Despite efforts by Washington last week to play down the significance of the meeting, it clearly was going to be one of the crucial encounters of the cold war.

Despite this, Benaud told chairman of selectors Don Bradman that he would still be going for an improbable victory in accordance with his policy of aggression.

Despite friction between the African National Congress and Biko throughout the 1970s the ANC has included Biko in the pantheon of struggle heroes, going as far as using his image for campaign posters in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994.

Despite the desire of silver delegates to nominate a candidate who shared their beliefs, and although several states instructed their delegates to vote for a specific candidate, there was no overwhelming favorite for the nomination going into the convention.

Despite the losses, Einhorn was actually willing to stick it out until Hemmeter announced the Winds were going to try to sign Namath.

Despite these issues, he also felt that the book had much to commend it, having a narrative structure that while " unstructured ", was " gripping and enthralling ", holding the reader's attention and keeping them " guessing what is going to happen next.

Despite promotion of the album by going on tour with Linkin Park and Godsmack on the Family Values Tour, Shangri-La Dee Da was a commercial disappointment.

Despite voluminous reader mail pointing to the numerous errors in the news story, the Observer never issued a full retraction of its claims, only going so far as to clarify that Johan Helsingius had " consistently denied " the claims of child pornography distribution.

Despite this result, the area still showed strong support for the conservative mayoral candidate Boris Johnson who won the largest share of the votes for the area before going on to be elected Mayor of London.

Despite the acclaim, Merman lost the Tony Award to her close friend Mary Martin in The Sound of Music and jokingly quipped, " How are you going to buck a nun?

" Despite the filing, during that year the company said that it was not going to move its headquarters.

Despite falling outside of city limits, and having a post office explicitly named " Warrington ," mail going to the addresses in the Warrington ZIP code ( 32507 ) fall under the jurisdiction of Pensacola.

Despite such examples of a similar construction that uses a participle instead of a gerund, using a noun or pronoun in anything except the possessive case as the subject of a gerund ( He affected me going there ) is incorrect in formal writing.

Despite a comparable population compared to other towns and villages in the area, Napoli also has a relatively small number of businesses and attractions, with most town residents going to Little Valley or Randolph for their needs.

Despite not going over the 15, 000 population barrier, Marlin did get many tourists from around the country for its famous mineral water, which was believed to heal any sickness or pain, by bathing in it.

Despite this, a cult following began to develop and following the group opening for The Rolling Stones on their U. S. tour, the group switched labels, going to CBS Records in 1974, signing with the subsidiary Epic.

Despite the fact that his career in propane is later shown to have started with a chance meeting with Buck Strickland, in episode " Order of the Straight Arrow " a flashback to 1966 shows younger Hank, Dale, Bill and Boomhauer on a scouting trip, talking about what they're going to do when they grow up.

Despite being severely injured in a plane crash on January 5th, Pep fought 10 bouts in 1947, again going undefeated.

Despite the opposition of Illinois ' Republican political machine, Dawes and Hanna were able to secure all but a few of Illinois ' delegates for McKinley, giving the former Ohio governor a strong advantage going into the convention.

Despite winning the Heisman Trophy in his senior season, Flutie was not highly rated going into the 1985 NFL Draft because of his 5 ' 10 " height, which many considered too short for an NFL quarterback.

Despite not charting as high as Things Fall Apart, reaching a peak of No. 28 on the charts, Phrenology was commercially successful, eventually going gold, and earning a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album.

Despite going platinum and including the # 1 hit song " The Flame ", Petersson blamed Lap of Luxury for pigeonholing them into a sound that they were not comfortable with, which led to Busted and the end of their relationship with Epic.

Despite Buffalo's confidence going into the match, the Pros also held the All-Americans to scoreless tie.

Despite the added firepower, the Wings saw some improvement, going 8-8 in 2006 but missing the postseason on tiebreakers.

Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943, the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation's backlog of an estimated two million disabled.

Despite the 1994 cease-fire, sporadic violations, sniper-fire, and landmine incidents continue to claim over 100 lives each year.

Despite continuous wars or imperial expansion on the Empire's frontiers and one year-long civil war over the imperial succession, the Mediterranean world remained at peace for more than two centuries.

Despite these troubles Andronikos III secured the extension of Byzantine control over Thessaly in 1333 and Epirus in 1337, by taking advantage of succession crises in these principalities.

* 1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.

Despite being outscored over the season, the Diamondbacks posted the best record in the NL with 90 wins and 72 losses.

Despite problems over the previous acquisition of AC Cars, Hayes saw the potential of the brand and the discussion resulted in Ford taking a share holding in September 1987.

Despite the fact that four of his sons ( Aban, Abd al Rahman, Muhammad and Ahmad ) were alive at the time of his death, all of them were passed over for succession.

Despite reforms, weak control over privatization led many successful state enterprises to bankruptcy.

Despite their alliance, Greco-Bulgarian antagonism over the city and Macedonia in general did not abate.

Despite a cease-fire order from the army HQ, over 100 rounds were fired directly into the fleeing crowds by troops under the command of Major Ted Loden.

Despite the increasing evidence of a military build-up on Cuba, no U-2 flights were made over Cuba from September 5 until October 14.

Despite the criticism, viewers were immediately drawn to the serial, won over by Coronation Streets ' ordinary ' characters.

Despite the change to indirect fire, cannon proved highly effective during World War I, directly or indirectly causing over 75 % of casualties.

Despite its explicitly Christian nature, Clement's work draws on Stoic philosophy and pagan literature ; Homer alone is cited over sixty times in the work.

Despite the consensus of public health professionals regarding the benefits of vaccination, among chiropractors there are significant disagreements over the subject, which has led to negative impacts on both public vaccination and mainstream acceptance of chiropractic.

Despite his by now well established superstardom, Bowie, in the words of biographer Christopher Sandford, " for all his record sales ( over a million copies of Ziggy Stardust alone ), existed essentially on loose change.

Despite this particular mission, in winning the Albigensians over by persuasion Dominic met limited success, " for though in his ten years of preaching a large number of converts were made, it has to be said that the results were not such as had been hoped for.

Despite Bacon's advice to him, James and the Commons found themselves at odds over royal prerogatives and the king's embarrassing extravagance.

Despite those efforts, he failed to gain control over Hungary and Bohemia in the Bohemian War ( 1468-1478 ) and was even defeated in the Austrian-Hungarian War ( 1477-1488 ) by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485, who managed to maintain residence in Vienna until his death five years later ( see Siege of Vienna ( 1485 )).

Despite his plane being on fire, Bush completed his attack and released bombs over his target, scoring several damaging hits.

Despite its many faults, the wheellock was a significant improvement over the matchlock in terms of both convenience and safety, since it eliminated the need to keep a smoldering match in proximity to loose gunpowder.

Despite this remarkable achievement, the Gatling's weight and cumbersome artillery carriage hindered their ability to keep up with infantry forces over difficult ground, particularly in Cuba, where roads were often little more than jungle footpaths.

Despite having " lost " its Soviet periphery, Russia has 9 time zones, stretching slightly over half the world's longitude.

Despite the failure of this coup, the United States became concerned over Honduran instability.