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

Despite being able to crawl on land, many of these prehistoric tetrapodomorph fish still spent most of their time in the water.

Despite being quite religious, he was also interested in mathematics and science, and sometimes is claimed to have contradicted the teachings of the Church in favour of scientific theories.

* 1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.

Despite being outscored over the season, the Diamondbacks posted the best record in the NL with 90 wins and 72 losses.

Despite being at one time a defender of metaphysical realism, Hilary Putnam later abandoned this view in favor of a position he termed " internal realism ".

Despite being epileptic, Charles achieved respect both as a commander and as a reformer of the Austrian army.

Despite being younger than the other contenders, Ahmad Shah had several overriding factors in his favor.

Despite this, there were also several superstar hitters, the most famous being Honus Wagner, held to be one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game, and Detroit's Ty Cobb, the " Georgia Peach.

Despite being offered the chance to remain as ruler of Bavaria ( under strict terms of an alliance with Austria ), the Elector left his country and family in order to continue the war against the Allies from the Spanish Netherlands where he still held the post of governor-general.

Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.

Despite strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.

Despite the term blitzkrieg being coined by journalists during the Invasion of Poland of 1939, historians Mathew Cooper and J. P Harris generally hold that German operations during it were more consistent with more traditional methods.

Despite fox hunting being banned by the Hunting Act in 2004, Boxing Day remains the biggest hunt of the year for most hunts in the UK by use of scent drag trails instead of live quarry.

Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6, 000 injured.

Despite being attached to the curse, Colavito said that he never placed a curse on the Indians but that the trade was prompted by a salary dispute with Lane.

Despite being well out of playoff contention the Cubs went 24 – 13 under Quade, the best record in baseball during that 37 game stretch and was hired as manager on October 19.

Despite being extensively hunted, the coyote is one of the few medium-to large-sized animals that has enlarged its range since human encroachment began.

Despite swimming being a part of imperial education, Caligula could not swim.

Despite being a Methodist, he made reference to the Buddha in his diary, and encouraged the establishment of a Buddhist political party under Master Taixu.

" Despite being significantly more advanced than its predecessors, the Armstrong gun was rejected soon after its integration, in favor of the muzzle-loading pieces that had been in use before.

Despite being one of Mather's most well-known works, many have openly criticized it, labeling it as hard to follow and understand, and poorly paced and organized.

Despite its being a non-metric unit, a number of metric countries have used this unit for its limited range of application.

Despite these complaints, Clement is generally not considered a heretic in the Catholic Church, but such concerns about his orthodoxy led to him being removed from the Roman martyrology in 1586, and he is not revered as a saint in contemporary Roman Catholicism.

Despite not being natural persons, corporations are recognized by the law to have rights and responsibilities like natural persons (" people ").

Despite an illegitimate daughter, rumors also surrounded Julius ' sexuality.

Despite being surrounded by Anglo-Saxon Common Law territories, Louisiana's civil code has kept its Roman roots, and some of its aspects feature influences by the Napoleonic Code, but remains based more on Roman and Spanish civil traditions.

Despite these changes, the Bastille remained a state prison, subject to special authorities, answering to the monarch of the day and surrounded by a considerable and threatening reputation.

Despite its small size, the town's scenic location on a headland surrounded by the Pacific Ocean has made it extremely popular as an artist colony and with vacationers.

Despite being largely surrounded by unincorporated Cobb County, several cities are near Austell such as Mableton which lies just over to the East, Powder Springs which is about to the Northwest, and Lithia Springs being to the Southwest.

Despite its small scale, the construction has all the rigorous proportions and symmetry of Classical structures, surrounded by slender Doric columns, surmounted by a dome.

Despite being surrounded, trapped, and outnumbered, the Japanese forces continued to fight until they were completely wiped out by Allied forces.

Despite the controversy and political bickering that has surrounded the future of the race in recent years, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone remains one of the world's premier motor racing events.

Despite being surrounded with some talent, such as future NFL ' ers Jojo Townsell, Mel Gray and Kevin Nelson, and making the playoffs in Young's first season, the Express never was able to create a sustaining fan base in Los Angeles.

Despite research dead ends, the horror of watching their son's health decline, and being surrounded by skeptics ( including the coordinators of the support group they attended ), they persisted until they finally hit upon a therapy involving adding a certain kind of oil ( actually containing two specific long chain fatty acids, isolated from rapeseed oil and olive oil ) to their son's diet.

Despite its early potential and the hype that surrounded the technology, LMDS was slow to find commercial traction.

Despite being armed with the radio device and surrounded by guards, Presser fled to Florida and moved from hotel to hotel every few days until the gang war ended.

Despite the proximity of the urban area, Corfe Mullen is surrounded by Green Belt and has six churches, five pubs, five schools, a library, various shops and local businesses, a village hall, and a whole host of community and sports organizations which help to preserve its community spirit and identity.

Despite his efforts, he did not carry his point, for in March 1792 the King, moved by intrigues and by the intransigence of those who surrounded him, thought right to dismiss him from that Ministry.

Despite being surrounded, General Koenig was able to find gaps in the Axis positions to withdraw through and make rendezvous with transport from 7th Motor Brigade some to the west.

Despite being so close to Maidstone and two motorways, the village is surrounded by woodland, and still retains a village feel.

Despite the typically suburban character of most of its neighbourhoods, Irby is surrounded on all sides by a large amount of green belt and woodland.

Despite being surrounded on all sides by industry and major transportation corridors, Georgetown retains a good number of residences and businesses.

Despite the peaked profile the summit is wide enough for a sizeable cairn surrounded by a small level area.

Despite being surrounded by an industrial area, there is a high level of unemployment.

Despite its name, the Black Isle is not an island, but a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water – the Cromarty Firth to the north, the Beauly Firth to the south, and the Moray Firth to the east.

Despite the presence of the National Guard, an angry mob of about 400 surrounded the school.

Despite the presence of the National Guard, an angry mob of about 400 surrounded the school and prevented them from going in.

Despite the presence of the National Guard, an angry mob of about 400 surrounded the school.