Despite repeated demands from visiting Soviet emissaries, Feltrinelli refused to cancel or delay publication.

Despite repeated dynastic change in China, the title of Duke Yansheng was bestowed upon successive generations of descendants until it was abolished by the Nationalist Government in 1935.

Despite there being alternative routes across the canal nearby, General Lowe ordered repeated frontal assaults on the Mount Street position.

Despite his support for SBS, the Fraser government imposed stringent budget cuts on the national broadcaster, the ABC, which came under repeated attack from the Coalition for its supposed left-wing bias and for allegedly " unfair " or critical coverage on TV programs including This Day Tonight and Four Corners, and on the ABC's new youth-oriented radio station Double Jay ( 2JJ ).

Despite repeated attempts by family members and others to have it expunged, his conviction has never been overturned.

Despite repeated citations for recusancy and swingeing fines, he died a rich man, having rooms at the time of his death at the London home of the Earl of Worcester.

Despite the destruction wrought on the countryside, the city castle held out in spite of repeated attempts over twelve days to take it, and the Turks left the island unsuccessfully because of poor logistics and an epidemic that decimated their ranks.

Despite repeated assaults and heavy fighting, the Turks were unable to breach the defences and were forced to raise the siege after 22 days.

Despite repeated stated intentions by the world's leaders to end hunger and famine, famine remains a chronic threat in much of Africa and Asia.

Despite the Moon's rotational and orbital periods being exactly locked, about 59 % of the Moon's total surface may be seen with repeated observations from Earth due to the phenomena of librations and parallax.

Despite the repeated overexposure of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and its switch to syndication, ABC continued to find some success in dramas such as The Practice ( which gave birth to a successful spinoff, Boston Legal, in 2004 ), Alias, and Once and Again.

Despite the repeated French claims, the French government let the matter subside.

Despite the limited land mass, there has also been a tendency for place names to be repeated ; there are, for instance, two islands named " Long Island ", three bays known as " Long Bay " and the town of St. George is located within the parish of St. George on the island of St. George ( each known as St. George's ), whereas Bermuda's capital, the City of Hamilton, lies in Pembroke Parish, not Hamilton Parish, on the largest island, " Main Island ", which itself is sometimes called " Bermuda " ( or " Great Bermuda ").

Despite her straggly appearance and repeated failures to get a break, she understands that the music business is a business, and when her opportunity comes, she is ready.

Despite his repeated snubbing of the Academy, Scott was again nominated for Best Actor for the latter role.

Despite Toledo's repeated call for regional arms reductions, Chile continued purchasing arms, including 10 F-16 fighters from the U. S. and one hundred Leopard 2 tanks from Germany.

Despite repeated Dutch attacks and the loss of two masts, one in its fall crushing Harman's leg, the fire was put out and the Henry escaped, with its last shot shooting Evertsen in two.

) Despite the beauty of the planet, the EEC team were puzzled by a repeated random pattern of circles of bare dirt, which they observed across the whole globe.

Despite repeated refusals to meet from CEO Susan Ivey, FLOC continues the campaign against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Despite power consumption issues, and repeated predictions of its end, Moore's law is still in effect.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo commented: " Despite repeated denials, we now know that Premier itself cannot demonstrate the circumstances that led to the death of the individuals.

Despite repeated denials made in the popular press and on his website, Fenech pleaded guilty to his role in the theft of 3 gold watches worth a total of $ 327 from a Gold Coast, Queensland boutique store.

Despite repeated operations, however, a bullet remained lodged in his spine and could not be removed due to its location near the spinal cord.

Despite repeated and extensive searches of the area nothing was ever found.

Despite numerical superiority, the English colonists suffered repeated defeats as New France effectively organised its French troops, New France militia and Indian allies ( notably the Algonquins and Abenakis ), to attack frontier settlements.

Despite Frankish advances in the years that followed, Alaric was not afraid to take the military initiative when it presented itself.

Despite advances in the protection offered by ballistic armour against projectiles, as the name implies, modern ballistic body armour is much less impervious to stabbing weapons unless they are augmented with anti-knife / anti-stab armour ( usually a form of mail ).

Despite these advances in Cognitive psychology, there is still much to be discovered in terms of the operating mechanisms of declarative memory.

Despite advances in the Fortran language, preprocessors continue to be used for conditional compilation and macro substitution.

Despite these advances, China's telecommunications infrastructure has not been able to keep up with demand and has not spread to the relatively poorer regions.

Despite the advances in materials and the maturation of manufacturing processes, the United States market had not grown as quickly.

Despite significant strategic advances into Federation space, they were eventually driven back to their own borders, and suffered a devastating wartime catastrophe on Remus.

Despite armored support from the 10th Tank Battalion, daily advances were less than.

Despite advances of computer technology, all current IBM PC compatibles remain very much compatible with the original IBM PC computers, although most of the components implement the compatibility in special backward compatibility modes used only during a system boot.

Despite all these advances, there are some people who think the Taelons are not as benevolent as they seem.

Despite its advances, it was never used as widely as Algol proper.

Despite these many advances, almost all watches with digital displays are used as timekeeping watches.

Despite technological advances, such as improved varieties, genetically modified organisms, and irrigation systems, weather is still a key factor in agricultural productivity, as well as soil properties and natural communities.

Despite a setback in which Shooter arrives drunk to a game and ends up in a hospital, the team advances through tournament play, with contributions from unsung players, such as the pint-sized Ollie and devoutly religious Strap.

Despite learning that she is engaged, he begins making advances, finally confessing he does not work there, whereupon she hastily departs.

Despite the availability of effective treatment and advances in medical care, approximately three to five percent of patients who become ill with Rocky Mountain spotted fever die from the infection.

Despite the advances in trailer home technology, the trailer park image survives, as evoked by a statement from Presidential adviser James Carville who, in the course of one of the Bill Clinton White House political scandals, suggested " Drag $ 100 bills through trailer parks, there's no telling what you'll find "," in reference to Paula Jones.

Despite these advances, the Byzantine army, often unable to afford newer equipment en masse, was left ill-equipped and forced to rely on its increasingly archaic military technology.

Despite great advances mechanically and in computer control, the basic operation of the combine harvester has remained unchanged almost since it was invented.

Despite the economic and technological advances, there are setbacks.

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

Despite the advances made by Title IX, there was no place for women surfers to compete.

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 being thorough and wide-ranging, the Estatuto was quickly overwhelmed by technological advances in agriculture.