Despite the US State Department's opposition, the WJC obtained permission from the US Treasury Department, headed by Henry Morgenthau, to transmit funds to Europe for the rescue and assistance of persecuted Jews.

Despite these concerns, Secretary of Treasury Geithner and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gensler are not in favor of an outright ban on naked credit default swaps.

Despite the Treasury refusing to help by extending the coal and wine dues which paid for the Board, it went ahead with the plans, but saw its Private Bill rejected by the House of Commons.

Despite speculation following the 2005 general election that he would return as a member of the Government, he did not do so, although in the post-election reshuffle there were reports that he was offered – and accepted – the cabinet post of Chief Secretary to the Treasury, before being told that the post had been assigned instead to Des Browne.

Despite its foundation resulting from a recommendation in a report on Film and National Life, at that time the institute was a private company, though it has received public money throughout its history-from the Privy Council and Treasury until 1965 and the various culture departments since then.

Despite the pleas of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln ordered Hunter to disband the black 1st South Carolina Regiment and to retract his proclamation.

Despite the facility's years of faithful service, in 1909 Treasury officials halted minting activity in New Orleans by simply refusing to appropriate funds for its operation.

Despite being defended by Salmon P. Chase, future Secretary of Treasury for Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice of the United States from 1864-1873, Van Zandt was ruled against by the court.

Despite attempts at reorganization of the Air Board, the earlier problems failed to be completely resolved.

Despite a possible conflict of interests, Maskelyne being an advocate of the lunar distance method of determining longitude, the Board of Longitude sent him to Barbados in 1763 to calculate the longitude of the capital, Bridgetown by observation of Jupiter's satellites, and also to test his lunar distance method and compare its accuracy to John Harrison's chronometer, the No. 4 timekeeper.

Despite an absence of formal guidelines from the American Board of Dermatology, many cosmetic fellowships are offered in both surgery and laser medicine.

Despite his confidence, Missouri inched closer to leaving on October 21 when its Board of Curators authorized Chancellor Brady Deaton to move the school out of the Big 12 Conference if it would be in the school's best interest to do so.

Despite being under a home rule charter since 1977, it continues to operate under a Board of Commissioners divided into wards, as do " First Class " townships that are still under the Pennsylvania Township Code.

Despite its growing reputation, the college was the focus of pressure by the Charity Commissioners and other parties ( including the Board of Governors and the outlying parishes named in Edward Alleyn's will ) to reorganise it and divert much of its endowment to other schemes.

Despite Williams ' innovations and his defense of education for the masses, the State Board of Education saw Williams ' curriculum as elitist.

Despite these mistakes and widespread objections from both faculty and students, the Board of Trustees of Kean University voted 7-4 ( with one abstention ) to retain Dr. Farahi as President of the University.

Despite evidence to the contrary, Mrs. Eddy saw much spiritual promise in the shy young man who couldn't find the courage to so much as get up and give a testimony at the Wednesday evening meetings until after he had been appointed to the Christian Science Board of Lectureship.

Despite this initial breakthrough, however, full desegregation of the schools was a far cry from reality in Nashville in the mid 1950s, and thus 22 plaintiffs, including black student Robert Kelley, filed suit against the Nashville Board of Education in 1955.

Despite his accomplishments, Edwards resigned in spring 1882 because of conflicts with the State Board of Agriculture, a young faculty member, and with students.

Despite earlier denials towards fans and stakeholders by management and the Board of Chairmen, it appeared at the end of season 2009-2010 that NAC ’ s financial position wasn ’ t stable.

Despite fundraising efforts, in May 2012, the college's Board of Trustees announced that they had voted to close the college.

Despite the decision made by Chancellor Seitz and upheld by the Delaware Supreme Court, the two schools of Hockessin Elementary and Claymont High School would not have integrated in 1952 because the State Board of Education did not give these schools an official mandate to do so.

Despite attending only one year, he became an extremely active Harvard alumnus, joining ( and, at times, leading ) Harvard Clubs in several cities both in the U. S. and participating for several years in the Board of Overseers even though it necessitated several transcontinental trips each year to attend meetings.

Despite considerable protest, the proposal advanced to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.

Despite the County's diverse population, the Board had lacked any Latino representation until 1991.

Despite his lack of experience in tank design or warfare, Robotham was made Chief Engineer of Tank Design and joined the Tank Board.

Despite this merger, the College of Physicians and Surgeons retained its independence from Columbia and it was only in 1860 that the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at that time occupying buildings across West Fifty-ninth Street from the Roosevelt Hospital ( its major teaching hospital at the time ), after severing its ties to the New York Board of Regents and through agreement between the trustees of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Columbia, became the official medical school of Columbia University.

Despite that World Cup not taking place, the Rugby League International Federation repeated the offer for the 2000 World Cup when it replaced the Super League International Board following the end of the dispute.

Despite attempts to change, private housing remained contractor-dominated but in 1995 the Board announced a radical solution: Wimpey was to transfer its construction and minerals divisions to Tarmac in return for the latter's housing division ( largely McLean Homes ).

Despite the downturn in his limited overs fortunes towards the end of the season, Kartik's form was enough to earn him selection in the Indian Board President's XI for the tour match against the visiting South Africans before the Tests.

Despite his difficult past, Lipsett excelled as a student at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, where his mentor, Arthur Lismer, recommended him to the National Film Board of Canada ( NFB ).

Despite display rules and guidances, accidents have continued to happen.

Despite these stereotypes, however, there are actually quite strict rules governing tackling.

Despite its editorial issues, the 3rd edition rules were well-received enough to win the 1986 / 1987 Gamer's Choice Award for " Best Science-Fiction Roleplaying Game " ( Rabe 1987 ).

Despite the facade of a mutant paradise, Nightcrawler, who intends on becoming a Genoshan resident, soon learns that Magneto is an oppressive ruler who unfairly incarcerates Genosha mutants who do not abide by his rules.

Despite Australian rules football's huge popularity in the state of Tasmania, the state does not have a team in the Australian Football League.

Despite the game's small size and admittedly joking nature, there are more than 30 fan-authored websites devoted to Risus, some including several rules variants, simple worldbooks, and wholly rewritten adaptations of the game.

Despite unconditional blackout rules in the NFL that normally would have prohibited the live telecast from being shown locally, the NFL allowed the game to be telecast in the Los Angeles area on an experimental basis when all tickets for the game were sold.

" Despite the artistic expressions used in these types of friendship books, the basic rules of passing the friendship book to person to person is the same.

Despite appearances, however, there are no rules to the game, and both the naming of stations and the specification of " rules " are based on stream-of-consciousness association and improvisation.

Despite being told that it was against the rules, Ender sacrifices most of his fighters fleet to launch a Molecular Disruption Device at the planet, destroying the planet and the entire Formic fleet.

Despite making many attempts over a ten hour session, none of the subjects worked out the rules of the system.

Despite regulations or rules that deny access to animals in restaurants and other public places, in many countries, guide dogs and other types of assistance dogs are protected by law, and therefore may accompany their handlers most places that are open to the public.

Despite its complicated rules, hazard was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and was often played for money.

Despite the apparent effort, the rules and regulations of the LAC were not fairly implemented.

Despite being a giveaway, Billboard chart rules at that time allowed the single itself to chart, and it peaked at # 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in March 1978.

( 1 ) Despite the rules of common law, a person described in subsection ( 2 ) who voluntarily and without reasonable expectation of compensation or reward provides the services described in that subsection is not liable for damages that result from the person's negligence in acting or failing to act while providing the services, unless it is established that the damages were caused by the gross negligence of the person.

Despite the interest and realism of the system, which makes a case demonic invocations no Mage can not afford to treat lightly, this part of the system has not been well integrated with the rules of magic and is confined to the end of the rules, and also the mixture of styles, the Judeo-Christian demonology adjacent to the Thousand and One Nights, all sprinkled with a touch of mythology came from the writings of Tolkien.

Despite Moynihan's warnings, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children ( AFDC ) program included rules for payments only if the " Man out of the house.

Despite the central claim of legal positivism that legal validity depends on sources, legal positivism does not claim that the laws so identified should be followed or obeyed or that there is value in having clear, identifiable rules ( although some positivists may also make these claims ).

Despite there not being much change in the basic definition, 49 new metropolitan areas were formed as a result of the new rules for them.

Despite knowing that Bird had a year of college eligibility remaining, he drafted Bird in the 1978 NBA Draft and waited for a year until the future Hall-of-Fame forward Bird finally arrived, finally setting aside his team salary rules when it became clear that he would have to either pay Bird a huge rookie salary or watch him simply re-enter the 1980 draft.

Despite acknowledging that Bart may be too young for emancipation, she rules in his favor and declared him legally emancipated.

Despite such activities being permitted under parliamentary rules, the MPs in question have received criticism from some sections of the media for what is perceived to be a lack of participation in the parliamentary proceedings while they are using the social networking tools.