Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60 % for the first time in history, 12 % down on 1997.

Despite this, by September 1960, following the four-way division of the country, there were four separate armed forces: Mobotu's ANC itself, numbering about 12, 000, the South Kasai Constabulary loyal to Albert Kalonji ( 3, 000 or less ), the Katanga Gendarmerie which were part of Moise Tshombe's regime ( totalling about 10, 000 ), and the Stanleyville dissident ANC loyal to Antoine Gizenga ( numbering about 8, 000 ).

Despite being marked as ' non-military items ,' the shipment comprised 1, 800 Benelli 12 gauge shotguns, 7, 500 semi-automatic Beretta Px4 Storm pistols, and 1, 900 cal 9xI9mm Beretta Cx4 Storm semi-automatic carbines.

Despite the numbers not being retired, no one has ever worn David Akers ' 2, Donovan McNabb's 5, or Randall Cunningham's 12 since those players have left the Eagles.

Despite the AFL's New York Jets winning the previous season's Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans thought it was a fluke and continued to believe that the NFL was still superior to the AFL, and thus fully expected the Vikings to defeat the Chiefs ; the Vikings entered the Super Bowl as 12. 5 to 13-point favorites.

Despite their common efforts, bilateral trade has been comparatively low, valued at US $ 12. 09 million in 2005 ; India's exports to Tajikistan were valued at US $ 6. 2 million and its imports at US $ 5. 89 million.

Despite the police surveillance, McCauley and his crew decide to go through with a bank holdup with an estimated $ 12 million payoff.

Despite concerns that Sullivan at nearly 12 years of age was too old to give much service as a treble before his voice broke, he was accepted and soon became a soloist and, by 1856, was promoted to " first boy ".

Despite several albums over the next three years he failed to repeat his earlier successes, with no singles managing to reach the Billboard Hot 100 except for 1982's " Change ," climbing into the Billboard R & B Top 20 (# 12 ).

Despite only recording 12 home runs, the Greys led the league with 137 stolen bases.

Despite investment in the team including Tore Andre Flo for a club record £ 12 million, European success beyond the Champions league group stages again proved elusive.

Despite painting 10, 000 works rated of ' national importance ' by the British Museum he had only £ 12 cash in his possession ( having never opened a bank account ), and owed £ 2 million to various creditors.

Despite his confidence, Missouri inched closer to leaving on October 21 when its Board of Curators authorized Chancellor Brady Deaton to move the school out of the Big 12 Conference if it would be in the school's best interest to do so.

" Despite the " outrageous " purchase price, and the ungenerous terms of the contract, the deal proved lucrative for Warner Bros., securing the studio $ 12 million in profits.

Despite his family's objections and the added pressure of raising a second daughter, France, born on 12 July, Brel left Brussels for Paris in the fall of 1953.

Despite being from the Atlantic Ocean, Matawan was the site of three shark attacks on July 12, 1916, in Matawan Creek, causing two deaths.

Despite the film dropping to number two in its second weekend, it grossed more in its second weekend, grossing $ 12, 471, 670.

Despite his parents ' attempt to give him a classical education, Seddon developed an interest in engineering, but was removed from school at age 12.

Despite some early success, the network struggled to shift its focus from the female 12 – 24 demographic to the broader 12 – 34 range.

Despite the need for rapid action to take full advantage of the German vulnerability, the 7th Armoured Division was slow to redeploy and spent the morning of 12 June attempting to advance on Tilly-sur-Seulles according to its original orders.

Despite this the marriage was a success, and on 12 August 1762, the Queen gave birth to her first child, the Prince of Wales, who would later become King George IV.

Despite the use of 9 poles and 12 guy ropes, such a tent could be pitched by an ( experienced ) family of four in some 10 to 15 minutes.

Despite Wagner's increasing prominence as one of several acclaimed self-publishers of the period — along with Jeff Smith ( Bone ), Colleen Doran ( A Distant Soil ), James Owen ( Starchild ), and Sim — the series stalled after issue # 12 in 1994.

Despite the LC's minimal video specs with a 12 " monitor, any LC that supports the card can be switched into 560x384 resolution for better compatibility with the IIe's 280x192 High-Resolution graphics ( essentially doubled ).

Despite sacrificing around 10, 000 of his men, Alaric received little recognition from the Emperor.

Despite the presence of more than 9, 000 UN forces ( UNOCI ) in Côte d ' Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations.

Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6, 000 injured.

Despite the recession of the late 1950s, the company sold $ 94, 000 worth of these modules during 1958 alone, turning a profit at the end of its first year.

Despite a per capita GDP ( PPP ) of more than US $ 30, 000 ( CIA Factbook $ 50, 200 < ref >

Despite a formal request to the AFL being denied, players wore yellow armbands for the match which resulted in the club being fined $ 20, 000.

Despite the presence of Portuguese troops, which grew to more than 35, 000, the PAIGC steadily expanded its influence until, by 1968, it controlled most of the country.

Despite these problems, the number of visitors arriving in Honduras rose from fewer than 200, 000 in 1987 to almost 250, 000 in 1989.

Despite his light letter-writing in youth, in later life his correspondence was so voluminous that it has been estimated that he may have written around 30, 000 letters to various correspondents, a figure which places him second only to Voltaire as an epistolarian.

Despite British efforts to curb immigration, during the 14 years of the Aliyah Bet, over 110, 000 Jews secretly entered Palestine.

Despite the current crisis, the Grand Duchy still welcomes over 900, 000 visitors a year who spend an average of 2. 5 nights in hotels, hostels or on camping sites.

Despite being modest in number ( perhaps 7, 000 units total as of 1988 ), Lisp machines commercially pioneered many now-commonplace technologies – including effective garbage collection, laser printing, windowing systems, computer mice, high-resolution bit-mapped graphics, computer graphic rendering, and networking innovations like CHAOSNet.

Despite border ( both territorial and nautical ) tensions and the forced migration of 270, 000 Rohingya Muslims from Buddhist Burma in 1978, relations with Bangladesh have generally been cordial, albeit tense at times.

Despite the revision, 1, 000 copies of the world maps had since been distributed, and the original suggestion took hold.

Despite having completely dropped out of the public eye for five years after the gold-selling Test for Echo ( which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 ) and the band being relegated almost solely to classic rock stations in the U. S., Vapor Trails reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in its first week of release in 2002 with 108, 000 albums sold.

Despite this apparent success the underlying problems remained unresolved and had already resulted in the death or serious injury of 30, 000 civilians.

The structure of the latter event is such that it … justifies a belief that intelligent design is the cause … Despite the fact that the probability of winning three consecutive 1-in-1, 000 games is exactly the same as the probability of winning one 1-in-1, 000, 000, 000 game, the former event … warrants an inference of intelligent design.