Despite the democratic constitution, the government under Chiang was a one-party state, consisting almost completely of mainlanders ; the " Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion " greatly enhanced executive powers, and the goal of retaking mainland China allowed the KMT to maintain a monopoly on power and the prohibition of opposition parties.

Despite public displays of goodwill towards the populace, privately Heydrich left no illusions as to his eventual goal: " This entire area will one day be definitely German, and the Czechs have nothing to expect here ".

Despite successes in neutrino astronomy and neutrino astrophysics, Kamiokande did not achieve its primary goal, the detection of proton decay.

Despite their great starting field position, Dallas was unable to score a touchdown and thus had to settle for kicker Mike Clark's 14-yard field goal to give them a 3 – 0 lead.

Despite their great defensive effort, the Giants still trailed 13-9 late in the fourth quarter, but a 30-yard run from linebacker Gary Reasons on a fake punt set up kicker Matt Bahr's fourth field goal, cutting their deficit to 13-12.

Despite insufficient rainfall in some areas, the Togolese Government has achieved its goal of self-sufficiency in food crops — maize, cassava, yams, sorghum, pearl millet, and groundnut.

" Despite copious quantities of waste, the DOE has stated a goal of cleaning all presently contaminated sites successfully by 2025.

Despite Gediminas ' chief goal to save Lithuania from destruction at the hands of the Germans, he still died as a pagan reigning over semi-pagan lands.

Despite their ideological differences, the three men shared a common goal: full independence for Singapore.

Despite his absence, the Pistons rallied from 15 down in the third quarter to win Game 4 90 – 89, on a field goal by Tayshaun Prince with just 8. 9 seconds to play, taking a 3 – 1 series lead.

Despite the expulsion, Athletic Bilbao took the title that year thanks to a goal by Copero Iriondo that made the score 3 – 2 in favor of Athletic Bilbao.

Despite differences in form, the common goal of rifling is to deliver the projectile accurately to the target.

Despite an otherwise commendable career, that play and Lett's later unnecessary attempt to recover a blocked field goal, which cost Dallas the next season's Thanksgiving Classic, have led to him being ill-remembered by football fans.

Despite retaining their strong fan base, Living Colour disbanded in January 1995, after failing to settle on a common musical goal during sessions for their fourth studio album.

Despite domestic club troubles, he continued to make progress at international level, scoring the winning goal for the England Under-21 side in a 3 – 2 win over Switzerland.

Despite achieving the goal of promotion, Thordarson was sacked by Gunnar Gíslason only days after the club won promotion.

Despite scoring 39 points in regulation time and fouling out both Dampier and Keith Van Horn, Duncan only made one of seven field goal attempts in overtime against Mavericks reserve center DeSagana Diop, and the Spurs lost Game 7.

Despite a period of three years in the wilderness, he always believed that he would return to the national team and, in September 2009 he was called-up to the squad for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Slovakia by interim manager Stefan Majewski: after being on the bench for the first match in Prague, which saw Poland's slim World Cup hopes shattered, Dudek won his 59th cap against the latter on 14 October, in Poland's final competitive game before Euro 2012: in a match which was played in heavy snow and in front of a near-empty Stadion Slaski in Chorzów, he was denied a clean sheet by a Seweryn Gancarczyk own goal, as Poland lost 0 – 1.

Despite the lack of enthusiasm among most Brazilians for adopting a republican form of government, on 15 November 1889, after a 58-year reign, the Emperor was overthrown in a sudden coup d ' état that had almost no support outside a clique of military leaders whose goal was the formation of a republic headed by a dictator.

Despite Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse failing to meet the $ 1 million ' stretch goal ', Revolution Software announced that the success of its crowdfunding campaign had inspired it to begin work on Beneath a Steel Sky 2.

Despite scoring three tries in the second test at Durban, the Springboks suffered from some woeful goal kicking and failed to land any penalties or conversions, whilst for the Lions Neil Jenkins once again kicked 5 penalties to level the scores at 15 – 15 before Jerry Guscott dropped a goal for an 18 – 15 lead for the Lions.

Despite Juventus taking the lead after 81 minutes, Shankly ordered his players to ensure the deficit was only one goal.

Despite the slump, Fowler rallied for the following campaign, and showed a marked improvement in the second half of the 2004 – 05 season, scoring his 150th Premiership goal in the 3 – 2 win over Norwich City on 28 February 2005.

Despite the Byzantines spending vast sums on the project, " a total replacement was far beyond available resources.

Despite the vast geographical distance and customary spheres separating individual singers, The Kalevala, as well as the folk poetry it is based on were always sung in the same metre.

Despite the political climate in which the band had lived, the vast majority ( though not all ) of the material the band released focused not upon the Northern Irish Troubles, but upon issues such as adolescence, teenage angst and heartbreak.

Despite the vast size of its coma, Halley's nucleus is relatively small: barely 15 kilometers long, 8 kilometers wide and perhaps 8 kilometers thick.

Despite its vast forests, Bolivia has only a minor timber industry.

Despite the use of petitions and public meetings that attracted vast popular support, the government thought the Union was more important than Irish public opinion.

Despite Syrian legislation that required money-changers to be licensed by the end of 2007, many money-changers in 2010 continued to operate illegally in Syria's vast black market, estimated to be as large as Syria's formal economy.

Despite the vast crime ring over which he presides, Moriarty is fiercely independent.

Despite the vast number of Green Lanterns, certain sectors of space apparently do not recognize the authority of the Corps, as alien superhero Icon claims that his status as a citizen of the interstellar civilization known as the Cooperative makes him immune to prosecution from Guardians or their agents.

Despite his vast intelligence, Giles is not what one would call technology-savvy and is, by his own admission, somewhat technophobic.

Despite Peter's pronunciations of divine protection, the vast majority of the pilgrims were slaughtered by the swords and arrows of the Turks, or were enslaved.

Despite his vast numeric superiority, Davout's mission was not easy, as the Austrians had a numerous cavalry and artillery available to support their infantry.

Despite Homotheriums vast range and the large amount of fossil remains from Eurasia, Africa and North America, complete skeletons of this cat are relatively rare.

Despite, or because of, its vast scale, the project was only ever partially successful – the Carte du Ciel component was never completed, and for almost half a century the Astrographic Catalogue part was largely ignored.

Despite the fact that commercial stations ( such as Sky Sports ) have acquired the vast majority of sports television broadcasting rights in the UK, the BBC remains dominant in radio sport with BBC Radio 5 Live and its local radio stations.

Despite setbacks in the south, overall the Qianlong Emperor's military expansion nearly doubled the area of the already vast empire, and brought into the fold many non-Han-Chinese peoples — such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Evenks and Mongols — who were potentially hostile.

Despite preparing vast amounts of audience research, programming proposals and an extremely comprehensive application document for the ITC, the TVS board – now minus its founder James Gatward – calculated that it needed to outbid all opposition in order to retain its licence.

Despite vast support in the media, the new constitution was defeated, 55 % to 45 %.

Despite all the success, Factory Records is losing vast amounts of money, both on The Haçienda and on recording its bands.

Despite the use of petitions and public meetings which attracted vast popular support, the government thought the Union was more important than Irish public opinion.

Despite its unprofitable swampy soil, Quadling Country is reported to be situated above vast deposits of rubies, and for this reason the Wizard sends his forces to clear the area for mining.

Despite the drain of members to the satellite churches, however, new recruits by the mother church – brought in through the vast cell network – have made up for the losses, and membership stood at 780, 000 in 2003.

Despite Russia's vast size, most of its thousands of miles of seacoast was frozen over most of the year, or access to the high seas was through straits controlled by other powers, particularly in the Baltic and Black Seas.

Despite officially favouring it, vast numbers of members opposed the establishment of an assembly, and this division caused the failure to reach the required 40 % of the electorate voting in favour of an assembly ( that itself was a quota only added to the Scotland Act by an amendment proposed by a Labour MP ).