Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

Despite this impairment to his bowling shoulder, his team played with an aggressive strategy leading them to lose only one Test match and no other matches during the tour, honouring his pre-series pledge.

Despite their often fearsome appearance they are not normally aggressive to humans.

Despite an aggressive marketing campaign directed at U. S. airlines and the USAF, the sales prospects of the Jetliner floundered after the launch customer, Trans-Canada Airlines, reneged on a letter of intent in 1948.

Despite the RIAA's aggressive tactics, online file-swapping has continued to grow.

Despite this relative stubbornness, it is quite unusual for the Great Pyrenees to become aggressive or turn on its master.

" Despite being trained to be aggressive towards fellow dogs they had to be of good temperament with people as the handler would have to bring the dog back to scratch for each round.

Despite their small size, they are aggressive and fearless, and will attack much larger species if their nest or young are threatened.

Despite aggressive treatment, his condition gradually worsened, and seven weeks after the release of the remake of The Unholy Three, he died of a throat hemorrhage.

Despite some further missteps, including wearing a gaudy secondhand tuxedo to court and sleeping through Trotter's opening statement, Vinny shows that he can make up for his ignorance and inexperience with an aggressive, perceptive questioning style.

Despite Iorga's ambition of fusing research and pedagogy, his students, both rivals and friends, often noted that he was inferior to other colleagues when it came to teaching, in particular in directing advanced classes — his popularity, it was claimed, dropped with time, after the aging Iorga became aggressive toward some of his students.

Despite this boom, Baldwin faced many challenges including the constraints of space in the Philadelphia facility, inflation, increased labor costs, the substantial increase in the size of the locomotives being manufactured, labor tensions, and the formation of the American Locomotive Company, an aggressive competitor which eventually became known simply as ( ALCO ).

Despite the title of the memo, in response to aggressive questioning from Richard Ben-Veniste – a Democratic member of the 9 / 11 Commission – Rice stated that the document " did not warn of attacks inside the United States.

Despite being disturbed at the idea of Frasier or Niles being homosexual, he is willing to accept it, and even pretends to be homosexual once to avoid an aggressive woman.

Despite his aggressive nature and excessive gambling, the guardian of the friary saw a better side to his nature, and continually tried to bring that out in him.

Despite having injured his left wrist in training, Urquidez proceeded with the bout and narrowly dominated his equally aggressive opponent with kicking attacks.

" Despite his aggressive style, Brown has not missed a game due to injury in four seasons.

Despite a possible decrease in its ability to assemble and supply large armies, Rome maintained an aggressive and potent stance against perceived threats almost to the end of the fourth century.

Despite their aggressive nature and history, The Drakulians are also masters of diplomacy ( although the practice of Diplomacy was forbidden as heresy as recently as 200 Spans ago and has only lately come into use ), and will in most cases employ reason before arms.

Despite Hotze's aggressive harassment of the French retreat, Charles did not follow up on the withdrawal ; Masséna established himself on the opposite bank of the Limmat without threat of pursuit from the main body of the Austrian Army, much to the annoyance of the Russian liaison officer, Alexander Ivanovich, Count Ostermann-Tolstoy.

Despite their local infiltrative and aggressive behavior, mortality is minimal to nonexistent for peripheral tumours.

Despite being seen frequently in the aquarium trade, it is a very aggressive fish and not suitable for community aquarium tanks.

Despite the extensive evidence presented by the prosecution that showed that the company had been deeply involved in Germany's rearmament after World War I from the onset, the tribunal rejected the charges for preparing an aggressive war and for conspiration to that end.

Despite his astuteness in dealings with matters at home, Osorkon II was forced to be more aggressive on the international scene.

Despite pressure from the Bernese authorities in the 16th and 17th centuries anabaptism never entirely disappeared from the Unteraargau.

Despite pressure from the government of the United States, the Chilean Congress, keeping with tradition, conducted a runoff vote between the leading candidates, Allende and former president Jorge Alessandri.

Despite considerable congressional resistance, presidential and popular pressure led to a November 1993 agreement brokered by the Catholic Church between the administration and Congress.

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

Despite the pressure of non-Polish administrations in Poland, who have often attempted to suppress the Polish language, a rich literature has developed over the centuries, and the language is currently the largest, in terms of speakers, of the West Slavic group.

Despite this, the political situation demanded even greater pressure, and on 31 January 1917, Germany announced that its U-boats would engage in unrestricted submarine warfare beginning 1 February.

Despite the growing pressure to abandon production of war films, Warner continued to produce them, losing money in the process.

Despite the inspired nonviolent resistance of the Czech and Slovak population, the reformers had little hope of holding out against Soviet pressure and ultimately were forced to accede to Soviet demands, signing the Moscow protocols.

Despite German pressure, Bulgaria did not take part in the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union and actually never declared war on the Soviet Union.

Despite such setbacks, popular pressure for reform remained strong.

Despite being subjected to severe pressure and incarceration for a year at Kraków, the delegation refused to submit to the king's terms, and Giese and Councilor Georg Kleefeld were eventually released in 1570 against a ransom of 100, 000 guilders.

Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad.

Despite their neutrality, the Norwegian government went to considerable lengths to accommodate Britain, on account of both British pressure and an anti-German sentiment.

Despite the strategic predicament of the German Army, it had managed to prevent a collapse of its defenses and had survived the battle and withstood the pressure of the Russia and whilst conducting an invasion of Romania.

Despite U. S. pressure on Japan to assist America in Iraq, Japan limited their involvement in the war to financial contribution primarily because of domestic opposition to the deployment of troops.

Despite pressure from the government that she intervene to break the deadlock, Sauvé maintained that it was up to the parties to resolve it themselves through negotiation.

Despite the relative pressure disadvantage, modern rimfire magnums in. 17-caliber, 5mm, and. 22-caliber generate muzzle energy comparable to smaller centerfire cartridges.

Despite his imprisonment, and pressure from the Commission to stand down, Gotti is believed to have held on to his position as Gambino boss with his brother Peter and his son John A. Gotti Jr. relaying orders on his behalf.

Despite pressure from the Carolingians, who laid siege to Rome, his decision held.

Despite the pressure of captaincy, Bradman's batting form remained supreme.

Despite his family's objections and the added pressure of raising a second daughter, France, born on 12 July, Brel left Brussels for Paris in the fall of 1953.

Despite the pressure brought to bear by management, when confronted, Norma Rae takes a piece of cardboard, writes the word " UNION ", stands on her worktable, and slowly turns to show the sign around the room.

Despite their lack of enthusiasm for the rebellion, the British and French governments were under mounting pressure from their home public opinion to assist the Greeks.

Despite pressure from local residents, Con Ed went forward with its plan, applying to the Federal Power Commission for a license to operate such a facility.