Despite this limited franchise, Athenian democracy was certainly the first — and perhaps the best — example of a working direct democracy.

Despite, or perhaps because of, its small size Harwich is highly regarded in terms of architectural heritage, and the whole of the older part of the town, excluding Navyard Wharf, is a conservation area.

Despite being modest in number ( perhaps 7, 000 units total as of 1988 ), Lisp machines commercially pioneered many now-commonplace technologies – including effective garbage collection, laser printing, windowing systems, computer mice, high-resolution bit-mapped graphics, computer graphic rendering, and networking innovations like CHAOSNet.

Despite its urban and industrial character, San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta remain perhaps California's most important ecological habitats.

Despite the influx of advertisers and their cash, or perhaps because of them, the 1940s were not without bumps for the radio networks.

Despite several references listing different combinations of Picti, Scotti, Hiberni, Attecotti and Saxons together as later Roman Britain's archetypal enemies, it is worth noting that ' Scotti ' and ' Hiberni ' are never listed together, perhaps suggesting that they were then, as they were later, alternative names for the Irish or confederations of the Irish.

Despite the vast size of its coma, Halley's nucleus is relatively small: barely 15 kilometers long, 8 kilometers wide and perhaps 8 kilometers thick.

Despite the lack of hard evidence, it has been put forward by some authorities that black robes, perhaps slightly tainted with red to hide bloodstains, was indeed the sensible garment of choice for infiltration.

Despite ( or perhaps because of ) the manner in which Ford intended it, Rose adopted that nickname as a badge of honor.

Despite this background ( or, perhaps, because of it ), poverty and oppression are the main subjects of Murenu's poetry.

Despite this, or perhaps because of it, the spirit of this mystic comes alive through a " unique forcefulness ... vigor of thought and rugged terseness of style.

Despite ( or perhaps because of ) his pride and persistence, Sylvester is, with rare exceptions, placed squarely on the " loser " side of the Looney Tunes winner / loser hierarchy.

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 the hard times they endured together, or perhaps because of them, Shaka loved his mother almost to the point of worship.

Despite the relative low number of Polynesian languages, and the relative abundance of data already available on many of them, the comparative method was often reduced to comparisons of vocabulary, its shared sporadic sound changes and, as Wilson did in 1985, comparison of pronominal systems which is perhaps the second most commonly described aspect of " minor " languages often available for comparison after the lexicostatistical lists.

Despite ( or perhaps because of ) their conflicting attitudes, the Professor and Thomas are billeted together by Satan.

Despite the intensive military operations, apparently no serious thought was given stripping Madison of his powers and duties temporarily, perhaps partly because his Vice President, Elbridge Gerry, also was in poor health and nearing age 70.

Despite the brutality Lamb got along well at Christ's Hospital, due in part, perhaps, to the fact that his home was not far distant thus enabling him, unlike many other boys, to return often to the safety of home.

Despite a worldwide course development slowdown, Nicklaus ’ s design firm has over 40 courses in development around the globe ... And he remains perhaps golf ’ s most respected spokesperson on a wide range of issues.

" Despite their insanity, or perhaps because of it, the Malkavians have the capacity to " see " the future.

" Despite his technique, or perhaps owing to it, within 18 months the store ( as well as Eddie and Ronnie ) was nearly bankrupt.

Despite ( or perhaps because of ) the country's association with Joseph Stalin, Soviet rule in Georgia was particularly harsh during the 1950s and sought to restrict Georgian cultural expression.

Despite Perry's notoriety for doctoring baseballs ( i. e. throwing a spitball ), and perhaps even more so for making batters think he was throwing them on a regular basis – he even went so far as to title his 1974 autobiography Me and the Spitter – he was not ejected for the illegal practice until August 23, 1982, in his 21st season in the majors.

Despite this, or perhaps because of it, Louis XVIII forced Gazan into retirement in Grasse, where the aging general dabbled unsuccessfully in politics.

Despite this, perhaps partly again due to superstitution and partly because Emperor Ling viewed his behavior as being insufficiently solemn, Prince Bian was never created crown prince, and at times Emperor Ling seriously considered creating the younger Prince Xie crown prince.

Despite a booming growth in American periodicals around this time period, fueled in part by new technology, many did not last beyond a few issues and publishers often refused to pay their writers or paid them much later than they promised.

Despite the relative rarity of shark attacks, the fear of sharks is a common phenomenon, having been fueled by the occasional instances of serial attacks, such as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916, and by horror fiction and films, such as the Jaws series.

Despite popular allegations that his poor treatment of White Sox players fueled the conspiracy, Comiskey was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades, fueled by demand primarily from rural customers who were attracted by the wide selection of items unavailable to them locally.

Despite Yoh's claims that he wishes to become Shaman King merely to live an easy life, his primary motivation is the promise he made to Anna when they first met and he saved her life after her powers, fueled by her deep-seated hatred of humanity and the resulting loneliness she felt, nearly destroyed her.

Despite assurances by the scientific community that a collision with Earth is extremely unlikely, the public, fueled with religious fervor by the evangelist Henry Armitage, begins to hoard food and supplies in anticipation.

Despite being heavily out matched in fundraising, he rode a late surge fueled by sweeping editorial endorsements to finish third in the March 16, 2004 Illinois U. S. Senate Republican primary election that was won by Jack Ryan, and was a front-runner to replace Ryan as the Republican nominee in the first two weeks after Ryan quit the Senate race.

Despite the lip service paid by local governments, the anti-secrecy statutes have been continuously subverted by reservations and rationalizations.

Despite all this, the idea apparently has captured the imagination of countless youths whose parents are probably more surprised by the response than anybody else.

Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John Brown, Rhode Islanders turned their attention to the state elections.

Despite the opposition of the city newspapers, the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience, composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery, of many of our colored citizens, and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering ''.

Despite this prohibiton, by 1844 some of the Fort Garry merchants were trading with the Indians for furs.

Despite efforts by Washington last week to play down the significance of the meeting, it clearly was going to be one of the crucial encounters of the cold war.

Despite a too long sustained declamatory flight, this final speech is convincing, and we see why British audiences apparently were impressed by `` Roots ''.

Despite these achievements, the influence of Aristotle's errors is considered by some to have held back science considerably.

( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

Despite the debut of Donald Bradman, the inexperienced Australians, led by Jack Ryder, were heavily defeated, losing 4 – 1.

Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, never entered into the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, yet, at times, the church incorporated the theory in its ordinary belief.

Despite the service he rendered to the Qajar government, Hasan Ali Shah was dismissed from the governorship of Kerman in 1837, less than two years after his arrival there, and was replaced by Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawla, a younger brother of Muhammad Shah Qajar.

Despite this, some towns, like Alcácer do Sal in 1217, were conquered from the Moors by the private initiative of noblemen.

Despite the legend of his divorce and remarriage, Amram was also held to have been entirely sinless throughout his life, and was rewarded for this by his corpse remaining without any signs of decay.

Despite these troubles Andronikos III secured the extension of Byzantine control over Thessaly in 1333 and Epirus in 1337, by taking advantage of succession crises in these principalities.

Despite Acorn themselves effectively shelving the Electron in 1985, games continued to be developed and released by professional software houses until 1991.

Despite advances in the protection offered by ballistic armour against projectiles, as the name implies, modern ballistic body armour is much less impervious to stabbing weapons unless they are augmented with anti-knife / anti-stab armour ( usually a form of mail ).

Despite the regard in which he was held by the Venetians, Dürer returned to Nuremberg by mid-1507, remaining in Germany until 1520.

Despite his subsequent defeat by the Prussians, Russians and British allies, exile and death, no victorious power has reversed that decision or tried to remove Corsica from France.

Despite decisively defeating the Marathas, what might have been Ahmad Shah's peaceful control of his domains was disrupted by many challenges.

Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service, though a large number of kills were claimed by Iranian F-14s during the Iran – Iraq War.

Despite causing the predicament faced by the Medieval soldiers, Ash initially demands to be returned to his own time.

Despite the Democratic majority in Congress, the effort to create a national health care system ultimately died when compromise legislation by George J. Mitchell failed to gain a majority of support in August 1994.