopolize was excluded from the Court's decision.

Thus, in the last few years, a number of programs which looked very promising at the time their development was commenced have since been completely eliminated.

Thus was invented the single thread sewing machine, which Mr. Gibbs in partnership with Mr. Willcox decided to bring to Brown & Sharpe with the proposal that the small company undertake its manufacture.

Thus it was that Barco, apprehended for mere larceny, now began to suspect that one or another of his murders had been uncovered.

Thus, the energy transferred from the arc to the anode was partly fed back into the arc.

Thus, the dotted line shown in figure 4 was taken as typical for the temperature distribution for all blowing rates.

Thus, the Span of its ossification was shortened and the center's ability to `` catch up '' in ossification is demonstrated.

Thus to has light stress both in that was the conclusion that I came to and in that was the conclusion I came to.

Thus the Congress marks a formal recognition of the political system that was central to world politics for a century.

Thus, in the immemorial way -- in the way of the right hand that knows and the left that does not -- was the stage set for tragedy at Bari.

Thus at the same time that William Henry Harrison was preparing to pacify the aborigines of Indiana Territory and winning fame at the battle of Tippecanoe, Anglo-Saxon settlement made a great leap into the center of the North American continent to the west of the American agricultural frontier.

Thus, when Dartmouth's Winter Carnival -- widely recognized as the greatest, wildest, roaringest college weekend anywhere, any time -- was broadcast over a national television hookup, Prexy John Sloan Dickey appeared on the screen in rugged winter garb, topped off by a tam-o'-shanter which he confessed had been acquired from a Smith girl.

Thus when Premier Khrushchev intimated even before inauguration that he hoped for an early meeting with the new President, Mr. Kennedy was confronted with a delicate problem.

Thus `` America '', the most widely sung of the patriotic songs, was written by a New England Baptist clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith ( 1808-1895 ), while a student in Andover Theological Seminary.

Thus, the Mahayana metaphysic of mystical union for salvation was distilled down to a bare self-seeking, and for this reason, the mystic in Asia did not long remain in isolated contemplation.

Thus there was really an excess of eighteenth-century charm as one of these light-weight pieces followed another on Saturday night.

Thus, the masculine animate infinitive dabhumaksanigalu'ahai, meaning to live, was, in the perfect tense, ksu'u'peli'afo, and, in the future, mai'teipa.

Thus, the planetary model of the atom was discarded in favor of one that described atomic orbital zones around the nucleus where a given electron is most likely to be observed.

Thus, a robust surveillance system involving human clinicians and veterinarians may identify a bioweapons attack early in the course of an epidemic, permitting the prophylaxis of disease in the vast majority of people ( and / or animals ) exposed but not yet ill.

Thus the view from Whitehall early in 1916: If defeat was not imminent, neither was victory ; and the outcome of the war of attrition on the Western Front could not be predicted.

Thus were preserved and securely dated an early decorated church and a synagogue decorated with extensive wall paintings.

Thus, this early revolt against colonial rule ( one of the first in Spanish America ) was, paradoxically, an expression of loyalty to the Spanish king.

Thus, it is possible that I Corinthians was written during Paul's first ( brief ) stay in Ephesus, at the end of his Second Journey, usually dated to early 54 AD.

Thus early 1950s historian of fandom Jack Speer began to label successive generations of fans as First Fandom, Second Fandom, Third Fandom, and so forth ... all the way to Seventh Fandom and beyond.

Thus, during the 1960s and early 1970s, Portuguese development plans promoting strong economic growth and effective socioeconomic policies, like those applied by the Portuguese in the other two theaters of war ( Portuguese Angola and Portuguese Mozambique ), were not possible.

Thus, in Chile, Argentina and the Canary Islands, godo was an ethnic slur used against European Spaniards, who in the early colony period often felt superior to the people born locally ( criollos ).

Thus, until relatively recently, the vast majority of people were educated by family members ( especially during early childhood ).

Thus, Christianity acquired an identity distinct from Rabbinic Judaism, but this distinction was not recognised all at once by the Roman Empire, see Split of early Christianity and Judaism for details.

Thus, many of these early games had also absorbed the physically aggressive aspects of what the Mi ' kmaq in Nova Scotia called dehuntshigwa ' es ( lacrosse ).

Thus, because of Klaus Fuchs, leaders of the Soviet Union knew the United States was not prepared for a nuclear war at the end of the 1940s, or even in the early 1950s.

Thus, " the onus of being the last ' People of the Book ' engendered an ethos of " early on and the establishment of important book repositories throughout the Muslim world has occurred ever since.

Thus magnesium powder ( flash powder ) was used as a source of illumination in the early days of photography.

Thus, records were not uncommon in home audio systems into the early 1990s.

Thus, early text projects such as Roberto Busa's Index Thomisticus, the Brown Corpus, and others had to resort to conventions such as keying an asterisk preceding letters actually intended to be upper-case.

Thus by the early 1980s Superman was in his 60s and the Batman had died and been succeeded by his daughter, The Huntress, whereas the Superman and Batman of Earth-One, DC's primary universe, are perpetually young to early middle-age adults.

Thus, the lap steel guitar is sometimes known as the Hawaiian guitar, particularly in documents from the early 20th century, and today any steel guitar is frequently called a Hawaiian steel guitar.

Thus, the gang system worked like an early version of the assembly line later to be found in factories.

Thus, while Gandalf exerts a parental influence over Bilbo early on, it is Bilbo who gradually takes over leadership of the party, a fact the dwarves could not bear to acknowledge.

Thus Durkheim became interested in a scientific approach to society very early on in his career.

Thus, according to Durkheim, for early humans, everything was supernatural.

As Henry Smith expounds, " Thus from an early time, Mt.