Despite the passport union with Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland Finland could not join the Nordic Council until 1955 because of Soviet fears that Finland might become too close to the West.

Despite fears by the Linux gaming community that Id Tech 5 would not be ported to that platform, Timothee Besset in his blog has stated " I'll be damned if we don't find the time to get Linux builds done ".

" Despite fears that too much propaganda could diminish Hollywood ’ s entertainment appeal, reducing its targeted audience and decreasing profits, military enlistment increased and morale was considered to be higher, in part attributed to America's innovative propaganda.

Despite fears that the military would not allow the change of government, Senate President Luis González Macchi, a Cubas opponent, was sworn in as president that day.

" Despite " unlike coincidence and occasional melodrama " in the plotting, Williamson concluded that " the novel is a fine juvenile reflects hopes and fears we all have known.

Despite his firm abolitionist stance, throughout his life he continued to express fears of uprising and rule by pardos ( mixed-race people ) and claimed that the governance of heterogeneous societies like Venezuela " will require an infinitely firm hand.

Despite the fears of those who knew him that this tragedy would send him back to drinking, he remained sober.

Despite the fact that he is a " Very Small Animal " of a generally timid disposition, he tries to be brave and on occasion conquers his fears.

Despite the fears raised by proponents of prohibition, the alcohol related crime rate, and crime rate in general have remained flat since repeal.

Despite creating 375 new jobs, the Wal-Mart has been a point of contention for many residents since it was announced, as fears arise that competition from a new Wal-Mart will force local business owners to shut down.

Despite numerous personal feats of extraordinary skill and cunning, he belittles his achievements by numerous rationalizations, remembering only his fears.

Despite the best efforts in London by authorities such as the Viscount Castlereagh to quell Dutch fears and the continuing efforts to reach an agreement between the nations that eventually became the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of London of 1824, as well as to send instructions to Raffles to undertake far less intrusive actions, the distance between the Far East and Europe had meant that the orders had no chance of reaching Raffles in time for his venture to begin.

Despite such fears, there have been no publicized antisemitic incidents directly attributable to the movie's influence.

Despite early fears that the WHL could not succeed in an NHL city, the Hitmen have been a major success, averaging as many as 10, 000 fans per game in 2004 – 05.

Despite fears that the village would end up being swamped by the rapid expansion of nearby Glasgow it managed to avoid this, however of the wider parish of Cadder were eventually absorbed by Glasgow Corporation in 1926, which would be used to construct the Milton peripheral housing scheme from the late 1940s.

Despite the initial fears, University College recovered from the fire with remarkable ease and speed.

Despite fears of attack and sightings of Indians in the area, the inhabitants of Indian Key stayed to protect their property, and to be close to any wrecks in the upper Keys.

Despite widespread fears of civil unrest, the takeover of the parliamentary complex by George Speight on 19 May 2000 ( one year to the day since Chaudhry's appointment as Prime Minister ) happened without warning.

Despite early fears that the injury was career-threatening, and suggestions of a future hip-replacement from his surgeon, he was back in the United team by December.

Despite fears on both sides, violence in the watershed in the 1830s and 1840s was limited ; " Indians seemed interested in speeding whites on their way, and whites were happy to get through the region without being attacked.

Despite the fears initially felt by the Pilgrims, the Pokanoket quickly reached a pact of peace with the new settlers.

Despite fears that the supermarket would threaten the existence of the town's main shopping streets, the majority of businesses have survived, and there are a number of specialist award-winning shops selling cheese ( House of Cheese ), breads ( Hobbs House ) and meats ( Jesse Smiths ).

Despite their fears a number of important documents were signed on April 5, at the conclusion of the sessions.

Despite his fears that the M. C. C.

The crowd panicked … started running in all directions .” Despite the efforts of the CNH members to reestablish order, the plaza quickly fell into chaos.

Despite rumors to the contrary, the inclusion of trees was made possible without reducing the usable gathering space of the plaza by the simultaneous decision to remove a painted median strip that had separated eastbound and westbound traffic along 17th Street, thus increasing the northern limits of the plaza by several feet.

Despite these changes, many of the original religious relics, paintings and statues are still housed in the cathedral, which faces the main plaza.

Despite his yearning, the colonel would not go down to see the men come through the lines.

Despite this, several features that would later be associated with BBC Master and Archimedes were first features of Electron expansion units, including ROM cartridge slots and the Advanced Disc Filing System — a hierarchical improvement to the BBC's original Disc Filing System.

Despite this all of the games released on ROM were packaged as ' serial ROMS ', from which the micro would load programs into main memory in exactly the same way as if it were loading from tape.

Despite the outstanding victories, Germany was near defeat, which meant that Bulgaria would be left without its most powerful ally.

Despite vocal opposition from Contre-Admiral Armand Blanquet, who insisted that the fleet would be best able to respond in open water, the rest of the captains agreed that anchoring in a line of battle inside the bay presented the strongest tactic for confronting Nelson.

Despite such diversity, it is possible to classify the indigenous people into three major cultural groups: the northern people, who developed rich handicrafts and were influenced by pre-Incan cultures ; the Araucanian culture, who inhabited the area between the river Choapa and the island of Chiloé, and lived primarily off agriculture ; and the Patagonian culture Patagonia composed of various nomadic tribes, who supported themselves through fishing and hunting ( and who in Pacific / Pacific Coast immigration scenario would be descended partly from the most ancient settlers ).

Despite its failure to control the rodents, the cane toad was introduced to Puerto Rico in the early 20th century in the hope that it would counter a beetle infestation ravaging the sugarcane plantations.

Despite the club's poor record, several Rockies hitters gained notoriety for their exploits at the plate, assisted by the thin and dry air of Denver, which purportedly allows balls to carry farther than they would at sea-level ballparks.

Despite this, at first he thought staying and founding a city would serve well for his honor.

Despite heroic efforts, Old Prussian sovereignty would eventually collapse after a succession of wars instigated by Pope Honorius III and his frequent calls for crusade.

Despite proclaiming high clinical standards for himself to gather information ' by means of expert analysis of individual cases ', he would also draw on the reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry.

Despite the fact that El Cid's mother's family was aristocratic, in later years the peasants would consider him one of their own.

Despite this, the club had recruited many talented young players in the late 70s who would emerge as club greats.

Despite predictions from the music press that the band would fold without Wood, who had been the driving force behind the creation of ELO, Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bev Bevan remaining on drums, joined by Gibson, Richard Tandy ( now on the Moog synthesiser ), Mike de Albuquerque on bass and vocals and Mike Edwards and Colin Walker on cellos.

Despite the success of the expedition, the quelling of sporadic rebellions would take another eight years until 1905, when the island was completely pacified by the French under Joseph Gallieni.

Despite most Guatemalans ' attachment to the original ideals of the 1944 uprising, some private sector leaders and the military began to believe that Arbenz represented a Communist threat and supported his overthrow, hoping that a successor government would continue the more moderate reforms started by Arevalo.

Despite that a proposed bill in American Senate would allow the reserve to continue to sell the gas.

Despite this naval defeat, it was on the ground that this war would be won, Napoleon inflicted the Austrian and Russian Empires one of their greatest defeats at Austerlitz ( also known as the " Battle of the Three Emperors " on 2 December 1805 ), destroying the Third Coalition.

Despite midseason trade rumors, Beltrán would prove instrumental to the team's hopes, hitting eight home runs in the postseason.

Despite the competition, Harley-Davidson was already pulling ahead of Indian and would dominate motorcycle racing after 1914.

Despite the need to start back at the bottom of the naval hierarchy, Cook realised his career would advance more quickly in military service and entered the Navy at Wapping on 7 June 1755.

Despite this, in an editorial in his newspaper Das Reich in November 1941 Goebbels quoted Hitler ’ s 1939 " prophecy " that the Jews would be the loser in the coming world war.

Despite this, Madison still feared that the states would compel congress to call for a new constitutional convention, which they had the right to do.

Despite his claim to unique authority within England, John would sometimes justify his actions on the basis that he had taken council with the barons.