Despite this promise, and against protest and revolts from the nobility, Wang Mang claimed that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of his own: the Xin Dynasty ( 9 – 23 CE ).

Despite the unified ticket and a poll predicting him winning, Wang lost to Su Tseng-chang.

Despite the usual cramped conditions, because of his high profile case, Wang was given his own cell.

Despite pointing out failures, Wang feels the protests had an impact on the mentality of many Chinese people, arguing the hunger strike was necessary as it allowed greater attention on the movement.

Despite his uncorrupt behavior in the 1950s, and his strong support for Chinese economic reform, Wang Zhen was not popular among Chinese people after 1979 due to his political hard line conservatism.

* Despite protest from Court Conselor Wang Lian, Zhuge Liang leaves to lead five hundred thousand soldiers against the southern forces.

Despite the near-coup by Consort Fu and Prince Kang, however, Empress Wang and Emperor Cheng did not bear grudges, and, against the advice of officials who were concerned that Prince Kang would become the subject of conspiracies, Emperor Cheng often summoned Prince Kang to the capital Chang ' an for extended visits.

Despite her active participation in urging social change and working as a caseworker, Hall's mother says Camilla became dissatisfied with her work.

Despite their practice of blending with dominant groups in order to avoid persecution and because the Druze religion doesn't endorse separatist sentiments, urging the Druze to blend with the communities they reside in, nevertheless the Druze have had a history of brave resistance to occupying powers, and they have at times enjoyed more freedom than most other groups living in the Levant.

Despite his character's prominence, Kelley's contract granted him only a " featuring " credit ; it was not until the second season that he was given " starring " credit, at the urging of producer Robert Justman.

Despite the urging of his supporters, Miller never personally set an exact date for the expected Second Advent.

Despite the urging of Clinton and others, Howe decided against an immediate assault on these fortifications, claiming " the Troops had for that day done handsomely enough.

Despite the urging of his supporters, Miller never personally announced an exact date for the expected Second Advent.

Despite the urging of his supporters, Miller never personally set an exact date for the expected Second Advent.

" Despite a resolution by the King ’ s Council urging an apology, Olasky did not apologize to Hauerwas for his remarks.

Despite the urging of Banshee, Thunderbird refused to get off the plane, stating that he would show that he was a true Apache warrior, and started hammering at it with his bare fists.

Despite urging from military commanders, Pugachov refused to be treated in a military infirmary or return to the front.

Despite his son's urging, Joseph Openshaw refuses to call the police.

Despite the high number of CFA violations committed by the LTTE, the SLMM routinely issue statements urging " both parties " ( meaning the LTTE and the Government ) to observe the CFA.

Despite the urging of fans, no official story elements has been produced since then.

Despite his continued involvement with Kunke, at the urging of his family he was reluctantly engaged to Reiss on 13 February 1911 and married her on 23 January 1912 ; his younger brother Hugo and Herwarth Walden served as best men.

Despite Mussolini urging Graziani to continue, the Italians dug in around Sidi Barrani and established several fortified camps ( represented on the adjacent map as small red circles ).

Despite this, Governor Sebelius wrote a letter to the president strongly urging the appointment of her Republican predecessor.

Despite continued urging from family, doctors, and her best friend, Marilyn is still adamant about refusing the operation.

Despite her urging Joey refuses to run away, and this causes him and Eadie to split up.

Despite the strong urging of his senior campaign staff, Vinick chose not to contest the results and conceded the election.

Despite Byron's initial hesitation at having the first two cantos of the poem published because he felt it revealed too much of himself, it was published, at the urging of friends, by John Murray in 1812, and brought both the poem and its author to immediate and unexpected public attention.

Despite the urging of Fulk of Rheims on his behalf, Lambert found himself abandoned by the pope, who feared the increased power of the Spoletan house.

Despite Barbara and Marge urging their husbands to stop, the confrontation continues.

Despite his apparent financial security, his parents seem to think he needs money, offering to pay for everything when they visit him ( even if they have no money, as seen in " The Watch ") and occasionally urging him to find a new job.

Despite the urging of many, she never penned her memoirs, referring to herself as " the nonwriting Van Doren ".

Despite Woodruff's continuing refusal to debate with Pike through the columns of his newspaper, Pike did not let up his attack for a moment.

Despite the many avenues for the exchange of ideas between faculty and administration, complaints of a lack of communication persist.

Despite the opposition of the city newspapers, the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience, composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery, of many of our colored citizens, and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering ''.

'' Despite Company threats, duly carried through, to cut off supplies of powder, ball, and thread for fishing nets, about 350 persons stayed in the village.

Despite this prohibiton, by 1844 some of the Fort Garry merchants were trading with the Indians for furs.

Despite Giffen's warning, Palfrey still had plans for freeing his slaves in Louisiana.

Despite his personal distaste for obesity ( `` disgusting '' ), Dr. Keys has only an incidental interest in how much Americans eat.

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

Despite his inelegant appearance — many in the audience thought him awkward and even ugly — Lincoln demonstrated an intellectual leadership that brought him into the front ranks of the party and into contention for the Republican presidential nomination.

Despite this, the eggs are laid singly, a behaviour not conducive for external fertilisation.

Despite the large number of species in order Asterales, they do not compare in economic benefit for mankind to the Poales or to the Fabaceae.

Despite these facts, most mathematicians accept the axiom of choice as a valid principle for proving new results in mathematics.

Despite continuous wars or imperial expansion on the Empire's frontiers and one year-long civil war over the imperial succession, the Mediterranean world remained at peace for more than two centuries.

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Despite his initial reluctance, Johnson agreed to run for re-election for governor in 1855, and became the nominee at the party convention.

Despite the legend of his divorce and remarriage, Amram was also held to have been entirely sinless throughout his life, and was rewarded for this by his corpse remaining without any signs of decay.

Despite his love and efforts towards international peace, Carnegie faced many dilemmas on his quest for world peace.

* Despite its heritage, Applesoft lacked commands common to most other Microsoft BASIC interpreters, such as INSTR ( which searched for a substring in a given string ; this had to be done manually with loops and the MID $ function ), PRINT USING ( which formatted numbers with commas and currency signs according to a format string ), and INKEY $ ( which checked for a keypress without stopping the program as Applesoft's GET command — analogous to the INPUT $ function — did, although a PEEK location did provide this functionality ).

Despite the fact that four of his sons ( Aban, Abd al Rahman, Muhammad and Ahmad ) were alive at the time of his death, all of them were passed over for succession.

Despite trailing the Nintendo Entertainment System in terms of number of units sold, the 7800 was a profitable enterprise for Atari Corp., benefiting largely from Atari ’ s name and the system's 2600 compatibility.

Despite having the capability to support sound chips in cartridges, almost no 7800 cartridges feature POKEY hardware for enhanced sound.

Despite a brief spell at a traditional preparatory school at the age of seven for one year, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá received no formal education.