Despite smoking in some of his films, Eastwood is a lifelong non-smoker, has been conscious of his health and fitness since he was a teenager, and as a Vegan practices healthy eating and daily Transcendental Meditation. While promoting his film, Hereafter, Eastwood spoke about his views on religion and meditation by saying " I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them.

Despite the team's losing record, the Warriors demonstrated that they could be a tough opponent with a healthy lineup and a strong bench.

Despite her disability she graduated from Brighton University, mothered a healthy son, and established a life as a skilled artist.

Despite the healthy fear with which the worshipers ( and even the Loa themselves ) regard him, he is also viewed as a necessary evil ; there must always be a Kalfu to balance Legba, and a force of overwhelming creativity and expression, even if that expression often takes horrifying forms.

Despite these setbacks, however, Pushmataha County grew in a healthy manner.

Despite this, the Huron on the whole were healthy ; the Jesuits wrote that the Huron effectively employed natural remedies, and were " more healthy than we.

Despite being premature, the baby is healthy but Adrian falls into a coma.

Despite the apparently healthy membership, many of the society's members are middle-aged or elderly, with relatively few younger dancers.

Despite the hardships she is put through under Matron Evelyn Harper ( Hope Emerson ), she gives birth to a healthy baby and wants to " temporarily " grant full custody to her mother.

Despite the importance of healthy reefs to Cozumel's tourist trade, a deepwater pier was built in the 1990s for cruise ships to dock, causing damage to the reefs, and it is now a regular stop on cruises in the Caribbean.

Despite the current economic crisis and the slump in forestry, the city's economy is relatively healthy thanks to high gold prices.

Despite the advancement of digital imaging, the market for sheet film is still healthy and thriving.

Despite mixed reviews, the show enjoyed a healthy run.

Despite the popular misconception that potatoes are fattening, baked potatoes can be used as part of a healthy diet.

Despite this diagnosis, she said he was still physically healthy and did not require medication.

Despite considerable success in continental Europe – particularly in France, the Netherlands and Germany where they played some of those countries ' most prestigious venues and enjoyed healthy record sales – the band's chart performance in the UK and US was minimal, charting one album, Cunning Stunts at US No. 124.

Despite the modernity of most Chamorros, there is still a healthy respect for them.

Despite healthy batting and bowling averages for an all-rounder at test level ( 23 and 28 respectively ) Dodemaide only made ten Test appearances.

Despite a healthy. 311 batting average and sixteen home runs with the Syracuse Chiefs, he never returned to the majors.

Despite this recommendation, only 16 % of healthy pregnant US women surveyed in 2005 had been vaccinated against the flu.

Despite the economic times, DeSoto sales were relatively healthy, pacing Dodge at around 25, 000 units in 1932.

Despite these advances, China's telecommunications infrastructure has not been able to keep up with demand and has not spread to the relatively poorer regions.

Despite the marginalised Left Opposition's demand for the restoration of Soviet democracy, Stalin developed a bureaucratic, authoritarian government, that was condemned by democratic socialists, anarchists and Trotskyists for undermining the initial socialist ideals of the Bolshevik Russian Revolution.

Despite the opening of new universities and increased enrollment, the state-directed education system did not adequately prepare for increasing market demand in the areas of agriculture, light industry, services, and foreign investment.

Despite stating this was a response to consumer demand to improve taste and texture, there was no " new improved recipe " claim placed on New Zealand labels.

Despite the demand for electrical consumer goods and large investments in heavy engineering and nuclear power, profits began to fall for the first time in the face of increasing competition and internal disorganisation.

Despite enormous public demand, Plant declined a $ 200 million offer to tour with Led Zeppelin after the 2007 show.

Despite the continent-wide shortage of such currency, merchants began to demand the same from their local business partners, including those merchants operating in the market towns in the state's interior.

Despite inability to attract a major label after Atlantic, there was still demand for public performances, especially in Europe.

Despite the advent of low-cost digital synthesizers and samplers, the Minimoog remains in high demand with producers and performers of electronic pop and electronic music.

Despite the fact that Nordau was Jewish and a key figure in the Zionist movement ( Lombroso was also Jewish ), his theory of artistic degeneracy would be seized upon by German National Socialists during the Weimar Republic as a rallying point for their anti-Semitic and racist demand for Aryan purity in art.

Despite the low demand for luxury motorcycles during the Great Depression, Indian not only continued production of the Four, but continued to develop the motorcycle.

Despite the efforts of traders to prop up demand, the market for tulips evaporated.

Despite its modern demand as a delicacy exceeding supply ( particularly in Norway ) the cloudberry is primarily a wild plant.

Despite demand from high-end users for more PCI slots in a G3 powered computer, Apple decided not to develop the prototype ( dubbed " Power Express ") into a shipping product, sometimes nicknamed the " Molar Mac " due to its resemlance to a tooth, that was made available only to educational markets.

Despite the high price of the vehicle, Peugeot anticipated demand for around 15, 000-20, 000 Peugeot 106 Electriques each year, with an expected total production run of 100, 000 vehicles.

Despite being in demand, she does few films, stating that " I read very few scripts I'm passionate about ... Maybe one in every twenty or thirty.

Despite these challenges, Alaska satisfied demand by adding nonstop service to Guadalajara, Mexico and Hawaii ( Maui ) while Aeromexico ’ s ( 2011 ) debut reestablished foreign-flag service with daily nonstop service to Guadalajara, Mexico.

Despite concerns about supply and demand for paintings, the remoteness of many of the artists, and the poverty and health issues experienced in the communities, there are widespread estimates of an industry worth close to half a billion dollars ( Aus ) and growing rapidly.

Despite intense user demand for a faster laptop CPU than the G4, Apple never used a G5 series CPU in their PowerBook laptops.

Despite its advantages, demand has been suppressed by a lack of wastewater treatment capacity.

Despite a surge in enrolments and an unmet demand for public high school places in the area, the Vaucluse campus was sold in February 2007 by the Government of New South Wales for $ 30M to become a seniors community development site.

Despite the burgeoning demand for his talents, however, Struzan was still only earning $ 150 to $ 250 per album cover.

Despite the lack of a recording contract, the group still found itself in demand as a live act and played in clubs and at outdoor festivals.

Despite running the Ingolstadt production line at full capacity, supply fell short of demand to such an extent that during the summer of 1970 an additional production line for Audi 100s was set up in Volkswagen's own Wolfsburg plant, which made it the first water-cooled car to be produced in Germany's ( and by some criteria the world's ) largest car plant.