Thus, on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were officially voted into the National League while their expansion counterparts in Tampa Bay were voted into the American League.

Thus in 2008, enabling the National Executive Way, published by Law Rank, Value and Force of Organic Law of the Bolivarian Armed Forces, leading to a new organization, adapted to new requirements, with a geopolitical vision oriented to a social state, peace-loving defender of human rights and solidarity with our sister nations of the American continent, within the ideology of the Liberator Simón Bolívar.

Thus, the funds of the Civil List ( la Liste civile ), voted annually by the National Assembly were partially assigned to secret expenses in order to preserve the monarchy.

Thus they may protect the property more than a National Register listing does.

Thus, the responsibility for instituting a new and comprehensive National Health Service, as well as tackling the country's severe post-war housing shortage, fell to the youngest member of Attlee's Cabinet in his first ministerial position.

Thus Prime Minister John A. Macdonald was able to realize his National Dream of linking Canada across the continent.

Thus it was designated a RAMSAR site in 1991 and gained National Nature Reserve status in 1993.

Thus, on July 10, 1873, the name was officially changed to Ransom Township in honor of Ransom Humiston, agent for the National Colony, which brought large groups of settlers to Worthington from 1872 until 1876.

Thus it protects these shallow water areas ( in the Baltic Sea, the National Park boundary is based on the ten-metre depth contour ) with their rich flora and fauna.

" Thus, Washington D. C .- area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington-Dulles ( formerly DIA ), DCA for Reagan National ( District of Columbia Airport ), and BWI for Baltimore ( Baltimore-Washington International ).

Thus, began the linear roster of officers for both the Constabulary and the Armed forces up until the PC was merged with the Integrated National Police in 1991.

Thus, each national authority ( for France, the National Commission of Data Processing and Freedoms or " CNIL ") is in charge of the control of the national part of SIS.

Thus the uplifted, dislocated and dissected lava sheets of Yellowstone National Park in the Rocky Mountains on the east ( at the headwaters of the Snake River ) are associated with the older lavas of the Columbian plains.

Thus, the library users have access to the libraries of the Centre of Planning and Economic Research, the Bank of Greece, the National Documentation Centre, as well as to several libraries in Europe.

Thus, one of Bridger's stories involved a " petrified forest " in which there were " petrified birds " singing " petrified songs " ( though he may have seen the petrified trees in the Tower Junction area of what is now Yellowstone National Park ).

Thus far, however, The Globe and Mail has continued to outsell the National Post.

Thus, by 1837, when it was played in all official solemnities, Francisco Manuel da Silva's composition was already the Brazilian National Anthem.

Thus, he would have been in place likely to assume the post of chairman of the National People's Congress ( NPC ), a post held by Li Peng prior to the party congress.

Thus, the lyric of Ghana ’ s National Anthem is as follows:

Thus began the National Protection War ().

Thus, it became clear that, at most, the National Assembly could achieve national unity within the smaller German solution, with Prussia as the sole major power.

Thus the Arab National Movement ( ANM ), led by George Habash and later to become the Progressive Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) and a faction of the PLO, were deployed to Lebanon by Nasser.

Thus, the National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB ) was formed and the programme, Operation Flood launched.

Thus Jean-Paul Sartre, a " comrade " of the Communist party, actively supported the National Liberation Front ( FLN ) ( the porteurs de valises networks, in which Henri Curiel took part ).

Before them stalked the beadle, proclaiming as he went, `` Thus the Council deals with those who break its laws -- adulterers, thieves, murderers, and lewd persons.

Thus at the first Council of Constantinople, AD 448, 23 archimandrites or abbots sign, with 30 bishops.

Thus the Eastern First Council of Constantinople became ecumenical only when its decrees were accepted in the West also.

Thus in March 1979 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who kept absolute power ( until his overthrow in 2011 referred to as " Guide of the Revolution "), after ten years as combined Head of State and Head of government of the Libyan Jamahiriya (" state of the masses "), styled Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, formally transferred both qualities to the General secretaries of the General People's Congress ( comparable to a Speaker ) respectively to a Prime Minister, in political reality both were his creatures.

Thus, of the hundred votes in the Council of Princes in 1792, twenty-three belonged to electors.

Thus, there was no clear consensus that the Council of Florence had excluded salvation of infants by such extra-sacramental equivalents of baptism.

Within the space of these tendencies there has developed a coherent critique of " orthodox Marxism " that includes not only a rejection of the concept of " the transition " but a reconceptualization of the process of transcending capitalism that has remarkable similarities to ( Peter ) Kropotkin's thinking on this subject ... Thus one of the earliest political tendencies within which this approach appeared after the Russian revolution of 1917 was that of " Council Communism " which saw the " workers councils " in Germany ( see Bavarian Soviet Republic ), or the soviets in Russia, as new organizational forms constructed by the people.

Thus the Privy Council, as a whole, ceased to be a body of important confidential advisers to the Sovereign ; the role passed to a committee of the Privy Council, now known as the Cabinet.

Thus, the Council was to consist of ( 1 ) all U. N. members administering trust territories, ( 2 ) the five permanent members of the Security Council, and ( 3 ) as many other non-administering members as needed to equalize the number of administering and non-administering members, elected by the United Nations General Assembly for renewable three-year terms.

Thus, the prince was barred from entry to the Council of Princes and the prestige and influence that would entail.

Thus the Council Fathers meant to say that the being of the Church as such is a broader entity than the Roman Catholic Church, but within the latter it acquires, in an incomparable way, the character of a true and proper subject.

Thus, the Russian Federation was widely accepted as the Soviet Union's successor state in diplomatic affairs and it assumed the USSR's permanent membership and veto in the UN Security Council ( see Russia and the United Nations ).

Thus the Council in fact codetermines the legislative process.

Thus, the Council annexed several thousand acres, which now host commercial, residential and agricultural uses.

Thus, in practice, the Council of Ministers cannot be dismissed as long as it commands the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha.

Thus, there are eight ( 8 ) members of the Legislative Council in a barangay.

Thus, the Council of Trent attempted to improve the discipline and administration of the Church.

Thus, the Council of Trent combated " absenteeism ," which was the practice of bishops living in Rome or on landed estates rather than in their dioceses.

Thus the belief in the Council ’ s strong edicts regarding textual intelligibility became to characterize the development of sacred church music.

Thus he declared in the State Council that he would not suffer the owner of extensive estates to cultivate them or not as he pleased.

Thus, although elected by the Supreme Council, the president is essentially hereditary-the emir of Abu Dhabi holds the position.

Thus, the Keys have much more power than the Council, which performs the function of a revising chamber.