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Despite fluency in Japanese, he refused to use the language to interact with local Taiwanese elites, many of whom could not speak Mandarin, believing that the island must abandon the colonial language in favor of the new national tongue.
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Despite persistent efforts, most learners of a second language will never become fully native-like in it, although with practice considerable fluency can be achieved.
Despite his fluency, Eyak remains classified as " Extinct " as there is no native speaker left.
Despite and Japanese
Despite some early cooperative military successes against Japan, by the time that the Japanese surrendered in 1945 neither the CPC nor the KMT trusted each other or were actively cooperating.
Despite both forces having similar numbers, the Japanese were easily defeated due to the Ming cannon.
Despite the arrival of serious competitors — namely, the Ford Falcon, Chrysler Valiant, and Japanese cars — in the 1960s, Holden's locally produced large six-and eight-cylinder cars remained Australia's top-selling vehicles.
Despite a 1995 apology regarding World War II by Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, tensions still remain, mostly because many Chinese feel there is a lack of true remorse for wartime crimes committed by Imperial Japanese forces.
Despite his love of Japanese traditional design, this was a stark, modernist concrete structure.
Despite controlling the supply, the Japanese did not make effective use of quinine, and thousands of Japanese troops in the southwest Pacific died as a result.
Despite zero interest rates and expansion of the money supply to encourage borrowing, Japanese corporations in aggregate opted to pay down their debts from their own business earnings rather than borrow to invest as firms typically do.
Despite rising investments, foreign investors still regard Vietnam as a risky destination, as confirmed by recent survey by the Japan External Trade Organization of Japanese companies operating in Vietnam.
Despite the loss of a Japanese peacekeeper killed in an ambush, the force remained in Cambodia until the Cambodians were able to elect and install a government.
Despite perceived differences between Eastern and Western philosophy, some of Heidegger's later work, particularly " A Dialogue on Language between a Japanese and an Inquirer ", does show an interest in initiating such a dialogue.
Despite the fact the US Supreme Court eventually ruled against the class action plaintiffs, the lawsuit helped bring the Japanese American case for redress and reparations to public awareness.
From late 1944 until early 1945, the Japanese launched over 9, 300 of these fire balloons, of which 300 were found or observed in the U. S. Despite the high hopes of their designers, the balloons were ineffective as weapons: causing only six deaths ( from one single incident ) and a small amount of damage.
Despite the Conscription Law of 1873, and all the reforms and progress, the new Japanese army was still untested.
Despite losing their drummer Mick Shrimpton ( R. J. Parnell ) as he inexplicably explodes onstage, the film ends with Spinal Tap playing a series of sold-out arena shows for enthusiastic fans on their Japanese tour.
Despite a strong start, selling 1 million units in its first year on sale in Japan, neither the Mark III nor its Master System variant ever posed a serious challenge to Nintendo's near-total domination of the Japanese console market.
Despite this hour's warning, only the P-40 squadron at Iba took off, and it ran low on fuel in futile responses to confusing instructions from the 24th PG as it altered its analysis of Japanese intents.
Despite growing Japanese militarism, Shidehara attempted to maintain a non-interventionist policy toward China, and good relations with Great Britain and the United States, which he admired.
Despite being known most commonly by its Japanese name in the US, it did not originate in Japan, but was originally cultivated in continental Asia and was introduced to Japan via China during the Han Dynasty.
Despite the coexistence of the spellings " Corea " and " Korea " in 19th-century English publications, some Koreans believe that Japan, around the time of the Japanese occupation, intentionally standardised the spelling on " Korea ", so that " Japan " would appear first alphabetically.
Despite an internal battle that saw former DPJ leader and co-founder Ichiro Ozawa and many other DPJ diet members vote against the bill and then leave the party, in June 26 2012 the lower house of the Japanese diet passed a bill to double the tax to 10 %.
Despite the losses in the Palawan Passage and Sibuyan Sea actions, the Japanese Center Force was still very powerful, consisting of four battleships ( including the giant ), six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and 11 destroyers.
Despite the Japanese policy of Sōshi-kaimei, a policy of changing a Korean name to a Japanese name, she retained her Korean family name of Choi.
Despite and refused
Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.
Despite pleas from Nelson and Hamilton, King Ferdinand of Naples refused to lend his frigates to the British fleet, fearing French reprisals.
Despite repeated demands from visiting Soviet emissaries, Feltrinelli refused to cancel or delay publication.
Despite a booming growth in American periodicals around this time period, fueled in part by new technology, many did not last beyond a few issues and publishers often refused to pay their writers or paid them much later than they promised.
Despite a number of invitations, the Court has so far refused to apply the protections of this article to same-sex marriage.
Despite this setback, Baresi refused to give up his dream and tried out for the Milan youth team, where he was accepted.
Despite the Haitian victory, France refused to recognize the newly independent country's sovereignty until 1825, in exchange for 150 million gold francs.
Despite strong Italian influence, Zog refused to completely give in to Italian pressure.
Despite the overthrow of the monarchy in 1917, the former Dowager Empress Maria at first refused to leave Russia.
Despite demands from the PNG government that Australia apologize, the latter refused.
Despite Qatar's coming under British " protection ," Abdullah bin Jassim was far from secure: recalcitrant tribes refused to pay tribute ; disgruntled family members intrigued against him ; and he felt vulnerable to the designs of Bahrain, not to mention the Wahhabis.
Despite international validation of the elections by multiple political and independent observers ( virtually all from among U. S. allies ) the United States refused to recognize the elections, with President Ronald Reagan denouncing the elections as a sham.
" Despite the potential benefits of the agreement to the country, which Roosevelt as well understood and anticipated, all was for naught when the Canadian legislature refused to approve it.
Despite Louis ' victory, Pope John XXII still refused to ratify his election, and in 1324 he excommunicated Louis, but the sanction had less effect than in earlier disputes between emperors and the papacy.
Despite various attempts to get her out, such as the Carnation Plot in September, Marie Antoinette refused when the plots for her escape were brought to her attention.
Despite three separate summons, Nestorius refused to acknowledge Cyril's authority to stand in judgment of him and considered the opening of the council before the arrival of the Antiochene contingent as a " flagrant injustice ".
Despite being subjected to severe pressure and incarceration for a year at Kraków, the delegation refused to submit to the king's terms, and Giese and Councilor Georg Kleefeld were eventually released in 1570 against a ransom of 100, 000 guilders.
Despite being excommunicated for his defiance, Owain steadfastly refused to put Cristin aside.
Despite scholars ' concern that the tapestry was becoming damaged the council refused to return it to the Cathedral.
Despite publishing a very good review for their 1995 album Afraid Of Sunlight and including it in their 50 Best Albums of 1995, Q refused to interview the band or write a feature on them.
Despite being refused entry to the Football League's First Division at the start of the 1892 – 93 season, they were invited to play in their new Second Division.
Despite Napoleon's pleas that he abdicate and leave Mexico, Maximilian refused to abandon the Mexican conservatives who had supported him, and remained alongside them until the bitter end, when he was captured by the Republicans and then shot on 19 June 1867.
Despite several trade offers from Montreal Canadiens ' GM Sam Pollock, Torrey refused to part with the pick.
Despite warnings from the French and British governments, the king refused an alliance with its former allies.
Despite this, Charles refused to return the lands in Aquitaine to the English king, resulting in a provisional agreement under which Edward resumed administration of the remaining English territories in early 1326 whilst France continued to occupy the rest.
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