Despite efforts by Washington last week to play down the significance of the meeting, it clearly was going to be one of the crucial encounters of the cold war.

Despite Edward Heath claiming it was a ' hard, cold budget, without any glimmer of warmth ' Jenkins ' first budget broadly received a warm reception, with Harold Wilson remarking that ' it was widely acclaimed as a speech of surpassing quality and elegance ' and Barbara Castle that it ' took everyone's breath away '.

Despite a cold reception from the Spanish royal family, especially by Elisabeth of Parma, the stepmother of her husband, she married Louis of Spain on 20 January 1722 at Lerma.

Despite years of effort and the occasional hoax ( i. e. cold fusion ), no man-made fusion reaction has produced more energy than it consumed and been a viable source of electricity.

Despite having a heavy cold and almost losing his voice, he was recruited immediately for radio announcements and script writing at German radio's English service.

Despite the attempts of the boat men to push off again, the weight of people pushing onto the boat caused it to suddenly overturn, throwing many passengers into the cold water of the wharf.

He became restless, and it was deemed advisable to place him under the constant care of a nurse, Despite the precautions, Sir Barry caught cold through exposure, and congestion of the left lung set in.

Despite the balmy climate of their native California, cold ocean currents make local beaches inhospitable during the winter.

Despite its location just north of the Arctic Circle, Bodø features a subpolar oceanic climate, with chilly ( but not cold ) winters and cool summers.

Despite its reputation for extreme cold, Abashiri is not actually the coldest major town in Japan, being less cold in the winter than Obihiro and hotter in summer than Nemuro or Kushiro.

Despite it being located on Hokkaido, Muroran typically does not see the very cold winters that the majority of the island is known for.

Despite miserable weather ( cold & rainy ), the gate narrowly missed becoming the largest take for an outdoor wrestling show at that time.

Despite the home-field advantage, in the game nicknamed the " Transplant Bowl ," Miami, who found the cold much more to its liking, defeated the Gators 16 – 7.

Despite the glamour of the tsar's court, she had to struggle with cold winters, strange customs, limited funds, and poor health ; an infant daughter born in 1811 died the next year.

Despite the cold water the area is popular among snorkelers and SCUBA divers.

Despite Scotland's exceptionally cold winter in the early part of 2010, scientists discovered that after the prolonged freezing conditions, rather than reducing in number in the Scottish Highlands, the midge population had actually increased the following summer due to the cold weather reducing its natural predators, such as bats and birds.

Despite these limitations, the Mad Dogs, coached by Rodgers, drew fairly well during the early part of the season ( the CFL season runs from July-November so as to conclude its season before most Canadian cities become unbearably cold for players, coaches, officials, and especially spectators ).

Despite their unyielding devotion to Nanette they are fickle ; such as in the episode " Fairweather Friends " when Nanette was bedridden with a head cold, they found themselves without a leader and instantly latched onto Angela, who had the high-status job of organizing the school ’ s spring fling decorations.

Despite her character's enjoyment, Grey later described the water as " horrifically " cold, and she might not have gone into the lake, except that she was " young and hungry ".

Despite cold weather and heavy rain the race attracted a crowd of 50, 000 to Churchill Downs and the filly Nellie Flag was made favorite.

Despite the common use of magic in other professions, Archie has relatively little use for it, since so much of his work involves " cold iron ", which defies magic.

Despite the grave injuries suffered by some of the soldiers, they were still forced to walk under their own power and ride in the unsheltered boats in the cold.

Despite his apprehensions about his personal safety, Palfrey's reception in New Orleans was more than cordial.

Despite its modest critical and commercial success in Italy, and its warm reception by French critics, it failed to interest North American distributors.

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 its mixed critical reception, Kid Icarus is a cult classic, and had shipped 1. 76 million copies by late 2003.

Despite an initially poor reception, it became a great success, playing 400 times in the next two years.

Despite the overwhelmingly positive critical reception for their first 4 albums, the band was frustrated by its lack of wider mainstream success.

Despite praise from critics and fans for her vocals on the three-month Street Angel tour, Nicks was crushed by the focus on her weight and the poor reception of the album itself.

Despite a weak critical reception the film was a popular success, outgrossing its predecessor and confirming the strength of the partnership.

Despite its odd plot and mixed critical reception, the film was a major box-office success, grossing nearly $ 100, 000, 000 in the U. S. alone, almost becoming the first non-Disney animated film to achieve that feat.

Despite production problems and mostly negative critical reception, The Fog was another commercial success for Carpenter.

Despite its overwhelmingly negative reception and short run, the series still has been rebroadcast in later years, with VH1 and A & E Network airing it on separate occasions later in the 1990s, and Trio airing it in the 2000s.

Despite good reviews for Burr, the critical reception was poor and NBC decided against developing it into a series.

" Despite initial mixed critical reception, the film currently holds a 71 % " fresh " rating on the film aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 6 out of 10.

Despite the critical reception that followed each of these projects, Webb has never been as successful as a performer as he has been a songwriter and arranger.

Despite whatever controversy the work may have generated, and its critical reception amongst other scholars, The Golden Bough had a tremendous effect on the literature of the period.

Despite the negative reception for Waluigi, he has also received some positive reception.

Despite the lackluster reception, it won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and Meryl Streep was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance.

Despite the symphony's rejection by the Court and the lukewarm reception on its premiere, Smetana did not abandon the work.

Despite the relatively poor reception of Mardi Gras and deteriorated relationships among the remaining band members, Creedence immediately embarked upon a two-month, 20-date U. S. tour.

Despite Eliade's ultimate reception in Communist Romania, this writing could not be published during the period, after censors singled out fragments which they saw as especially problematic.

Despite the poor reception, Anderson has been quoted as naming The Secret Service as his favorite Supermarionation series.