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 this, they still finished the 1973 season giving up fewer points ( 150 ) than in 1972, and recorded a 12-2 record, including their opening game victory over the San Francisco 49ers that tied an NFL record with 18 consecutive wins.

Despite the excommunication, John will continue to make amends to the Church, including giving alms to the poor whenever he defiles a holy day by hunting during it.

Despite Isabella giving birth to her second son, John, in 1316, Edward's position was precarious.

Despite its decoration, the exterior is relatively simple and austere, devoid of flying buttresses or major sculpture and giving little hint of the richness within.

Despite being heavily pregnant, she raced the horses and beat them, giving birth to twins on the finish line.

Despite its small size, Braswell has its own police department which includes a chief, a lieutenant and three officers, giving the city a ratio of one officer for every 16 residents.

Despite modest success, Rothko still needed to supplement his income, and in 1929 he began giving classes in painting and clay sculpture at the Center Academy, where he remained as teacher until 1952.

Despite all this, when it comes to giving out advice to her, his family, or anyone willing to listen Josh is, at times, wise beyond his years.

For all that, in June 1961 Bray still decided to move and despite his recent marriage “ lmost every day went round, often spending a good part of the day or a large part of the evening there .” “ Oddly enough, this side of his life was well known about in Paris … natural reserve and well-developed sense of decorum were allied to his fear of giving offence to Suzanne .” Anthony Cronin notes that strangely – or perhaps not so strangely – during this time he was often to be found talking “ fervently and seriously about suicide .” Despite his unwillingness to do much about it he was clearly suffering badly from guilt.

Despite his head injury, Cochrane served in the United States Navy during World War II as did Bill Dickey of the Yankees, giving the Navy the two greatest catchers baseball had yet seen ; with Yogi Berra also serving but not yet having reached the major leagues, there were actually three possible " greatest catchers ever " in the WWII-era Navy.

Despite the opposition of Illinois ' Republican political machine, Dawes and Hanna were able to secure all but a few of Illinois ' delegates for McKinley, giving the former Ohio governor a strong advantage going into the convention.

Despite the Charter giving the General Assembly provisions to influence the selection process, the chosen Secretaries-General reflect that the selection process remains in the control of the P5.

Despite showing his face, giving away his code name, and revealing his FBI affiliation, Hanssen escaped arrest when the Bureau's investigation didn't go anywhere.

Despite Louise Françoise surviving and giving her husband ten children, the Prince himself became ill ; most said it was from worry about her health.

Despite the opposition of many in his own party, including not only Vare ’ s powerful Philadelphia machine, but also many “ wets ” who revolted and created a separate Liberal Party that autumn — thereby giving the Democratic candidate two lines on the November ballot — Pinchot narrowly prevailed, defeating Hemphill by a margin of 1, 068, 874 to 1, 010, 204.

Despite several highly publicised feuds, Mark played a large part in giving Australia their 27th Davis Cup triumph — second only to the United States with 31 — but it was their first since 1986.

Despite his apparent ease at taking lives, he does not enjoy killing or giving in to his berserker rages.

Despite this Durham retained him as an unofficial representative, advisor and negotiator, giving him effectively the same powers he would have had he been appointed.

Despite Schleicher giving in to Hindenburg ′ s brow-beating, on January 12, 1933 the League released a public letter to Hindenburg asking that Schleicher be sacked at once.

Despite formal objections from both Lambeth and Westminster Councils, the GLC ignored the objections, giving the bridge the appearance it has today.

Despite their recent ups and downs, PSG and OM remain, along with Saint-Étienne, the only French clubs with a truly nationwide, faithful and passionate fan base, giving the country's biggest match a special atmosphere.

Despite the problems, Alexakis ' amp ended up giving the album a uniquely raucous, noisy sound.

Despite this incident, Keane bore no hard feelings against his manager, later claiming that he sympathised with Clough due to the pressures of management and that he was too grateful to him for giving him his chance in English Football.

Despite the car's larger size, it is lighter, giving it a weight of.

Despite his defense of himself in the final paper of the Englishman and in his speech before the House, their efforts were successful.

Despite their adherence to the status quo, the forces of organized religion were compelled to make adjustments as increasing civilization augmented human knowledge.

Despite their efforts, the problems seemed to grow graver all the time.

Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John Brown, Rhode Islanders turned their attention to the state elections.

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 being able to crawl on land, many of these prehistoric tetrapodomorph fish still spent most of their time in the water.

Despite this, Babbage's work fell into historical obscurity and the Analytical Engine was unknown to builders of electro-mechanical and electronic computing machines in the 1930s and 1940s when they began their work, resulting in the need to re-invent many of the architectural innovations Babbage had proposed.

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Despite their avowed claim to appeal to the entire state, in 2009 the Diamondbacks moved their Triple-A Pacific Coast League farm team, the Tucson Sidewinders, to Reno, where they are now known as the Aces.

Despite their dedication to their jobs, however, the citizens of Mega Tokyo tend to dislike and distrust members of the A. D. Police, seeing them as corrupt and ineffectual.

Despite several differences in definitions, their importance becomes apparent as different methods of analysis when applied to acid – base reactions for gaseous or liquid species, or when acid or base character may be somewhat less apparent.

Despite having no experience with women, their other signature traits are a shared obsession with sex, and their tendency to chuckle and giggle whenever they hear words or phrases that can even remotely be construed as sexual or scatological.

Despite the presence of more than 9, 000 UN forces ( UNOCI ) in Côte d ' Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations.

Despite these constraints especially those deputies that are elected directly normally try to keep close contact with their constituents and to help them with their problems, particularly when they are related to federal policies or agencies.

Despite their difficulties in New Zealand the tour proved a raging success on-field for the British and Irish.

Despite Orkney ’ s protestations, Cadogan insisted on compliance and, reluctantly, Orkney gave the word for his troops to fall back to their original positions on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.

Despite the opposition of some of their number, the Israelites assemble and send away their foreign wives and children.

Despite their appearance at the end of the Book of Judges, certain characters ( like Jonathan, the grandson of Moses ) and idioms present in the epilogue show that the therein " must have taken place ... early in the period of the judges.

Despite their trials, God will not desert his people.

Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.