Despite this, Hungarian ambitions remained unchanged long after Kulin's death in 1204, waning only after an unsuccessful invasion in 1254.

Despite the appearance of another French squadron, the arrival of large-scale British reinforcements under Edward Boscawen ( who considered but did not make an attack on Île de France on the way ) gave the British overwhelming dominance on land and sea, but the ensuing siege of Pondicherry organised by Boscawen was unsuccessful.

Despite his earlier association with the left-wing Aneurin Bevan, in 1955 he backed Hugh Gaitskell, who was considered the right-of-centre candidate in internal Labour Party terms, against Bevan for the party leadership He then launched an opportunistic but unsuccessful challenge to Gaitskell in November 1960, in the wake of the Labour Party's 1959 defeat, Gaitskell's controversial attempt to ditch Labour's commitment to nationalisation in the shape of the Party's Clause Four, and Gaitskell's defeat at the 1960 Party Conference over a motion supporting Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament.

Despite his attempts to convert Yoda to his cause, he is ultimately unsuccessful, but is very nearly swayed in turn by Yoda to return to the Jedi Order.

Despite his preparations and intentions to cow the Jews, Diodotus was entirely unsuccessful, and left the region under the rule of Jonathan's brother Simon, with little gain beyond a minor tribute of 100 talents.

Despite unsuccessful attempts to assert itself in the mainstream Hollywood community, notably with two direct sequels to The Toxic Avenger, and another stab at the superhero genre Sgt.

Despite them wanting to move into Windy Corner after the death of Mrs Honeychurch, Freddy sold the house to support his family as he was " an unsuccessful but prolific doctor.

Despite being overshadowed by Sputnik, and having to overcome the widespread humiliation of its unsuccessful early attempts, the Vanguard Project eventually met its scientific objectives, providing a wealth of information on the size and shape of the Earth, air density, temperature ranges, and micrometeorite impact.

Despite their best efforts, they were unsuccessful, but the constant artillery and assaults continued to wear the British defences down further.

Despite the tremendous success of his instant cameras, Land's unsuccessful Polavision instant movie system was a financial disaster, and he resigned as Chairman of Polaroid on March 6, 1980.

Despite a modicum of success with A Tale of Mystery, the remainder of the decade was marked by unsuccessful attempts to return to the public eye.

Despite the financial ruin, UA's blockbuster franchise films ( Pink Panther, James Bond, and eventually Rocky ) were emphasized more heavily than the financially unsuccessful films.

Despite recording a swing of 6. 9 per cent against the sitting Labor member Daniel Curtin, Wake was again unsuccessful.

Despite several attempts to secure a loan from these and other countries, Lamar was unsuccessful.

Despite her high profile she was unsuccessful in retaining the Hamilton seat at the 1970 General Election, but she managed to be re-elected to Westminster at the February 1974 Election for Moray and Nairn, and held her seat in the repeat election in October of the same year.

Despite lots of publicity pushing and press attention, the record was unsuccessful, peaking at # 166.

Despite his posthumous recognition, Xu was manifestly mentally ill and unsuccessful in life, ending his life in poverty after the murder of his third wife and several attempts at suicide.

Despite this, the season was unsuccessful for Killebrew, whose batting average barely passed. 200 most of the year ; after a strong start, he hit below. 200 in both May and June and his average stood at. 204 with 13 home runs going into the all-star break.

Despite the presence of Lansbury, a much-heralded Broadway revival was ultimately unsuccessful.

Despite talks of a sixth season, the series finished its run at the end of the moderately unsuccessful fifth season.

Despite the local community raising over £ 100, 000 towards the building of a new pool, efforts to bring a respectable swimming pool to the town have so far been unsuccessful.

Despite this move being unsuccessful, McMahon was also able to air the historic " War to Settle the Score " and " Brawl to End it All " wrestling cards on MTV ; in addition, McMahon also still had the most recognized wrestler in the industry, Hulk Hogan.

Despite attending each evening service during the fall campaign, and after two previous unsuccessful attempts to pray through to spiritual victory during those meetings, on November 20, 1850, Crosby left her pew again and knelt at the " anxious seat " at the front of the church sanctuary, and sought an assurance of her salvation.

Despite this, the league proved unsuccessful and folded within 5 years.

Despite the success in domestic cups, Liverpool was 17th in the table over the second half of the season to finish the season eighth, their worst showing in the league since 1994, failing to qualify for Europe's Champions League for a third straight season.

Despite its initial dismal commercial showing, " Forever Changes " has since gained recognition as one of the all-time great rock albums.

Despite its strong Australian showing, and having an American producer ( Peter McIan ), Business as Usual was twice rejected by Columbia's parent company in the United States.

Despite Macdonald's claims that he was innocent, evidence came to light showing receipts of money from Allan to Macdonald and some of his political colleagues.

Despite the information available at the time, Garfield made a strong showing at the convention in 1874, commanding over two-thirds of the delegates, and then won re-election against Democratic and Independent opponents, though by a smaller margin than in the past.

Despite being raised an atheist in a family of communists, Arkan made a point of showing public respects to the Serbian Orthodox Church, especially its head Patriarch Pavle.

Despite its poor box office showing, the film began to attract a devoted fan base.

Despite being mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately ( or even publicly ) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens.

Despite their poor regular season showing in 1968 – 69, they made the playoffs ; however, they were manhandled by St. Louis in a four-game sweep.

Despite Nowitzki's MVP showing, the Mavericks were upset by their former coach Don Nelson and the 8th seeded Golden State Warriors in the 2007 NBA Playoffs.

Despite this, CD is a valuable tool, especially for showing changes in conformation.

Despite showing great resilience against Collingwood, the Dmons were handed two further blows with losses to Adelaide and St Kilda.

Despite opinion polls showing he was the most popular Conservative politician with the public, he lost in a final round among the rank-and-file membership, a new procedure introduced by Hague, to a much less experienced, but strongly Eurosceptic rival, Iain Duncan Smith.

Despite evidence showing the people had no reason to kill themselves, they are shown to have been alone at the time of the murder.

" Despite the scandal, Tanaka made a record showing in the 1967 general election, and Satō re-appointed him as secretary general, moving Fukuda to the post of finance minister.

John Slezer | Slezer's Edinburgh Castle c. 1693 depicting the Scottish Union Flag. Despite the drawings described in this letter as showing drafts of the two new patterns, together with any royal response to the complaint which may have accompanied them, having been lost in a fire, other evidence exists, at least on paper, of a Scottish variant whereby the Scottish cross appears uppermost.

Despite the poor box-office showing of these films, Wright was usually praised for her performances.

Despite showing his face, giving away his code name, and revealing his FBI affiliation, Hanssen escaped arrest when the Bureau's investigation didn't go anywhere.

Despite the occasion being bittersweet ( it is also the third anniversary of Vera's death ), he's in his element: loud, brash, and boisterous-lighting a candle for his deceased wife before ordering rounds of drinks and proudly showing his son's photo around.

Despite research showing almost no relation between growth and the achievement of the goals 2 to 7 and statistics showing that during periods of growth poverty levels in some cases have actually risen ( e. g. Uganda grew by 2. 5 % annually between 2000 – 2003, yet poverty levels rose by 3. 8 %), researchers at the ODI suggest growth is necessary, but that it must be equitable.

Despite its close proximity, it was not directly involved in the pottery industry, and it strongly opposed attempts to add it in 1930 with a postcard poll showing residents opposing it by a majority of 97. 4 %.

Despite footage showing otherwise, the Ngôs blamed the Việt Cộng for the deaths, and protests for equality broke out across the country.

Despite this they still made use of the public baths, showing the value that they had as a public institution.