Despite this, Caligula relentlessly tormented his uncle: playing practical jokes, charging him enormous sums of money, humiliating him before the Senate, and the like.

Despite the development of a revolutionary virtual memory system that allowed games to be much larger than the average personal computer's normal capacity, the enormous mainframe-developed game had to be split into three roughly equal parts.

Despite the enormous power of the Propaganda Ministry over German cultural life, Goebbels ’ status began to decline once the Nazi regime was firmly established in power.

Despite enormous rewards being offered, he was never captured nor betrayed.

Despite the enormous resources invested by the UK into security sector reform in Sierra Leone, there are continuing financial pressures.

Despite of all this, the VOC in 1780 remained an enormous operation.

Despite the enormous costs and increase in city powers ( opposed by many ) nearly all cities in the developed world instituted good water and sewage treatment facilities.

Despite the enormous impact of the Watergate scandal, the actual purpose of the break-in of the DNC offices has never been conclusively established.

Despite sustainining enormous casualties, the Serbian army managed to recover, regrouped and returned to the Macedonian front to lead a final breakthrough through enemy lines on 15 September 1918, liberating Serbia and defeating the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Bulgaria.

Despite having a reputation of being an enormous flop, it was actually very successful in certain parts of the country.

Despite this enormous quantity, the area's significance was often overlooked by scholarly publications and commercial journals, largely because very little of the wine being produced was classified under an appellation contrôlée until the 1980s ( Joseph 2005: 190 ).

Despite the enormous box office success, the critical response to Pearl Harbor at the time of its release tended toward mixed to negative, and the film earned only a 25 % approval rating according to review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 166 reviews with an average rating of 4. 4 / 10, making it Bay's second worst reviewed movie to date, next to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Despite enormous public demand, Plant declined a $ 200 million offer to tour with Led Zeppelin after the 2007 show.

Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records.

Despite enormous career success, Dalida ’ s private life was marred by a series of failed relationships and personal problems.

Despite the enormous losses of the disastrous 1940 – 1942 period, known to the Germans as the " First " and " Second Happy Time ", the Air Ministry refused to invest in trade defence.

Despite enormous difficulties ASCOM was able to finish numerous projects on time and some ahead of schedule.

Despite enormous differences in size, the various species of cat are quite similar in both structure and behavior, with the exception of the cheetah, which is significantly different from any of the big or small cats.

Despite providing an enormous gain in worker productivity, the Chinese spinning wheel fell into disuse over the subsequent centuries and was completely unknown by the 17th century, whereas the mechanical automation of spinning in Europe in the 18th century ( from manual spinning wheel precursors of the 13th century ultimately sourced from Asia Minor ) led directly to a process of technical refinement and engineering improvements that resulted in the Industrial Revolution and widespread mechanization of production of goods beyond yarn.

Despite possessing, this engine could not be turbo-supercharged and Republic finally modified the design again, this time to accommodate the enormous Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine, which produced.

Despite the high prevalence of English literature on medical anthropology there is an enormous quantity of medical anthropological research available in other languages, in books, or chapters of books and also in periodicals.

Despite his history of political and legal controversies, Barry remains a figure of enormous popularity and influence on the local political scene of Washington D. C.

Despite this, Gernsback had an enormous impact on the field: the creation of a specialist magazine for science fiction spawned an entire genre publishing industry.

Despite being an enormous success at the box office, the film was initially panned by many critics: one indicated that the dogs had " the dimensions of hippos ," another that " the artists ' work is below par ".

Despite initial criticisms of the perceived Disneyfication of the museum, its enormous costs, unique architecture, and unfinished exhibits from many quarters ( including the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney ), the museum soon became a major tourist attraction and was embraced by different political factions as a national symbol of " a pluralistic, multicultural society.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

Despite the disdain of the British media, Brooks's overall popularity in the country was evident, with a top disc jockey, Nick Barraclough, referring to Brooks as Garth Vader ( a play on Darth Vader ) for his " invasion " of the charts and his success in the country genre.

Despite general acceptance of Byrne's characterization, as evidenced by subsequent adaptations in other media, some writers have called for a return to Luthor's original status as a mad scientist.

Despite public or media opinion, national studies have indicated that severe mental illness does not independently predict future violent behavior, on average, and is not a leading cause of violence in society.

Despite publication of the recovered copy in western media, for decades, it was the official policy of the Soviet Union to deny the existence of the secret protocol.

Despite initial media reports, the affidavit made no mention of Clemens or Pettitte.

Despite the move away from physical film stock – much editing is now based on digital media – devices such as the Lightworks non-linear film editing controller and archives still use the Steenbeck physical layout for controlling the process.

" Despite AIM's assertion of political neutrality, it is frequently described by the mainstream media and other media watchdog groups as a conservative organization.

Despite being discontinued before Windows 98 was released, Microsoft Bob continued to be severely criticized in reviews and popular media.

Despite being ridiculed for the letter by the media, Cleveland fans embraced the owner, even offering to pay the $ 100, 000 fine given by the NBA.

Despite a 2 – 0 Boxing Day home win over Crystal Palace, the Saints ' poor form continued into the new year, where they were dubbed by the media as having a ' New Years Hangover ', entering 2012 with a 3 – 0 away defeat to South coast rivals Brighton, which saw talisman Rickie Lambert sent off with a straight red card.

Despite its fame, the earlier and more numerous London bus classes that the Routemaster replaced ( the RT-type AEC Regent and its Leyland Titan RTL and RTW counterparts ) are often mistaken for Routemasters by the public and by the media .< ref name = autogenerated1 >

Despite this, lesbians and gay men are still often portrayed negatively in television, films, and other media.

Despite celebrating the club's birthday with an official mid-season function at Crown Casino, shortly afterward chairman Paul Gardner resigned, handing the presidency to former club champion Jim Stynes who inherited a $ 4. 5 million debt, which media pundits suggested would cripple the club.

Despite initial reviews being positive, opinion quickly changed and Blur found themselves largely out of favour with the media once again.

Despite these distinctions, the press, media, businesses and, most importantly, the residents still choose to use " Brewster " as the name of the town in the southeastern corner of Putnam County.

Despite this, controversies surrounding the use of the anthem in school events or media still remain.

Despite initial expectations that Hu was a " closet liberal ", Hu has shown a fairly hard-line approach to liberalization of the media.

Despite the lack of support from Karzai and the ambassador, the company received another $ 3. 9 million funded by the Pentagon to create a media team for anti-drug programs.

Despite his highly publicized relationships with women, Clooney's sexual orientation has been the subject of media scrutiny.

Despite attracting less media attention than AFL and rugby league, soccer is Australia's highest participation football code, with both boys and girls at junior level, as well with men and women at senior level.

Despite speculation by the media, both arriving and departing flights are typically full.

Despite media rumours that drummers including Cozy Powell, Phil Collins, Carmine Appice, Barriemore Barlow, Roger Taylor, Simon Kirke or Bev Bevan, among others, would join the group as his replacement, the remaining members decided to disband Led Zeppelin after Bonham's death.

Despite the group's competent musicianship, some subsequent singles employed session musicians – including Big Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Vic Flick – with contributions from the band, although the role of session players on Herman's Hermits records has been exaggerated in the rock media and in liner notes on their ABKCO Records Retrospective ( which does not credit the Hermits ' playing ).