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Despite Woodruff's continuing refusal to debate with Pike through the columns of his newspaper, Pike did not let up his attack for a moment.
Despite Bogart's elevated standing, he did not yet have a contractual right of script refusal, so when he got weak scripts, he dug in his heels, and locked horns again with the front office, as he did on the film Conflict ( 1945 ).
Despite the refusal of Admiral Ross and Captain Sisko to drink bloodwine with Martok in the halls of Cardassian Central Command, the Federation and Klingons remain allies.
Despite this, his refusal to attend was widely interpreted as a snub against Anne, and Henry took action against him.
Despite this refusal, Nobuhide chose not to kill Takechiyo but instead held him for the next three years at the Manshoji Temple in Nagoya.
Despite Japan's demands for the entirety of Sakhalin and a war indemnity, and Russia's outright refusal, peace was attained through the actions of the participants, including Roosevelt's back-channel communications.
Despite the Consell de Cent's refusal to accept the concession issued by the King to found an estudi general, on 10 January 1401, Martín founded the Estudi General of Medicine in Barcelona under his royal prerogative, granting it the same privileges as those enjoyed by the University of Montpellier.
Despite such arguments, Richelieu remains an honoured personality in France, particularly for his stubborn refusal to let courtly intrigues and foreign interests dominate the government.
Despite the refusal of William Pember Reeves and Thomas Mackenzie to accept his leadership, Seddon managed to secure the backing of his Liberal Party colleagues as interim leader, with an understanding being reached that a full vote would occur when Parliament resumed sitting.
Despite the band's new-found popularity in the UK and Europe, Simple Minds remained essentially unknown in the U. S. The band's UK releases on Arista were not picked up by Arista USA who had ' right of first refusal ' for their releases.
Despite the judge's refusal to present the juries with self-defense instructions, the first trials both ended with hung juries and were declared mistrials.
Despite her refusal, I-330 and those arrested with her are sentenced to death, " under the Benefactor's Machine.
Despite expressing clear support for a Labour-led government during the campaign, they were excluded from the resulting coalition, due to a refusal by United Future and NZ First to work with the Greens in cabinet.
Despite his lack of size — at 5 ′ 7 ″ and 136 lbs, Joliat was one of the smallest players in the game — he was also notable for a refusal to back off from on-ice confrontations.
Despite this refusal, Wallraff was obliged to serve time in the Bundeswehr.
Despite its size, Skadden has been distinguished by its refusal to expand by mergers with other law firms or large acquisitions of practice groups.
Despite traditions of independence, self-sufficiency, and refusal to incur debt to one another, community barn raisings were a part of life.
Despite Jeffrey Wigand's commitment to honor the confidentiality agreement and his initial refusal to talk to Lowell Bergman, producer of 60 Minutes, Wigand claimed that he and his family were anonymously stalked, intimidated and threatened with death should he talk.
Despite having fallen in love with Jaye, her refusal to admit her feelings ( caused by the warnings of the muses, rather than her own inclination ) leads him to re-marry Heidi on a whim, and decide to leave Niagara.
Despite her age, sixteen-year-old Peter asks her to his Fall Formal, and continues after her initial refusal.
Despite the fact Langford never received his rightful chance at the heavyweight title because of Jack Johnson's refusal to risk his crown against Langford, Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer rated Langford as one of the ten best heavyweights of all time.
Despite this and other achievements, he was asked to leave the Radiation Lab at Berkeley due to his refusal to sign the so-called Non-Communist Oath.
Despite Liberia's firm denials and a refusal to cooperate, the League of Nations established a commission under the leadership of British jurist Cuthbert Christy to determine the extent of forced labor and slavery still practiced by Liberia.
Despite earlier claims that Massie would surrender, he did not ; a short time later, a refusal of the offer was drawn up and unanimously signed by the officers.

Despite and official
Despite the official names " National Comics " and " National Periodical Publications ", the line used the logo " Superman-DC " throughout ( the DC logo could be seen on their covers and ads as early as 1940 ), and the company became known colloquially as DC Comics for years before the official adoption of that name in 1977.
Despite the fundamental philosophical differences between the free software movement and the open source movement, the official definitions of free software by the Free Software Foundation and of open source software by the Open Source Initiative basically refer to the same software licences, with a few minor exceptions.
Despite Kemp's official role, his real influence as an author was on the grammatical structure of the plank on tax hikes.
Despite publication of the recovered copy in western media, for decades, it was the official policy of the Soviet Union to deny the existence of the secret protocol.
Despite these changes and its past reliance on this military and economic assistance, North Korea proclaims a militantly independent stance in its foreign policy in accordance with its official ideology of Juche, or self-reliance.
Despite the fundamental philosophical differences between the free software movement and the open source movement, the official definitions of free software by the Free Software Foundation and of open source software by the Open Source Initiative basically refer to the same software licenses, with a few minor exceptions.
Despite the official government statement that allowed for freedom of the press, this was the first trial of whether or not Dubcek was serious about reforms.
Despite these official acts, violence broke out between the two groups, and Boniface was seized by the Prefect's police and taken to a lodging outside the walls where he was detained under the surveillance of the Prefect's agents.
Despite many political differences between the two candidates Harding commuted Debs ' sentence to time served ; however, he was not granted an official Presidential pardon.
Despite this setback in his official career, Zhang was reappointed as Chief Astronomer in 126 after Emperor Shun of Han ( r. 125 – 144 ) ascended to the throne.
Despite having a child under the regency of his mother as a ruler, the structure established by Emperor Otto the Great remained strong as most of the Empire's most powerful official stayed loyal to the Imperial system.
Despite court judgments in their favour, they have not been allowed to return from their exile in Mauritius, although there are signs that financial compensation and an official apology are being considered by the British government.
Despite the hostility of the mainstream official press and intimidation by Soviet Estonian authorities, dozens of local citizens ' committees were elected by popular initiative all over the country.
Despite official persecution, some local leaders and minority ethnic practices survived in remote regions.
Despite the name's similarity to the FRS allocation, the system is a proprietary design, rather than an official U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) allocated service.
Despite the massive amount of world and storyline development, none of the Living Greyhawk storylines or changes to the setting were considered official, since the regional adventure modules were produced by volunteers, and only received a cursory vetting by the campaign administrators of RPGA, and no review by WotC personnel.
Despite the official cessation of war between the British and French empires with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ; the conflict in Acadia and Nova Scotia continued on as the Father Le Loutre's War.
Despite this exclusion, members of the commons must still express their loyalty to the monarch and defer to her authority, as the Oath of Allegiance must be recited by all new parliamentarians before they may take their seat, and the official opposition is traditionally dubbed as Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.
Despite the declaration, however, all countries maintaining official ties with Taipei continue to recognize the ROC as the sole legitimate government of China.
Despite the album's official title, which emphasised group identity, studio efforts on The Beatles captured the work of four increasingly individualised artists who frequently found themselves at odds.
Despite initial enthusiasm, this flag did not obtain official legalization and disappeared five months later.
Despite his father's origins there is little to suggest that Stilicho considered himself anything other than a Roman, and his high rank within the Empire suggests that he was probably not Arian like many Germanic Christians but rather a Nicene Christian like his patron Theodosius I, who declared Nicene Christianity the official religion of the Empire.
Despite the church's official stance, many members of the Church of the Brethren do not agree with pacifism.

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