Despite this modest initiative, the financial results were excellent, as it stimulated an increase of foreign trade volume among its members from 3. 5 to 8. 2 billion US dollars between 1959 and 1967.

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 the limitations of the computation, agreement was excellent.

Despite its excellent performance, the garrison's food supply had been requisitioned for earlier offensives, a relief expedition was stalled by the weather, ethnic rivalries flared up between the defending soldiers and a breakout attempt failed.

Despite its age, it is still considered an excellent commentary on simple but high quality code.

" Despite this excellent reputation, D. W. T. C. Vessey has shown that William was certainly not an impartial observer, especially when dealing with the events of the 1170s and 1180s.

Despite the excellent postnatal prognosis, 99 % of Turner-syndrome conceptions are thought to end in spontaneous abortion or stillbirth, and as many as 15 % of all spontaneous abortions have the X, O karyotype.

Despite its mixed origins, this aircraft had excellent performance and formed the basis for a number of future fighters.

Despite the ISP's excellent anti-virus software, subscribers are frequently targets for virus attacks from outside the country.

Despite this setback, Dr Kik's excellent care continues to improve Virginia's mental state.

Despite having lost some velocity from his fastball, he retained his excellent curveball and his control, and posted an outstanding 19 – 7 record in 2002.

Despite being a poor walleye lake, Long Lake is an excellent northern pike lake.

Despite these problems, Quad could produce excellent images.

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 clearly Western attitudes, Raab established excellent relations with post-Stalin Soviet Union.

Despite their heavy-bodied appearance, groundhogs are accomplished swimmers and excellent tree climbers when escaping predators or when they want to survey their surroundings.

Despite the fact that he was in his forty-ninth year, and Marie Thérèse had barley passed her fourteenth birthday, Monsieur Geoffrin had inherited a substantial fortune from his first wife, and the chance for " an excellent settlement " was thought to be quite suitable by Madame Chemineau.

Despite his excellent academic record it became obvious at Glasgow that he was better suited to business than to university, and when he was sixteen Law left school to become a clerk at Kidston & Sons.

Despite this, Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for the striker, who scored three goals in 13 matches in all competitions during his three-month stay, saying, " He's been fantastic for us, his professionalism, his attitude, everything he's done has been excellent.

Despite his excellent critical reputation, his finances continued to remain precarious.

Despite lack of a progressive economy, general lack of government funding for public services such as public transport, and continued unsustainable urban growth, the city has seen sustained growth in its cultural institutions such as art, music, literature, performance, etc., as many contributors to and patrons of the arts relocate to Melbourne amongst excellent independent community support structures such as press and radio and a thriving cultural community.

Despite his excellent form for Yorkshire in 1954, there was no place for Trueman in any of the Test matches against Pakistan, nor was he selected for the tour of Australia and New Zealand the following winter.

Despite this, he was noted as an excellent judge, although one who suffered from an " excess of zeal " in moral issues.

Despite Oxford quickly racing to the top, a collapse in Oxford's form combined with an excellent run for the Daggers saw them overtake Oxford in the league.

Despite the far distance from the city, the transportation network of Tung Chung is excellent.

Despite getting along well with them personally and enjoying the recording of their 1978 self-titled album, Holdsworth claims that his time spent with the group was " miserable " due to numerous musical differences whilst on tour, namely Jobson and Wetton's desire for Holdsworth play his solos to an organised structure for each show ; something to which he vehemently objected.

Despite working to create " an album of experimental yet accessible 21st century pop ", just one single emerged from their musical partnership, the self-titled " WigWam " released on 3 April 2006 via Instant Karma Records.

Despite the match's profile, prior to the first self-titled Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event, championships were defended six times out of sixteen of the Hell in a Cell matches.

Despite not being able to capitalize on the single's popularity at alternative radio, Almo Sounds released the band's self-titled debut album Garbage across the United States and Canada the following week, where it debuted at the end of the month on the developing artists Top Heatseekers album chart.

Despite the anticipated arrival of their self-titled debut album, East West Records dropped them.

Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography ( accounts differ ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he went back to his home in Harlingen, Texas, where he died early in the morning of February 9, 1981.

Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976.

Despite the delay in shipping the album to certain stores, In Pieces was another instant No. 1 success, selling a total of about 10 million copies worldwide.

Despite the less than spectacular response to the Chris Gaines project, Brooks gained his first – and only – US Top 40 pop single in " Lost in You ", the first single from the album.

Despite the fact that Parsons only contributed two new songs to the album (" In My Hour of Darkness ", " Return of the Grievous Angel "), Parsons was highly enthused with his new sound and seemed to have finally adopted a serious, diligent mindset to his musical career, eschewing most drugs and alcohol during the sessions.

Despite this, the album was the band's first taste of commercial success and their first platinum album in Canada.

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 no major singles, the album initially sold well.

" Despite the difficulties in recording the album, Crow told the BBC in 2005 that: " My favorite single is ' My Favorite Mistake ,' it was a lot of fun to record and it's still a lot of fun to play.

Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover.

Despite David Byrne's lack of interest in another album, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison reunited for a one-off album called No Talking, Just Head under the name The Heads in 1996.

Despite mounting problems between the musicians, the Band forged ahead with their next album, Cahoots ( 1971 ).

Despite poor record sales ( due to the elongated period of inactivity by the band ) the album is favored by critics and fans alike.

Despite Orbison's death, the remaining group members recorded a second and final studio album, which they intentionally misnumbered Traveling Wilburys Vol.

Despite being unpolished, the album established the band's sound and attitude, as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that it's filled with " fuzzy guitars, barrelhouse rhythms, dirty jokes, and Texan slang ".

Despite not selling as many copies as Eliminator, 1985's Afterburner was still as successful commercially, becoming their highest-charting album, and racking up sales of 5 million units.

Despite praise from critics and fans for her vocals on the three-month Street Angel tour, Nicks was crushed by the focus on her weight and the poor reception of the album itself.

Despite these hit singles, the album failed to do well in the United States, while in the UK it went triple platinum and remained in the album chart for two years.

Despite cries of " commercial suicide ", the album and its first single, " Beetlebum ", debuted at number one in the UK.

Despite both the Record of the Year award and Song of the Year being awarded for a single or for one track from an album, this award goes only to the composer ( s ) of the song whereas the Record of the Year award goes to the performer and production team of the song.

Despite producing one Top 10 and two Top 20 singles, the album peaked at No. 8 with a six week chart run.