Despite the harsh discipline, gladiators represented a substantial investment for their lanista and were otherwise well cared for.

Despite this black mark, Tycho also began corresponding with Kepler, starting with a harsh but legitimate critique of Kepler's system ; among a host of objections, Tycho took issue with the use of inaccurate numerical data taken from Copernicus.

Despite affordable and often free land, many arriving newcomers, mostly from Britain and Ireland, found frontier life with the harsh climate difficult, and some of those with the means eventually returned home or went south.

Despite its harsh provisions, a RICO-related charge is considered easy to prove in court, as it focuses on patterns of behavior as opposed to criminal acts.

Despite such harsh conditions, this anoxic and sulphidic environment is teeming with microbial life, both chemosynthetic prokaryotes that are primary producers, and a broad diversity of eukaryotic heterotrophs at the next trophic level.

Despite her harsh treatment, O grants permission beforehand for everything that occurs, and her permission is consistently sought.

" Despite his harsh treatment of the warring tribes, Sherman spoke out against the unfair way speculators and government agents treated the natives within the reservations.

Despite a harsh clampdown against conspiring Roman Catholics, Mary ( in domestic exile and Elizabeth's prisoner for nearly twenty years ), inspires an earnest attempt to overthrow Elizabeth.

Despite an upbringing in a life of privilege made possible at some level by the harsh anti-union politics of his patriarchal grandfather, young Scott Nearing nevertheless developed a social conscience, which one of his biographers describes as " a burr under his skin that none of his relatives acquired and that no interpretation satisfactorily explains.

Despite his harsh business ethics, Scrooge is caring to his family.

A false-color satellite image of Lava Beds National Monument and the surrounding area (: Image: LavaBedsNatlMnmt L7 14jun01. jpg | more information ). Despite harsh, semi-arid conditions, native wildlife has adapted to the environmental constraints present in the region.

Despite its reputation as a pioneering institution for the new, enlightened view of imprisonment, Port Arthur was still in reality as harsh and brutal as other penal settlements.

“ Despite six hundred years of decrees, canons, and increasingly harsh penalties, the Latin clergy still did, more or less illegally, what their Greek counterparts were encouraged to do by law — they lived with their wives and raised families.

Despite its harsh desert environment, Big Bend has an amazing variety and number of plant and animal species.

Despite his personal issues with Fuller, the typically harsh literary critic Edgar Allan Poe wrote of the work as " a book which few women in the country could have written, and no woman in the country would have published, with the exception of Miss Fuller ", noting its " independence " and " unmitigated radicalism ".

Despite ( or perhaps because of ) the country's association with Joseph Stalin, Soviet rule in Georgia was particularly harsh during the 1950s and sought to restrict Georgian cultural expression.

Despite the harsh economic conditions, a number of companies continued to build larger and faster ships.

Despite their somewhat high profile, the groups ' habit of provoking the audience, obscene material and harsh erotics guaranteed they would never gain commercial acceptance.

Despite the harsh introduction, Finney pulled Reynolds aside after the performance and recommended that he study composition over the summer.

Despite harsh conditions and infrastructural losses, life returned to Hajnówka quite soon.

Despite harsh criticism by gaming enthusiasts, the GeForce4 MX was a market success.

Despite this harsh news, Charles still coached the U. S. to a fourth place finish in the games.

( Despite his harsh view of her political influence, Saint-Simon admits that he personally liked and admired her.

Despite the rocky soil, shortage of potable water, harsh winters, and constant threat of attack, this group managed to succeed.

Despite the name, antidepressants are often used to treat other conditions, such as anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain, and some hormone-mediated disorders such as dysmenorrhea.

Despite their structural simplicity and possession of properties comparable with RNA, the chemically plausible generation of " simpler " nucleic acids under prebiotic conditions has yet to be demonstrated.

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 his complaints, the conditions of his captivity were not severe.

Despite the rare adverse weather conditions, city and state crews kept streets and sidewalks free of ice, and MARTA public transport kept running.

Despite this consensus on likely chemical, thermal and compositional conditions required to promote pegmatite growth there are three main theories behind pegmatite formation ;

Despite the repeal of the act, economic conditions failed to improve.

Despite the strict disarmament conditions in the Treaty of Versailles, Fokker did not return home empty-handed.

Despite betrayal of the secret to the meat packers, who worked three shifts a day for three weeks to thwart the inspection, Neill and Reynolds were still revolted by the conditions at the factories and at the lack of concern by plant managers.

Despite their less-than-perfect conditions, the buildings remain highly sought after and most expensive in the city's property market.

Despite a general strike in 1981 and poor economic conditions worldwide during 1981 – 83, Bermuda's social, political, and economic institutions showed resilience and stability.

Despite its location in the tropics, in stark contrast with most of South India, Ooty generally features pleasantly mild conditions throughout the year.

Despite the unfavorable conditions Osendarp still managed a time of 10. 6, right behind American Ralph Metcalfe.

Despite its usually calm conditions, Folly Beach has gained prominence as one of the more popular surf spots along the East Coast.

Despite disadvantageous weather conditions Monck decided to attack the Dutch rear under Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Tromp hoping to cripple it before the Dutch centre and van could intervene.

Despite opposition from the U. S. State Department, which warned against ignoring the Geneva Conventions, the Bush administration thenceforth began holding such individuals captured in Afghanistan under the military order and not under the usual conditions of Prisoners of War.

Despite the often unclean and uncomfortable eating conditions, many people are attracted to the freshly made steamed rice roll, congee and chow mein early in the morning.

Despite dire predictions about the lighting conditions inside the building, all of which proved unfounded, it succeeded.

Despite the conditions, the pilots were instructed to fly over a 1000-foot ski hill.

Despite an absence of scientific evidence, the Autism Research Institute recommends the GFCF diet as a treatment for autism and related conditions.

Despite the spartan conditions of this banishment, Sergei Volkonsky and his wife, Maria, took opportunities to celebrate the liberalising mode of their exile.

Despite this, Prince Sadruddin was able to successfully negotiate with Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz for the establishment of a UN relief program for tens of thousands of Shia Muslims trapped in worsening conditions in the marshlands of southern Iraq.

Despite unfavorable economic conditions from 2007 to 2009, the outsourcing services market continued to flourish in Central and Eastern European.