Despite a strong lineup anchored by the potent Lajoie and Shoeless Joe Jackson, poor pitching kept the team below third place for most of the next decade.

Despite these small numbers, the number of visitors has doubled over the last decade.

Despite some continued systematic problems, Poland has made a large economic progress over the last decade, and now is ranked 20-th worldwide in terms of the GDP.

Despite the Scots regaining their independence, Anglo-Scottish relations remained tense during the first decade of the 13th century.

Despite an increase of 14 years in the last decade, life expectancy at birth in Yemen has remained low compared with other developing countries — 60. 6 years for males and 64. 5 years for females, or 62. 5 years overall.

Despite the failure of Curse, Edwards attempted to revive the series a decade later with Son of the Pink Panther, in which it is revealed that Clouseau had illegitimate children by Maria Gambrelli ( a character who first appeared in A Shot in the Dark ).

Despite huge investments by their parent companies, neither Viewtron nor Gateway lasted into the second half of the decade.

Despite its large number of black residents, McIntosh County politics continued to be dominated by whites well into the 1970s, even following the federal civil rights legislation of the decade previous.

Despite the hardships of the decade, Lima residents supported the construction of a hospital to serve the area.

Despite layoffs over the past decade, much of Brigham City's economy relies on Thiokol, the creator of many missiles, as well as the solid rocket booster for the Space Shuttle.

Despite being one of the earliest locations in Kittitas County to be settled, Pleasant Grove would remain sparsely populated for the next decade, with cattle ranching as the primary occupation.

Despite critical rave reviews of her work, neither of Reeves ' post-Vandellas / Motown recordings produced the same success as they had the decade before.

Despite a modicum of success with A Tale of Mystery, the remainder of the decade was marked by unsuccessful attempts to return to the public eye.

Despite losing Internacional's most important match ever, it set a precedent of great moments to come in this decade, as the team went on to win the Campeonato Gaúcho four years in a row starting in 1981.

Despite reaching the final at her first two appearances in 1971 and 1972, after 1973 Goolagong did not compete at the French Open championships for a decade.

Despite fights and a prolonged break-up, they married in 1920, and spent the early part of the decade as literary celebrities in New York.

Despite well over a decade of experience with RCU, the exact extent of its applicability is still a research topic.

Despite this, the culture of canteen mass meetings has continued for the last decade, and workplace meetings open to all workers are ongoing as of 2011.

Despite their lackluster recording career, The Charlatans hold the distinction of being the first of the underground San Francisco bands of the 1960s and as such, their importance is felt by the dozens of successful Bay Area bands that emerged later in the decade, and by all the bands that those groups influenced.

Despite having a history and list of honours only surprassed by the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, the past decade had not been a successful time for the Toffees, with an FA Cup win in 1995 and a sixth place finish in 1996 being about the only bright spots for the club that side of 1990.

Despite a sub par season in 1989 when he won only 6 games, he still finished the 1980s with 162 wins, the most by a major league pitcher during the decade.

Despite living in close proximity, as well as sharing many personal and political connections, but perhaps not surprisingly, the two have not spoken to each other in almost a decade.

Despite having been active for over a decade, the Socialist Equality Party held its founding congress in 2008, where it adopted a statement of principles and a historical document.

Despite the decline of the public health care system during the first decade of the reform era, Chinese health improved sharply as a result of greatly improved nutrition, especially in rural areas, and the recovery of the epidemic control system, which had been neglected during the Cultural Revolution.

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 its rather long intellectual history, alienation is still a promising hypothesis and not a verified theory.

Despite a too long sustained declamatory flight, this final speech is convincing, and we see why British audiences apparently were impressed by `` Roots ''.

Despite his long association with and close proximity to the Buddha, Ananda was only a stream-winner prior to the Buddha ’ s death.

Despite the long recognition of its distinction from younger Ordovician rocks and older Precambrian rocks, it was not until 1994 that this time period was internationally ratified.

Despite caveats in the introduction to the DSM, it has long been argued that its system of classification makes unjustified categorical distinctions between disorders, and uses arbitrary cut-offs between normal and abnormal.

Despite his long career, Lineker was never cautioned by a referee for foul play ( never once receiving a yellow or red card ).

Despite its long neck and legs, the giraffe's body is relatively short.

Despite a long history of warfare between Britain and Spain, Vancouver maintained excellent relations with his Spanish counterparts and even feted a Spanish sea captain aboard his ship during his 1792 trip to the Vancouver region.

Despite having interest rates down near zero for a long period of time, the Quantitative easing strategy did not succeed in stopping price deflation.

Despite this uncertainty, fourteen individuals have been identified as having verifiably attended Lunar Society meetings regularly over a long period during its most productive eras: these are Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Day, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Samuel Galton, Jr., James Keir, Joseph Priestley, William Small, Jonathan Stokes, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, John Whitehurst and William Withering.

Despite the physical toll it took on his body, he continued to undergo long periods of seclusion and fasting.

" Despite the Crusaders ' slaughter when they originally conquered Jerusalem in 1099, Saladin granted amnesty and free passage to all common Catholics and even to the defeated Christian army, as long as they were able to pay the aforementioned ransom ( the Greek Orthodox Christians were treated even better, because they often opposed the western Crusaders ).

Despite the apparent failure of the Cabra test, the long term legacy of the X-ray laser program is the knowledge gained while conducting the research.

Despite long neglect, willful vandalism and some ill-judged restoration, the Alhambra endures as an atypical example of Muslim art in its final European stages, relatively uninfluenced by the direct Byzantine influences found in the Mezquita of Córdoba.

Despite the absence of a stimulative government policy, however, recovery was not long delayed.

Despite their long history, batch applications are still critical in most organizations in large part because many core business processes are inherently batch-oriented.

Despite the inevitability of soil retrogression and degradation, most soil cycles are long.

Despite their large adult sizes, crocodiles start their lives at around long.

Despite losing a long battle with the Associated Press, called " Rox " by UPI employees, United Press International's legacy was recognized by AP when it made the UPI mantra " get it first but get it right " a cornerstone of a branding campaign launched on ap. org.

Despite this, Hungarian ambitions remained unchanged long after Kulin's death in 1204, waning only after an unsuccessful invasion in 1254.

Despite its military strength, the Qin Dynasty did not last long.

Despite the vast size of its coma, Halley's nucleus is relatively small: barely 15 kilometers long, 8 kilometers wide and perhaps 8 kilometers thick.

Despite its size, the equivalent of five city blocks long with a three story high conning tower, it has so far remained undetected.

Despite this, the drug has a long history of safe use, making it one of the more popular anti-convulsants prescribed by doctors, and a common " first line of defense " in seizure cases.

Despite a long history of often extremely controversial statements, Robertson has remained a powerful figure both religiously and politically.