Despite a commendation from Wayne, these circumstances prompted him to resign his general command in March 1778, and return to Valley Forge.

Despite plans to expand the chain to a potential ten stores, the new Crazy Eddie did not expand beyond the Wayne store and in 1999 the only store in the revived chain closed.

Despite of his nearly confirmed treason, upon Wayne ’ s death, the President promoted Wilkinson to Major General of the Legion Army.

Despite this, though, he struggled in the playoffs and earned the ire of Canuck fans when he asked his idol Wayne Gretzky for a game stick immediately following the team's ouster from the playoffs by the Los Angeles Kings, an action fans felt symbolized the lack of commitment to winning from a player who scored just 3 goals in 28 playoff games as a Canuck.

Despite tying with Barr on the third and fourth ballots and taking the lead on the fifth, she ultimately lost after third-placed candidate Wayne Allyn Root threw his support behind Barr.

Despite protests from her children, Jessie, along with 15-year-old daughter Kris ( played by Shannen Doherty ), 12-year-old son David ( played by Chad Allen ), eight-year-old daughter Molly ( played by Keri Houlihan ), and their basset hound named Arthur leave Fort Wayne, Indiana to start their new lives in California.

Despite their young ages ( in 1958 Alan was 9, Wayne 7, Merrill 5, and Jay 3 ), within a few years, the boys ' talent and stage presence were strong enough that their father, George Osmond, took them to audition for Lawrence Welk in California.

Despite playing regularly as a deep lying midfielder, he lost his place after the January transfer window with the arrival of Wayne Routledge and Danny Guthrie's excellent form in central midfield.

Despite the protestation, Sibley represented Wayne County in the first legislature of the Northwest Territory, commencing his term in January 1799.

Despite the absence of the nine from the championship game, Wayne Hills defeated Old Tappan for the second consecutive year, by a score of 15-12, the team's second consecutive North I, Group III title and its eighth title in ten years.

Despite the poor reviews, the film went on to be a great commercial success, which Wayne attributed in part to the negative reviews from the press, which he saw as representing criticism of the war rather than the film.

Despite the show's success, Stevenson began chafing ( as did Wayne Rogers ) at playing second fiddle to the wisecracking Hawkeye ( played by Alan Alda ), and asked to be released from his contract during the show's third season.

Despite his retirement, he continues to lecture extensively, and holds the title of Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Wayne State.

Despite the fairy tale aspect, the world is essentially equivalent to ours, with references to Star Trek, the internet, Wayne Gretzky, and many other recognizable people, things or ideas.

Despite the harassment, Thomas graduated from Central High School in May 1960, and entered Wayne State University, Detroit.

Despite their best efforts, Bruce Wayne, now Batman, was able to fight off four members of the League single-handedly, before defeating Ra's himself aboard a train.

Despite serving as Manley's best man at his wedding Manley also had a notable spat with former PDC Professional player Wayne Mardle.

Despite a lack of investment in Wayne Shipping since the merger took place, the company still remains an important player in world ocean transportation.

Despite dropping points on the road in Kalamazoo at the end of June, the Internationals finished the season with a strong 6-game unbeaten streak which included a pair of 3-1 wins over Fort Wayne Fever and Indiana Invaders and a battling 3-3 tie with West Michigan Edge, and eventually finished second in the Great Lakes behind Michigan Bucks, and in the post season for the first time.

Despite a convincing 2-0 win over Fort Wayne Fever in their second fixture, the Internationals lost four and tied two of their next six ( including conceding a 90th minute goal in a 3-2 loss to the Michigan Bucks ) and were struggling to catch up with the league leaders half-way through the year.

Despite Wayne's influence on the film, Don Siegel denied claims that he and Wayne clashed, saying that " He had plenty of his own ideas ... and some I liked which gave me inspirations, and some I didn't like.

Despite the disdain of the British media, Brooks's overall popularity in the country was evident, with a top disc jockey, Nick Barraclough, referring to Brooks as Garth Vader ( a play on Darth Vader ) for his " invasion " of the charts and his success in the country genre.

Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut ( not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run ) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by Garth Brooks ' " Belleau Wood.

Despite attracting such talent as Garth Ennis, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Mark Waid, Nelson DeCastro, and relatively positive sales for their respective titles: Gate Crasher ( ongoing series ), Just a Pilgrim, Beautiful Killer and Shadow Reavers.

Despite the involvement of successful SF / fantasy novelists Michael Moorcock, Lucius Shepard and Christopher Hinz, and established comics creators Howard Chaykin, Elaine Lee, Matt Howarth, Warren Ellis, Walt Simonson, and Garth Ennis, sales of the comic books were low, and most of the ongoing titles were cancelled after 12 or fewer issues.

Despite their efforts to stop them, Eric and Cassandra make it to the exit room with the help of Dodd, who sabotages the control panels servicing The Cube, and swallows the main power coupler for the cameras inside the Cube, saying " you will have to take it out of me ".

Despite designation of of wooded, scenic land surrounding the Waverly Reservoir property and encompassing Waverly Glen park, as Two Rivers State Park in 2005, a Master Plan has yet to be developed for making the property more like a state park and less like a state forest.

Despite these early attacks on his position, Buchan significantly strengthened his territorial position especially in the Great Glen where he retained Urquhart after his brother's death and then in the autumn of 1386 he gained the lands of Bona at the head of Loch Ness from the Earl of Moray and the adjoining lands in Abriachin from Sir Robert Chisholm.

Despite not making Two Races, Hall earned his First Career Top-Ten with a 10th Place Finish at Watkins Glen International.

Despite poor performances from the usually steady Chris Capuano and more nagging injuries to Ben Sheets, the Brewers found themselves in a heated pennant race with Chicago's North Siders.

Despite his other film roles, Jones worried that people only recognized him as Ben.

Despite the design influences from Ben Kelly, Peter Hook insists ' It's not the Haçienda for f * cks sake '.

Despite this, the album did not sell well, though one of the album's tracks, " Our Affair ", was remixed and featured in the Gwyneth Paltrow / Ben Affleck film " Bounce ".

Despite such tight security, an incident occurred on November 17, 2002 in which a man apparently slipped through airport security at Ben Gurion Airport with a pocketknife and attempted to storm the cockpit of El Al Flight 581 en route from Tel Aviv to Istanbul, Turkey.

Despite having previously served two terms, Laney campaigned against McMath under the slogan, " Re-Elect Ben Laney Governor, For a Second Time.

Despite the comparative ease of the tourist route, Ben Lomond can present a significant challenge to inexperienced walkers, especially in poor weather conditions.

Despite his stoic character, according to Ben Bates, his Gunsmoke stunt double, Arness laughed " from his toes to the top of his head ".

Despite this, he moves to Palestine to settle, becomes good friends with Ben Canaan and acts as a very unofficial military advisor.

Despite said problems, Ben Olsen was able to make one MLS appearance against the Los Angeles Galaxy on 28 June 2008.

Despite a subpar performance by Steelers ' rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers managed to win after Jeff Reed made a game-winning 33-yard field goal 11: 04 into the extra period.

Despite this, the number of flights to the airport increased as the newly formed Israel Airports Authority strived to reduce congestion at Ben Gurion Airport by shifting all domestic turbo-prop flights to Sde Dov.

Despite his loan spell at West Ham having ended, the club continued talks with Portsmouth regarding a deal to bring Ben Haim back ; the two clubs could not come to an agreement, while financial issues prevented him from linking up with Pompey.

Despite a severe head wound, infielder Ben Geraghty was able to struggle back up the mountainside to signal for help.

Despite his success all over the world, Bjørn is widely remembered for his infamous collapse at Royal St. George's during the 2003 Open Championship, when he led by two strokes with three holes to play, but took three attempts to get out of a greenside bunker on the par three 16th, handing the tournament to young rookie Ben Curtis.

Despite this, Henry Sr. treats Ben with open hostility, ridiculing him for his debauchery.

Despite having lots of arguments with Ben and winning most of them.

Despite Danila's limited English, the two become close friends and on his way to Chicago, Ben shows Danila much about American life.

Despite seeing the departure of Richard Dean Anderson's Jack O ' Neill, it sees the introduction of Ben Browder as Lt.

Despite his passion for motor sport, Mr. Ben Sulayem is very conscious of the dangers of speeding and has been in the forefront championing the cause of road safety not just in the region but worldwide.

Despite competing in only 5 events in a playing schedule severely curtailed following his car crash, Ben Hogan finishes fourth on the U. S. Tour money list.