" Despite Gropius's protestations that as a war veteran and a patriot his work had no subversive political intent, the Berlin Bauhaus was pressured to close in April 1933.

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 protestations of Shamash, Enkidu is marked for death.

Despite John's protestations, Howard started having a friendly discussion with the inexperienced prospector and ended up teaching Scrooge the secrets of the job, and helping him earn ten thousand dollars.

Despite the worried protestations of his foster-father, he set out for the fearful forests.

Despite initial protestations by the king, Sir Orfeo reminds him that he gave him his word and Sir Orfeo returns with Heurodis to Winchester:

Despite Callaghan's protestations that she should go back to university, she campaigned for his victory alongside Neil Kinnock, the future Glenys Kinnock and Rhodri Morgan, whom she would marry in 1967.

Despite their protestations, Jerome takes the children to the restaurant.

Despite Oedipus ' continued deference and protestations, Laius becomes increasingly angry until he suddenly suffers a fatal heart attack.

Despite Roy's protestations that the KPO did not constitute an independent political party, it was not long before it had entered the field with its own candidates for office.

Despite such protestations, the mainstream press of America echoed Green's hostile sentiments, with the Chicago Tribune accusing the Communists of attempting to " stir up race hatred and disorder " and the Philadelphia Record pooh-poohing the entire idea that American blacks could be " bolshevized " as " ridiculously childish.

Despite Theodoros Stamos protestations that he had done nothing wrong, the Tax Court also ruled against him for liability for various self-dealing excise taxes under IRS code section 4941 for the years 1970 through 1976 in the total amount of $ 19, 407, 500, and additions to tax under sections 6651 ( a )( 1 ) and 6684 for the same years in the respective total amounts of $ 724, 375 and $ 2, 957, 500.

Despite Li's own protestations, they overruled him, and put such claims in the published text.

Despite Deleon's earlier protestations of innocence, once his trial began, Deleon's attorney conceded that Deleon had indeed committed all three murders.

Despite Rose's gentle protestations that her grandfather is dead, Jackie insists that he has returned in some capacity and has been visiting her for some time.

Despite the protestations of fellow competitors, it won, though the final cost was to be in excess of £ 100, 000.

Despite the desire of silver delegates to nominate a candidate who shared their beliefs, and although several states instructed their delegates to vote for a specific candidate, there was no overwhelming favorite for the nomination going into the convention.

Despite the information available at the time, Garfield made a strong showing at the convention in 1874, commanding over two-thirds of the delegates, and then won re-election against Democratic and Independent opponents, though by a smaller margin than in the past.

Despite differences in the positions of some of the delegates on some issues, the Quebec Conference, following so swiftly on the success of the Charlottetown Conference, was infused with a determinative sense of purpose and nationalism.

Despite the efforts of the General Council ’ s delegates, they succeeded in revising the resolutions of the Geneva Congress, passing a number of their resolutions, in particular on cooperation and credit.

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 strong showings in several primaries — indeed, he won more votes than any other Democratic candidate — McCarthy garnered only 23 percent of the delegates at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, largely due to the control of state party organizations over the delegate selection process.

Despite orders to seek no direct military assistance from France, the American commissioners were instructed to work to acquire most favored nation trading relations with France, along with additional military aid, and also encouraged to reassure any Spanish delegates at that the United States had no desire to acquire Spanish lands in the Americas in the hopes that Spain would in turn enter a possible Franco-American alliance.

Despite a rule in the Democratic Party that delegates are to be allocated proportionally rather than winner takes all, some individual caucus groups decide for themselves how to allocate their group's delegates — for instance, by using a majority vote to determine which of the two methods to select.

Despite lacking full voting privileges on the floor of the House of Representatives, delegates are voting members in U. S. Congressional committees and they lobby their congressional colleagues regarding the District's interests.

Despite the debate, the portions of the draft dealing with the court remained largely unchanged, as the delegates focused on different matters.

Despite being the Liberal leader in the Legislative Council in 1864 Jonathan McCully's name was not on the initial list of delegates to the Charlottetown Conference.

Despite this, he still had a sizable number of delegates, and a big win in his home state of California would deprive Clinton of sufficient support to win the nomination.

Despite not having a seat, Manion won the 1938 Conservative leadership convention with backing of an " improbable coalition " of Orange Order delegates from Ontario and delegates from Quebec.

Despite intensive campaigning in the last few days, internal polling found that Sharp had fewer than 150 delegates and was unlikely to even be able to play kingmaker.

Despite instructions not to, a good number of the delegates would insist on folding their punched card as they would a normal ballot.

Despite the fact that each county was entitled to elect four delegates, the governor selected only two of these to sit in the Lower House.

Despite rumours that he would support McKeough, he remained neutral after his elimination and released his delegates.

Despite cordial relations, however, including payment of responsions to Malta and participation of delegates from the Bailiwick in the Chapter General of the Order of Malta in 1776, nominal reunion of the two Orders was prevented by the withholding of papal approval.

Despite their successes, these three dissenters grew increasingly unpopular as most other delegates wanted to bring the Convention's business to an end and return home.

Despite their eventual departure, of the two U. S. delegates, one ( Richard Clough Anderson, Jr .) died en route to Panama, and the other ( John Sergeant ) only arrived after the Congress had concluded its discussions.

Despite the political uncertainty resulting from a recently concluded civil war, 56 delegates met in San Felipe de Austin to draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government.

Despite the lopsided loss in the Super Bowl, Beathard, who traded for or drafted the bulk of the Chargers roster, and who hired coach Ross, was named the NFL's smartest man by Sports Illustrated, and became the only general manager to lead three different teams to the Super Bowl ( Chargers, Dolphins, Redskins ).

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 much of the originally drafted talent departing by 2004, WWE has continued to separate the shows, taking on younger talent, and holds a Draft Lottery every year.

Despite the clouds still hovering over the franchise, the Lightning drafted Vincent Lecavalier in 1998, a player who would be a cornerstone of the team for years to come.

Despite knowing that Bird had a year of college eligibility remaining, he drafted Bird in the 1978 NBA Draft and waited for a year until the future Hall-of-Fame forward Bird finally arrived, finally setting aside his team salary rules when it became clear that he would have to either pay Bird a huge rookie salary or watch him simply re-enter the 1980 draft.

Despite being drafted as a shortstop, he played at first base and third base his first two years in the minors.

Despite intense pressure from outside Parliament, the British government drafted the Quebec Act which guaranteed Canadiens the restoration of French civil law ; guaranteed the free practice of the Catholic faith ; and returned the territorial extensions that they had enjoyed before the Treaty of Paris.

Despite his impressive numbers with the Catamounts, he was not drafted and accepted a training camp invitation from the Ottawa Senators.

Despite this fact, many individual soldiers, including many drafted in Ireland, showed immense heroism and performed great deeds of honour during the action.

Despite being drafted to the VFL, the West Torrens Football Club of the Adelaide based SANFL argued that Long was " contracted with the club and could not play anywhere else.

Despite being drafted by a WHA team, he never played in the WHA.

Despite a new law being drafted, it was not voted on, and by 1929 there was no further chance to reform Paragraph 175.

Despite being widely tipped as a first round prospect ,, Black was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with selection No. 31 in the 1997 National Draft.

Despite his record, Hudson was considered undersized by scouts at 6 ' 0 tall and 160 pounds and was not drafted nor was he offered a scholarship to a major college.

Despite MLB's draft being considerably longer than that of the NFL or NBA, only about 9. 1 % of all NCAA senior baseball players are drafted by an MLB team.

Despite his college success, Lo Duca spent many years in the minor leagues after being drafted in the 25th round of the 1993 Amateur Draft.

Despite being drafted by a Canadian OHL team, Kesler chose to play in the U. S. National Team Development Program ( USNTDP ) because of its close proximity to his Livonia home.

Despite being drafted by Boston, she was still under contact with Arsenal.

Despite his inclusion he was overlooked by England during the summer while players from outside the squad were drafted in to play for England's struggling ODI side.

Despite being drafted in the first round and being regarded as a highly rated prospect, Smith was unable to parlay his talent into an NHL career.

Despite being a small school, some former Varsity Baseball Players have been drafted into MLB.

Despite versatility and a good on-ice work ethic, Lindgren never lived up to the offensive potential that Winnipeg had seen when they drafted him, scoring only thirteen goals in his best NHL season.

Despite facing an obligation to enter the Air Force upon graduating the Academy, he was drafted in the eleventh round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Cowboys, and played in the National Football League, winning three Super Bowls.