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 its unpopular nature, the Embargo Act did have some limited, unintended benefits, especially as entrepreneurs and workers responded by bringing in fresh capital and labor into New England textile and other manufacturing industries, lessening America's reliance on the British merchants.

Despite high levels of evaporation, the lake is fresh water.

" Despite initial mixed critical reception, the film currently holds a 71 % " fresh " rating on the film aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 6 out of 10.

Despite the apparent lack of fresh groundwater, Bermuda is lush and green, a result of the consistent, high levels of rainfall.

Despite this incident and a lack of food, Grenville decided to leave Ralph Lane and 107 men to establish the colony at the north end of Roanoke Island, promising to return in April 1586 with more men and fresh supplies.

Despite the failure of Rochefort, Pitt pushed for fresh landings on the French coast, believing they would be a useful distraction-preventing the French from sending troops to Germany or to the relief of their colonies around the globe.

Despite mixed reviews, the film has still received a ' fresh ' rating of 79 % on Rotten Tomatoes.

Despite German victory in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the violence remained fresh in the newly united state ’ s memory and made Germany reluctant to antagonize the French, but keen as ever to limit their power.

Despite his attempts to strike an image as a fresh government, Grimes and his Liberals were defeated in the October 2003 provincial election by the Progressive Conservatives under Danny Williams, bringing an end to 14 years of Liberal rule in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Despite hard fighting so far in the battle, the 28 ( Māori ) Battalion was considered to be the only " fresh " battalion available and the only one capable of carrying out such an attack.

Despite opening up with two centuries in the first four frames and leading 17 – 16, with the scars of their epic 1973 semi-final still fresh, the match slipped away from Spencer 19 – 17.

Despite this incident and the lack of food, Grenville decided to leave Ralph Lane and 107 men to establish the colony on the north end of Roanoke Island, promising to return in April 1586 with more men and fresh supplies.

Despite early-season losses and ensuing criticism in 2006 – 07, including a 3 – 0 loss at home to Nuremberg, Veh managed to turn the collection of new players like Mexicans Pável Pardo, and Ricardo Osorio, and Brazilian Antônio da Silva and fresh local talents, including Mario Gómez, Serdar Tasci and Sami Khedira, into a strong contender that led the league on 12 November 2006 for the first time in two years.

Despite the heavy deduction of points, Reggina managed to save from relegation, defeating fresh UEFA Champions League winners Milan on the final matchday and ending the season with 40 points ( including the deduction ), just one single point above the third relegation spot, occupied by Chievo.

Despite its controversy and the fact that the cast included Steve Carlson, Jane Elliot ( fresh from her run as Tracy on GH & Carrie on GL ), and Lara Parker ( famous as the witch Angelique on the cult Dark Shadows ) and that it was produced and sometimes directed by daytime veteran actress Susan Flannery, A New Day in Eden only lasted 13 episodes, and its cliffhanger left the question of who was the town's serial rapist up in the air.

Rotten Tomatoes gave Cars a fresh 74 % ( with an average of 6. 9 ), yet no other Pixar film, until the releases of Brave and Cars 2, has ever scored less than 92 % ( Brave has a score of 76 %, whereas Cars 2 ranked 38 %, the lowest ever attributed to a Pixar film ) Despite this, it still received a " Certified Fresh " rating.

Despite the previous U-turn not to close Men & Motors, fresh rumours over the channel's future began to circulate in early 2006 due to a poorer than expected performance from the fledgling ITV4 service.

Despite this, by the 1979 – 80 season rumour was rife that Brady would be leaving the club in search of a fresh challenge.

Despite this, Willis remained fresh and injury free the entire season, and would actually become the teams ' leading scorer, with 14 TDs ( 12 rushing, 2 receiving ).

* Despite its low rainfall average, Antarctica has approximately 70 % of the world's fresh water ( as 90 % of the world's ice ).

Despite Virginia's successes, Jamestown had a troublesome climate, lacked a natural source of fresh water, and was plagued by mosquitoes.

GamePro stated: " Despite a few fresh ideas, Haunting Ground is no classic.

Despite the shared name of " Adoptionism " the Spanish Adoptionist Christology appears to have differed sharply from the Adoptionism of early Christianity.

Despite being offered the chance to remain as ruler of Bavaria ( under strict terms of an alliance with Austria ), the Elector left his country and family in order to continue the war against the Allies from the Spanish Netherlands where he still held the post of governor-general.

Despite assurances against reprisals, the returning Spanish authorities proved to be merciless with the rebels and, in the process of ferreting out participants in the Quito revolt, jailed and abused many innocent citizens.

Despite some military attempts by the Spanish to retake it in the 18th century, most notably in the Great Siege of 1779 – 1783, the Rock has remained under British control ever since.

Despite receiving some criticism from his peers, he continued to front the BBC's coverage of the Masters and The Open, where he put his language skills to good use by giving an impromptu interview in Spanish with Argentinian Andrés Romero.

Despite a long history of warfare between Britain and Spain, Vancouver maintained excellent relations with his Spanish counterparts and even feted a Spanish sea captain aboard his ship during his 1792 trip to the Vancouver region.

Despite these problems, the growing inflow of American silver from mid-16th century, the justified military reputation of the Spanish infantry and even the navy quickly recovering from its Armada disaster, made Spain the leading European power, a novel situation of which its citizens were only just becoming aware.

Despite its antiquity and importance, the Spanish Galgo has only recently been acknowledged by the cynological associations.

Despite Spanish having been used by the Sahrawi people for over a century due to Western Sahara's history as a former Spanish colony, the Cervantes Institute has denied support and Spanish-language education to Sahrawis in Western Sahara and the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria.

Despite the arrival of additional settlers, including whites, slaves and free blacks, from Bermuda and the receipt of relief supplies from Virginia and New England, the Eleuthera colony struggled for many years because of poor soil, fighting between settlers, and conflict with the Spanish.

Despite being surrounded by Anglo-Saxon Common Law territories, Louisiana's civil code has kept its Roman roots, and some of its aspects feature influences by the Napoleonic Code, but remains based more on Roman and Spanish civil traditions.

Despite the constant shelling and the sinking of the Spanish fleet small ( mostly by himself Lezo, to block the harbor entrance ), the defenders managed to avoid landing the rest of the British troops, who were forced to remain in the boats for a month without sufficient reserves.

Despite forced conversions to Catholicism ( as evidenced by the establishment of a mission at each surviving pueblo ) by the Spanish, the Pueblo tribes have been able to maintain much of their traditional lifestyle.

Despite massacres by the Spanish, the rebels fought until the Spanish crown was forced to concede to treaties that granted the Africans a life without Spanish violence and incursions.

Despite such efforts to win popularity, Joseph's foreign birth and support, plus his membership in a Masonic lodge, virtually guaranteed he would never be accepted as legitimate by the bulk of the Spanish people.

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

Despite a cold reception from the Spanish royal family, especially by Elisabeth of Parma, the stepmother of her husband, she married Louis of Spain on 20 January 1722 at Lerma.

Despite his judgment, the area again drew the attention of the Spanish crown, and in 1749 José de Escandón was assigned the task of colonizing the area.

Despite the various theories of the work's origins, Rodríguez de Montalvo's Spanish version, as the only complete edition known, is considered definitive, and it was the one who made the character widely known on a European scale.