Despite the initial success of Van Leeuwenhoek's relationship with the Royal Society, this relationship was soon severely strained.

Despite Van Halen's extraordinarily long lay-off between studio albums, " A Different Kind of Truth " sold 188, 000 copies during its first six days of release, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart.

Despite an average ticket price of approximately $ 150, Van Halen's " A Different Kind of Truth Tour " proved to be a commercial success as well, with nearly all U. S. arena shows " either sold-out, or close to it.

Despite the hardships, including the death of Father Van den Broek in 1851, the village prospered.

Despite knowing the correct film, Stempel gives the wrong answer, allowing Van Doren to get a question he previously answered while in Enright's offices ; he provides the winning response.

Despite scoring 39 points in regulation time and fouling out both Dampier and Keith Van Horn, Duncan only made one of seven field goal attempts in overtime against Mavericks reserve center DeSagana Diop, and the Spurs lost Game 7.

Despite the monetary success and publicity generated by the tour, Roth's future with Van Halen seemed uncertain.

Despite critical acclaim, Van Zandt remained a cult figure.

Despite falling behind the WWF and NWA as a major promotion throughout 1986 and 1987, Gagne still managed to find and / or develop legitimate young talent like Scott Hall, The Midnight Rockers ( Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty ), " Bull Power " Leon White ( later known as Big Van Vader ), The Nasty Boys ( Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags ), and Madusa Miceli during that timeframe.

Despite his arrogance and " betrayal " of ECW, over time Van Dam became applauded by fans recognizing his athleticism and unique maneuvers.

Despite being a heel, Van Dam was popular with the WWF fans, who were aware of his reputation in ECW.

Despite the best efforts of a host of monsters, as well as one traitorous figure who is dealt with by the trusted Merlin, Van Helsing performs the operation and removes Downe's fangs.

Despite the Manifesto, historians D. Michael Quinn, B. Carmon Hardy, and Richard S. Van Wagoner have asserted that Woodruff continued to secretly encourage, or at least allow, new plural marriages to be performed in Mexico, Canada, and upon the high seas.

Despite the " 0 " in its route number, U. S. 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route ; it has always ended at Van Horn, Texas.

Despite his defeat at Chaldiran, Ismail quickly recovered most of his kingdom, from east of the Lake Van to the shores of the Indian Ocean.

Despite this, Cole did manage to score 7 goals before leaving for Blackburn after falling behind to the formidable partnership of Van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer, forcing him into a " super sub " role.

Despite big intentions, the band only recorded two songs and played live a few times before dissolving when Hagar and Anthony rejoined Van Halen.

Despite the attention of huge clubs all around Europe, Van der Sar eventually opted to move to the English Premier League, joining newly promoted London club Fulham for a reported £ 7. 1 million.

Despite my opponents ' claims to the contrary, the first volume of The Fabrication of Aboriginal History was an exhaustive study of all the relevant evidence on the frontier of Van Diemen's Land.

Despite interruptions due to openings for passing shipping traffic ( the Delaware River is navigable as far as Van Sciver Lake near Bristol, Pennsylvania ), it serves as a lower-cost alternative to the six-lane, high-span Betsy Ross Bridge, which charges $ 5 for the westward crossing.

Despite the disappearance, Judge Charles Older ordered the trial to proceed and appointed a new attorney, Maxwell Keith, for Van Houten.

Despite Fournier ’ s considerable work Van Swieten ’ s liquid mercury is still the only known cure, although its results are doubtful and uncertain.

Despite Zorzi dealing with the fire with his on-board extinguisher, two fire marshals ran across the track and one, Jansen Van Vuuren, was struck and killed by the car of Zorzi's team-mate Tom Pryce, who was also killed.

Despite his bucolic lifestyle, Van Wart joined the volunteer militia when New York was a battlezone of the Revolution.

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

Despite his subsequent defeat by the Prussians, Russians and British allies, exile and death, no victorious power has reversed that decision or tried to remove Corsica from France.

Despite the outstanding victories, Germany was near defeat, which meant that Bulgaria would be left without its most powerful ally.

Despite the significant resources mobilized and self-sacrifice of the participants, a series of missteps by several successive unwilling or incompetent chief commanders appointed by the Polish government ultimately led to the defeat of the insurgents by the Russian army.

Despite this naval defeat, it was on the ground that this war would be won, Napoleon inflicted the Austrian and Russian Empires one of their greatest defeats at Austerlitz ( also known as the " Battle of the Three Emperors " on 2 December 1805 ), destroying the Third Coalition.

Despite the defeat, both sides withdrew, but Shawar remained in control with a crusader garrison in Cairo.

Despite the short-term defeat, the scandal was not a mortal wound to Macdonald, the Conservative Party, or the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Despite Romania ` s change of sides its role in the defeat of Nazi Germany was not recognized by the Paris Peace Conference of 1947.

Despite his army's smaller size, he was able to defeat the Solomonids at the battles of Serjan and Zikr Amhara and consequently pillaged the surrounding areas.

Despite the AFL's New York Jets winning the previous season's Super Bowl, many sports writers and fans thought it was a fluke and continued to believe that the NFL was still superior to the AFL, and thus fully expected the Vikings to defeat the Chiefs ; the Vikings entered the Super Bowl as 12. 5 to 13-point favorites.

Despite prolonged negotiations, King was unable to attract the Progressives into his government, but once Parliament opened, he relied on their support to defeat non-confidence motions from the Conservatives.

Despite defeat at nearby Somorrostro, Republic commander Marshal Francisco Serrano, supported by Generals Manuel de la Concha and Arsenio Martínez Campos, brilliantly breaks the siege and Concha then marches on Estella.

Despite the king's death, the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein's army.

Despite the defeat, the Silures continue to fight.

Despite several successful evasions of the blockade by the French navy, it failed to inflict a major defeat upon the British.

Despite a final victory against Napoleon, five of seven coalitions saw defeat at the hands of France.

Despite the defeat at Tours, the Umayyads remained in control of Narbonne and Septimania for another 27 years, though they could not expand further.

Despite Lancaster's defeat, however, discontent continued to grow.

Despite home rule under democratic principles Lycia was not a sovereign state and had not been since its defeat by the Carians.

Despite this alliance, Thrasamund failed to aid Theodoric when the Byzantine Navy ravaged the coast of southern Italy, preventing him from coming assist King Alaric of the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, which contributed to Alaric's defeat.

Despite his earlier association with the left-wing Aneurin Bevan, in 1955 he backed Hugh Gaitskell, who was considered the right-of-centre candidate in internal Labour Party terms, against Bevan for the party leadership He then launched an opportunistic but unsuccessful challenge to Gaitskell in November 1960, in the wake of the Labour Party's 1959 defeat, Gaitskell's controversial attempt to ditch Labour's commitment to nationalisation in the shape of the Party's Clause Four, and Gaitskell's defeat at the 1960 Party Conference over a motion supporting Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament.

Despite his high popularity among fans following these memorable wins, Hughton was sacked on 6 December 2010, following a 3 – 1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.

Despite his personal anger over this outcome, which was considered a personal defeat by Luns, the foreign minister nevertheless worked to restore relations with Indonesia in the aftermath of the West New Guinea problem.