Thus, despite Con Ed and FPC efforts to evade additional hearings and their later release of faulty impact assessments, a new group, the HRFA, swayed the Atomic Energy Commission ( AEC ) to consider fish kills in relicensing Con Ed's current plant at Indian Point.

Thus began an twelve year career in the Senate, where he served on the Appropriations Committee ; the Public Works Committee ; the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy ; and most memorably, the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, popularly known as the Senate Watergate Committee.

Thus, DSB now operates on a for-profit basis, although it retains certain public service commitments via contracts with the Ministry of Transport and Energy.

Thus a higher-capacity but non-Energy Star rated dehumidifier may be a more energy efficient alternative than an Energy Star rated but lower-capacity model.

Thus, Christian right leaders have argued that the Establishment Clause does not prohibit the display of religion in the public sphere.

Thus Fréron, in recruiting young writers to counter the literary Establishment became central to the movement now called the Counter-Enlightenment.

Thus Maynard was not on the best of terms with what became the Seattle Establishment, especially after the Puget Sound War.

Thus the growth of clubs provides an indicator as to what was considered a respectable part of the ' Establishment ' at the time.

Thus, Defoe's infamous volley in the struggle between high and low church came in the form of The Shortest Way with the Dissenters ; Or, Proposals for the Establishment of the Church.

Thus, what started as an effort to translate between languages evolved into an entire discipline devoted to understanding how to represent and process natural languages using computers.

Thus, ISDN can be seen from this perspective as obsolete before it fairly started, having been overtaken in most places by the disruptive technology of ADSL.

Thus, Islamic architecture started witnessing the introduction of such structures as domes and large, arched entrances, referred to as iwans.

Thus when the Football League started later that year, Albion became one of the twelve founder members.

Thus a new period in Belarusian history started, with all its lands annexed by the Russian Empire, in a continuing endeavor of Russian tsars of " gathering the Rus lands " started after the liberation from the Tatar yoke by Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia.

Thus with the help of the judiciary committee led by Senator James Eastland, the bill ended up being far weaker than it originally started, but it still became law and Johnson tried to give himself credit for its passage.

Thus the Báb taught that with his revelation the end times ended and the age of resurrection had started, and that the end-times were symbolic as the end of the past prophetic cycle.

Thus, before 10 years ago when more detailed studies started, it was considered that there could be anywhere from 2-4 genera within the Actinidiaceae.

Thus, in 94 Anguo Chanyu joined forces with newly subjugated Xiongnu from the north and started a large scale rebellion against the Han.

Thus, when some of the eastern allies and mercenaries started deserting, Brutus was forced to attack on the afternoon of October 23.

Thus according to Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1893 the year started at the time of the Rigveda at the vernal equinox and the Ribhus recommenced working after their awakening in the beginning of the new year.

Thus, at age 65, Nancarrow started coming to wide public attention.

Thus began the 2007 – 2008 Kenyan crisis, as violence broke out in several places in the country, started by the ODM supporters protesting the " stealing " of their " victory ", and subsequently escalating as the targeted Kikuyus retaliated.

Thus, the government started to commission railway operators to run routes on the network.

Thus Lamont's period as Chancellor started with inflation at its highest level since 1982 and the economy in recession.

Thus, said Arius, God's first thought was the creation of Jesus Christ, therefore time started with the creation of the Logos or Word in Heaven.

Thus a separate country started to emerge, although George Martinuzzi was still negotiating with Ferdinand I on the reunification of the kingdom.

Thus, beginning in 1297 the practice started of creating new peerages by letters patent, specifying the fief to which the peerage was attached, and the conditions under which the fief could be transmitted ( e. g. only male heirs ) for princes of the blood who held an apanage.

Thus, filmmaking started to appear as a little more viable profession and the number of productions increased a bit.

Thus started the decline of Persian as the subcontinent's lingua franca, a position to be taken up by the new language of the British Raj, English.

Thus, at the beginning of 43 BC, Decimus Brutus hurried to Gallia Cisalpina, the province assigned to him as pro-praetor, and started to levy his own troops.

Thus editor Horace Greeley in 1838 started a magazine, The Jeffersonian, that he said " would exhibit a practical regard for that cardinal principle of Jeffersonian Democracy, and the People are the sole and safe depository of all power, principles and opinions which are to direct the Government.

Thus, he started to gain attention and recognition worldwide.

Thus, in 1972 Erskine Hamilton Childers started the process of finding an official biographer.

Thus, the physical portion of the boat that is below water can be regarded as functioning as a " second sail.

Thus, the world ’ s first experimental cosmic station with four compartments for the crew was assembled and began functioning.

Thus, the corneal reflex effectively tests the proper functioning of both Cranial Nerves V and VII.

Thus, the majority of devices capable of functioning as camcorders are camera phones or compact digital cameras, for which video is only a feature or a secondary capability.

Thus, although two countries might both be capitalist, being economically based mainly on private enterprise for profit and wage labour, these capitalisms might be very different in social character and functioning, reflecting very different cultures, religions, social rules and histories.

Thus, it has been suggested that geometric abstraction might function as a solution to problems concerning the need for modernist painting to reject the illusionistic practices of the past while addressing the inherently two dimensional nature of the picture plane as well as the canvas functioning as its support.

Thus, Lahore High Court came into existence on 21 March 1919, which resulted into abolition of the Chief Court of Punjab functioning since long.

Thus, as with the case of delirium, the minor degrees of pathological confusion cannot be diagnosed without knowledge of a person's " baseline ", or normal, level of mental functioning.

Thus the necessity for creating ' Racheria de Infiel ' into an independent pueblo ( parish ) functioning both as a missionary and evangelical center.