Despite a second-place finish in 1987 – 88, the club was back in 11th place the following season.

Despite receiving no first place votes from the judges in the women's singles, Magda Julin of Sweden captured the gold on the strength of three second-place ordinals.

Despite two consecutive second-place finishes, he left the team early in the season and ended the year driving the # 21 Ford for the Wood Brothers.

Despite the branch closures and the sale of others to First Niagara, PNC still ended up with a 46 % market share in Pittsburgh, over three and a half times the market share of second-place Citizens Financial Group with 13 %.

Despite not winning a race, six second-place finishes and a fourth-place finish in the championship.

Despite a second-place finish in 1987 – 88, the club was back in 11th place the following season.

Despite the move away from the Valley, Charlton were promoted to the First Division as Second Division runners-up at the end of 1985 – 86, and remained at this level for four years ( achieving a highest league finish of 14th ) often with late escapes, most notably against Leeds in 1987, where the Addicks triumphed in extra-time of the play-off final replay to secure their top flight place.

Despite winning the League Cup, Liverpool could only finish 8th in the Premier League, and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012.

Despite the success in domestic cups, Liverpool was 17th in the table over the second half of the season to finish the season eighth, their worst showing in the league since 1994, failing to qualify for Europe's Champions League for a third straight season.

Despite a strong push in the middle of the 2007 season, winning five straight games, the Vikings lost their final two games to finish the season at 8 – 8, missing the playoffs.

Despite having several respectable seasons with Tarkenton at quarterback, including a 7 – 7 finish in 1967 and 9 – 5 in 1970, the Giants traded him back to the Vikings after a 4 – 10 finish in 1971.

Despite the polished and complex nature of the Aeneid ( legend stating that Virgil wrote only three lines of the poem each day ), the number of half-complete lines and the abrupt ending are generally seen as evidence that Virgil died before he could finish the work.

Despite this turbulence, Newcastle were able to finish twelfth at the end of the season, with one particular highlight being a 4-4 home draw against Arsenal which saw Newcastle come back from four goals down to claim a point.

Despite having coached the Rangers to a regular season first place finish and the Stanley Cup, head coach Mike Keenan left after a dispute with General Manager Neil Smith.

Despite this, and a 36 – 46 record, the Pacers had a very strong finish to the season, which included a desperate attempt to steal the 8th seed from the Atlanta Hawks, and dramatic improvement in forwards Danny Granger and Mike Dunleavy.

Despite his failure to finish Realschule ( a form of German secondary school ), Ossietzky succeeded in embarking on a career in journalism, with the topics of his articles ranging from theatre criticism to feminism and the problems of early motorization.

Despite being heavily pregnant, she raced the horses and beat them, giving birth to twins on the finish line.

Despite calls to pull out, Lhadatt, already in the space capsule and determined to finish what he started, convinces the frightened and vulnerable ground crew to complete the launch.

Despite playing regularly for the national side, Matthews put in 38 games for Stoke in 1938 – 39, helping them to a seventh place finish – there would not be another full season of Football League action until 1946.

Despite enormous difficulties ASCOM was able to finish numerous projects on time and some ahead of schedule.

Despite posting a good 33-24-11 record, Brampton would lose the race to the Mississauga Ice Dogs and finish 3rd in the central and 4th in the conference setting up a first round match up with the Sudbury Wolves.

Despite this, India were unable to finish off their novice opponents, the draw heralding a start of a winless summer.

Despite leading figures leaving, Santos was headed for a sixth place finish until the Zveitão.

Despite this poor finish in John McGrath's first season, they eventually achieved their first success for thirteen years 1982 – 83, when Vale were promoted to the Third Division in third place, passing Crewe on the way up.

Despite this Rudge masterminded an eighth place finish – their highest in the pyramid since 1931.

Despite Morgan's arrival, the 2007 – 08 season ultimately brought more disappointment as the club failed to match the previous campaign's playoff finish.

Despite its inconclusive finish, the battle was a clear strategic victory for the Dutch.

Despite guiding Chelsea to second position in the Premiership ( their highest league finish for half a century ) and to their first ever Champions League or European Cup semifinal, Claudio Ranieri was sacked after four years in charge at Stamford Bridge.

Despite making essential acquisitions and creating depth in the roster, the Sun was projected to finish towards the end of the Eastern Conference standings.

Despite the presence of Portuguese troops, which grew to more than 35, 000, the PAIGC steadily expanded its influence until, by 1968, it controlled most of the country.

Despite a decline in popularity following 1968, Daley was historically re-elected for the fifth time in 1971.

Despite their poor regular season showing in 1968 – 69, they made the playoffs ; however, they were manhandled by St. Louis in a four-game sweep.

Despite being filmed in the first half of 1968, roughly between Mardi Gras and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, with production starting on February 22 the film did not have a U. S. premiere until July 1969, after having won an award at the Cannes film festival in May.

The Mexican newspaper, The News, reported that “ a tribunal of three circuit court judges ruled that there was not enough proof to link Echeverria to the violent suppression of hundreds of protesting students on Oct. 2, 1968 .” Despite the ruling, prosecutor Carrillo Prieto said he would continue his investigation and seek charges against Echeverria before the United Nations International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission.

Despite the success of " I Love You ", and despite favorable reviews, the subsequent album, named after their hit single and released in July 1968, only reached No. 138 on the Billboard charts.

Despite Hull breaking his own record by four goals in 1968 – 69, the Hawks missed the playoffs for the first time since his rookie season.

Despite the rather poetic homage paid to it in the 1968 song, MacArthur Park became known for violence after 1985 when drug-dealing, shoot-outs and the occasional rumored drowning became commonplace, with as many as 30 murders in 1990.

Despite the controversy, the novel became a runaway critical and financial success, eventually winning the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the William Dean Howells Medal in 1970.

Despite this change in the Manhattan skyline the original 1968 footage would continue to be used for the series opening until the series transitioned into Archie Bunker's Place in 1979.

Despite strong showings in several primaries — indeed, he won more votes than any other Democratic candidate — McCarthy garnered only 23 percent of the delegates at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, largely due to the control of state party organizations over the delegate selection process.

Despite a 1967 recommendation that MCI's application be approved, final authorization for MCI to begin operations was delayed until after H. Rex Lee became an FCC Commissioner in October 1968.

Despite the Yosemite-size walls offering a host of challenging lines, technical climbing activity is not known from before 1968.

Despite this, the merger was finalized on February 1, 1968.

Despite some bad reviews by the automotive press, the public took to the car, with some 7, 000 built during the remainder of the 1968 model year, and another 23, 858 cars for the 1969 model year, a respectable showing ; Lincoln had always trailed Cadillac in production numbers, but the Mark III almost equalled the Eldorado, which tallied 23, 333 for 1969.

Despite its end, she later appeared in Truffaut's Stolen Kisses ( Baiser volés, 1968 ) and Love on the Run ( L ' Amour en fuite, 1979 ).

Despite a bout with hepatitis, he intercepted two passes for touchdowns in one game in 1968.

Despite the repeal of Regulation 17, however, French language schools in Ontario were not officially recognized under the provincial Education Act until 1968.

Despite early troubles arising from factions within the new company, the LMS went on to build some very successful designs ; many lasted until the end of steam traction on British Railways in 1968.

Despite vehement opposition from the local Tory riding association, he won the nomination and was reelected in 1968.

Despite his cricketing prowess, he was best known because of the " D ' Oliveira affair ", centred around his inclusion in the England side for a planned tour to South Africa in 1968.

Despite a steam ban after the 11 August 1968, 70013 moved under its own steam on 12 August to its old shed at Norwich and then, on 13 August, to Diss whence she was transported by road to Bressingham Steam & Gardens.

Despite the strong attendance figures in Pittsburgh, the Pipers moved to Minnesota in 1968, becoming the Minnesota Pipers.

Despite assimilation and emigration to Germany in 1968, the German minority in Gablonz still exists ( some 1, 000-2, 000 people ).

Despite significant damage caused by a flood on April 18, 1968, Borjomi continued to grow throughout the Soviet era.