While the inceptive noir, Stranger on the Third Floor, was a B picture directed by a virtual unknown, many of the film noirs that have earned enduring fame were A-list productions by name-brand filmmakers.

While the Third Estate demanded and was granted " double representation " so as to balance the First and Second Estate, voting was to occur " by orders " – votes of the Third Estate were to be weighted – effectively canceling double representation.

While Elagabalus was still on his way to Rome, brief revolts broke out by the Fourth Legion at the instigation of Gellius Maximus, and the Third Legion, which itself had been responsible for the elevation of Elagabalus to the throne, under the command of Senator Verus.

While the Reagan Doctrine enjoyed strong support from the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, the libertarian-oriented Cato Institute opposed the Reagan Doctrine, arguing in 1986 that " most Third World struggles take place in arenas and involve issues far removed from legitimate American security needs.

While Manetho names Necherophes and the Turin King List names Nebka as the first ruler of the Third dynasty, many Egyptologists now believe Djoser was first king of this dynasty, pointing out that the order in which some predecessors of Khufu are mentioned in the Papyrus Westcar suggests Nebka should be placed between Djoser and Huni, not before Djoser.

While she was in London, officials of the Nazi party approached Dietrich and offered her lucrative contracts, should she agree to return to Germany as a foremost film star in the Third Reich.

While the concept of an unlawful combatant is included in the Third Geneva Convention, the phrase itself does not appear in the document.

While the most recent revision is the revised Fourth Edition ( 2008 ), the Second Edition was available longer than and is more popular than the Third Edition.

While arguments over Speer's guilt are ongoing, Inside the Third Reich is used by historians on all sides as a primary source on the inner workings of the Nazis.

While Richard I was away on the Third Crusade, Constance took more independence for Brittany.

While motifs from " Das himmlische Leben " are found in the Third symphony, Mahler eventually decided not to include it in that work and, instead, made the song the goal and source of his Fourth Symphony.

While the black population of Germany at the time of the Third Reich was small at 20, 000-25, 000 in a population of over 65 million, the Nazis decided to take action against those in the Rhineland.

While in Delaware, the Chews rented their house on Third Street to Don Juan de Miralles ( Spanish representative to the American government ); the Marquis de Chastellux ( principal liaison officer between the French Commander-in-Chief and George Washington ); and to George and Martha Washington, from November 1781 to March 1782, during the Second Continental Congress.

While the first two canals were lined by mills of various kinds, the banks of the Third Canal were kept free of industry by deliberate government policy.

While the Soviets had enjoyed great achievements on the international stage before Reagan entered office in 1981, such as the unification of their socialist ally, Vietnam, in 1976, and a string of socialist revolutions in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, the country's strengthening ties with Third World nations in the 1960s and 1970s only masked its weakness.

While attending San Francisco State University ( SFSU ), Glover was a member of the Black Students Union, which, along with the Third World Liberation Front and the American Federation of Teachers, collaborated in a five-month student-led strike to establish a Department of Black Studies.

While maintaining Leon Trotsky's critique of the USSR, the party replaced Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution with the view that socialist revolution in Third World countries ( countries in which, according to Marxist theory, the development of capitalism has been distorted by colonialism and imperialism ) will take place in two connected stages.

While performing a battlefield reconnaissance during the opening stages of the Third Battle of Kharkov, his Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was shot down by Soviet troops 1 kilometer southwest of Artelnoje ( near Lozovaya ).

" While some Bible students like to refer to the Holy Ghost as the Third Personage of the Godhead, nowhere in the Bible or Book of Mormon is this idea supported.

While lecturing at Brandeis University in 1957 he coined the term " Third Stream " to describe music that combines classical and jazz techniques.

While Shoshenq's tomb is currently unknown, the burial of one of his prominent state officials at Thebes, the Third Prophet of Amun Djedptahiufankh, was discovered intact in Tomb DB320 in the 19th Century.

While the Third Section served as the Tsar ’ s deputy for 55 years, the organization had its share of failures and administrative shortcomings.

While the Third Section had had reason to suspect that there might be an attempt made on the Tsar ’ s life at the Winter Palace ( agents had discovered blueprints of the palace with strange markings during a search of a suspicious person ’ s house in St. Petersburg weeks before the attempt ) the Section had been unable to search the palace or to keep it under surveillance in large part because the Tsar ’ s mistress lived there and so the secret police had to pretend to ignore activities at the palace.

While the Constitution always granted Congress the authority to meet on a different day without the need to pass an amendment, § 2 of the Twentieth Amendment " tidied up " the constitutional text by paralleling the original provision requiring that the Congress meet at least once a year in December, and changing it to January 3 ( unless changed by law ).

In arguing before the Supreme Court, Gitlow contended that " the statute as construed and applied by the trial court penalize the mere utterance, as such, of ' doctrine ' having no quality of incitement, without regard to the circumstances of its utterance or to the likelihood of the unlawful sequences " While acknowledging " liberty of expression ' is not absolute ,'" he maintained " it may be restrained ' only in instances where its exercise bears a causal relation with some substantive evil, consummated, attempted or likely '" As the statute took no account of the circumstances under which the offending literature was written, it violated the First Amendment.

While The Supreme Court has generally refused to give obscenity any protection under the First Amendment, pornography is subject to little regulation.

While actual malice standard applies to public officials and public figures, in Philadelphia Newspapers v. Hepps,, the Court found that, with regard to private individuals, the First Amendment does " not necessarily force any change in at least some features of the common-law landscape.

While the First Amendment does not explicitly set restrictions on freedom of speech, other declarations of rights sometimes do so.

While open fields are not protected by the Fourth Amendment, the curtilage, or outdoor area immediately surrounding the home, is protected.

While the Twenty-Second Amendment generally restricts the President to two terms, there is no similar limitation on the office of Vice President, meaning an eligible person could hold the office as long as voters continued to vote for electors who in turn would renew the Vice President's tenure.

" While the headnote is not part of the Court's opinion and thus not precedent, two years later, in Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining Co. v. Pennsylvania, the Court clearly affirmed the doctrine, holding, " Under the designation of ' person ' there is no doubt that a private corporation is included the Fourteenth Amendment.

While the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the production, sale, and transport of " intoxicating liquors ", it did not define " intoxicating liquors " or provide penalties.

While it is clear that under the Twelfth Amendment the original constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship, and residency apply to both the President and Vice President, it is unclear whether a two-term president could later serve as Vice President.

While consumption of alcoholic beverages in private homes was permitted in Williamson after the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition, the sales of such beverages were illegal within the town.

The Boy Scouts asserts that it " teach that homosexual conduct is not morally straight ," and that it does " not want to promote homosexual conduct as a legitimate form of behavior ," While the policy may not represent the views of all Boy Scouts, the First Amendment " does not require that every member of a group agree on every issue in order for the group's policy to be expressive association.

While the decision of the Court did not rest on the Fourteenth Amendment, an argument on this ground had been delivered by the defense:

While the United States Constitution's First Amendment identifies the rights to assemble and to petition the government, the text of the First Amendment does not make specific mention of a right to association.

While the Constitution requires the President to take this oath upon entering into the office, the 25th Amendment states that, upon it being invoked " the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as acting president.

While the Engel decision held that the promulgation of an official state-school prayer stood in violation of the First Amendment ’ s Establishment Clause ( thus overruling the New York Courts ’ decisions ), Abington held that Bible readings and other ( state ) school-sponsored religious activities were prohibited.

While agreeing with the majority to reverse the State Appeal Court decision, his opinion details his dissent from the majority over the First Amendment issue.

While serving as a Texas state representative for twelve years, Wilson battled for the regulation of utilities, fought for Medicaid, tax exemptions for the elderly, the Equal Rights Amendment, and attempted to raise the state's minimum wage.

While Riley's Amendment One was soundly rejected by Alabama voters, it did gain him national recognition.

While the Supreme Court has only recently ruled that the Second Amendment prevents localities from enacting outright handgun bans, ( See: Incorporation ), the question of whether the Second Amendment provides grounds to invalidate local gun control laws like the Sullivan Act may be addressed given the recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Parker v. District of Columbia, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court in the case District of Columbia v. Heller.

While serving in the Senate, he co-authored an unsuccessful Balanced Budget Amendment with Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.

" While the 5th Amendment which was applicable in D. C. lacked an equal protection clause, Warren held that While equal protection is a more explicit safeguard against discrimination, the Court recognized that Referring to the technicalities raised by the case's location in the District of Columbia, the Court held that, in light of their decision in Brown that segregation in state public schools is prohibited by the constitution, it would be