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.

( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

Despite heavy casualties the Prussians attempted to storm the great battery, whilst the Danes, under Count Scholten, attempted to drive the French infantry out of the copses beyond the village.

Despite the ambiguity of Locke's definition of property, which limited property to " as much land as a man tills, plants, improves, cultivates, and can use the product of ", this principle held great appeal to individuals possessed of great wealth.

Despite the limitations imposed on ancient Chinese concubines, history and literature have examples of concubines achieving great power and influence.

Despite his leanings toward Deism, Alexander has retained a respect for the Catholic Church, believing it to embody a great deal of accumulated human truth within its rituals.

Despite the disappointment, Hume later wrote, " Being naturally of a cheerful and sanguine temper, I soon recovered from the blow and prosecuted with great ardour my studies in the country ".

Despite his own great reputation as a military administrator, Hadrian's reign was marked by a general lack of major military conflicts, apart from the Second Roman-Jewish War.

Despite the great controversy that accompanied this switch, he remained one of the most popular politicians in West Germany.

Despite the bad financial situation, Athens staged the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, which proved a great success.

Despite a great deal of local opposition the town lost its rail service in 1969, when as part of the controversial Beeching Axe the ' Waverley Line ' from Carlisle to Edinburgh via Hawick was closed.

Despite his lack of political experience, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.

Despite its initial dismal commercial showing, " Forever Changes " has since gained recognition as one of the all-time great rock albums.

Despite the offseason losses and controversies, the Brewers fans still looked forward to the 2012 season with great optimism, as the Brewers, by the end of February, had sold over 1. 5 million tickets, the most before the month of March.

Despite the great number of geometric microliths that have been found in Western Europe, few examples show any clear evidence of their use, and all the examples are from the Mesolithic or Neolithic periods.

Despite his physicians ' predictions to the contrary, after great effort Baba managed to walk again, but from that point on he was in constant pain and was severely limited in his ability to move.

Despite a significant technological advantage, the Cetagandans are finally driven off at great cost after many years of occupation and guerrilla warfare, in large part due to the leadership of General Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Miles ' paternal grandfather.

The armistice was celebrated in Pyongyang with a military parade in which Kim declared " Despite their best efforts, the imperialist invaders were defeated with great loss in men and material.

Despite great initial excitement, the seed was found to be that of a European Juncaceae or Rush plant that had been glued into the fragment and camouflaged using coal dust.

Despite being a time of great attrition for the religion in England before Catholic Emancipation in the 19th century, the recusant period reaped an extensive harvest of saints and martyrs.

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 an initially poor reception, it became a great success, playing 400 times in the next two years.

Despite his great power and prestige, the Dagda is sometimes depicted as oafish and crude, even comical, wearing a short, rough tunic that barely covers his rump, dragging his great penis on the ground.

Despite the recent modest and stable growth, Djibouti is faced with many economic challenges, particularly job creation and poverty reduction.

Despite recent gains, 40 % of the population lives below the poverty line, more than double the rate five years ago.

Despite wide-ranging poverty, Haiti increased its mobile phone coverage rate from 6 % to 30 % in one year ( May 2006 to May 2007 ).

Despite this background ( or, perhaps, because of it ), poverty and oppression are the main subjects of Murenu's poetry.

Despite the growth achieved by the Peruvian economy, the poverty gap has widened between the upper and lower classes.

Despite the flourishing service, education, medicine, arts and high tech sectors, Pittsburgh still faces many problems, including poverty, crime and pollution.

Despite his career as a physician, Zoidberg is repeatedly identified as living in poverty, lonely and desperate for friendship and attention.

Despite the issues generally associated with developing countries, such as poverty, over-population and food security, there is surprisingly a growing concern for the environmental vitality of Manila Bay.

Despite his poverty, loneliness, and mental problems, he solidified his knowledge of English literature during this period and returned to Japan in 1903.

Despite their poverty, locals believed that the money infused by mining would not reach them.

Despite research showing almost no relation between growth and the achievement of the goals 2 to 7 and statistics showing that during periods of growth poverty levels in some cases have actually risen ( e. g. Uganda grew by 2. 5 % annually between 2000 – 2003, yet poverty levels rose by 3. 8 %), researchers at the ODI suggest growth is necessary, but that it must be equitable.

Despite the fact that he was held as one of Australia's greatest artists, Namatjira was living in poverty.

Despite their poverty, Zhu was sent to a classic private school in 1892.

Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and composer, his income and employment were unstable and he died in poverty.

Despite progress in women ’ s status in recent decades, the lives of millions of girls and women are still overshadowed by discrimination, disempowerment and poverty.

Despite his posthumous recognition, Xu was manifestly mentally ill and unsuccessful in life, ending his life in poverty after the murder of his third wife and several attempts at suicide.

Despite these macroeconomic advances, poverty and inequality remain at high levels in Latin America.

Despite concerns about supply and demand for paintings, the remoteness of many of the artists, and the poverty and health issues experienced in the communities, there are widespread estimates of an industry worth close to half a billion dollars ( Aus ) and growing rapidly.

Despite desperate poverty, Brown ’ s mother worked to provide for Elaine ’ s private schooling, music lessons, and nice clothing.

Despite this large amount of money and the $ 3, 000 a year stipend from Congress, Mrs. Lincoln had an irrational fear of poverty.

Despite these reservations, of which Flory is entirely unaware, she is willing to marry him to escape poverty, spinsterhood and the unwelcome advances of her perpetually inebriated uncle.

Despite still producing some of the most original works in Spanish of the twentieth century — the existential-surrealist novel El hombre perdido Lost Man ( 1947 ) and his extraordinary neo-baroque autobiography Automoribundia ( Automoribund ) — his life in exile was one of pathetic isolation and increasing poverty, neither of which were helped by the knowledge that he had left behind ( and in 1947 donated to the Spanish State ) the celebrated painting of the Pombo Tertulia by Gutiérrez-Solana ( now given pride of place in Madrid ’ s Reina Sofia Museum ) and the equally famous cubist portrait of him painted in 1915 by Diego Rivera ( which was lost without trace during the civil war but has apparently resurfaced to become the ‘ property ’ of a Mexican millionaire ).

Despite some poverty, overall it was a country of relatively well-off workers, small-scale producers, farmers, and a substantial middle class.