" Despite its atypical nature, " Contendings " includes many of the oldest episodes in the divine conflict, and many events appear in the same order as in much later accounts, suggesting that a traditional sequence of events was forming at the time that the story was written.

Despite Trotsky, the Spanish section merged with the Spanish section of ICO, forming the Workers ' Party of Marxist Unification ( POUM ).

Despite forming part of the built up area of London the parish remained outside the statutory metropolitan area established in 1855 and the County of London established in 1889.

Despite the popular vote, only 3, 500 votes separated the party from forming government.

Despite its position as one of the minor political parties in the Finnish parliament it has frequently been one of the partners forming the governing coalition cabinets.

Despite forming in Los Angeles, all of the members originate from Ohio.

Despite this and claims from the U. S., neither the Cuban nor Soviet government were significantly responsible for forming FMLN, although they received some of their arms and supplies from the Soviet Union and Cuba.

Despite the UN's hopes that Genosha's civil war between humans and mutants would destroy or at least occupy him, Magneto ultimately crushed all opposition to his rule and rebuilt the nation by forming an army of mutants dedicated to his cause, including mutants coming from all over the world seeking sanctuary.

Despite having sworn he would never do a musical, McDermott says he was interested in the show because " it was still forming, still shaping.

Despite forming the effective boundary of the metropolitan region of Sydney for its entire length, there are very few fixed crossings of the Hawkesbury River proper.

Despite this and despite the fact that Great Western had in 1997 ceased to exist as a separate entity, the Great Western corporate logo and the letters forming the words GREAT WESTERN initially remained on the building's exterior.

Oedipus — Despite mother being the parent who primarily gratifies the child ’ s desires, the child begins forming a discrete sexual identity — “ boy ”, “ girl ” — that alters the dynamics of the parent and child relationship ; the parents become the focus of infantile libidinal energy.

Despite these transferees, the Division and its battalions consisted of Irishmen ( apart from the 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment ) The 7th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers had just started forming up in August at Naas in Ireland and presumably Horace proceeded there to commence his training at the Curragh in County Kildare.

Despite the universalist leanings of the Enlightenment ( and its echo within Judaism in the Haskalah movement ), many Yiddish-speaking Jews in Eastern Europe continued to see themselves as forming a distinct national group — " ' am yehudi ", from the Biblical Hebrew — but, adapting this idea to European Enlightenment values, they assimilated the concept as that of an ethnic group whose identity did not depend on religion, which under Enlightenment thinking fell under a separate category.

Despite the bitterness of the split, Christians in both sections reunited much sooner than the other separated groups, forming the General Convention of the Christian Church in 1890.

Despite forming one of the two legislative chambers of the Union, it has weaker powers than the Council in some limited areas, and does not have legislative initiative.

Despite forming one third of the route, the NJRR only got one sixth of the earnings from the joint operation, which ran between Philadelphia and New York City in 5. 5 hours ( down from 6 hours 50 minutes via South Amboy ).

Despite extensive touring and sizeable hardcore fanbase, The Jeevas split in early 2005, with Nixon and McKinna forming a new band named " The Magic Bullet Band ".

Despite Trotsky, the Spanish section merged with the Spanish section of ICO, forming the Workers ' Party of Marxist Unification ( POUM ).

Despite forming part of one of the most secure top-flight defences of the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, Bould won only two caps for England, far fewer than fellow centre half Tony Adams, and didn't make his first full international appearance until the age of 31.

Despite this elaborate and expensive process, the system is not particularly reliable ; cases where the party forming government has received less than 50 % of the two-party-preferred vote are not un-common, and have occurred in two of the last three elections.

Despite forming the second-largest parliamentary party, they did not accept the role of Opposition for a further forty years.

Despite playing the well-behaved, good-hearted, cheerful girl, the youth culture forming with Alice Babs as its icon caused outrage among members of the older generation.

Despite the opposition of the city newspapers, the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience, composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery, of many of our colored citizens, and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering ''.

Despite the fact that the housemates are generally isolated, on some occasions some contestants are allowed to exit the house as part of tasks.

Despite the name " Chinese checkers ", the game is not a variation of checkers, nor did it originate in China or any part of Asia.

Despite swimming being a part of imperial education, Caligula could not swim.

Despite this, by September 1960, following the four-way division of the country, there were four separate armed forces: Mobotu's ANC itself, numbering about 12, 000, the South Kasai Constabulary loyal to Albert Kalonji ( 3, 000 or less ), the Katanga Gendarmerie which were part of Moise Tshombe's regime ( totalling about 10, 000 ), and the Stanleyville dissident ANC loyal to Antoine Gizenga ( numbering about 8, 000 ).

Despite its status as part of an occupied city, East Berlin was claimed as the capital of East Germany, as the Soviets did not honor the distinction of a free city for their sector.

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 being one of the most beautiful part of Fuerteventura Cofete has very little touristic facilities.

Despite a great deal of local opposition the town lost its rail service in 1969, when as part of the controversial Beeching Axe the ' Waverley Line ' from Carlisle to Edinburgh via Hawick was closed.

Despite, or perhaps because of, its small size Harwich is highly regarded in terms of architectural heritage, and the whole of the older part of the town, excluding Navyard Wharf, is a conservation area.

Despite the fact that Argentina was never the main destination for Irish emigrants it does form part of the Irish diaspora.

Despite being part of Kiribati, Banaba's municipal administration is by the Rabi Council of Leaders and Elders, which is based on Rabi.

Despite these moves toward independence, economic realities seemed to work against secession from the Soviet Union In a referendum on the preservation of the USSR, in March 1991, 88. 7 % of the voters approved a proposal to remain part of the union as a " renewed federation.

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 his success, Macbeth, also aware of this part of the prophecy, remains uneasy.

Despite a significant technological advantage, the Cetagandans are finally driven off at great cost after many years of occupation and guerrilla warfare, in large part due to the leadership of General Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Miles ' paternal grandfather.

" 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 its name, Mare Island in the northern part of the bay is a peninsula rather than an island.

Despite Ethan Phillips getting the part, Picardo was asked by the producers to come back and audition for the Doctor — something that shocked him, because usually actors would be passed over completely.

Despite the controversy, the United Nations proceeded to created a mandate in Kosovo, in which the province technically remained a part of Serbia ( or the FRY as it was then ), but was completely autonomous.

Despite this, the band did not feel part of the hardcore scene ; as Mars later stated, " we were confused about what we were ".

Despite the difference in styles, Taft had demonstrated for the most part that the substance of his policies echoed those of Roosevelt.

Despite the repetition, there may have been multiple landings along the part of the coast known to the Saxons as Cerdic's Shore.

Despite their long history, batch applications are still critical in most organizations in large part because many core business processes are inherently batch-oriented.

Despite a limp, he took part in the race the following day and finished eighth.