Despite the attempt to keep the show fresh, the changes alienated many of its longtime viewers while failing to gain the hoped-for younger viewers, and the ratings continued their decline.

Despite the success in domestic cups, Liverpool was 17th in the table over the second half of the season to finish the season eighth, their worst showing in the league since 1994, failing to qualify for Europe's Champions League for a third straight season.

Despite his rapidly failing health, Morgan asserts his right to travel up the tower in a one-man ' spider ' to rescue them.

Despite their move to the brand-new ESA, the Hurricanes played lackluster hockey in 1999 – 2000, failing to make the playoffs.

Despite failing to qualify for the Champions League, Rosenborg had enjoyed another great season and it looked like Hareide's beginning reforms were paying off, but 2003 turned out to be his one and only season at the club as he accepted an offer to lead the Norwegian national team in December of that year.

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Despite retaining their strong fan base, Living Colour disbanded in January 1995, after failing to settle on a common musical goal during sessions for their fourth studio album.

Despite failing to be elected to the shadow cabinet, Castle remained as the Labour shadow spokesperson on Employment in the early days of the incoming Conservative government in 1970, which introduced many of her policy suggestions as part of their Industrial Relations Act.

The Boston Globes Renée Graham wrote of the artists ' ambivalence towards the term in a 2003 article on neo soul's standing, " Despite its critical success, if neo-soul had an initial failing, it was the media-created label itself-a term that the artists, whom it was meant to represent, generally rejected ".

Despite failing twice, he claims to have passed the bar exam legitimately on the third try after eight weeks of study, because " Louisiana at the time allowed you to take the Bar over and over as many times as you needed.

Despite courting controversy by accusing manager Rafael Benítez of ' treating him like a slave ', he insisted that he had no ill feelings towards the club or anyone associated with it and only wanted to leave after failing to make Poland's World Cup squad, but still stayed on for another year at the manager's request.

Despite failing to eliminate John Connor, it is later revealed in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines that the T-1000 " inadvertently interfered " with the development of his relationships with Kate Brewster ( Claire Danes / Bryce Dallas Howard ), whom he attended school with, and her father, Robert ( David Andrews ), who was the true creator of Skynet by using Cyberdyne Systems ' research.

Despite failing eyesight, he remained active in the occasional composition of chess problems and studies until shortly before his death in 2010.

Despite his new capacity as King of Jerusalem, Frederick II continued to take his time in setting off, and in 1227, he was excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for failing to honour his crusading pledge.

Despite his failing health, Minton remained active in the Democratic Party.

Despite Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse failing to meet the $ 1 million ' stretch goal ', Revolution Software announced that the success of its crowdfunding campaign had inspired it to begin work on Beneath a Steel Sky 2.

Despite the reference designs being identical, a number of digibox lines have specific faults or traits, such as failing modems on Grundig units, and unstable tuners on older model Pace boxes.

Despite much stage work and acclaim, their records were still failing to sell at all well.

Despite failing the campaign, Dong's unit was the only unscathed unit of the Han forces.

Despite his failing health, he was still a high-standing member, and he usually presided over the meetings of the Secretariat when Suslov was not around.

Despite failing to be selected for this contract Veolia have refused to rule out the possibility of them building their own energy from waste site to dispose of commercial and industrial waste.

Despite finally uniting Japan, Ieyasu's health was failing.

Despite failing to carry out a proper DNA test in 1999 and its ' Inconclusive ' results.

Despite his health failing towards the end of his life he remained in this office until his death.

Despite initial doubts about the state of the Reformation in Scotland, Knox found the country significantly changed since he was carried off in the galley in 1547.

Despite its unique flavor square sausage is rarely seen outside Scotland and in fact is still fairly uncommon in the Highlands.

Despite this, the manner of James's flight from Scotland was unplanned.

Despite a vote of 51. 6 % in favour of devolution, the Scotland Act 1978 was not put into effect due to a requirement that the ' Yes ' vote receive the support of 40 % of the electorate, which was not met on 63. 8 % turnout.

Despite this multi-media campaign having had mixed results in terms of overall success, the Saltire continues to appear on a variety of Army recruiting media used in Scotland.

Despite the name, the Annales Cambriae record not only events in Wales, but also events in Ireland, Cornwall, England, Scotland and sometimes further afield, though the focus of the events recorded especially in the later two thirds of the text is Wales.

Despite the re-branding, the ' Scottish Executive ' still uses the original description for a number of purposes ( s. 44 of the Scotland Act defines the nature of the body but does not use the words " shall be known as " with regard to a name as is the case with various other bodies whose names are thus fixed by statute ).

Despite objections that it promoted the wrong image of Scotland to foreign visitors and embarrassed local travellers, the airport management insisted the logo was " fun and visually stimulating ".

Despite Mary's actions, Elizabeth still seemed to support her cousin's claim to the Scottish throne, and Mary wrote regularly to her supporters in Scotland asking them to be faithful and to await the help she believed Elizabeth would provide.

Despite a popular image of modernity, artificial islands actually have a long history in many parts of the world, dating back to the crannogs of prehistoric Scotland and Ireland, the ceremonial centers of Nan Madol in Micronesia and the still extant floating islands of Lake Titicaca.

Despite its small size it is the largest settlement for many miles around and a major tourist destination of Scotland.

Despite Philip VI's especially desperate pleas in June 1346 ( when the English were amassing troops in southern England ), David II of Scotland waited until October, when he felt few English troops would be left to defend lucrative Northern English cities.

Despite these accusations, a group of individuals within Scotland have embraced the book as an accurate account of what they believe to be a secret history of the Royal House of Stuart, and continue to support Lafosse in his claim to the throne of Scotland.

Despite his high offices in Wales, in the following decades Arundel spent much of his time fighting in Scotland ( during the Second Wars of Scottish Independence ) and France ( during the Hundred Years ' War ).

It was first used at the Cameron Bridge Grain Distillery in Fife, Scotland. Despite numerous presentations in the British Isles and in Europe, he never got the financial support needed to get his project off the ground and into the distilleries.

Despite a feeling of hurt and rejection over the " Govan Case ", George MacLeod remained one of the highest profile figures in the Church of Scotland.

Despite these efforts the town's population has continued to fall and in recent years the town has been dubbed the ' most dismal in Scotland '.

Despite officially favouring it, vast numbers of members opposed the establishment of an assembly, and this division caused the failure to reach the required 40 % of the electorate voting in favour of an assembly ( that itself was a quota only added to the Scotland Act by an amendment proposed by a Labour MP ).

Despite his aristocratic background, Erskine had links with the socialist figure John Maclean who was himself an advocate of an independent ( socialist ) Scotland.

Despite the Scottish Government's initial opposition to the bill they supported the Scotland Bill Committee's recommendations, with parliament voting 121: 3 in favour.

Despite the closure of HQ 2nd Division in Edinburgh the Army will retain a General Officer Commanding ( GOC ) Scotland, in addition to a small number of staff, in order to maintain the level of senior representation in Scotland required to oversee the rebasing changes.

Despite closing, the Scottish Claymores identity is being maintained to induct players to their Hall of Fame, and as a means for promoting amateur American football in Scotland.