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

Despite the movie's poor box office and critical reception at the time of its original release, it is gradually becoming a favorite among fans due to its dark nature, brief but entertaining kaiju battles, and the return of series veterans Ishiro Honda and Akira Ifukube.

Despite several brief interludes of British occupation, including once during the Seven Years ' War and twice during the Napoleonic Wars, Martinique has remained a French possession.

Despite his brief career, he had a profound influence on other artists.

Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, however, Mosaic was never released as open source software during its brief reign as a major browser ; there were always constraints on permissible uses without payment.

Despite a brief delay caused by a mechanical problem early in the first act, the performance was an unqualified success, and the play went on to become one of the year's biggest West End successes.

Despite killing the Arab man with the first gunshot, he shoots the corpse four more times after a brief pause.

Despite struggling on Friday nights at 9 PM in its brief first season, NBC renewed the series because of its impressive 18-49 demographics.

Despite its brief pre-eminence, the period is characterised by its own unique architectural style, fashion, and lifestyle.

Despite her declared expertise, Minako herself has little personal experience in relationships ( aside from a brief and ill-fated love in the Sailor V manga ), but is enthusiastic about romantic opportunities — even to the point of two-timing a pair of the series ' villains.

Despite having very little actual battle experience during his brief military career, cut short by the loss of his leg, Adam Trask's father Cyrus joins the GAR and assumes the stature of " a great man " through his involvement with the organization.

Despite the statement above claiming that there were no valves inside Trinitron TV sets, for a brief period in the United Kingdom between 1969 and 1971 / 72, the KV-1320UB was fitted with 3AT2 valves for the extra high tension ( high voltage ).

Despite the brief descriptions of him, Enoch is one of the main two focal points for much of the 1st millennium BC Jewish mysticism, notably in the Book of Enoch.

Despite his involvement with Factory was brief, Sharp was an associate for a short while of Martin Hannett and wrote a book called Who Killed Martin Hannett which unfortunately upset Martin's surviving relatives owing to the large amount of untruths and fiction Sharp put into the book.

Despite her best intentions, Eliza's stubbornness that she's always right leads her strong desire to help to become destructive, she has also been seen to develop brief periods of megalomania on more than one occasion.

Despite the new tube station opening sequence, the occasionally seen exterior shots of the show's locales along with brief glimpses of Sadie's home and the frequently visited Charnham Common suggested that Charnham was a modern, green and spacious small town.

Despite his brief career, Gwinnett however does hold one claim to fame: his autograph is among the most valuable in the world, a fact used to good effect by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in his short story " Button, Button.

Despite its brief span of use as a major route by people of the United States, the Trace served an essential function for years.

Despite brief affairs, Biggles and his chums remain steadfastly single.

Despite its brief existence, the French government still managed to issue postage stamps for the administrative unit, in the form of a version of its Navigation and Commerce series, inscribed " SENEGAMBIE / ET NIGER ".

Despite Blair's hostility, Meacher gained a reputation for being a politician who was on top of a complex brief and was one of the longest serving minsters in the same job in the Labour government, from 1997-2003.

Despite his brief pursuit of an official career, he mainly lived in and wrote about the area in which he was born and raised, in what is now the province of Hubei, China.

Despite a brief economic depression, the urban growth of Chadderton accelerated after the famine.

Despite his brief fame, this was the last of just three matches Glass played at Carlisle, who were unable to sign him on a permanent basis.

Despite the bad financial situation, Athens staged the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, which proved a great success.

Despite successes such as the revival of economic growth and the beginnings of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, by the mid-1990s the Conservatives were embroiled in ongoing " sleaze " scandals involving various MPs and even Cabinet Ministers.

Despite defeat, his performance was seen to mark a revival of the Socialists as a strong force in French politics and he returned to being the First Secretary of the party.

Despite his humble origins, he showed great ability in running the affairs of state, leading a revival of Imperial power and to a renaissance of Byzantine art.

Despite this, many post-grunge bands adopted a hard rock sound and in the 2000s there came a renewed interest in established bands, attempts at a revival, and new hard rock bands that emerged from the garage rock and post-punk revival scenes.

Despite this setback, according to Albert Sorel, the Orléanists subsisted under the First French Empire, and resurfaced when the revival of liberalism overthrew the restored legitimate monarchy of Louis XVIII and Charles X.

Despite his political preoccupations, which certainly led to him being largely absent from York, he has been credited with sponsoring a lively revival of personal religious piety in the northern province.

Despite some initial scepticism that the revival would not work, the show was an immediate hit.

Despite the presence of Lansbury, a much-heralded Broadway revival was ultimately unsuccessful.

Despite being heavily suppressed during the last two centuries of the history of China, from the Taiping Movement to the Cultural Revolution, it is now experiencing a revival and is supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China, particularly in the forms of Mazuism in southern China ( officially, about 160 million Chinese are Mazuists ), Huangdi worship, Black Dragon worship in Shaanxi, and Caishen worship.

Despite this neglect there was an active folk scene in the region, which produced several key artists of the second revival from the 1960s, including Anne Briggs from Nottinghamshire, The Settlers from the West Midlands and from Birmingham one of the most influential groups of the period, the Ian Campbell Folk Group, which numbered among its members later electric folk musicians Dave Swarbrick and Dave Pegg.

Despite a veneer of Spanish culture and of Roman Catholic religion that is thicker in Bioko than on the mainland, Equatorial Guineans live largely according to ancient customs, which have undergone a revival since independence.

Despite the hip hop dominance which lasted for the decade, rock music was still popular, notably alternative rock, and especially genres such as post-grunge, post-Britpop, nu metal, pop punk, emo, post-hardcore, metalcore and indie rock ; the decade also saw the garage rock and post punk revival.

Despite the decline of the aşık / ozan tradition in the 19th century, it experienced a significant revival in the 20th century thanks to such outstanding figures as Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu ( 1894 – 1973 ), Aşık Mahzuni Şerif ( 1938 – 2002 ), Neşet Ertaş ( 1938 – 2012 ), and many others.

Despite a midseason revival with four straight wins, the Cronulla side slipped to ten straight defeats to equal the club's worst losing streak.

Despite the decline of the aşık / ozan tradition in the 19th century, it experienced a significant revival in the 20th century thanks to such outstanding figures as Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu ( 1894 – 1973 ), Aşık Mahzuni Şerif ( 1938 – 2002 ), Neşet Ertaş ( 1938 – 2012 ), and many others.

Despite her young age, he booked her for the lead in a revival of Mr Tower Of London, which had brought Gracie Fields to prominence 19 years earlier.

Despite a revival of fortunes under Smith, hopes of reaching the 2006 World Cup were dashed after a defeat against Belarus.

Despite being heavily suppressed during the last two centuries of the history of China, from the Taiping Movement to the Cultural Revolution, it is experiencing a major revival nowadays in both Mainland China and Taiwan.

Despite their political differences, Mellon and Lawrence were both interested in the revival of Pittsburgh and both were early environmentalists.

" ( Despite this, he was still prominently featured at Six Flags theme parks on merchandise until his revival in 2009.

Despite restrictions on sword ownership and a lingering social preference against armed martial arts ( dating at least to the Joseon era ), practical sword fighting is enjoying a small revival amongst elite military regiments, and fencing is once again attracting interest in Korean universities.

Despite being penalised during and after the English Civil War for its royalist and Anglican tendencies the school survived and achieved somewhat of a revival under headmaster Robert Jennings ( 1657 – 1683 ).