Despite his growing admiration for Wallace and his cause, Robert is dominated by his father, who wishes to secure the throne for his son by submitting to the English.

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 growing unrest and severe economic strains, the 1932 presidential elections in Honduras were relatively peaceful and fair.

Despite the advent of file-sharing technologies such as BitTorrent, as well as the increased use of blogs, formal discussion forums, and social networking sites, coupled with a growing number of service providers blocking access to Usenet ( see main article ), newsgroups continue to be widely used.

Despite the economy's general expansion after 1983, however, inflation threatened its modest gains, as did serious fiscal and balance-of-payments deficits and the growing debt.

Despite its growing dominance in the constitutional hierarchy, the Premiership was given little formal recognition ; the legal fiction was maintained that the Sovereign still governed directly.

Despite unfavourable growing conditions ( atmospheric pollution from London, dry soils and low rainfall ) Kew remains one of the most comprehensive plant collections in Britain.

Despite a high emigration rate, the population is growing rapidly, about 1. 2 % per year.

Despite his growing alcoholism and controversial reputation, Peckinpah was extremely prolific during this period of his life.

Despite this growing popular support for independence, Congress lacked the clear authority to declare it.

Despite the growing pressure to abandon production of war films, Warner continued to produce them, losing money in the process.

Despite the irregular scheduling, the program's hard-hitting reports attracted a steadily growing audience, particularly during the waning days of the Vietnam War and the gripping events of the Watergate scandal ; at that time, few if any other major-network news shows did in-depth investigative reporting to the degree carried out by 60 Minutes.

Despite having growing sales worldwide, Hyundai struggled in Japan, having sold only 15, 000 passenger cars from 2001 to 2009.

Despite the value and investment of public capital, growing delays in air and surface transportation, aging electric grid, an untapped renewable energy sector, and inadequate school facilities all have justified additional funding in public capital investment.

Despite temporary periods of desolation and disuse, the Grand Canal furthered an indigenous and growing economic market in China's urban centers through all the ages since the Sui period.

Despite his success and growing reputation as an illustrator, Jones seems to have become disaffected by the medium.

Despite growing issues with Great Britain, Lord Dunmore had been a popular governor in Virginia, even though he served only five years.

Despite growing discontent with the National Convention as a ruling body, in June the Convention drafted the Constitution of 1793, which was ratified by popular vote in early August.

Despite Nixon's growing political difficulties and an increasingly hostile working relationship with the legislature over Vietnam, Thiệu, and most of the Saigon leadership, remained optimistic about ongoing aid.

Despite his growing celebrity, it failed to chart within the Billboard 200.

Despite all this, Forest County has become the fastest growing county in the state of Pennsylvania by percent, growing over 38 % from 2000-2008.

" Despite this Biblical reference, the trees that were growing in Babylon along the Euphrates River in ancient Mesopotamia ( modern Iraq ) and named gharab in early Hebrew, are not willows ( Salix ) in either the modern or the classical sense, but the Euphrates Poplar ( Populus euphratica ), with willow-like leaves on long, drooping shoots, in the related genus Populus.

Despite 10 years of planning, Iran's own Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization was not aware of the broad areas of flooding during much of this time and there is growing concern about the effects the dam will have on Persepolis's surrounding areas.

Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were under-represented.

Despite the efforts of groups like the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate black voters and white Republicans, assurance of federal support for democratically elected southern governments meant that most Republican voters could both vote and rule in confidence.

Despite this, it was the last time this happened in such a complete way and the house marked the end of a phase in his design thinking as well as being the last of a series of buildings dominated by the colour white.

Despite these suspicions, the first non-classical white dwarf was not definitely identified until the 1930s.

Despite white attempts to control independent black congregations, especially after the Nat Turner Uprising of 1831, a number of black congregations managed to maintain their separation as independent congregations in Baptist associations.

Despite its origins, the Charleston is most frequently associated with white flappers and the speakeasy.

Despite often smaller budgets and smaller venues, their public appeal sometimes rivalled that of white minstrel troupes.

Despite this, the British colonists firmly believe that Aziz is guilty ; at the back of all their minds is the conviction that all darker peoples lust after white women.

Despite the violence of the time, Forrest A. Johnson, Sr., a well-respected white attorney in Natchez, began to speak out and write against the Klan.

Despite one of the smallest high school enrollments in the state of Missouri, the purple and white Bulldogs fielded four Missouri State High School Athletic Association state-qualifying teams.

Despite the outcome of Briggs and Brown, as of 2004 Summerton's schools remain effectively segregated, with nearly all white students now attending the private Clarendon Hall, leaving the public schools almost entirely African-American.

Despite their many years of acceptance of the white settlers, and the calming

Despite the successes against the Simba rebels, Tshombe's prestige was damaged by the use of white mercenaries and western forces, lost the support of Kasa-Vubu and was dismissed from prime minister in October 1965.

Despite the description of Minas Tirith's outermost wall as a black, indestructible wall, Jackson depicted all of the walls as white, and many of them were easily destroyed.

Despite their loyalty, the ethnic group faced economic and political adversity at hands of the white population during times of economic hardship for whites.

Despite a significant bias that only black musicians could play “ real ” jazz, white bands such as the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band ( ODJB ) emerged and found great success, especially in their recordings.

Despite this imbalance in the Rhodesian electoral system, Smith and other white politicians argued there was nothing fundamentally racist about it: They stated that improvements in black education and wealth would, over time, ensure a gradual move to majority rule.

Despite the elements of ridicule contained in blackface performance, mid-19th century white audiences by and large, believed the songs and dances to be authentically black.

Despite this large exodus of white ministers, a number of white ministers and members remained in COGIC until the 1930s.

Despite being antislavery, some Society members were openly racist and frequently argued that free blacks would be unable to assimilate into the white society of this country.

Despite the greater notoriety of the great white shark and other sharks habitually found nearer the shore, the oceanic whitetip is suspected to be responsible for many fatal attacks on humans, as a result of predation on survivors of shipwrecks or downed aircraft.

Despite guidelines for the diamond and balls there is no uniform size of pin needing only ' to be uniform size and painted white, one and a half inches around the top.

Despite describing Insane Clown Posse as " imbecilic white rappers ", the magazine complimented the album for its " charming, good-natured idiocy.