Despite several investigations, his fate is still uncertain.

Despite the changes, many Gurkhas who had not served long enough to entitle them to a pension faced hardship on their return to Nepal, and some critics derided the Government's decision to only award the new pension and citizenship entitlement to those joining after 1 July 1997, claiming that this left many ex-Gurkha servicemen still facing a financially uncertain retirement.

Despite this somewhat unequal status of the cities in the functioning of the Reichstag, their full admittance to that federal institution was crucial in clarifying their hitherto uncertain status and legitimizing their permanent existence as full-fledged Imperial Estates.

Despite its success in building brand recognition, it was uncertain whether a substantial market niche existed for Pets. com.

Despite the monetary success and publicity generated by the tour, Roth's future with Van Halen seemed uncertain.

Despite the connection to this general geographic region, it is difficult to determine from the Torah the exact boundaries of the tribe, to the extent that it is even uncertain whether Asher even had continuous territory.

Despite his growing promise, a future career in football began to look uncertain.

Despite the ease of finding Reovirus in clinical specimens, their role in human disease or treatment is still uncertain.

Despite this, the future of one of Ireland ’ s finest houses was perilously uncertain, until Ballyfin ’ s acquisition by the Krehbiels.

Despite this uncertain pedigree, the International Monetary Fund deemed them to be " broadly consistent with the economic considerations that are relevant for assessing entry into a monetary union.

Despite being one of the nation's top prospects, O ' Neal's future in college basketball was uncertain.

Despite improvements and its ground-breaking past, it appears that the future of Pittodrie as a football stadium is uncertain.

Despite Fournier ’ s considerable work Van Swieten ’ s liquid mercury is still the only known cure, although its results are doubtful and uncertain.

Despite this positive turn of events, the group were still uncertain of their future following their semi-hiatus and radical shift in line-up ; Jacobs later admitted that the band recorded the album under the belief that it could possibly be their last.

Despite the oft-given date of death of January 14, 1979, the exact date of DeSimone's murder is uncertain.

Despite remaining with McLaren, rumours persisted that Newey wanted to leave the team, and by late 2004 his future began to look uncertain when speculation began that the engineer could return to Williams or even leave the sport completely.

Despite the family connections to USC he was uncertain whether he fit the program's offense.

Despite the warnings from her clan about Kyousuke, Tatsumi continues to work with him, fulfilling her dangerous and uncertain role as a yumegari.

Despite this, the future of the web series was uncertain.

Despite it being an American term, the Americans deny coining the name, and its origin is uncertain.

Despite an autopsy, the cause of death remained uncertain.

Despite this positive turn of events, the group was still uncertain of their future following their semi-hiatus and radical shift in line-up.

Despite a similarity of his ideas with those of Marxism, the extent of Stein's influence on Karl Marx is uncertain.

Despite all testing and other preparations, one uncertain factor remains ; the weather.

Despite the strong start, the team played poorly in May and June and entered the All Star break at 47 – 48, still leading the NL West.

Despite its promising start, Fresh Horses plateaued quickly, topping out at quadruple platinum.

Despite the need to start back at the bottom of the naval hierarchy, Cook realised his career would advance more quickly in military service and entered the Navy at Wapping on 7 June 1755.

Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 – 14 – 8 record.

Despite the technical innovations that have taken place since the start of the series many still consider Super Mario Kart to be one of, if not, the best game of the franchise line.

Despite having Jake Peavy start the game and bringing in Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the 13th inning to try to hold an 8 – 6 lead, the Padres ' season ended when the Rockies rallied to win 9 – 8.

Despite this unenviable start, Huxley was determined to educate himself.

Despite his injuries, he competed in the Nations Grand Prix at Monza six days later, winning the race after he had persuaded staff at the hospital to bandage him in a manner such that he could sit on his motorcycle and receive a push start.

Despite their large adult sizes, crocodiles start their lives at around long.

Despite their usual slow movements, European bison are surprisingly agile and can clear three metre wide streams or two metre high fences from a standing start.

Despite his continued loyalty to the Administration, relations between Nixon and Agnew deteriorated, almost from the start of their professional relationship.

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.

Despite being refused entry to the Football League's First Division at the start of the 1892 – 93 season, they were invited to play in their new Second Division.

Despite this auspicious start to his career, Shearer was only eased into the first team gradually and made just ten goalless appearances for the club the following season.

Despite being impacted by diversion of resources to jump start the Apple / IBM / Motorola effort, the POWER2 took five years from start to system shipment.

Despite the late start, Henderson finished fourth in the AL in stolen bases ( 31 ).

Despite the promise shown in the Toronto series, the Islanders had a slow start to the 2002 – 03 NHL season.

Despite a slow 2 – 6 – 1 start, Colorado finished with a 44 – 28 – 10 record for 98 points, won the Northwest Division and finished second in the Western Conference.

Despite a respectable 17 – 10 start during the 1974 – 75 season, Coach Tom Nissalke was fired as owners become tired of the Spurs ' slow defensive style of games.

Despite a strong 17 – 3 start and an 11-game winning streak between February and March, the Spurs stayed relatively under the radar of the major trades and other quickly rising teams.

Despite a poor start, the pair went on to win four-and-a-half lengths ahead of the much-fancied Spartan Missile, ridden by amateur jockey and 54-year-old grandfather John Thorne.

Despite its ambition, however, Bologna had a poor start to the season, causing the sacking of experienced coach Renzo Ulivieri, replaced by former Internazionale defender Andrea Mandorlini.

Despite viewing the contract as unfair, Martin referred to the record as " the start of something phenomenal " for him.

Despite this modest start, in less than two years Watson had risen to a vice-presidency at Thompson.