While in the past the state enjoyed a variety of mammals such as Plains Bison, Eastern elk, bear, and deer, only the White-tailed deer remains abundant.

While the Society was oriented toward an Eastern and especially Indian approach, Steiner was trying to develop a path that embraced Christianity and natural science.

While most patriarchs in the Eastern Catholic Churches have jurisdiction over a " ritual church " ( a group or diocese of a particular Eastern tradition ), all Latin Rite patriarchs, except for the Pope, have only honorary titles.

While these and other ancient Near Eastern texts consider comparable issues, scholars have not found their direct antecedent.

While Western philosophical traditions, as exemplified by Descartes, equate mind with the conscious self and theorize on consciousness on the basis of mind / body dualism ; some Eastern philosophies provide an alternate viewpoint, intimately related to substance dualism, by drawing a metaphysical line between consciousness and matter — where matter includes both body and mind.

While almost an anachronism after the early stages of that war, German dragoons did see continuing service on the Eastern Front until 1917.

While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, a sacred tradition among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ. The egg represents the boulder of the tomb of Jesus.

: While accepting the canonical possibility of recognising the existence ( υποστατόν ) of sacraments performed outside herself, ( the Eastern Orthodox Church ) questions their validity ( έγκυρον ) and certainly rejects their efficacy ( ενεργόν ).

While this Hebrew name is not the etymology of Essaioi / Esseni, the Aramaic equivalent Hesi ' im known from Eastern Aramaic texts has been suggested.

While the previous seven ecumenical councils are recognized as ecumenical and authoritative by both East and West, many Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize the council of 879 as the Eighth Ecumenical Council, arguing that it annulled the earlier one.

While it may well be the case that the people of the western stream spoke a language belonging to a wider Eastern Bantu division, it is a puzzle which remains to be resolved that they spoke a language most closely related to the languages just mentioned, all of which are today spoken in southeastern Africa.

While initial talk existed of a race to Berlin by the Allies, after Stalin successfully lobbied for Eastern Germany to fall within the Soviet " sphere of influence " at Yalta, no plans were made by the Western Allies to seize the city by a ground operation.

While some have criticized Bukharin for this apparent U-turn, his change of emphasis can be partially explained by the necessity for peace and stability following seven years of war in Russia, and the failure of Communist Revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe, which ended the prospect of worldwide revolution.

While some Eastern Orthodox national churches have accepted the Gregorian calendar dates for feast days that occur on the same date every year, the dates of all movable feasts ( such as Easter ) are still calculated in the Eastern Orthodox churches by reference to the Julian calendar.

While usually trying cases in appeal in third instance ( as is normally the case in the Eastern Catholic Churches ), or even in second instance if appeal is made to it directly from the sentence of a tribunal of first instance, it is also a court of first instance for cases specified in the law and for others committed to the Rota by the Roman Pontiff.

While the Belgian interest soon concentrated on the Congo River, the British and Germans focused on Eastern Africa and in 1886 partitioned continental East Africa between themselves ; the Sultanate of Zanzibar, now reduced to the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, remained independent, for the moment.

While even folkloric vampires of the Balkans and Eastern Europe had a wide range of appearance ranging from nearly human to bloated rotting corpses, it was interpretation of the vampire by the Christian Church and the success of vampire literature, namely John Polidori's 1819 novella The Vampyre that established the archetype of charismatic and sophisticated vampire ; it is arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century, inspiring such works as Varney the Vampire and eventually Dracula.

While Western Yiddish has few remaining speakers, Eastern dialects remain in wide use.

While working for the central court, Zhang Heng had access to a variety of written materials located in the Archives of the Eastern Pavilion.

While still in Luoyang, Zhang became inspired to write his " Western Metropolis Rhapsody " and " Eastern Metropolis Rhapsody ", which were based on the " Rhapsody on the Two Capitals " by the historian Ban Gu.

While all the Eastern Catholic Churches recognize the authority of the Pope, some of them who having originally been part of the Orthodox Church or Oriental Orthodox Church closely follow the traditions of Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy, including the tradition of allowing married men to become priests.

While this practice is common among a wide spectrum of Western denominations ( Eastern Churches do not employ instrumental accompaniment in their worship ) it is particularly typical, and distinctive to the heritage of the Moravian Church.

While his position in Afghanistan was becoming more perilous by the day, his enemies who were exiled in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, were agitating for his removal.

While most urban and suburban transport in Bulgaria is composed of buses ( using an increasing number of CNG vehicles ), around a dozen cities also have trolley bus networks.

While the 1960s were the heyday of liberal activism in Berkeley, it remains one of the most overwhelmingly Democratic cities in the United States.

While many cities ( as in Gaul ) had a double-headed chief magistracy, often another title was used, such as Duumvir or native styles such as Meddix, but Consul was used in some.

While not built to expressway standards, many roads in Addis Ababa and other cities can be considered dual carriageways and have up to four lanes in each direction with hardly any intersections.

While the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in Mexico, specializing in emerging talents, and is held each year during the last week of July in the two colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

While their main force had constructed siege works and was close to taking the cities of Thessalonica and Cassandreia, it retreated to the Balkan interior at the news that the emperor was advancing.

While Smith won extra support among Catholics in the big cities Smith was the target of intense anti-Catholicism from some Protestant communities, especially as Southern Baptists and German Lutherans.

While a number of private railroads exist and provide mostly commuter-type services, the national railway, Ferrovie dello Stato, also provides sophisticated high-speed rail service that joins the major cities of Italy from Naples through northern cities such as Milan and Turin.

While he ceded much of the authority of the imperial government to the cities, Julian also took more direct control himself.

While Mexican restaurants can be found in many parts of North America, Europe and in many cities around the world, restaurants outside of Mexico often feature non-traditional ingredients, such as grated American-style cheese, " nacho " cheese or tomato-based sauce substitutes for Mexican chile-based sauces or mole, or the common use in the United States of hard-shelled tacos instead of the Mexican style " soft " or fresh tortillas.

While much of the countryside was populated by Polish-speakers, the cities constituted German mixed with Polish population.

While relatively popular for sport and recreation, bicycle use is a very marginal commuting mode, with the percentage share hovering around 1 % in many major cities, and around 2 % nationwide ( 2000s figures ).

While the Mahars are the dominant species in the Pellucidar novels, they seem confined to their handful of cities.

While many notable historical events occurred in Moscow and St. Petersburg, there was also a visible movement in cities throughout the state, among national minorities throughout the empire and in the rural areas, where peasants took over and redistributed land.

While the treatment of factory workers or farm hands often varied depending on the individual employer, Polish laborers as a rule were compelled to work longer hours for lower wages than Western Europeans – in many cities, they were forced to live in segregated barracks behind barbed wire.

While in the Netherlands, people began touring the waterways connecting the 11 cities of Friesland, a challenge which eventually led to the Elfstedentocht.

While there are no specifics given, it is strongly suggested in the film that America's cities, military, and industrial base are heavily damaged or destroyed.

While there are no historical records that deal directly with the founding of Venice, tradition and the available evidence have led several historians to agree that the original population of Venice consisted of refugees from Roman cities near Venice such as Padua, Aquileia, Treviso, Altino and Concordia ( modern Portogruaro ) and from the undefended countryside, who were fleeing successive waves of Germanic and Hun invasions.

While the zarzuela tradition flourished in Madrid and other Spanish cities, Catalonia developed its own zarzuela, with librettos in Catalan.

While a degree of democracy still existed in some of the remaining independent Greek cities, many scholars see this age as marking the end of classical Greece.

:: While Commander Keen is exploring Mars, the Vorticon steal four vital components of his ship and hide them in Martian cities, each guarded by a Vorticon soldier.

While not observed nationally throughout the United States, a number of traditionally ethnic French cities and regions in the country have notable celebrations.

While he bided his time, the Sicilians made an appeal to Pope Martin to take the Communes of their cities under his protection.

" While other midwest Rust Belt cities such as Detroit and Cleveland shrank, Chicago avoided this and managed to grow.