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Despite suffering heavy defeats against the West Indies during the 1980s, England continued to do well in the Ashes.
Despite heavy casualties the Prussians attempted to storm the great battery, whilst the Danes, under Count Scholten, attempted to drive the French infantry out of the copses beyond the village.
Despite strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.
Despite his heavy drinking his liver showed no sign of cirrhosis.
Despite some initial success, bolstered by heavy advertising, the brand did not prove popular and was eventually withdrawn from sale.
Despite some increases in heavy industry in the economy during the 1970s and 1980s, Paraguayan industry was generally small-scale.
Despite heavy criticism from other religious groups, there are signs that Satanistic beliefs have become more socially tolerated.
Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover.
Despite the anime series itself being on hold, Sunrise gave artist Katsu Aki the existing production and character designs, resulting in the first manga series having the heavy shōnen feel and curvaceous Hitomi that was originally planned for the anime series.
Despite discussion of programs to require payments for resources ( especially water ) and to collect fines from heavy polluters, however, little has been accomplished.
Despite heavy lobbying in favour of one of the existing projects, it soon became apparent that private industry could not turn out a car for only 990RM.
Despite Von Kuhl's caution, two divisions, thirteen heavy batteries and twelve field batteries of artillery, three fighter squadrons and four other air force units were transferred from the Fourth Army.
Despite this, they won a complete victory, routing the enemy army from the field and inflicting heavy losses.
Despite his best efforts he was typically cast as a " heavy " ( villain ) or gangster.
Despite repeated assaults and heavy fighting, the Turks were unable to breach the defences and were forced to raise the siege after 22 days.
Despite its promising appearance and engineering novelty the Pipit did not fly as well as expected, the elevator being criticised as heavy while the rudder was weak and the type was longitudinally unstable.
Despite having inflicted heavy casualties against the Somalis, the two Delta snipers were too outnumbered and outgunned.
Despite the heavy bombardment, many of the German defenders had survived, protected in deep dugouts and they were able to inflict a terrible toll on the infantry.
Despite the heavy industrial component, services account for 74. 9 % of GDP, while agriculture accounts for only 1 % of GDP.
Despite this, there are also smaller parades and demonstrations on 1 July, the date which maps the old style date of the Boyne to the new style in the usual manner and which also commemorate the heavy losses of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.
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 this, Philip resumed his march, and his troops became confused and disoriented due to heavy fog.
Despite the listing and the pool becoming closed to the public, the buildings were subjected to heavy vandalism.
Despite recent Republican dominance at the local office level, Clermont has seen heavy union and non-partisan influence in its politics.

Despite and preparations
Despite entering the LM forty minutes ahead of schedule, Young and Duke completed preparations only ten minutes early due to numerous delays in the process.
Despite these preparations, very little went according to plan.
Despite his preparations and intentions to cow the Jews, Diodotus was entirely unsuccessful, and left the region under the rule of Jonathan's brother Simon, with little gain beyond a minor tribute of 100 talents.
Despite preparations in 1996, in some parts of town flood water reached 4 feet above the 100 year base flood elevation.
Despite an air of defeatism among the leadership, the professional French troops and New French militia defenders focused preparations for the British attacks on the Beauport Shore.
Despite ample warning and thorough defensive preparations, the battle soon degenerated into a bitter, close-quarters infantry affair, with artillery restricted by the need to avoid friendly troops and tanks unable to reach the scene.
Despite these preparations, only 35 out of a total of 42 texts were published in La Vogue between May 13 and June 21 due to an obscure dispute between those associated with the project.
Despite Kurdish solidarity, U. S. preparations to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein brought welcome reinforcements to the conflict.
Despite this, the assaults did not disrupt Royalist preparations and by the evening they were able to start bombarding the town.
Despite these changes Haig insisted on preparations for a breakthrough and inadequate preparation led to the traumatic failures on 9 and 12 October.
Despite having received word earlier that the king would be arriving, John Ruthven had made no preparations, thus giving the impression of having been taken by surprise.
Despite the many initial preparations for Grace's tour, it fell through, leaving Lillywhite's to go solo.
Despite strong opposition, the Shaman's will prevailed, and the Kiks. ádi made preparations for war.
Despite the fact that plans and preparations for guerrilla warfare had not been made, a universal uprising was under way.
Despite the secrecy of the preparations, German intelligence obtained information on the Polish networks, and German security agencies received orders to suppress the Polish networks.
Despite all testing and other preparations, one uncertain factor remains ; the weather.
Despite joining the Hearts squad for their pre-season preparations Skácel's involvement was severely limited due to injury and doubts over whether his contract would be extended.

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