Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6, 000 injured.

Despite public or media opinion, national studies have indicated that severe mental illness does not independently predict future violent behavior, on average, and is not a leading cause of violence in society.

Despite the clear electoral victory for the Sandinistas, the Contras continued their violent attacks on both state and civilian targets, until 1989.

Despite Elizabeth ’ s volatile, often violent reactions in regards to her appearance, the Empress was ebullient in most other matters particularly when it came to Court entertainment.

Despite violent opposition from some printers in the Sheldonian, this ended the friction between Oxford and the Stationers, and marked the effective start of a stable university printing business.

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 Chief Guyasuta's violent history, General O ' Hara furnished a cabin for him on O ' Hara's estate north of the Allegheny River ( now Fox Chapel ), and provided necessities during the declining years of his life.

Despite the majority of contemporaneous scholars and writers agreeing that Peter was the true author of the Crusade and that its aims became corrupted and violent over time in contrast to the purer and mostly non-violent People's Crusade, most recent scholars such as Jonathan Riley-Smith consider such views as an excellent instance of the legendary amplification of the First Crusade — an amplification which, beginning during the crusade itself, in the " idolizations " of the different camps ( idola castrorum, if one may pervert Bacon ), soon developed into a regular saga.

Despite the popularity of the series, it was also subject to much controversy from parents who felt the show was too violent for young children.

Despite this, matsetela ( 2000 ) stated that the process was then halted and the situation began to reverse itself, as the subsequent violent actions of drug lords, paramilitaries, guerrillas and opportunistic large landowners severely contributed to a renewed concentration of land and to the displacement of small landowners.

Despite Weston's initial reservations, throughout the novel, Ecotopian citizens are characterized as clever, technologically resourceful, emotionally expressive and even occasionally violent, but also socially responsible, patriotic.

Despite the attempt to tone down the content, the Motion Picture Association of America deemed the film too violent to rate PG-13, so Gibson released it as unrated.

Despite its problems, according to studies in Latin America, San José is still one of the safest and least violent cities in the region.

Despite the laws, the violent incidents continue, under a general perception of impunity.

Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues ( plus specials ) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.

Despite their initial violent hatred of each other, he and Newcastle grew to have a very productive relationship which lasted for over three decades.

Despite his violent actions and dark nature, the Punisher has enjoyed some mainstream success ( although toned down ) on television, making guest appearances on Spider-Man: The Animated Series and even The Super Hero Squad Show.

Despite a jaw-dropping violent streak ( including nailing people's heads to the floor and to coffee tables, and screwing people's pelvises to cake stands ), he was beloved by everyone who knew him, most considering him " a cruel man, but fair ".

Despite this setback violence remained on the agenda as the party maintained a Leader Guard of violent members whom it encouraged to join the Territorial Army, as well as a Women's Division and a National Youth Movement.

Despite crime declines versus their peaks during the crack and heroin epidemics, violent crime continues to be a serious problem in the community.

Despite his violent temper, Drusus showed promise with both military and politics.

Despite his violent and loutish nature, Lobo seems to have a genius-level intellect in matters of destruction and violence.

Despite this, Marks remained on good terms with the many violent inmates housed there as he was " British and a famous non-rat " and avoided conflict " by being nice, charming, and eccentric ".

Despite his harsh upbringing and violent attitude, Riddick has been shown to have a certain knack for deduction, rapidly deducing what had happened to the original inhabitants of the mining base where he and the other crash survivors had been staying, as well as finding the creature's blind spot in Pitch Black and swiftly deducing what had caused the firefight between the wardens and Toombs ' men in Chronicles.

Despite heavy casualties the Prussians attempted to storm the great battery, whilst the Danes, under Count Scholten, attempted to drive the French infantry out of the copses beyond the village.

Despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven south off course by a storm and eventually reaches Antarctica.

Despite the setback caused by the storm, the town grew steadily, aided by the oil boom following the discovery petroleum reserves in Ged.

Despite having nearly an hour's advance warning that severe weather was imminent, 42 people were killed ( 25 in vehicles ) and 1, 800 were injured because the storm arrived just in time for many people to be driving home from work.

Despite the strength of the geomagnetic storm, no electrical power distribution failures were reported.

Despite his previous affinity with politically and socially-charged lyrical themes, Gaye helped popularize sexual and romance-themed music and funk, while his 1970s recordings, including Let's Get It On ( 1973 ) and I Want You ( 1976 ) helped develop the quiet storm sound and format.

Despite Emily being a powerful storm, it was the slower moving Hurricane Wilma that caused the most destruction when it hit the island in October.

Despite such tight security, an incident occurred on November 17, 2002 in which a man apparently slipped through airport security at Ben Gurion Airport with a pocketknife and attempted to storm the cockpit of El Al Flight 581 en route from Tel Aviv to Istanbul, Turkey.

Despite this, the storm quickly strengthened to attain peak sustained winds of 60 mph ( 95 km / h ), with tropical storm-force winds extending up to 230 miles ( 370 km ) east of the center, and a minimum central pressure of 1000 mbar.

Despite the damage, the storm killed only five people in Vermont.

Despite storm clouds on the muscle car horizon, the 442 returned in 1971 with only minor modifications from the previous year.

Despite the storm and stress in the concerto, the composer has kept his forces down almost to chamber music proportions.

Despite its proximity, the storm produced peak wind gusts of only in Nags Head.

Despite the lack of aircraft reconnaissance in the region, the intensity was determined by wind readings from a German cargo ship that passed through the storm.

Despite being at an unusually high latitude for development, the storm underwent a brief period of rapid intensification, strengthening into a Category 3 hurricane on September 23.

Despite their criticism, IGN ranked Barret fourth " Top 10 " best sidekick characters in video games, stating that he " took the videogame world by storm " when introduced and noting that his portrayal was also appealing, adding that his past made him a visibly loyal character.

Despite the warning, relatively few heeded these evacuation orders, likely playing a role in the large loss of life following the storm.

Despite being an unprecedented event, Brazilian officials took the appropriate actions and warned the public about the approaching storm.

Despite the lack of adequate warning for the storm, only three people were confirmed to have perished in the storm and 75 others were injured.

Despite government orders for police to kill any looters, large-scale looting occurred in Havana after the storm.

Despite the fact that both these ships were destroyed in a storm and many of his soldiers defected to Olid, Las Casas defeated Olid in battle and captured him.

Despite remaining away from land, moisture from the storm reached southern California to produce rainfall.

Despite this, and even as Castro's rebels began to overthrow Havana two years later, Trafficante was heard to insist that the revolution was, " a temporary storm " that would " blow over.