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Despite attempts to draw new investment to the city after the hurricane, Galveston never fully returned to its previous levels of national importance or prosperity.
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Despite attempts to protect the town through quarantine, eight known cases of smallpox appeared in Boston by May 27, and by mid-June, the disease was spreading at an alarming rate.
Despite Bismarck's attempts to play the role of an " honest broker " at the Congress of Berlin, Russo-German relations deteriorated following the conference.
Despite Guy Montag's attempts to break her from the spell society has on her, Mildred continues to be shallow and indifferent.
Despite some military attempts by the Spanish to retake it in the 18th century, most notably in the Great Siege of 1779 – 1783, the Rock has remained under British control ever since.
Despite his attempts at neutrality, George William was forced by Gustavus Adolphus to join the Protestant forces in 1631.
Despite victories at Dupplin Moor and Halidon Hill, in the face of tough Scottish resistance led by Sir Andrew Murray, the son of Wallace's comrade in arms, successive attempts to secure Balliol on the throne failed.
Despite a friendship with Albert Spalding, Chadwick was scornful of the attempts to have Abner Doubleday declared the inventor of baseball.
Despite his self-professed attempts to treat Jamiroquai as a band, Kay has always been at the forefront of the band.
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Despite attempts to silence critics, Bismarck remained a largely unpopular politician.
Despite Gorbachev's attempts to discourage Russia's electorate from voting for him, Yeltsin was popularly elected as president, handily defeating five other candidates with more than 57 percent of the vote.
Despite further attempts, the Muslims were unable to conquer Pelayo's mountain stronghold.
Despite attempts to improve its agricultural base and emphasize locally manufactured products and indigenous materials, Seychelles continues to import 90 % of what it consumes.
Despite French attempts to maintain control by encouraging sectarian divisions and isolating urban and rural areas, the revolt spread from the countryside and united Syrian Druze, Sunnis, Shiites, Allawis, and Christians.
Despite repeated attempts by family members and others to have it expunged, his conviction has never been overturned.
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Despite attempts at reorganization of the Air Board, the earlier problems failed to be completely resolved.
Despite numerous successful campaigns and raids by the Roman army over the Rhine in the years after the battle, the Romans were to make no more concerted attempts to conquer and permanently hold Germania beyond the river.
Despite white attempts to control independent black congregations, especially after the Nat Turner Uprising of 1831, a number of black congregations managed to maintain their separation as independent congregations in Baptist associations.
Despite her attempts to remain out of the public eye, she was falsely accused in the libelles of having an affair with the commander of the Garde Nationale, the marquis de La Fayette.
Despite various attempts to get her out, such as the Carnation Plot in September, Marie Antoinette refused when the plots for her escape were brought to her attention.
Despite the destruction wrought on the countryside, the city castle held out in spite of repeated attempts over twelve days to take it, and the Turks left the island unsuccessfully because of poor logistics and an epidemic that decimated their ranks.
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Despite the popularity of these events, the Dachshund Club of America opposes " wiener racing ", as many greyhound tracks use the events to draw large crowds to their facilities.
Despite the championship, the team did not draw enough fans to stay solvent at the major league level, as Detroit was at the time one of the smallest cities in the National League and its rapid industry-fueled growth was still several years in the future.
Despite proclaiming high clinical standards for himself to gather information ' by means of expert analysis of individual cases ', he would also draw on the reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry.
Despite efforts at petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, and " mashing " with a young prostitute, Soapy fails to draw the attention of the police.
Despite this turbulence, Newcastle were able to finish twelfth at the end of the season, with one particular highlight being a 4-4 home draw against Arsenal which saw Newcastle come back from four goals down to claim a point.
Despite no history of radio programming to draw on and perennial cash shortages, DuMont was an innovative and creative network.
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Despite being ranked within the world's top 16, Krajicek just missed out on the seedings for the tournament, but when seventh seed ( and world number two ) Thomas Muster pulled out shortly before the tournament due to an injury, Krajicek was given Muster's place in the draw.
Despite her declining success on the Hot 100, Francis remained a top concert draw, and her singles – now following a more mature style – were charting on the top quarter of Billboard's Adult Contemporary ( AC ) Charts and sometimes even reached Billboard's Country Charts.
Despite this, India were unable to finish off their novice opponents, the draw heralding a start of a winless summer.
Despite trailing third before Walter Long and Austen Chamberlain Law eventually won the election when the strong possibility of a draw between Long and Chamberlain that would split the party forced both to withdraw.
Despite their chances of progression being written off by press on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border, Celtic defeated Liverpool 3 – 1 on aggregate with Larsson scoring the opener in a 1 – 1 1st leg draw followed by a 2 – 0 Celtic victory at Anfield.
Despite this common term, classical republicanism should not be conflated with virtue theory, as the two philosophical traditions draw from different sources and often address different concerns.
Despite this, he still attempted to write full scripts for each issue, saying " I like working that way so I can kind of forget about it before I sit down to draw.
Despite its being banned, Coal Black is a popular draw at film festivals and small-audience screenings, and is often bootlegged for release on home video.
Despite missing out on a wild card spot, the organisers awarded her a wild card for the Australian Open main draw.
Despite this setback, Dokic took part in the main draw of the US Open.
Despite the fantasy elements, the game emphasizes that any action has " real world " consequences, and abilities beyond what is considered " normal " by mainstream society will draw unwanted attention and potentially disastrous results.
Despite an opening day six-goal thriller against Blackburn Rovers which ended in a 3 – 3 draw, the players who had served the club so well wanted to move on, among them 1989 – 90 club player of the year Mark Bright.
Despite this it is considered preferable to exclude Attorneys General from cabinet meetings so as to draw a distinct line between them and the political decisions on which they are giving legal advice.
Despite her being a big draw in the box office, her acting skills were considered stiff and mechanical.
Despite its size, Orono boasts a popular zoo called Jungle Cat World, located on the north side of Orono, as well as the Orono Fair which draw people from miles around.
Despite the positive remarks, the main points of criticism draw from the length of the album, with only three songs breaking past the four minute mark.
Despite his unhappiness with his work in the Court of Appeal, he worked until 1956, when his long service as a judge allowed him to draw a pension.
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