While it must be said that these same Protestants have built some new churches during this period, and that religious population shifts have emptied churches, a principal reason for this phenomenon of redundancy is that fewer Protestants are going to church.

While the two herbicides that make up Agent Orange, 2, 4-D and 2, 4, 5-T, remain toxic over a short period — a scale of days or weeks — they quickly degrade.

While previously held elsewhere within or near the capital city, since 1918 it has been held on the Champs-Élysées, with the evident agreement of the Allies as represented in the Versailles Peace Conference, and with the exception of the period of German occupation from 1940 to 1944.

While tests have been done to support this with fixed pieces of flat metal, the result is inconclusive with respect to the curved armour of the period. Given the following actions of the archers, it seems likely Froissart was correct.

While only Revelation speaks of a period of a thousand years for Christ ’ s rule on Earth, there are numerous other prophecies in both testaments concerning a future age of peace.

While Axbridge grew in importance as a centre for cloth manufacturing in the Tudor period and gained a charter from King John, Cheddar remained a more dispersed mining and dairy-farming village.

While they did not release any albums during this period, Devo recorded a number of songs for various films and compilations since their reunion, including a cover of the Nine Inch Nails hit, " Head Like a Hole " for the film Supercop.

While fantasy sports were fueled by the dot-com boom of the Internet, there was a turbulent period when many of the high-flying Internet companies of the era crashed in 2001.

During this period, his visual style simplified ( owing in part to the constraints of the Hollywood studio system ) and his worldview became increasingly pessimistic, culminating in the cold, geometric style of his last American films, While the City Sleeps ( 1956 ) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt ( 1956 ).

While there are a wide variety of Conservative views, a common belief is that Halakha is, and has always been, an evolving process subject to interpretation by rabbis in every time period.

While the historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles is disputed by critics, the Acts of the Apostles is the major primary source of information for this period.

While empirical investigations of the natural world have been described since classical antiquity ( for example, by Thales, Aristotle, and others ), and scientific methods have been employed since the Middle Ages ( for example, by Ibn al-Haytham, Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī and Roger Bacon ), the dawn of modern science is generally traced back to the early modern period, during what is known as the Scientific Revolution that took place in 16th and 17th century Europe.

While Greek and Roman religion began as polytheism, during the Classical period, under the influence of philosophy, differing conceptions emerged.

While food irradiation can in some cases maintain the quality ( i. e. general appearance and " inner " quality ) of certain perishable food for a longer period of time, it cannot undo spoilage that occurred prior to irradiation.

While there, Julian became acquainted with two men who later became both bishops and saints: Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil the Great ; in the same period, Julian was also initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, which he would later try to restore.

While they were neither able to retain their signed artists for this period, nor to consider signing new acts, the next few years nevertheless marked several additions to the catalogue.

While there is not much evidence of communities in Luxembourg at the beginning of the Bronze Age, a number of sites dating back to the period between the 13th and the 8th century BC provide evidence of dwellings and reveal artifacts such as pottery, knives and jewelry.

While the Conditions of Carriage require period Travelcard holders to touch in and touch out at the start and end of their journey ( which is usually necessary to open automatic ticket gates ), Oyster card users with a valid period Travelcard covering their entire journey are not liable to pay a penalty fare when they have not touched in.

While the term Lower Mainland has been recorded from the earliest period of non-native settlement in British Columbia, it has never been officially defined in legal terms.

While relatively few parchments ( or codices ) of the Mixtec and Aztec cultures of the Post-Classic period survive, progress has been made in the area of Maya archaeology and epigraphy.

While training doctrines for machine pistols vary between armies, in general, soldiers are instructed to use the weapon for short bursts, rather than for an uninterrupted period of automatic fire, because the weapon easily gets out of control in sustained firing, which means that many of the rounds may be off target.

While their Roman predecessors were well-educated and had been experienced in warfare, the European nobility of the early medieval period were not renowned for their education, however from the 12th century it became more common for them to read.

While it is uncertain to what extent his work was read amongst the warrior class as opposed to the clergy, Vegetius remained prominent in the literature on warfare in the medieval period.

While the ethnic-based, three-tier, South African-imposed governing authorities have been dissolved, the current government pledged for the sake of national reconciliation to retain civil servants employed during the colonial period.

While Norma undergoes a rigorous series of beauty treatments to prepare for her comeback, Joe has secretly begun to work with Betty on a screenplay.

While Jughead is generally uninterested in girls, he does have a soft spot for Betty Cooper.

While the late 60's to 70's productions of the Shaw Studio headlined male martial arts actors, the 50's to early 60's productions of the studio were dominated by actresses like Li Lihua, Ivy Ling Po, Linda Lin Dai, Betty Loh Ti in dramatic and romantic features.

While the animated cartoons of Betty Boop have enjoyed a remarkable rediscovery over the last 30 years, official home video releases have been limited to the VHS and LaserDisc collector's sets in the 1990s.

While recuperating from malaria in San Francisco, he met Betty Beck, a Marine sergeant ; they married in 1945.

While serving at Petawawa, Layton met Betty Sutherland, an accomplished painter ( and later poet ), and a half-sister to actor Donald Sutherland.

While there, in a letter to his wife, Betty, which she reads to a group of people, Malcolm updates her on his activities.

While in California, she adopted her daughter Betty, finally having recovered from her mother ’ s death.

While in Starstruck, Bartlett took Leadbelly's 59 second long " Black Betty ," arranged, recorded and released it on the group's own TruckStar label.

While Lloyd ’ s band was where he received international recognition for the first time, it was not the only group DeJohnette played with during his early years in New York, as he also worked with groups including Jackie McLean, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, and Bill Evans.

While Barney navigated U. S. Route 3, Betty reasoned that she was observing a falling star, only it moved upward, like a plane or a satellite.

While Betty reported extended conversations with the beings in English, Barney said that he heard them speaking in a mumbling language he did not understand.

While a model sheet of the character was drawn for the show, the writers did not get the chance to use Betty because they had run out of new episodes.

While " The Inkwell Imps " series was replaced by the " Talkartoons " in 1929, Koko the Clown returned in 1931 as a supporting character with Bimbo and Betty Boop.

While Betty and Talbot were on their honeymoon, her father continued his global pursuit of the Hulk, only to be captured by the Soviet scientist known as the Gremlin and sent to a Soviet prison.

While top stars at the studios such as Judy Garland, Betty Grable and Shirley Temple took part in bond tours during the war, Williams was asked to take in hospital tours.

While walking away from home, Betty and Bimbo wind up in a spooky area, and hide in a hollow tree.

While Betty is hiding under the covers of her bedsheets, her runaway note is torn up and the remaining letters read " Home Sweet Home ".

While he was a member of a Presbyterian church he married Betty Litch in 1941, with whom he fathered two daughters.

While filming, there were a lot of rumors about a possible clash between the two actresses, mostly because of their frequent comparison, but Haver refuted this with: " Betty is a big star and I'm just starting.

While at a hospital treating his injuries, Amir asks Farid to find information about Thomas and Betty Caldwell.

While Betty continued to appear and since her departure, other older women have been featured as either a guest announcer, advice giver or sidekick, including Gladys Hardy, a grandmother from Austin, Texas, who originally left DeGeneres a voicemail message, and Charlotte Pope of Riverside, California, whom DeGeneres nicknamed " Kitty ".