Despite their adherence to the status quo, the forces of organized religion were compelled to make adjustments as increasing civilization augmented human knowledge.

Despite the increasing rate of exogamous marriages, the population has been able to sustain, at least to some degree, the consciousness of its intermediate status in society.

Despite the study of model plants and increasing use of DNA evidence, there is ongoing work and discussion among taxonomists about how best to classify plants into various taxa.

Despite several army mutinies and increasing civic concern both at his erratic style and arbitrary, corrupt method of governing he was re-elected for another 6-year term in September 1999.

Despite the increasing evidence of a military build-up on Cuba, no U-2 flights were made over Cuba from September 5 until October 14.

Despite this loss of an obvious military leadership in the camps by July 1940, with war in Europe and Asia, an increasing number of CCC projects focused on resources for national defense, developing infrastructure for military training facilities and forest protection.

Despite wide critical acclaim for its acts and a dedicated fanbase, Jeepster nevertheless found itself financially troubled by 2002, largely due to increasing recording and marketing costs, and difficulty cultivating the images of their acts in the eye of the general public.

Despite its small area and few resources, the absorption of the territory by Japan would to some extent alleviate Japan's problem of an increasing population but an ever decreasing amount of available land to house it.

Despite a number of reforms, the Legion system survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and was continued in the Eastern Roman Empire until around 7th century, when reforms begun by Emperor Heraclius to counter the increasing need for soldiers around the Empire resulted in the Theme system.

Despite the clear connection between deforestation and the increasing number of floods ( in 1732, 1734, 1736, 1747, 1756 and 1787 ) the East India Company ’ s Court of Directors gave little support to efforts by governors to eradicate the goat problem.

Despite acquiring an increasing percentage of the popular vote — 34 % overall in 2006 — opposition parties gained small numbers of seats in the general elections of 1984 ( 2 seats of 79 ), 1988 ( 1 seat of 81 ), 1991 ( 4 seats of 81 ), 1997 ( 2 seats of 83 ) and 2001 ( 2 seats of 84 ).

Despite initial setbacks, he won increasing support among the natives.

Despite increasing internal disorder, Bhutan had maintained its control over a portion of the Assam Duars more or less since its reduction of Cooch Behar to a dependency in the 1760s.

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 the increased cost in hardware, this type of embedded system is increasing in popularity, especially on the more powerful embedded devices such as Wireless Routers and GPS Navigation Systems.

Despite the black rats tendency to displace native species, it can also aid in increasing species population numbers and maintaining species diversity.

Despite their inexperience as well as an increasing difficulty of the games, Ender devises new tactics and his squad soon excels and leads the competition.

Despite its relatively small size, ABC found increasing success with television programming aimed at the emerging " Baby Boomer " culture.

Despite the increasing number of out-of-state visitors who came to the race every year, the " Oaks " ( as local residents simply refer to it ) has always been considered to be a local event by the people of Kentuckiana ( the Ohio Valley, centered around Louisville, and consisting of much of northern Kentucky and southern Indiana ).

Despite increasing salinization, the springs remain an important source of drinking water for Bahrain.

Despite the increasing popularity of contact lenses and laser corrective eye surgery, glasses remain very common, as their technology has improved.

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 the concerns of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, at the increasing costs of the war, Chamberlain maintained his insistence that the Boers be made to surrender unconditionally, and was supported by Salisbury.

Despite an initial search for a permanent successor to Deayton, having a different guest host each week proved successful, with average audience figures increasing from 6 million to 7 million.

Despite the lack of a downtown, the city continued to grow at an increasing pace in the 1970s.

Despite sacrificing around 10, 000 of his men, Alaric received little recognition from the Emperor.

Despite their embrace of the principle of rectilinear inertia and the recognition of the kinematical relativity of apparent motion ( which underlies whether the Ptolemaic or the Copernican system is correct ), natural philosophers of the seventeenth century continued to consider true motion and rest as physically separate descriptors of an individual body.

Despite the long recognition of its distinction from younger Ordovician rocks and older Precambrian rocks, it was not until 1994 that this time period was internationally ratified.

Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976.

Despite the thrilling win and the recognition, Bogart later commented, " The way to survive an Oscar is never to try to win another one ... too many stars ... win it and then figure they have to top themselves ... they become afraid to take chances.

Despite not representing characters and licensed properties as intended, companies often view these works as a free form of license recognition and advertising through dedicated fandom.

Despite their planned integration into the Kosovar society and their recognition in the Kosovar constitution, Romani and other minorities ( i. e. Ashkali and Egyptian communities ) continue to face many difficulties, such as segregation and discrimination, in housing, education, health, employment and social welfare.

Despite its initial dismal commercial showing, " Forever Changes " has since gained recognition as one of the all-time great rock albums.

Despite rigorous research and development projects, end-users experience mixed results with handwriting recognition systems.

Despite its growing dominance in the constitutional hierarchy, the Premiership was given little formal recognition ; the legal fiction was maintained that the Sovereign still governed directly.

Despite the success and recognition the show brought him, Williams thought theatre, film and television were superior forms of entertainment.

Despite this, his recognition of group defences in the " Basic Assumption Group ", has been highly influential.

Despite being considered something of a hero in Japan, he was only just beginning to win widespread recognition in the U. S. at the time of his death.

Despite the show's recognition of Kelley as one of its stars he was frustrated by the greater attention that Shatner received as its lead actor, and Nimoy received because of " Spockamania " among fans.

Despite setbacks and tribulations, including the usual problem of the start-up business, liquidity, Airspeed Limited eventually gained significant recognition when its Envoy aircraft was chosen for the King's Flight.

Despite a widespread belief that it was adopted as the national anthem in 1866, no such recognition has ever been officially accorded.

Despite the widespread recognition of the Pez dispenser, the company considers itself to be primarily a candy company, and says over 3 billion candy bricks are consumed each year in the U. S. alone.

Despite the positive changes in the country, Bokassa had difficulty obtaining international recognition for his new government.

Despite this international recognition, it is curious to note that, as a poet, Flora Brovina has never been part of the literary establishment of Kosovo, nor has her verse found its way into the mainstream of contemporary Albanian literature.

Despite the band's short tenure and limited output it was one of the most influential of its era, earning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognition and spawning fellow Hall honorees Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Poco, as well as popular acts Loggins and Messina and Crazy Horse.

Despite its official isolation, however, the government in Mmabatho managed to set up a trade mission in Tel Aviv, Israel, and conducted some business with neighbouring Botswana in an effort to sway attitudes ; furthermore, Botswana agreed on " informal arrangements " short of official recognition in order to facilitate cross-border travel.

Despite popular recognition of Rizal as " the Philippine national hero ", the title itself has no explicit legal definition in present Philippine law.

Despite her financial success and the recognition gained for her artistic achievements, her fame was eclipsed by that of her son.

Despite this recognition, the royal family rigidly opposed her potential marriage to the King's uncle, a rejection that deeply wounded her pride and led her to distance herself from the royal family and embrace grassroots causes, such as her answering the request of the Egyptian legion trapped in Falujah during the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict to sing a particular song.