Despite the bitterness of the defeat for Lincoln, his articulation of the issues gave him a national political reputation.

Despite his ferocious reputation though, there are no verified accounts of his ever having murdered or harmed those he held captive.

Despite David's reputation, he was more fiercely criticized right after his death than at any point during his life.

Despite this reputation, during his career, he oversaw more performances honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor than any other director: James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ), Ronald Colman in A Double Life ( 1947 ), and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady ( 1964 ).

Despite these problems, the growing inflow of American silver from mid-16th century, the justified military reputation of the Spanish infantry and even the navy quickly recovering from its Armada disaster, made Spain the leading European power, a novel situation of which its citizens were only just becoming aware.

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 mixed reviews of the paintings he exhibited at the Salon, Millet's reputation and success grew through the 1860s.

Despite his reputation as a serious composer of large, complex musical structures, some of Brahms's most widely known and most commercially successful compositions during his life were small-scale works of popular intent aimed at the thriving contemporary market for domestic music-making ; indeed, during the 20th century, the influential American critic B. H. Haggin, rejecting more mainstream views, argued in his various guides to recorded music that Brahms was at his best in such works and much less successful in larger forms.

Despite not being on par with Uppsala University, it had still built a solid reputation and managed to attract prominent professors.

Despite Euripides ' reputation, Antipater is not the only writer to see appreciation of women in his writing.

Despite some rough times, Evans held the job for eight years, restoring Paramount's reputation for commercial success with The Odd Couple, Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown, and Rosemary's Baby.

Despite his reputation as a democrat, Chaves imposed a state of siege three weeks after he took office, using his emergency powers to attack the supporters of González and ex-President Felipe Molas López.

Despite his growing alcoholism and controversial reputation, Peckinpah was extremely prolific during this period of his life.

" Despite Szechuan cuisine's reputation as being spicy, only a small portion of the food is spicy.

Despite the slingshot's reputation as a tool of juvenile delinquents, the NSA reported that 80 % of slingshot sales were to men over 30 years old, many of them professionals.

Despite over 70 rehearsals between 1862 and 1864, Tristan und Isolde was unable to be staged in Vienna, winning the opera a reputation as unperformable.

" Despite this excellent reputation, D. W. T. C. Vessey has shown that William was certainly not an impartial observer, especially when dealing with the events of the 1170s and 1180s.

Despite his reputation for thrift, he gave her a splendid funeral: she lay in state in the Tower and was buried in Westminster Abbey, in the Lady Chapel Henry had built.

Despite his agency's later reputation for anti-labor activities, Pinkerton himself was heavily involved in pro-labor politics as a young man.

Despite the film's later reputation, some contemporary critics panned it.

Despite these improvements, however, the NHS retained a reputation of being a low-wage employer by the end of the First Wilson Government ’ s time in office.

Despite his successes and one-time popularity, Harold Wilson's reputation took a long time to recover from the low ebb reached immediately following his second premiership.

Despite the frequency of these military conflicts, the region developed a reputation for quality wine production in the early Middle Ages and was able to continue that reputation as the region's producers began making sparkling wine with the advent of the great Champagne houses in the 17th & 18th centuries.

Despite his reputation for corruption, he helped popularize a number of famous weapons and vehicles, such as the Maxim gun ( one of the first fully automatic machine guns ) and the first true submarine.

Despite efforts by Washington last week to play down the significance of the meeting, it clearly was going to be one of the crucial encounters of the cold war.

Despite Edward Heath claiming it was a ' hard, cold budget, without any glimmer of warmth ' Jenkins ' first budget broadly received a warm reception, with Harold Wilson remarking that ' it was widely acclaimed as a speech of surpassing quality and elegance ' and Barbara Castle that it ' took everyone's breath away '.

Despite a cold reception from her new partner Jeff Smax, Robyn quickly helps with investigating the scene of a homicide in the robot ghetto, Tin Town.

Despite a cold reception from the Spanish royal family, especially by Elisabeth of Parma, the stepmother of her husband, she married Louis of Spain on 20 January 1722 at Lerma.

Despite years of effort and the occasional hoax ( i. e. cold fusion ), no man-made fusion reaction has produced more energy than it consumed and been a viable source of electricity.

Despite having a heavy cold and almost losing his voice, he was recruited immediately for radio announcements and script writing at German radio's English service.

Despite the attempts of the boat men to push off again, the weight of people pushing onto the boat caused it to suddenly overturn, throwing many passengers into the cold water of the wharf.

He became restless, and it was deemed advisable to place him under the constant care of a nurse, Despite the precautions, Sir Barry caught cold through exposure, and congestion of the left lung set in.

Despite the balmy climate of their native California, cold ocean currents make local beaches inhospitable during the winter.

Despite its location just north of the Arctic Circle, Bodø features a subpolar oceanic climate, with chilly ( but not cold ) winters and cool summers.

Despite its reputation for extreme cold, Abashiri is not actually the coldest major town in Japan, being less cold in the winter than Obihiro and hotter in summer than Nemuro or Kushiro.

Despite it being located on Hokkaido, Muroran typically does not see the very cold winters that the majority of the island is known for.

Despite miserable weather ( cold & rainy ), the gate narrowly missed becoming the largest take for an outdoor wrestling show at that time.

Despite the home-field advantage, in the game nicknamed the " Transplant Bowl ," Miami, who found the cold much more to its liking, defeated the Gators 16 – 7.

Despite the glamour of the tsar's court, she had to struggle with cold winters, strange customs, limited funds, and poor health ; an infant daughter born in 1811 died the next year.

Despite the cold water the area is popular among snorkelers and SCUBA divers.

Despite Scotland's exceptionally cold winter in the early part of 2010, scientists discovered that after the prolonged freezing conditions, rather than reducing in number in the Scottish Highlands, the midge population had actually increased the following summer due to the cold weather reducing its natural predators, such as bats and birds.

Despite these limitations, the Mad Dogs, coached by Rodgers, drew fairly well during the early part of the season ( the CFL season runs from July-November so as to conclude its season before most Canadian cities become unbearably cold for players, coaches, officials, and especially spectators ).

Despite their unyielding devotion to Nanette they are fickle ; such as in the episode " Fairweather Friends " when Nanette was bedridden with a head cold, they found themselves without a leader and instantly latched onto Angela, who had the high-status job of organizing the school ’ s spring fling decorations.

Despite her character's enjoyment, Grey later described the water as " horrifically " cold, and she might not have gone into the lake, except that she was " young and hungry ".

Despite cold weather and heavy rain the race attracted a crowd of 50, 000 to Churchill Downs and the filly Nellie Flag was made favorite.

Despite the common use of magic in other professions, Archie has relatively little use for it, since so much of his work involves " cold iron ", which defies magic.

Despite the grave injuries suffered by some of the soldiers, they were still forced to walk under their own power and ride in the unsheltered boats in the cold.