Despite security advice and warnings from the Garda Síochána, on 27 August 1979 Mountbatten went lobster-potting and tuna fishing in a thirty-foot ( 10 m ) wooden boat, the Shadow V, which had been moored in the harbour at Mullaghmore.

Despite Bacon's advice to him, James and the Commons found themselves at odds over royal prerogatives and the king's embarrassing extravagance.

Despite the advice of several liberal and environmental groups, Nader did not formally run.

" Despite this advice from his colleagues, Nestorius persisted in maintaining the rightness of his position.

Despite similar advice by Paul von Hindenburg and Wilhelm Groener of the General Staff, the Emperor considered abdication only as Emperor, not as King of Prussia.

Despite the popularity of her subsequent early talking films, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney and Their Own Desire ( both 1929 ), Shearer feared the public would soon tire of her " good girl " image, and took the advice of friend and co-star Ramón Novarro to visit an unknown photographer named George Hurrell.

Despite a childhood dream to play for the Oakland Raiders, he turned down the scholarships on the advice of his mother, who argued that football players had shorter careers.

Despite much counsel from his advisors, Yongle chose his older son, Gaochi ( the future Hongxi Emperor ), as his heir apparent mainly due to advice from Xie Jin.

Despite her hyperactive personality, Dee Dee sometimes makes more logical decisions than Dexter, or even gives him helpful advice.

Despite all this, when it comes to giving out advice to her, his family, or anyone willing to listen Josh is, at times, wise beyond his years.

Despite public warnings from two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser, Jr. claiming that if a driver does not respect the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the place " will bite you-hard " Montoya shrugged off the advice claiming that all four corners were exactly the same and that the track required less attention than the road courses in the CART series and in European racing.

" Despite an outward appearance of confidence and popularity with his troops, the " genial six-footer with a face some people described as ' coarse '", privately often exhibited a lack of self-confidence, and in later campaigns became somewhat dependent on his older brother Richard for advice and approval.

Despite his quirks, he is a competent teacher and offers words of wisdom and advice to his students.

Despite his cooperation with Persia, he frequently gave supplies and advice to the rest of the Greek city states, and warned them of Mardonius ' plans before the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC.

Despite advice from his doctors to stop playing for a season, Geoffrion was on the ice six weeks later to take part in the 1958 Stanley Cup Final.

Despite not always partaking in missions, she often contacts her uncle and the Gadgetinis to offer advice and information from home.

Despite his misgivings about its defensibility, Johnston agreed to advice from Beauregard that he should reinforce Fort Donelson with another 12, 000 men, knowing that a defeat there would mean the inevitable loss of Middle Tennessee and the vital manufacturing and arsenal city of Nashville.

Despite this it is considered preferable to exclude Attorneys General from cabinet meetings so as to draw a distinct line between them and the political decisions on which they are giving legal advice.

Despite advice to the contrary, Potemkin pursued an equally defensive strategy, though in the Caucasus Generals Tekeeli and Pavel Potemkin were making some inroads.

Despite the accident Button still wanted to race, but was withdrawn by his team on medical advice.

Despite Treasury Board rules requiring a bidding process for contracts of $ 25, 000 or more, Flaherty admitted his office broke government contracting rules in hiring MacPhie & Company to help write the 2007 budget speech and provide advice on how to sell the document.

Despite such admirable qualities, he needs a little advice from time to time, which he seeks from The Amazing Perplexin-an occasionally recurring character in the comic strip.

Despite their complicated relationship, she would also help with advice when Edward felt insecure about a painting in progress, as in, for example, the case of Five A. M. ( 1937 ).

Despite the protection offered by flight in controlled airspace under IFR, the ultimate responsibility for the safety of the aircraft rests with the pilot in command, who can refuse clearances.

Despite this, many shops in the Netherlands refuse to accept them.

Despite instructions from Paschal ’ s successors, Gelasius II and Calixtus II, the archbishop continued to refuse to consecrate Thurstan, and Thurstan was still unconsecrated when Ralph died.

Despite a consensus among the landowners to refuse to allow the Compact to be signed with this inadequate LUA proposed by the U. S., the new Compact ( and the MUORA, by extension ) was finalized by officials of the RMI National government and went into effect in 2003.

'" Despite sitting on the Highways and Works Committee, which was responsible for street cleaning and refuse collection, Porter did not mention litter again until late 1976 following a visit to Leningrad and Moscow.

Despite Mothra stating that Earth belongs to them as well and that it is their duty to defend it, Godzilla and Rodan still refuse ( with Godzilla apparently swearing at Mothra ) and the pair refuse to forgive each other, wanting to continue their fight.

Despite the demands of his own party, Ali would refuse claiming that as Prime Minister, the interests of the nation, and not of his party were primary to him.

Despite being a village, Marchwood is the home of a refuse incinerator ( the remains of a previous incinerator, closed in the 1990s were finally pulled down in 2012 ), a sewage works, a large military port and a natural gas fuelled combined cycle power station replacing an older station which was dismantled during the 1980s.

Despite being pressured, they refuse to come clean and say they did not cheat.

Despite being shunned by the other occupants at first, she gladly shares her picnic basket with the hungry occupants of the coach, but at the end of the novel, when she has no food for the other half of the journey, the coach's other occupants refuse to share their food with her, an ingratitude made even worse by the fact that it was Boule de Suif's personal sacrifice that allowed them to leave.

Despite the fact that the card does nothing for the student, best discarded after purchase, the school may refuse to issue a report card at the end of each term to any students who did not purchase the card.

Despite being imprisoned for the rest of his life, Smith continues to refuse to assist police with ongoing investigations of unsolved murders, which were not covered by the immunity granted to him in exchange for his testimony against allegedly corrupt police officers at the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Wood Royal Commission hearings.

Despite his success, his parents still refuse to let him go.

Despite continuing to refuse to accept her seat in the Senate, she was released in July 1986 and secretly fled the country to the United States later that year.

Despite scalpers selling tickets at 1000 lire, crowds queued in line for hours to see an “ immoral movie ” before the censors banned it.

Despite being an idealization of the real world, the “ vortex system ” set up around a wing is both real and observable ; the trailing vortex sheet most noticeably rolls up into wing-tip vortices.

“ There is no prospect of ever winning Russian cooperation .” Despite its reservations, the 80th Congress implemented Truman ’ s requests, further escalating the Cold War with the USSR.

Despite the contributions of Duffy and Mendez, there were no female members, as stipulated in the NCS ' constitution which specified that “ any cartoonist ( male ) who signs his name to his published work ” could apply for membership.

Despite Germain's intellectual achievements, her death certificate lists her as a “ rentière – annuitant ” ( property holder ), not a “ mathematicienne.

Despite this setback, PML continued to track along a course of “ practical libertarianism ” that seeks to bridge the gap between ideology and politics.

Despite a contract with MGM to distribute his cartoons, and the introduction of a new character named “ Flip the Frog ”, and later “ Willie Whopper ”, the Iwerks Studio was never a major commercial success and failed to rival either Disney or Fleischer Studios.

Despite most jeans being “ pre-shrunk ”, they are still sensitive to slightly further shrinking and loss of coloring from being washed.

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.

It is explained in ‘ A Long Walk to Pittsburgh ’ that although he teased her during the first season, “ she was the girl sat up at night thinking about .” Despite his strong feelings for Topanga, he still has strong attractions to other women, and has been unfaithful to Topanga on a few occasions.

His arguments against the doctrine of revolutionary unions known as anarcho-syndicalism were later developed in a series of articles, where he wrote “ I am against syndicalism, both as a doctrine and a practice, because it strikes me as a hybrid creature .” Despite their drawbacks, he advocated activity in the trade unions, both because they were necessary for the organization and self-defense of workers under a capitalist state regime, and as a way of reaching broader masses.

Despite some critical reviews of the structure, the building has been called “ a fitting backdrop for the world's largest collection of Jimi Hendrix memorabilia .” The outside of the building which features a fusion of textures and colors, including gold, silver, deep red, blue and a " shimmering purple haze ," has been declared " an apt representation of the American rock experience.

Despite this lack of promotion, many critics did praise the book, and a large number of them seemed most affected by the character of Hurstwood, such as the New Haven Journal Courier, which proclaimed, “ One of the most affecting passages is where Hurstwood falls, ruined, disgraced ”.

Despite the fact that the meeting had been postponed due to World War 2, the council took place in Amsterdam with the theme of “ Man ’ s Disorder and God ’ s Design ”.

Despite this success, Butch Trucks recalls of the time that, “ celebrity is the worse thing that ever happened to the Allman Brothers.

For all that, in June 1961 Bray still decided to move and despite his recent marriage “ lmost every day went round, often spending a good part of the day or a large part of the evening there .” “ Oddly enough, this side of his life was well known about in Paris … natural reserve and well-developed sense of decorum were allied to his fear of giving offence to Suzanne .” Anthony Cronin notes that strangely – or perhaps not so strangely – during this time he was often to be found talking “ fervently and seriously about suicide .” Despite his unwillingness to do much about it he was clearly suffering badly from guilt.

Despite fighting against vastly superior forces, Napoleon managed to score a few significant victories and, between 10 and 13 February repeatedly beat Blücher ’ s “ Army of Silesia ”.

Bob Herbert also stated that many brothel prostitutes are controlled by outside pimps: " Despite the fiction that they are “ independent contractors ,” most so-called legal prostitutes have pimps — the state-sanctioned pimps who run the brothels and, in many cases, a second pimp who controls all other aspects of their lives ( and takes the bulk of their legal earnings ).

Despite these arguments, advocates of “ financial modernization ” predicted consumers and businesses would enjoy cost savings and greater convenience in receiving financial services from integrated “ financial services firms .”