* Lawrence A. Cunningham, Private Standards in Public Law ( Article on FASB's Policy of Copyrighting and Selling its Materials Despite Being Funded by Public Company Fees ), Michigan Law Review ( 2005 )

Despite a generally pro-Chinese view on behalf of the American delegation, Article 156 of the Treaty of Versailles transferred German concessions in Kiachow, China to Japan rather than returning sovereign authority to China.

Despite the opposition, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 608 of the California Streets and Highways Code still legally defines Route 380 as traveling from " Route 1 near Pacifica to Route 280 in San Bruno ", and the exit numbers assigned at I-280 go to five instead of one or zero.

Despite guarantees of religious freedom for Christians in Article 13 of the Iranian constitution, it remains an offence to sell a copy of the Bible in Iran, which is practically impossible anyway, since the offices of the Iranian Bible Society were closed in 1980 and all its stocks confiscated by the State authorities.

Disappointment with TNN / RVD -" The Whole F ' N Show "-( Main Article: ECW on TNN ) Despite the fact that ECW was TNN's highest rated program, it had nothing to do with TNN's help.

Despite sending Kerry Wood to the mound and holding a lead twice, the Cubs ultimately dropped Game 7, and failed to reach the World Series.

Despite this, The Godfather Part III went on to gather 7 Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture.

Despite their proximity to Qatar ( Suwād al Janūbīyah is only 1. 4 km from the Qatari mainland at the peninsula of Ras Abruq, while Rubud Al Gharbiyah, the island closest to the main island of Bahrain, lies at a distance of 19. 7 km to it ), the islands belong to Bahrain but were the subject of a dispute between Bahrain and Qatar.

Despite some insignificant resistance, especially at Durrës, Italy invaded Albania on 7 April 1939 and took control of the country, with the Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini proclaiming Italy's figurehead King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy as King of Albania.

Despite the formal disapproval of religious authority, the segregation of women in Muslim societies and the strong emphasis on male virility leads adolescent males and unmarried young men to seek sexual outlets with boys younger than themselves — in one study in Morocco, with boys in the age-range 7 to 13.

Despite the need to start back at the bottom of the naval hierarchy, Cook realised his career would advance more quickly in military service and entered the Navy at Wapping on 7 June 1755.

Despite these moves toward independence, economic realities seemed to work against secession from the Soviet Union In a referendum on the preservation of the USSR, in March 1991, 88. 7 % of the voters approved a proposal to remain part of the union as a " renewed federation.

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 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 lowering the Central Bank bills rate, the Central Bank has not changed liquidity indicators for banks or the reserve requirement since 2009, curbing credit growth to 7. 5 % in the first three quarters of 2011.

Despite the fact that the pace of privatization and industrial output has slowed, GDP growth was 7. 3 percent in 2004, consumption continues to grow, and the currency continues to appreciate.

Despite having several respectable seasons with Tarkenton at quarterback, including a 7 – 7 finish in 1967 and 9 – 5 in 1970, the Giants traded him back to the Vikings after a 4 – 10 finish in 1971.

Despite higher energy prices, oil and gas only contribute to 5. 7 % of Russia's GDP and the government predicts this will be 3. 7 % by 2011.

Despite Miami's superb offense, punter Reggie Roby still made the pro bowl, averaging 44. 7 yards per punt with a net gain average of 38. 7.

Despite their defensive flaws, the Dolphins ' powerful offense led the NFL in scoring ( 513 points ) and total yards gained ( 7, 064 ), and helped the team reach an AFC best 14-2 regular season record.

Despite the more favourable critical response, Cradle of Life suffered a disappointing opening weekend, as it debuted in fourth place with a take of $ 21. 7 million, a 55 % drop from the original's opening gross of $ 47. 7 million.

Despite these revelations, Nixon's campaign was never seriously jeopardized, and on November 7, the President was re-elected in one of the biggest landslides in American political history.

Despite its short atmospheric half life of 7 years, methane has a global warming potential of 62 over 20 years and 21 over 100 years ( IPCC, 1996 ; Berner and Berner, 1996 ; vanLoon and Duffy, 2000 ).

Despite these challenges Blake's 7 was very popular, with some episodes exceeding ten million viewers.

Despite winning Game 6 on the late-game heroics of Primeau and winger Simon Gagne, the Flyers came up short once again losing Game 7 in Tampa, 2 – 1.

Despite the off-ice difficulties, Pittsburgh finished with a 56 – 21 – 7 record-the franchise's best regular season ever-winning the franchise's first ( and, as of 2012, only ) Presidents ' Trophy.

Despite the American boycott, the Bern meeting went ahead as scheduled.

Despite the boycott, Kahane's popularity grew among the Israeli public, especially among working-class Sephardi Jews.

Despite the UNIP boycott, the elections took place peacefully, and five presidential and more than 600 parliamentary candidates from 11 parties participated.

Despite calls for a boycott by Gazan students, and a request to boycott from PACBI Atwood visited Israel and accepted the $ 1, 000, 000 Dan David Prize along with Indian author Amitav Ghosh at Tel Aviv University in May 2010.

Despite this, there was a high voter turnout in the national elections ; however, as provincial elections were held amidst low voter turnout and an opposition boycott, the PNA declared the newly elected Bhutto government as illegitimate.

Despite the UNIP boycott, the elections took place peacefully, and five presidential and more than 600 parliamentary candidates from 11 parties participated.

Despite some public sympathy for the plight of the pickets, the boycott of Wapping's news titles was not successful, and not a single day of production was lost throughout the year of the dispute's duration.

Despite fierce political opposition, police coercion, personal threats and their own sacrifices, the blacks of Montgomery held the boycott held.

Despite the popular success of the previous 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, the 1986 Games are remembered with considerable notoriety due to a large political boycott and financial mismanagement.

Despite a pay dispute leading to the DR Congo players threatening to boycott the match, which was only resolved shortly before the kickoff, he returned to the side for DR Congo's opening match of the tournament against Togo, assisting in one goal and scoring the other in a 2 – 0 win.

Despite the boycott and the resulting tiny Arab Sunni representation in the assembly, the major party leaders have assured the Arab Sunnis that they will have input into the new constitution.

Despite Pollock's international career being cut short at the age of 26 by the sporting boycott of South Africa, and all but one of his 23 Test matches being against England and Australia, the leading cricket nations of the day, he broke a number of records.

Despite the boycott by Luter and others, tolls continued for 20 more years.

Despite Canada's boycott of the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow, she dominated post Olympic competition in the summer 1980, winning several meets, and finishing 2nd in the 100 meters to Marlies Gohr, and 3rd in the 200 meters behind Barbel Wockel at the final stop in Zurich.

Despite being the prohibitive favorite to win the 110-meter hurdles in the 1980 Summer Olympics, he was unable to compete due to a 64-nation boycott of the Games, spearheaded by the United States.

Despite the official boycott, cricket tours of South Africa did continue.

Despite their commitment to their training regimen, their dreams are thwarted when the United States announces its boycott of the Games for political reasons, leaving them with only the informal " personal best " marks they achieved during training to connote their achievements.

Despite the boycott the sales of Peugeot in UK grew.