Despite its interest in foreign investment to diversify the economy, the Bahamian Government responds to local concerns about foreign competition and tends to protect Bahamian business and labor interests.

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 such concerns from critics, legislators, and publishers, Scott Miller later recounted that 3D Realms saw very little negative feedback to the game's controversial elements from actual gamers or their parents.

Despite those concessions, the minimum daily rate in 1991 was only US $ 1. 75 for workers employed by small agricultural enterprises and US $ 3. 15 for workers in the big exporting concerns ; most workers did not earn the minimum wage.

Despite similar appearance as a layered model, it uses a much less rigorous, loosely defined architecture that concerns itself only with the aspects of logical networking.

Despite sanitary concerns, its consumption is extremely widespread in cities because it's the most practical and often cheapest way to lunch after fast food.

Despite concerns raised about its possible contribution to global warming, comparisons between urban and rural areas show that the urban heat island effects have little influence on global mean temperature trends.

Despite these concerns, DVDs for reality shows have sold briskly ; Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, The Amazing Race, Project Runway, and America's Next Top Model have all ranked in the top DVDs sold on Amazon. com, and in the mid-2000s, DVDs of The Simple Life outranked scripted shows like The O. C.

Despite these acute challenges, Li shifted his focus away from the day-to-day concerns of energy, communications, and raw materials allocation, and took a more active role in the ongoing inter-party debate on the pace of market reforms.

Despite these concerns, the Syrian officials knew it was too late to turn back.

Despite these concerns, they believed that Nasser would use the Ba ' ath as the primary method of controlling Syria.

Despite concerns that Sullivan at nearly 12 years of age was too old to give much service as a treble before his voice broke, he was accepted and soon became a soloist and, by 1856, was promoted to " first boy ".

Despite his concerns, Aman continued using Elad for intelligence operations until 1956, when he was caught trying to sell Israeli documents to the Egyptians.

Despite these assurances, residents have been very vocal in their concerns that the neighborhood will lose its unique eclectic appeal and have panned what they call the destruction of one of the few locally owned business districts in the valley.

Despite concerns over his character, Titus ruled to great acclaim following the death of Vespasian in 79, and was considered a good emperor by Suetonius and other contemporary historians.

Despite concerns that the country was about to fall into a period of political instability, the transfer of power went smoothly.

Despite the concerns about the album's uncommercial sound, Pornography became the band's first UK Top 10 album, charting at number eight.

Despite these concerns, small numbers of Black Bermudians have chosen to describe themselves on census returns as mixed-racial, and the Native American demographic, which had disappeared for centuries, is slowly re-emerging, as more Bermudians-especially on St. David's Island-choose to identify to some degree, if not exclusively, with their Native American ancestry ( although many may feel that, in an increasingly polarised climate, this is a safer option than identifying themselves as in any way White, or European ).

Despite the early success of MP3. com on Wall Street ( the day of the stock IPO ( ticker: MPPP ), the stock rose from $ 28 to peak at $ 103 ), Robertson quickly led his company into a firestorm of lawsuits generated by the major record labels and music publishing concerns.

Despite the concerns of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, at the increasing costs of the war, Chamberlain maintained his insistence that the Boers be made to surrender unconditionally, and was supported by Salisbury.

Despite concerns of " The Cannon " being retired along with the old field, it has been taken out to the new complex and can still be heard following every Lions ' score.

Despite such concerns the area was a tangle of rough country thickly covered in heavy brush well suited for deploying light infantry.

Despite his history of problems with schoolwork and concerns about his capacities and physical condition, the fourteen-year-old Krishnamurti was able to speak and write competently in English within six months.

Despite concerns that this new league would see the demise of the Alberta and Saskatchewan leagues, the governing bodies in both provinces sanctioned the new league.

Despite this, the strong claims made by the doctrine of human rights continue to provoke considerable skepticism and debates about the content, nature and justifications of human rights to this day.

Despite the skepticism of senior Allied commanders, the OSA parachutes Blazkowicz close to Castle Wolfenstein itself.

Despite initial skepticism in the Politburo of Luo's guilt, Mao pushed for an ' investigation ', after which Luo was denounced, dismissed, and forced to deliver a self-criticism.

Despite skepticism from other investigators, O ' Keefe and his co-workers, especially Lynn Nadel, continued to investigate this question, in a line of work that eventually led to their very influential 1978 book The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map.

Despite Barringer's findings and other excavations in the early 20th century, geologists ' skepticism continued until the 1950s when planetary science gained in maturity and understanding of cratering processes increased.

Despite these findings by the courts, there remains some public skepticism over whether the laws are effective.

Despite initial skepticism from university President Frank Porter Graham, on March 27, 1931, legislation was passed to group UNC with the State College of Agriculture and Engineering and the Women's College to form the Consolidated University of North Carolina.

Despite initial skepticism from the Catholic Church, Soubirous's claims were eventually declared " worthy of belief " after a canonical investigation, and the Marian apparition is now known as Our Lady of Lourdes.

Despite press skepticism, Xe proved to be the most stable release to date and went a long way towards restoring customer confidence.

Despite the popularity and widespread sales of romance novels, the genre has attracted significant derision, skepticism and criticism.

Despite skepticism, Meyer was created Cardinal Priest of S. Cecilia by Pope John XXIII in the consistory of December 14, 1959.

Despite initial skepticism in the West, the new Soviet leader proved to be committed to reversing the Soviet Union's deteriorating economic condition instead of continuing the arms race with the West.

Despite the much improved maneuverability and material, Baschin ’ s hard shell was received with skepticism by paddle sport enthusiasts who were in love with their folboats and depended on public transportation.

Despite Mahan's prestige, the college was long met with skepticism by navy officers accustomed to conducting all education aboard ship.

Despite initial skepticism and revulsion at the idea of naming a drone, Guinan meets Hugh.

Despite his continued appearances on the U. S. concert circuit, the rumor persisted for years, with some observers expressing skepticism that the Blind Tom who appeared in concert after 1889 was the " real Blind Tom.

Despite Slater's skepticism, they go in and meet Vivaldi's British henchman Mr. Benedict ( Dance ).

" Despite initial skepticism, McCartney's designs have enjoyed considerable commercial and critical success.

Despite the skepticism, under the lead of Park Tae-joon ( 1927-Dec 2011 ), then TaeguTec president, POSCO was established as a joint venture between the Korean Government and TaeguTec.

Despite skepticism by the rest of the crew, Hyneman described the 444's taste as " quite pleasant.

Despite her grandmother's skepticism, Allison accompanies Cry-Baby to Turkey Point and sings with the drapes (" King Cry-Baby ").

Despite widespread skepticism, the trail was cleared and a total of $ 51, 325 was raised.

Despite skepticism that he would even be able to talk again, he persevered and began singing at an early age.

Despite early skepticism over the quality of a pinball video game themed after the Metroid series, reviews praised the integration of the two in Metroid Prime Pinball.