Despite the strong start, the team played poorly in May and June and entered the All Star break at 47 – 48, still leading the NL West.

Despite the party's weaknesses, Sinclair gained a high profile as he sought to recall the Midlothian Campaign and once more revitalise the Liberals as the party of a strong foreign policy.

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 the potential for a financially strong owner, Stouffer had some non-baseball related financial setbacks and, consequently, the team was cash-poor.

Despite the comparative obscurity of the kingdom, there were strong connections between Essex and the Kentish kingdom across the river Thames which led to the marriage of King Sledd to Ricula, sister of the king, Aethelbert of Kent.

Despite strong government measures, tension continued to grow, and Carías was ultimately forced to release some prisoners.

Despite the downturn, Hong Kong ’ s economic strengths, including a sound banking system, virtually no public debt, a strong legal system, ample foreign exchange reserves, rigorous anti-corruption measures and close ties with the mainland China, enable it to quickly respond to changing circumstances.

Despite his aping of Fascism, and the strong economic ties with resurgent Nazi Germany, Metaxas followed a policy of neutrality, given Greece's traditionally strong ties to Britain, reinforced by King George II's personal anglophilia.

Despite this, the strong claims made by the doctrine of human rights continue to provoke considerable skepticism and debates about the content, nature and justifications of human rights to this day.

Despite strong Italian influence, Zog refused to completely give in to Italian pressure.

Despite the formal disapproval of religious authority, the segregation of women in Muslim societies and the strong emphasis on male virility leads adolescent males and unmarried young men to seek sexual outlets with boys younger than themselves — in one study in Morocco, with boys in the age-range 7 to 13.

Despite strong economic and cultural ties with Thailand, parts of the border shared by the two countries are indefinite.

Despite coup attempts in 1980, 1983, and 1988, Gayoom's popularity remained strong, allowing him to win three more presidential terms.

Despite achieving independence in 1956, Morocco still has a strong relationship with its former colonizers.

Despite its strong Australian showing, and having an American producer ( Peter McIan ), Business as Usual was twice rejected by Columbia's parent company in the United States.

Despite a strong Presbyterian presence on its campus, Occidental cut ties to the church in 1910.

Despite its criticisms, though, realism has strong defenders.

Despite numerous requests by Abdullah bin Jassim — for strong military support, for weapons, and even for a loan — the British were reluctant to become involved in inland affairs and kept him at arm's length.

Despite not selling as well as its predecessor, the album boasted several strong singles, including " Run's House ", " Beats to the Rhyme ", and " Mary Mary.

Despite his pragmatic acceptance of the new power balance in the Pacific after World War II and his strong support for the American alliance, he publicly professed continued admiration for links with Britain, exemplified by his admiration for Queen Elizabeth II, and famously described himself as " British to the bootstraps ".

Despite the global financial crisis, the South Korean economy, helped by timely stimulus measures and strong domestic consumption of products that compensated for a drop in exports, was able to avoid a recession unlike most industrialized economies, posting positive economic growth for two consecutive years of the crisis.

Despite these expansions, some still felt copyright was not a strong enough regime.

Despite the work of the 1400 strong Iraq Survey Group in post-war Iraq, no evidence of actual WMD capability has so far been uncovered ; according to its final report in September 2004.

Despite his injuries, he competed in the Nations Grand Prix at Monza six days later, winning the race after he had persuaded staff at the hospital to bandage him in a manner such that he could sit on his motorcycle and receive a push start.

Despite more than $ 70 million in personal financing, his push to see phenytoin evaluated for alternative uses has had little lasting effect on the medical community.

Despite his youth he began the push northwest into new territories.

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.

Despite their influence, the Bene Tleilax are universally distrusted and inspire disgust because their products, though desirable, push the limits of the moral proscriptions established by the ancient Butlerian Jihad.

Despite the modest chart success of those singles and of Upstairs at Eric's ( which reached No. 92 on the album chart ), by 1989 ( seven years after its release ), word of mouth helped to push the album to platinum status for sales of over one million copies.

Despite this, they continued to push, recapturing their cannon.

Despite the push to focus on suburban coverage, the Chronicle was hamstrung by the Sunday edition, which, being produced by the San Francisco-centric " un-Chronicle " Examiner, had none of the focus on the suburban communities that the Chronicle was striving to cultivate.

Despite this, the coalition managed to push through major reforms of social policy, including abolishing capital punishment ( 1974 ), allowing no-fault divorce ( 1975 ) and broadening at-fault divorce ( 1978 ), and legalising abortion ( 1978 ).

Despite this opposition, she began to push for state laws or state party rulings that would provide even representation in membership and leadership positions for women on party committees from the precinct level up.

Despite the extremely high pressures and temperatures in the bore of a firearm, papier-mâché proved strong enough to contain the pressure, and push a sub-caliber projectile out of the barrel with a high degree of accuracy.

Despite a standing of 71st in 2007 it achieved the second lowest CO < sub > 2 </ sub > emission rate of any university in the UK, The rise to 8th in the UK was attributed to existing green activity, including the use of canal water in cooling systems and the continued low carbon emissions ( 13 % lower than 2007 ), as well as new foci such as a push for improved levels of recycling and the introduction of rain water harvesting.

Despite good reviews and a strong push by the studio to publicize the movie, with Paul Douglas appearing on the cover of Life magazine, Fourteen Hours faded into obscurity.

Despite the earlier push for PlayStation Network releases around the PSP Go's launch, over half of the PSP's library is still only available in UMD format including Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, though there have been a few PlayStation Network-only releases since the PSP Go's launch, such as LocoRoco Midnight Carnival.

Despite a push start being against the rules, no one saw fit to protest as Piquet only finished in eighth place.

Despite having led a populist movement, the People's Party, Averescu continuously opposed Mihalache's push for widespread land reform.

Despite his recommendation to continue with steam traction, CIE decided to push for the complete dieselisation of its railway system, expecting substantial economies of scale.

Despite victories against isolated French columns ( for example at Dabadugu in September 1891 ), Samori failed to push the French from the core of his kingdom.

Despite each one off mule costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, the development team was determined to push the capabilities of the prototypes in order to deliver reliable off road performance in the production model.

Despite its name, the track is 45 minutes and 58 seconds long, and was claimed to " reward and push at good intervals of a run ".

Despite a 60 % sell through on predominantly London-based newsstands Titan were reluctant to push for wider national distribution and after two years and ten issues they parted company.

Despite receiving a heavy promotional push from CBS, the program averaged only 4. 2 million viewers during its 8: 00-9: 30PM ET / PT time slot, which made it CBS's lowest-ranked show of the week.

Despite the daughters ' push for independence and moving into the downstairs apartment, Henry proves to be a very protective father and constantly meddles in their affairs.

Despite Montenegro being spared from the heaviest bombing, SDP and even fringe parts of DPS captalized on the bombing to aggressively push the idea of an independent Montenegrin state.