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Despite and fame
Despite its fame, it was in this period that Rabbinical Judaism, led by Hillel the Elder, began to assume popular prominence over the Temple priesthood.
Despite the thousands of political cartoons and hundreds of illustrative works attributed to him, a measurable amount of Tenniel ’ s fame comes specifically from his work as the illustrator of Alice.
Despite the recent awareness and admiration of Leonardo as a scientist and inventor, for the better part of four hundred years his fame rested on his achievements as a painter and on a handful of works, either authenticated or attributed to him that have been regarded as among the masterpieces.
Despite its relative political weakness in this period, Borno's court and mosques under the patronage of a line of scholarly kings earned fame as centers of Islamic culture and learning.
Despite its fame, the Eagle Nebula is fairly dim, with an integrated magnitude of approximately 6. 0.
Despite the album's erratic lyrical content and instrumentation, the latter of which kept it away from mainstream audiences, Boys for Pele is Amos's most successful simultaneous transatlantic release, reaching # 2 on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Top 40 upon its release at the height of her fame.
Despite Mercator's fame as a cartographer, his main source of income came through his craftsmanship of mathematical instruments.
Despite Homer's fame, Castellaneta claims he is rarely recognized in public, " except, maybe, by a die-hard fan.
Despite the fame of Lisa Simpson, Smith is rarely recognized in public, which she does not mind.
Despite its enduring fame, " In Flanders Fields " is often ignored by academics teaching and discussing Canadian literature.
Despite his fame and eloquence, it was not long before Fisher was in conflict with the new king, his former pupil, Henry VIII.
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 his fame, until recently, there have been uncertainties and controversies surrounding both his place of birth and burial.
Despite not achieving fame for himself, he was a very astute judge of talent in others, and through his connections in Henny's world, Kelly was able to help promote the early careers of Sam Kinison, Louie Anderson, Roseanne Barr, and several other notable personalities.
Despite Bart's fame, however, Cartwright remained relatively unknown.
Despite his fame, Rothko felt a growing personal seclusion, and a sense of being misunderstood as an artist.
Despite his fame, Shackleton was defeated.
Despite his fame, the hunger artist felt dissatisfied and misunderstood.
Despite Alan Gelfand's fame for inventing the ollie air ( Gelfand's maneuver being primarily a transition-oriented trick ), Mullen is responsible for the invention and development of the street ollie.
Despite his new fame, Belvedere agrees to keep his job, as the novel is only the first volume of a trilogy.
Despite her financial success and the recognition gained for her artistic achievements, her fame was eclipsed by that of her son.
Despite his newfound popularity and fame, Dumbo hates this job and is now more miserable than ever.
Despite the fame of his work on Neptune, Adams also did much important work on gravitational astronomy and terrestrial magnetism.
Despite losing, Firpo gained substantial fame all over Latin America after this bout, as many people on different parts of that region spoke about his feat of dropping Dempsey.

Despite and fortune
Despite Edmund's respected intelligence and abilities, he has no personal fortune to speak of, apart from his frequently fluctuating wage packet from the Prince, as he says: " If I'm running short of cash, all I have to do is go upstairs and ask Prince Fat-head for a rise.
Despite this, Almagro still obtained an important fortune for his services, and the King awarded him in November 1532 the noble title of " Don " and he was assigned a personal coat of arms.
Despite the opposition of Rome's patricians, he expanded the Roman franchise and improved the lot and fortune of Rome's lowest classes of citizens and non-citizens.
Despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven south off course by a storm and eventually reaches Antarctica.
Despite massive media interest from across the world there were a minimum of formalities in Switzerland and the day passed almost like every other one as half the Onassis fortune and a part of the Livanos shipping inheritance, handed down via Athina's mother's will, passed to Athina.
Despite these reverses of fortune, Henry maintained a secure place in Montreal ’ s mercantile society.
Despite his great popular success and fortune, Grey read the reviews and sometimes became paralyzed by negative emotions after critical ones.
Despite the fact that he was in his forty-ninth year, and Marie Thérèse had barley passed her fourteenth birthday, Monsieur Geoffrin had inherited a substantial fortune from his first wife, and the chance for " an excellent settlement " was thought to be quite suitable by Madame Chemineau.
Despite his fortune, D. A. Thomas was quite content to retain the mansion at Llanwern, a large square house on a hilltop overlooking the village of Llanwern.
" Despite its principles, in the early days it was generally viewed as largely a tax haven for Hughes ' huge personal fortune.
Despite the contributions Frick had made towards Andrew Carnegie's fortune, Carnegie disregarded him in many executive decisions including finances.
Despite over $ 80 million spent on the race, including over $ 35 million of Westly's personal fortune, only 30. 8 % of California Democrats came out to vote, the lowest number in recent history.
Despite all his good fortune, Ponting slid into the boundary fence and seriously damaged his ankle during the second final against Pakistan, forcing him to miss the upcoming ODI series ' in New Zealand and South Africa.
Despite vast land holdings that were worth a fortune, changing money values on mortgages held on the tracts of land sold and a depressed land market caused Phelps to get into financial difficulty.
Despite its success and sweeping impact on the American theater landscape for many years to come, by 1940, impending war, the lure of fame and fortune in Hollywood, the lack of institutional funding and the friction of interpersonal relationships within the Group eventually led to its demise.
Despite his immense inherited fortune, he is far from extravagant, and uses the vast majority of his money for philanthropy or civic projects.
Despite this, other professional practitioners of popular magic, such as astrologers and fortune tellers, continued to remain popular.
Despite earning and spending a fortune his memories of surviving on the streets as a child never left him, prompting many acts of generosity.
Despite optimism that the party would at least retain the same number of MSPs they gained in 1999, a downturn in electoral fortune at the 2003 Scottish Parliament Elections has weakened them somewhat.
Despite being hailed as a hero, Titus is intent on leaving Gormenghast to explore a wider world, and the novel ends with him dramatically riding away to seek his fortune in the unknown lands outside.
Despite Rat-Man's antics and stupidity, he always remains by his side and helps him, even when his master loses his fortune.
Despite her fame and fortune, Martine Carol's personal life was filled with turmoil that included a suicide attempt and drug abuse, and four marriages.
Despite losing his fortune in several ill-advised business ventures ( including a turtle-farming operation ), in 1971 he founded the International Institute for Economic Research, which went to spawn both the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in 1980 and the International Policy Network in 2001.
Despite his oil fortune, Manges didn't make an initial capital investment ( as is standard for most major league sports franchises ).

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