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 failing in Scotland, Winter was an immediate success at the Crown Ground.

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 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 sending Kerry Wood to the mound and holding a lead twice, the Cubs ultimately dropped Game 7, and failed to reach the World Series.

Despite Davies ' unequivocal statement that the two wars are distinct, Lance Parkin, in his Doctor Who chronology AHistory, suggests in a speculative essay that the two destructions of Gallifrey may be the same event seen from two different perspectives, with the Eighth Doctor present twice ( and both times culpable for the planet's destruction ).

Despite several brief interludes of British occupation, including once during the Seven Years ' War and twice during the Napoleonic Wars, Martinique has remained a French possession.

Despite its strong Australian showing, and having an American producer ( Peter McIan ), Business as Usual was twice rejected by Columbia's parent company in the United States.

Despite its diameter of 0. 4 light-years, Barnard 68 only has twice the mass of the Sun, making it both very diffuse and very cold-about 16 degrees Kelvin.

Despite being married twice more, Gable chose to be interred beside Lombard in Forest Lawn Memorial Park when he died in 1960.

Despite his poor academic performance and having been arrested twice during high school, Watson was able to use his mother's connections to gain admission to Furman College in Greenville, South Carolina.

Despite being tropical, snow has fallen at Eungella National Park twice in recorded history-1964 and in 2000.

Despite these defences, Doetinchem was besieged many times and during the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) was besieged and conquered twice.

Despite taking the lead twice in the match, Blackpool lost out 4 – 2 to Matt Busby's Manchester United in the final, with Matthews assisting Mortenson for Blackpool's second.

Despite having a relatively small player base, mainly in NSW and Queensland, the national side has twice won the Rugby World Cup – in 1991 and 1999.

Despite this handicap the DFV won the 24 hours of Le Mans twice in its original 3. 0-litre form for Mirage and Rondeau ( although the Mirage win in 1975 was with a significantly de-tuned unit ).

Despite a winning record, the 1916 Indians season was disappointing, losing twice to the Canton Bulldogs, who were led by Jim Thorpe, and splitting a pair of games with the Columbus Panhandles.

Despite Wright's goalscoring feats, the highest number of games he started for England consecutively was three — something he only did twice.

Despite making the train track jump, Dominic crashes into a semi-truck and rolls his car twice.

Despite retiring only twice, a ninth place in the British Grand Prix was his best result of the season and he only once qualified in the top 10.

Despite there never being a regular Concorde service in Switzerland, the supersonic aircraft twice landed in Geneva.

Despite losing the next three frames from winning positions, White was able to seal a memorable 10 – 4 success and became the first player to beat Hendry twice at the World Championship.

Despite winning the North Wales Amateur Cup three times in the 1950s, Nomads moved into local football for seven years prior to rejoining the Welsh League in 1966, twice finishing as runners-up at the start of the 1970s.

Despite its mixed fortunes, Malta is the most successful country never to have won the contest, having come 2nd twice ( 2002 and 2005 ) and 3rd twice ( 1992 and 1998 ) with singers including Chiara and Ira Losco.

Despite falling twice, he quickly stood up and finished his skate, the trademark black cap he wore back in his playing days held in his hand.

Despite this, the Prussians seized a number of positions from numerically superior forces, inflicted equivalent losses on an enemy more than twice as strong, and left the field in perfect order.

Despite being in direct conflict with the Japanese copyright law as many dōjinshi are derivative works and dōjinshi artists rarely secure the permission of the original creator, Comiket is still permitted to be held twice a year and holds over half-a-million people attending each time it convenes.