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Despite this assertion, Lindh had multiple opportunities to announce his American citizenship.
" Despite this assertion, throughout his career, many of his songs have mentioned God (" Carry Us All ", " Gas Panic !," " The Hindu Times " and " Little by Little "), and all the tracks he had contributed to Dig Out Your Soul, as well as the other bandmates ' songs, have lyrics and references to God and other biblical terms.
Despite this evidence most scholars reject the Haigh and Stephens assertion that there is in fact such an inscription.
Despite Munro Ferguson's vigorous assertion of his rights as Governor-General, he could not in the long run halt the decline in the influence of the office.
Despite great interest by the War Office in the book's assertion that ' security is possible ', Wintringham's call to train 100, 000 men immediately was not implemented.
Despite the dramatic nature of this divine intervention, Faustus disregards the inscription with the assertion that he is already damned by his actions thus far and therefore left with no place to which he could flee.
Despite plaintiff's assertion of violation of his adaptation right, the 7th Circuit held that the adaptation right was not violated and that defendant's sale of the tiles was protected under the first sale doctrine.
Despite the lack of documentary evidence, and the lack of contemporary reference, other authors have repeated Bush's assertion that Alfred and Mabel married, including John van der Kiste and Bee Jordaan in Dearest Affie, and the assertion is repeated as fact in the official family history ( Das Haus von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha ).
Despite Photius ' own assertion that he sent a bishop to the land of Rus ' which became Christianized and friendly to Byzantium, most historians discard the idea of Askold's subsequent conversion as apocryphal.
Despite his assertion that " you can't teach a Sneetch ," the Sneetches learn from this experience that neither plain-belly nor star-belly Sneetches are superior, and they are able to get along and become friends.
Despite his assertion that " science was never strong point ," the island utilizes many aspects of modern technology, including its own self-sufficient solar power plant.
Despite founder Armand Petijean ’ s assertion that Lancôme never advertise, today Lancôme is one of the top advertisers in the luxury beauty arena.
Despite his initial fascination for and admiration of Mao, Li expresses his growing disgust and contempt for Mao beginning at this point due to the leader's hypocritical assertion that the population at large must adopt a sexually conservative lifestyle.
Despite his wide interests, he was a religious conservative who opposed all forms of political Radicalism as well as the assertion, popular at the time amongst Nonconformists in Wales, that " the voice of the people was the voice of God ".
Despite the traditional genealogical assertion of descent from the Lees of Shropshire, some evidence seems to point elsewhere.
Despite and political
Despite the bitterness of the defeat for Lincoln, his articulation of the issues gave him a national political reputation.
" Despite Gropius's protestations that as a war veteran and a patriot his work had no subversive political intent, the Berlin Bauhaus was pressured to close in April 1933.
Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.
Despite the progress in certain sectors, many social and political injustices continued.
Despite being a Methodist, he made reference to the Buddha in his diary, and encouraged the establishment of a Buddhist political party under Master Taixu.
Despite the political upheaval, the Egyptian population remained mainly Christian.
Despite his political experience, this was a remarkable choice.
Despite legally mandated universal suffrage for males, political barriers were sometimes erected to prevent fair access to elections ( See Civil Rights movement ).
Despite this legal status, the ELDR party has yet to achieve significant grassroots involvement and retains much of the character of a mere confederation of national political parties.
Despite the revivalists ' various political views and different opinions regarding the nature of authentic folk music, they all shared an understanding of Americanism that grounded the nation's identity in cultural pluralism and political democracy " By the end of the 1930s they along with the musicians and others had turned American folk music into a social movement.
Despite the motivation from coloring political maps of countries, the theorem is not of particular interest to mapmakers.
Despite the political situation, the economy of Albania grew at an estimated 5 % in 2007.
Despite the thousands of political cartoons and hundreds of illustrative works attributed to him, a measurable amount of Tenniel ’ s fame comes specifically from his work as the illustrator of Alice.
Despite his lack of political experience, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.
Despite efforts and considerations of expanding his political domain, Kemp never held a fundraiser outside of his suburban Western New York district until well into his eighth term in Congress.
Despite a platform covering the full range of political subjects, Kemp's primary campaign weapon was a fiscal policy based on tax cuts.
Despite political corruption and regional instability, Kyrgyzstan is ranked 44th on the Ease of doing Business Index.
Despite his outspokenness, Prince Konoe was destined to achieve the very heights of political life in Japan.
Despite this, unions were formed and began to acquire political power, eventually resulting in a body of labour law that not only legalized organizing efforts, but codified the relationship between employers and those employees organized into unions.
Despite its relative political weakness in this period, Borno's court and mosques under the patronage of a line of scholarly kings earned fame as centers of Islamic culture and learning.
Despite 1983 constitutional amendments, which appeared to proscribe a political role for the military, the Panama Defense Forces ( PDF ), as they were then known, continued to dominate Panamanian political life behind a facade of civilian government.
Despite Macdonald's claims that he was innocent, evidence came to light showing receipts of money from Allan to Macdonald and some of his political colleagues.
Despite being at the apex of executive government in the country, the office is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia specifically and exists through an unwritten political convention.
Despite and neutrality
Despite his attempts at neutrality, George William was forced by Gustavus Adolphus to join the Protestant forces in 1631.
Despite his aping of Fascism, and the strong economic ties with resurgent Nazi Germany, Metaxas followed a policy of neutrality, given Greece's traditionally strong ties to Britain, reinforced by King George II's personal anglophilia.
Despite this declared neutrality, Greece became a target for Mussolini's expansionist policies.
Despite initially holding an ambiguous neutrality, Clement was later forced to name Charles, Archduke of Austria, as King of Spain, since the imperial army had conquered much of northern Italy and was threatening Rome itself ( January 1709 ).
Despite such associations and contrary to stated Social Democratic Party policy, Sweden had in fact secretly maintained extensive military co-operation with NATO over a long period, and was even under the protection of a US military security guarantee ( see Swedish neutrality during the Cold War ).
Despite their neutrality, the Norwegian government went to considerable lengths to accommodate Britain, on account of both British pressure and an anti-German sentiment.
Despite the Royalist loss, Hale's reputation for integrity and his political neutrality saved him from any repercussions, and under the Commonwealth of England he was made Chairman of the Hale Commission, which investigated law reform.
Despite the fact that Hergé was in favor of the neutrality of Belgium, King Ottokar's Sceptre ( 1938 – 1939 ) could be read as anti-Nazi: Müsstler ( a possible contraction of Mussolini and Hitler ) is the leader of a conspiracy that seeks to merge the kingdom of Syldavia with its old enemy Borduria.
Despite his declared neutrality, Te Rauparaha was arrested after the British captured secret letters from Te Rauparaha which showed he was playing a double game.
Despite its policy of neutrality, Ireland has supplied the NATO-led ISAF mission in the 2001 – present Afghanistan War with a running total of 120 Irish troops as trainers.
Despite the British naval blockade of Nazi Germany and the official proposed intentions from the Swedish government to maintain political neutrality, Sweden exported iron ore to supply Nazi Germany's war industry via the Norwegian port of Narvik.
Despite having an old alliance with Britain dating back to the Treaty of Windsor in 1386 ( the oldest alliance in the world, which is still in force ), Portugal did not initially form part of the system of alliances involved in World War I and thus initially kept its neutrality.
Despite Magoffin's strict adherence to the policy of neutrality, the Unionist legislature did not trust him and routinely overrode his vetoes.
Despite statements from several NSB Directors General on the political neutrality of the organization, some controversial events have still occurred.
Despite this, the Emir Habibullah Khan judged Afghanistan too poor and weak to realistically take part in the war, and declared Afghanistan's neutrality, to the frustration of Nasrullah and the Young Afghans.
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