Despite his initial reluctance, Johnson agreed to run for re-election for governor in 1855, and became the nominee at the party convention.

Despite initial success, Shapur lifted his siege after his army missed an opportunity to exploit a collapsed wall.

Despite initial activity in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999.

Despite its initial recklessness, the alliance was very prestigious for both families.

Despite his initial high profile after the end of the Monkees, Jones struggled to establish himself as a solo artist.

Despite some initial success, bolstered by heavy advertising, the brand did not prove popular and was eventually withdrawn from sale.

Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

Despite the initial popularity of the measure, the newspapers praised Cleveland's veto.

Despite initial successes, the German army was stopped close to Moscow in December 1941.

Despite some initial expressions of enthusiasm, Hoxha and Shehu mistrusted Nikita Khrushchev's programs of " peaceful coexistence " and " different roads to socialism " because they appeared to pose the threat that Yugoslavia might again try to take control of Albania.

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

Despite the initial distrust of the King and Crown Prince, and the loathing of Queen Augusta, Bismarck soon acquired a powerful hold over the King by force of personality and powers of persuasion.

Despite great initial excitement, the seed was found to be that of a European Juncaceae or Rush plant that had been glued into the fragment and camouflaged using coal dust.

Despite the initial success, the Olympic Movement faced hard times, as the 1900 ( in De Coubertin's own Paris ) and 1904 Games were both swallowed by World's Fairs, and received little attention.

Despite initial media reports, the affidavit made no mention of Clemens or Pettitte.

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 a period of instability known as the Battle of the Booksellers when the initial copyright terms under the Statute began to expire, the Statute of Anne remained in force until the Copyright Act 1842 repealed it.

Despite an initial period of compliance, the principle of donating copies of books to certain libraries lapsed, partly due to the unwieldiness of the statute's provisions and partly because of a lack of cooperation by the publishers.

Despite initial opposition from her parents and difficulties presented by a sexist society, she gained education from books in her father's library and from correspondence with famous mathematicians such as Lagrange, Legendre, and Gauss.

Despite an initial reluctance to develop for video game consoles, Square entered the Nintendo Famicom market in December 1985 with the porting of Thexder.

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

Despite its initial focus on the elites, the Union was successful in raising funds from across French society.

Despite their initial cooperation against " revisionism ," Hoxha denounced Mao as a revisionist, along with almost every other self-identified Communist organization in the world.

Despite the initial failure of the story, it changed the course of Clarke's career.

Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John Brown, Rhode Islanders turned their attention to the state elections.

Despite excitement in Japan over Virtua Fighter 3 in arcades, the limited hardware capabilities of the Sega Saturn led Sega to delay a console release.

Despite this, a first light is always a moment of great excitement, both for the people who designed and built the telescope, and for the astronomical community.

Despite this, a first fire is always a moment of great excitement for the people who designed and built the furnace.

Despite the excitement of the affair, Scott was bitter and burned out.

Despite both Shamrock and Frye being regarded as past their primes, the matchup was highly anticipated and met with a great deal of excitement.

Despite all of the excitement and preparation, Onyx only just made it to their first Grand Prix.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 15 % " Rotten " approval rating, slightly higher than the first movie, based on the reviews of 65 film critics, with the consensus being, " Despite being somewhat more exciting than the previous film, this kiddy flick still lacks any real adventure or excitement.

Despite her commonsense outlook, she is often fascinated by the possibilities for excitement opened up by Lucy's mad schemes.

Despite great initial excitement, the seed capsule was shown to be that of a European rush, glued into the fragment and camouflaged using coal dust.

Despite its pledge to support the stabilization of Iraq, Iranian authorities continued to provide lethal support, including weapons, training, funding, and guidance, to Iraqi Shia militant groups that target US and Iraqi forces.

Despite the Emperor's ambitions for him, Gregory, then barely twenty years old, withdrew to Mount Athos in the year 1316 and became a novice there in the Vatopedi monastery under the guidance of the monastic Elder St Nicodemos of Vatopedi.

Despite some initial problems with its guidance systems, it is believed that around 100 missiles of this type were produced.

Despite finishing the 2007 – 08 campaign in 10th place under the guidance of Tommy Taylor, United were still in administration by the 2nd Saturday of May in 2008.

Despite being under state guidance, the school was almost closed in 1916, again for budgetary reasons, but efforts from the maritime industry and the school's alumni kept it alive.

Despite the upheaval of a major rebuilding program and much energy having to be directed to this, good leadership and management have ensured that pupils have continued to benefit from a good quality curriculum, good teaching and exceptionally high levels of care, support and guidance ".

While many hailed the IPA for its guidance, others argued that the approach was “ too simplistic because many messages fell into more than one category, and they do not account for differences between members of the audience, and do not discuss the credibility of the propagandist .” Despite controversy, the IPA was a resource available to American citizens in hopes of enlightening and activating minds to think freely and independently.

Despite being born into the Jewish faith, Liebman had, under Buckley's guidance, converted to Roman Catholicism.

Despite this unexpected loss, Alexander Grant & Co. survived the change in leadership and continued to grow nationally under the guidance of new chief executive officers.

Despite his lack of traditional guidance, his compositional efforts were rewarded when he won the Rubinstein Prize for Composition at the young age of 23.

Despite Little's expertise in the professional game, Trinity have struggled in the Conference North under his guidance.