Despite this defeat, Kat retained her evil powers and remained under Rita's influence.

Despite this, Bulk and Skull were close to Lt. Stone and would be shown trying to perform police duties ( albeit incompetently ) and occasionally try to help people out: in " The Changing of the Zords Part 1 " they rushed to save children from drowning ( who weren't ), in " Follow That Cab " they tried to stop a thief who'd stolen Kimberly's car and did manage to apprehend him, in " Rita's Pita " they used their own money as donations to an elderly home to cover for their mistake, and they assisted in a housing project in " Another Brick in the Wall ".

Despite being stronger than Rita's putties, their main weakness is the " Z " on their chests, which caused them to disintegrate when hit.

Despite a chronic shortage of money, he succeeded in learning Greek by an intensive, day-and-night study of three years, continuously begging his friends to send him books and money for teachers in his letters.

Despite Elizabeth's government constantly begging her to marry in the early years of her reign, it was now persuading Elizabeth not to marry the French prince for his mother, Catherine de ' Medici, was suspected of ordering the St Bartholomew's Day massacre of tens of thousands of French Protestant Huguenots in 1572.

Despite begging for mercy, he was executed by Jack Ketch on 15 July 1685, on Tower Hill.

Despite begging for mercy, and claims of conversion to Roman Catholicism, he was executed by Jack Ketch on 15 July 1685, on Tower Hill.

Despite all the events and the begging of Ellen and the kids, Clark is more determined to get to Walley World.

" Despite recent exposure surrounding the issue of forced begging instated by marabouts, families continue to send their children to these Quranic schools due to both a sense of religious obligation and a lack of alternative educational opportunities.

Despite this, he wrote an encyclical pleading for international reconciliation, Pacem, Dei Munus Pulcherrimum There is a statue in Saint Peter's Basilica of the Pontiff absorbed in prayer, kneeling on a tomb which commemorates a fallen soldier of the war, which he described as a " useless massacre.

Despite pleading " no contest " to child molestation and possibly facing up to life in prison, Lewis managed to be let off with probation and a $ 500 fine.

Despite this, Alberta Liberal leader John R. Boyle sent a letter to his fellow Liberal, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King, pleading with him to delay any agreement until after the expected 1925 election so that the UFA could not claim success.

Despite Scott abandoning her, Maddie videotaped a message for him, pleading that he find their child.

Despite his frequent arrests for illegal gambling and bookmaking, Rosenthal was convicted only once, pleading no contest in 1963, for allegedly bribing New York University player Ray Paprocky to shave points for a college basketball game in North Carolina.

Despite this fact, however, he refused the offer of a place in the ministry of the former revolutionary and Bonapartist Talleyrand, pleading both a long absence from France and an ignorance of its conditions.

Despite Munceford's frantic pleading, Finlander does nothing to save his ship, perhaps because he recognises that there is no way of escaping.

Despite pleading for mercy and understanding from Ash Williams, Dazzler and the Scarlet Witch, Ash surprises Druid and blows his head off with his shotgun.

Despite an online petition from upset and angry fans pleading for them not to be axed, both characters left the show in July 2006.

" Despite continued pleading from the players and coaches to stop the practice, students continued the behavior.

Despite pleading guilty, Stanford claimed that what he had done was legal as " someone on the inside ... put in a redirect ".

Despite pleading to be brought back to Japan, Dembei was instead brought to St. Petersburg, where he told Peter the Great what he could about Japan ; he also began teaching the Japanese language to a few Russians, making him the father of Japanese language education in Russia.

Despite pleading with Terry and Lisa's father to return him, they refused.

Despite Mariani's pleading invitation to Verdi on 19 August 1869, Verdi replied on the same day indignantly that he would not attend.

Despite his injury problems in 1891, few doubted that Grace should captain England in Australia the following winter when he led Lord Sheffield's team to Australia in 1891 – 92.

Despite Gilbert's disclaimer, audiences, critics and even the Prime Minister identified Sir Joseph Porter with W. H. Smith ( a politician who had recently been appointed First Lord of the Admiralty despite having neither military nor nautical experience ).

Despite his personal clout, however, Walpole could not stop Lord Godolphin and the Whigs from pressing for the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell, a minister who preached anti-Whig sermons.

Despite growing issues with Great Britain, Lord Dunmore had been a popular governor in Virginia, even though he served only five years.

Despite endorsing future Lord Mayor John So in the 2001 mayoral elections, Kennett was quoted as saying " I think the city is ready for a change ".

Despite the appeal of a prominent Irish merchant, James Malo, to the Lord Mayor, Brackley Kennett, no additional protection was offered to the area.

Despite being endorsed by Tory Democrats Lord Randolph Churchill and John Eldon Gorst, the Liberal government was unwilling to grant Chamberlain its full support and the Bill was withdrawn in July 1884.

Despite these assertions, however, it is largely recognized and accepted by practitioners and researchers that leadership is important, and research supports the notion that leaders do contribute to key organizational outcomes ( Day & Lord, 1988 ; Kaiser, Hogan, & Craig, 2008 ).

Despite the bravery of the pilots ( Flight Lieutenant David Lord received the Victoria Cross posthumously ), the Airborne forces only recovered of supplies.

Despite Lord Hastings ' less-than-stellar opinion of Raffles before ( which had necessitated his trip to England to clear his name at the end of his tenure as Governor-General of Java ), the now well-connected and successful Raffles was able to secure the permission to set up a settlement where in Malaysian history the name Lion City was applied and was in a strategically advantageous position.

Despite Mrs Erlynne's honest attempts to persuade her to return home to her husband, Lady Windermere is convinced her appearance is part of some plot conceived by her and Lord Windermere.

Despite its invention by Wheatstone, it became known as the Playfair cipher after Lord Playfair, who heavily promoted its use.

Despite having written the single's b-side, Lord ( Wilkinson ) left the group soon after its release in October 1963 and was replaced by Nicky Crouch ( formerly of Faron's Flamingos ) ( born Nicholas Crouch, Aintree ).

Despite his earlier attitude, Lord Ashburton disapproved of Peel's free trade and opposed the Bank Charter Act of 1844.

Despite the cancellation of the plays in 1575, the parade continued ; in 1599, however, the Lord Mayor ordered that the parades be banned and the costumes destroyed.

Despite their generally negative depiction in the Bible, Lord Mayors of the City of London carry images of Gog and Magog ( depicted as giants ) in a traditional procession in the Lord Mayor's Show.

Despite the setback at Saratoga, and the entry of France, Spain and the Dutch Republic into the war North's government continued to gain strength until October 1781 when a British army under Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender to a combined Franco-American force at Yorktown.

Despite the smoothness of the succession and the warmth of his welcome, James survived two conspiracies in the first year of his reign, the Bye Plot and Main Plot, which led to the arrest, among others, of Lord Cobham and Sir Walter Raleigh.

Despite a warning from the judge, Erskine attacked Lord Sandwich calling him " the dark mover behind the scene of iniquity ".

Despite the opposition of Lord Gosford, the Doric Club was tolerated by General John Colborne, as were many other Loyal armed groups.

Despite being technically a dictator, Lord Vetinari does not exercise the despotic rule that characterised some of his predecessors.

Despite holding three differently named earldoms Lord Shrewsbury is always styled simply " The Earl of Shrewsbury ".

Despite the boast of Lord Moira to the British parliament on having increased the state coffers, the Gurkha War had in reality cost more than the combined cost of the campaigns against the Marathas and the Pindaris for which Lord Moira's administration is better known: Sicca Rs.