Despite the British colonialists ' pejorative application of the term, Jamaican youth appropriated it as an ingroup designation.

* Despite its naval designation as a " river gunboat ", the San Pablo of the book and film has very little artillery on deck: a 3-inch / 23-caliber gun forward, a 1-pounder rapid fire gun astern and two Lewis machine guns ( six in the novel ).

Despite the " Township " designation, Ferguson is no longer governed under the state's Township Code.

Despite its designation as the logical successor to VHS, S-VHS did not come close to replacing VHS.

Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary, the designation is often regarded as an honor, and spoken of as an award or prize, simply based on many previous selections of admirable people.

Despite his belief that the Bible was fallible, Martineau continued to hold the view, which was not so much characteristic of the man as of the school in which he had been trained, that " in no intelligible sense can any one who denies the supernatural origin of the religion of Christ be termed a Christian ," which term, he explained, was used not as " a name of praise ," but simply as " a designation of belief.

Despite the designation of much of this habitat as a Special Area of Conservation, it remains threatened by destruction for agricultural intensification.

Despite its minority designation today, Hinduism has been greatly influential in Burmese history and literature.

Despite these doubts of authorship, the play's designation as Aeschylean has remained conventional.

Despite Christianity's designation as the official religion of the Empire, Augustine declared its message to be spiritual rather than political.

Despite Soviet attempts to associate the Green armies with White leadership, such a designation overemphasizes the political aspects of the movement.

Despite the final " 0 " in its number, indicating a transcontinental designation, the 1926 route formerly ended in Springfield, Missouri, at its intersection with the major U. S. Route 66.

Despite its territorial designation and the fact that it is in the Peerage of Ireland, the earldom ( like the UK barony ) refers to the village of Ranfurly in Renfrewshire.

Despite the designation " Airborne Infantry " and its continuing assignment in the 101st Airborne Division, none of these troops received airborne training, nor was the " Airborne " tab worn above the Divisional patch.

Despite the official designation of " socialism ", the current Chinese economy is often described by economists as a hybrid of free market capitalism and socialism.

Despite the fact that SR 316 is cosigned with US 29 for most of its route, the road is nearly always referred to by its state route designation, while US 29 is usually associated with its original route.

Despite the ". 44 " designation, all guns chambered for the. 44 Magnum case, and its parent case, the. 44 Special, use bullets of approximately diameter.

Despite the official designation of the town as a spa in 1929 and a 1950 decision by the town council to append the word Soleheilbad ( salt-water spa ) to its name, it remained officially simply Heiligenstadt throughout the GDR years.

Despite this change in designation, no power car or carriage was renumbered.

One complaint filed stated: “ The term ‘ redskin ’ was and is a pejorative, derogatory, denigrating, offensive, scandalous, contemptuous, disreputable, disparaging and racist designation for a Native American person .” Despite these attempts, " redskin " continues to be used as an NFL name.

Despite the prominence given to the lavatory provision in the SR designation, there was actually only one lavatory in the whole four-car unit, and due to the lack of corridors in the unit, only passengers in that coach had access to it.

Despite India achieving its independence, the Regiment retained its full designation until 1950 when it became the 1 Gorkha Rifles ( The Malaun Regiment ), also adopting the Indian spelling of Gurkha, following India's transition to a republic.

Despite this designation, cattle ranching and mining still occur in the Reserve.

Despite the station's historic designation the original large green-blue Vitrolite panels and black trim on the platform walls were replaced by small square dark green tiles in a unique criss-cross pattern with yellow lettering and no trim.

Despite their bright plumage, they can be surprisingly difficult to see in their wooded habitats.

Despite booming development, many of its residential areas have remained tranquil and comprise wooded acres, winding roads, stone walls, trees, lakes, and streams.

Despite its small size, Skiathos with its many beaches and wooded landscape is a popular tourist destination.

Despite running through one of the most populous areas of the world, and flowing under many major roads and highways, its banks remain heavily wooded and undisturbed in many places and many local parks are situated among its watershed, which is generally considered to extend 2 to 2. 5 miles ( 3. 2 to 4 km ) either side of its path.

Despite heavy losses, five to ten thousand people managed to reach the wooded hills northwest of Budapest and escape towards Vienna.

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 this, the river sustains an important salmon and trout fishery and the countryside through which it flows is some of the most spectacular and scenic in the UK.

Despite a televised public statement by the nation's Chief Prosecutor expressing his firm belief that hundreds of citizens of Günzburg had knowingly and willingly contributed to a criminal conspiracy aiming to conceal evidence from local and federal police as well as to United Nations authorities while actively harboring and abetting a Nazi war criminal, Günzburg has since bounced back from criticism and flourished, boasting a thriving downtown shopping area, scenic views of the nearby historic castle, and one of the top five Legoland theme parks in Germany.

Despite the overwhelming scenic beauty of its landscape and colourful local minorities, mass tourism hasn't developed in this region, mainly due to its remote location, lack of a nearby airport, and until fairly recent, relative inaccessibility due to bad road conditions.

Despite of the limited contribution of tourism industry to the local economy, the town possesses different scenic spots awaiting for development.

Despite being easily accessible and close to large population centers, the trail is considered remarkably rugged and scenic.

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

Despite extensive oil and gas resources, diamonds, hydroelectric potential, and rich agricultural land, Angola remains poor, and a third of the population relies on subsistence agriculture.

Despite the ambiguity of Locke's definition of property, which limited property to " as much land as a man tills, plants, improves, cultivates, and can use the product of ", this principle held great appeal to individuals possessed of great wealth.

Despite those hopes, however, usable land has always been severely limited.

Despite declarations by the Callejas government in 1989 of its intent to increasingly address social issues, including land tenure and other needs of small farmers, the early 1990s were jolted by increased conflicts between peasants and the Honduran security forces.

Despite its abundant land and water resources, Iraq is a net food importer.

Despite its small area and few resources, the absorption of the territory by Japan would to some extent alleviate Japan's problem of an increasing population but an ever decreasing amount of available land to house it.

Despite their marine adaptations, most sea snakes prefer shallow waters nearby land, around islands, especially waters that are somewhat sheltered, as well as near estuaries.

Despite affordable and often free land, many arriving newcomers, mostly from Britain and Ireland, found frontier life with the harsh climate difficult, and some of those with the means eventually returned home or went south.

Despite their wealth they had little power in the feudal system dominated by the rural land owners, and across Europe began to advocate for their own privileges and powers.

Despite its brevity, the First Samnite War results in the major acquisition by Rome of the rich land of Campania with its capital of Capua.

Despite the best intentions of landowners such as the Earls of Leicester and Portland to develop the land on the grand scale of neighbouring Bloomsbury, Marylebone and Mayfair, Soho never became a fashionable area for the rich.

Despite the massive loss of natural habitat in Australia over the last 200 years, it is adaptable and capable of living in surprisingly small patches of remnant bush, particularly if it does not have to cross large expanses of cleared land to reach them.

Despite vinaya prohibitions on possessing wealth, many monasteries became large land owners, much like monasteries in medieval Christian Europe.

Despite the royal charter, Penn bought the land from the local Lenape to be on good terms with the Native Americans and ensure peace for his colony.

Despite the legal and political complexities, the territory historically occupied by the Tlingit can be reasonably designated as their modern homeland, and Tlingit people today envision the land from around Yakutat south through the Alaskan Panhandle and including the lakes in the Canadian interior as being Lingít Aaní, the Land of the Tlingit.

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 an attempt at rebellion, the land and city of Babylon remains solidly under Persian rule.

* Despite the opposition of the Roman Senate and of his own father, the Roman political leader Gaius Flaminius Nepos wins the passage of a measure to distribute land among the plebeians.

Despite the limited land mass, there has also been a tendency for place names to be repeated ; there are, for instance, two islands named " Long Island ", three bays known as " Long Bay " and the town of St. George is located within the parish of St. George on the island of St. George ( each known as St. George's ), whereas Bermuda's capital, the City of Hamilton, lies in Pembroke Parish, not Hamilton Parish, on the largest island, " Main Island ", which itself is sometimes called " Bermuda " ( or " Great Bermuda ").

Despite the governor's protests, Fernandez held that " summer was farre spent, wherefore hee would land all the planters in no other place.

Despite his discoveries, Verrazzano's reputation did not proliferate as much as other explorers of that era ; for example, in accordance with the practices of the time, Verrazzano gave a European name to the new land he had seen, Francesa, after the French king in whose name he sailed.

Despite the loss of their land, employment favours better educated workers.

Despite numerous attempts to revive pony racing after the war the land was given over to housing construction.

Despite the population loss during the war, abandoned settlements were soon repopulated, and the area recovered as people were again drawn to the rich Camden County land.