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Despite the recent modest and stable growth, Djibouti is faced with many economic challenges, particularly job creation and poverty reduction.
Despite increasing internal disorder, Bhutan had maintained its control over a portion of the Assam Duars more or less since its reduction of Cooch Behar to a dependency in the 1760s.
Despite the loss of territory, military weakness, and evident reduction in literacy and culture, the Kassite dynasty was the longest-lived dynasty of Babylon, lasting until 1157 BC, when Babylon was conquered by Shutruk-Nahhunte of Elam, and re-conquered a few years later by the native Akkadian-Babylonian Nebuchadrezzar I, part of the larger Bronze Age collapse.
Despite this reduction in habitat, Oakland is home to a number of rare and endangered species, many of which are localized to serpentine soils and bedrock.
Despite the additional transistors, the reduction in ground wires and bit lines allows a denser layout and greater storage capacity per chip.
Despite this, the overall thrust was towards government reduction rather than expansion.
Despite being one of the most studied proteins in biology, its true physiological function is not yet conclusively established: mice genetically engineered to lack myoglobin are viable, but showed a 30 % reduction in cardiac systolic output.
Despite the dramatic reduction in North Atlantic passengers caused by the shipping depression beginning in 1929, the Germans, Italians and the French commissioned new " ships of state " prestige liners.
Despite a reduction in the area covered during the ten years of its existence, the company grew its core fleet from fewer than 300 passenger vehicles to a total of 379-a capacity increase of over 28 %.
Despite his considerable success in fighting the effects of the Great Depression of 1929, his fiscal policies involving reduction of military expenditures created many enemies within the military, and he was among those assassinated by rebelling military officers in the February 26 Incident of 1936.
Despite the TF Cortina introducing worthwhile improvements in ride, handling, noise reduction and fuel consumption, the Cortina generally was seen by the motoring press as outdated, and buyers generally preferred the rival products — in marked contrast to New Zealand where the Cortina was a highly regarded success.
Despite the use of bycatch reduction devices, the shrimp fishery in the Gulf of Mexico removes about 25-45 million red snapper annually as bycatch, nearly one half the amount taken in directed recreational and commercial snapper fisheries.
Despite a considerable reduction in casualty numbers over recent years, down from 875 in 2005 to 269 in 2008, Cambodia's mine and ERW problem still represents a major impediment to the social and economic development of the country.
Despite the reduction of the genus to a single species, the type species remains R. longicaudus.
Despite their reduction, light forces have proven successful in Afghanistan ( Operation Enduring Freedom ), underlining the continued need for light infantry.
Despite the reduction in direct air pressure over Malta itself, the situation on the island was serious.
Despite Prince's bitterness over its forced reduction, it was very successful, peaking at # 6 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and selling 3. 2 million copies, while the title single " Sign O ' The Times " reached # 3 on the Hot 100.
Despite this, the New York State Thruway study indicating a 65 % to 70 % reduction continues to be cited in literature.
Despite the 90 % reduction in the sulfur dioxide and other gases, carbon dioxide and water vapour are the most visible component and continue to contribute to Vale's image as a pollution source.
Despite the reduction in the cross-sectional area of the aqueduct caused by these deposits, the aqueduct was still able to provide the necessary quantity of water for Cologne.
Despite the reduction in the incidence of breast cancer, experts questioned the applicability of the WHI to the general population.
Despite this reduction in yield, because the weapon exploded under an inversion layer much of its shock wave was focused backward at the ground unexpectedly, causing a site building to collapse and kill three people.
Despite a short term reduction of rents ( by about 20 % by 1882 ) this act can generally be seen as economically ineffective.
" Despite the million-fold reduction in radiotoxicity offered by this scheme, some believe that actinide removal would offer few if any significant advantages for disposal in a geologic repository because some of the fission product nuclides of greatest concern in scenarios such as groundwater leaching actually have longer half-lives than the radioactive actinides.
Despite and levy
Despite initial reluctance to concede men, John of Gaunt finally agreed to levy troops to reinforce the Portuguese army.
Despite these external setbacks initially the Limerick school flourished and in 1565 the city Council decided that the masters should be paid an annual salary of ten pounds, but this money was not accepted as it was to be raised as a levy on ships entering and leaving the port.
Despite losing both their original case and the consequent appeal, the Union continues to assert that it has the right to levy the fines against union members.
Despite the rise in the level of tax public libraries could levy, it was still very difficult for boroughs to raise enough capital to fund new libraries.
Despite levy problems, North Olmsted High School continues to be awarded " Excellent " status on its school report card meeting 12 out of 12 state indicators for the 2006-2007 school year, as well as 2005-2006, 2004 – 2005, and 2003-2004.
Despite levy problems, North Olmsted High School continues to be awarded " Excellent " status on its school report card meeting 12 out of 12 state indicators for the 2006-2007 school year, as well as 2005-2006, 2004-2005, and 2003-2004.
Despite and Tyne
Despite this, the Tyne and Wear Metro has a higher level of passenger income per year (£ 40 million in 2009 / 2010 ) than any other light rail system outside London.
Despite the town being on the Tyne and being historically part of Tynedale the area has never been part of either Hexhamshire or Northumberland but part of Cumberland and later Cumbria.
Despite the name, The Hafler Trio is essentially the work of one man, Andrew M. McKenzie, born in Scotland in 1963 and his family moved to Newcastle upon Tyne shortly after.
Despite having been born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Fothergill played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1882 and 1884.
Despite and Tees
Despite losing the battle, David was subsequently given most of the territorial concessions he had been seeking ( which the chronicles say he had been offered before he crossed the Tees ).
Despite the Viking settlement, Northumbrian Angles remained major landowners along the banks of the Tees in Viking times.
Despite and was
Despite the clarity of his presentation, his idea was not of Einsteinian calibre.
Despite the rejection of the traditional accounts on many points of detail, as late as 1948 it was still possible to postulate a massive and comparatively sudden ( beginning in ca. 450 ) influx of Germans as the type of invasions.
Despite several years of front-page stories, the average citizen was unable to get a complete picture of McCarthy until he saw on the television screen what the reporters had been seeing all along but had no effective way of communicating.
Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943, the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation's backlog of an estimated two million disabled.
Despite extensive attempts to obtain highly pure reagents, serious difficulty was experienced in obtaining reproducible rates of reaction.
Despite the fact that he was regarded as an outstanding engineer, he seemed to be a very poor administrator, although no one quite knew what was wrong with him.
Despite his apprehensions about his personal safety, Palfrey's reception in New Orleans was more than cordial.
Despite the warning, there was a unanimous vote to enter a candidate, according to Republicans who attended.
Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.
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 his dissatisfaction with McClellan's failure to reinforce Pope, Lincoln was desperate, and restored him to command of all forces around Washington, to the dismay of all in his cabinet but Seward.
( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, never entered into the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, yet, at times, the church incorporated the theory in its ordinary belief.
Despite this, Babbage's work fell into historical obscurity and the Analytical Engine was unknown to builders of electro-mechanical and electronic computing machines in the 1930s and 1940s when they began their work, resulting in the need to re-invent many of the architectural innovations Babbage had proposed.
Despite his lack of formal qualifications, Ampère was appointed a professor of mathematics at the school in 1809.
Despite being quite religious, he was also interested in mathematics and science, and sometimes is claimed to have contradicted the teachings of the Church in favour of scientific theories.
Despite the service he rendered to the Qajar government, Hasan Ali Shah was dismissed from the governorship of Kerman in 1837, less than two years after his arrival there, and was replaced by Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawla, a younger brother of Muhammad Shah Qajar.
Despite Frankish advances in the years that followed, Alaric was not afraid to take the military initiative when it presented itself.
Despite his success against the Gepids, Alboin had failed to greatly increase his power, and was now faced with a much stronger threat from the Avars.
Despite Van Buren's defeat, Johnson was instrumental in keeping Greene County in the Democratic column.
Despite this relative peace, the king was still forced to deal with a number of Danish raids and incursions.
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.
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