Despite its rare use, Italian orthography allows the circumflex accent ( î ) too, in two cases: it can be found in old literary context ( roughly up to 19th century ) to signal a syncope ( fêro → fecero, they did ), or in modern Italian to signal the contraction of ″- ii ″ due to the plural ending-i whereas the root ends with another-i ; e. g., s. demonio, p. demonii → demonî ; in this case the circumflex also signals that the word intended is not demoni, plural of " demone " by shifting the accent ( demònî, " devils "; dèmoni, " demons ").

Despite general agreement that the rainbow uniforms identified with the team had become tired ( and looked too much like a minor league team according to the new owners ), the new uniforms and caps were never especially popular with fans.

Despite the thrilling win and the recognition, Bogart later commented, " The way to survive an Oscar is never to try to win another one ... too many stars ... win it and then figure they have to top themselves ... they become afraid to take chances.

Despite the passport union with Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland Finland could not join the Nordic Council until 1955 because of Soviet fears that Finland might become too close to the West.

Despite Iceman's often well-liked personality, he has always seemed unable to maintain any sort of long-time relationships, with one exception being Opal, although that too ended.

" Despite fears that too much propaganda could diminish Hollywood ’ s entertainment appeal, reducing its targeted audience and decreasing profits, military enlistment increased and morale was considered to be higher, in part attributed to America's innovative propaganda.

Despite his complaints that the house was too big (" big enough for two emperors, one pope, and the grand lama in the bargain "), Jefferson considered how the White House might be added to.

Despite these concerns, the Syrian officials knew it was too late to turn back.

Despite concerns that Sullivan at nearly 12 years of age was too old to give much service as a treble before his voice broke, he was accepted and soon became a soloist and, by 1856, was promoted to " first boy ".

Despite the observation by Alfred Wallace that Mars's atmosphere was too thin to support an Earth-like ecology, various depictions of a Martian civilization were popular throughout the 20th century.

Despite modern depictions, almost nobody actually rode in the wagons ; it was too dusty, too rough, and too hard on the livestock.

Despite having inflicted heavy casualties against the Somalis, the two Delta snipers were too outnumbered and outgunned.

Despite being offered a contract by nearby Middlesbrough, the offer made by Dodgin was too attractive to turn down, so he signed for Fulham and moved to London, playing as a wing-half and inside-forward.

Despite the Rebellion's true mission, they are looked upon as anarchists and dissidents, partly due to Imperial propaganda, though several cells on various planets take their duty too seriously and attack Imperial targets indiscriminately.

Despite his being too young to attend, the school allowed him to start in 1938 and he returned to spend the summers with the LaBrosses.

The site's consensus is " Despite good performances by Cage and especially by Leoni, The Family Man is too predictable and derivative to add anything new to the Christmas genre.

Despite this recent lawsuit, Chayefsky and Gottfried signed a deal with UA to finance Network, until UA found the subject matter too controversial and backed out.

Despite its innovative design, critics complained that it was too expensive.

Despite the fact they had been friends since their first day at Unseen University, Ridcully cannot decide what to call the Dean and eventually remembers his name is Henry ( over ' Archchancellor ', because that ' was out of the question ', ' Dean ' was ' too obvious an insult ', ' Two Chairs ' was ' ditto with knobs on ' and ' ungrateful, backstabbing, slimy bastard ' took too long to say.

Despite its relatively high precipitation due to favourable aspect, Superior is too low for significant snow even in winter.

Despite the area's rich ore deposits, investment in mining in the Neihart region remained low because it was too expensive to get ore out.

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

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.