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 an ambiguity due to its failure clearly to define `` relative costs '', the above exposition of fully distributed costing goes about as far as one can go toward expressing the basic philosophy of the practice.

Despite its rather long intellectual history, alienation is still a promising hypothesis and not a verified theory.

Despite pronouncements at the highest levels of government on the importance of free competition, Armenia is next to last in the effectiveness of its anti-monopoly policy according to the 2010 results of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report.

Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, never entered into the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, yet, at times, the church incorporated the theory in its ordinary belief.

Despite its inauspicious beginning, the CPU thrived.

* Despite its heritage, Applesoft lacked commands common to most other Microsoft BASIC interpreters, such as INSTR ( which searched for a substring in a given string ; this had to be done manually with loops and the MID $ function ), PRINT USING ( which formatted numbers with commas and currency signs according to a format string ), and INKEY $ ( which checked for a keypress without stopping the program as Applesoft's GET command — analogous to the INPUT $ function — did, although a PEEK location did provide this functionality ).

Despite its troubles, in 2000 Aon bought Reliance Group's accident and health insurance business, as well as Actuarial Sciences Associates, a compensation and employee benefits consulting company.

Despite its interest in foreign investment to diversify the economy, the Bahamian Government responds to local concerns about foreign competition and tends to protect Bahamian business and labor interests.

Despite its rapid growth, the economy of Benin still remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade.

Despite its pro-Western orientation, Botswana participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Despite the outstanding victories, Germany was near defeat, which meant that Bulgaria would be left without its most powerful ally.

Despite its label as an England side, the team which toured South Africa in 1891 contained several Scots.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

Despite its on-field success, it was one of the four teams contracted out of existence by the National League after the 1899 season.

Despite questions of its source, the prayer carries out an important function in the narrative as a whole.

Despite its toxicity, a considerable fraction of petroleum oil entering marine systems is eliminated by the hydrocarbon-degrading activities of microbial communities, in particular by a remarkable recently discovered group of specialists, the so-called hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria ( HCCB ).

Despite its secretive nature, the northern bobwhite is one of the most familiar quails in eastern North America because it is frequently the only quail in its range.

Despite its invisible interior, the presence of a black hole can be inferred through its interaction with other matter and with light and other electromagnetic radiation.

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 its faintness, Capricornus has one of the oldest mythological associations, having been consistently represented as a hybrid of a goat and a fish since the Middle Bronze Age.

Despite its small size, 31 Caltech alumni and faculty have won the Nobel Prize and 66 have won the National Medal of Science or Technology.

Despite lukewarm reviews and low audience turnout, He Said, She Said was illuminating for Bacon.

Despite the symphony's rejection by the Court and the lukewarm reception on its premiere, Smetana did not abandon the work.

Despite the decent ratings for the initial special, the TV series was received with somewhat lukewarm reviews and ratings.

Despite receiving lukewarm reviews and not being as commercially successful as the Lemonheads ' previous two albums, It's a Shame About Ray and Come On Feel the Lemonheads, Car Button Cloth has gained a minor cult following in recent years.

Despite a lukewarm reception, the album became the band's fourth top-ten hit album in a row and the single " Touch Me " was hugely successful.

Despite many critics giving it a lukewarm reception, a number of critics viewed it in a positive light.

Despite a lukewarm response for their first theatrical venture, Loopy De Loop, Hanna – Barbera soon established themselves with two successful television series: The Huckleberry Hound Show and The Yogi Bear Show.

Despite its high-profile guest list, the release was met with lukewarm reception, and Muggs later clarified its status as a preview before the release of Soul Assassins III, the next full-fledged installment of his Soul Assassins series.

Despite the album's lukewarm reception, it spawned a significant hit in " Knockin ' on Heaven's Door ," which would be covered by acts such as Eric Clapton and Guns N ' Roses.

Despite the lukewarm response from critics, the film has attained something of a cult status in later years.

Despite strong censure from the United States, and more lukewarm protests from Berlin, the Turks continue the genocide until the Ottoman Empire is mostly devoid of Armenians.

Despite its significant stylistic departure from the band ’ s iconic debut, lukewarm response from critics, and mixed reactions from fans, Paper Money initially sold twice as many copies as Montrose and was the band ’ s highest-charting release, reaching No. 65 on Billboard ’ s Hot 100.

Despite having given 2, 800 concerts during his career, he sometimes received lukewarm reviews in America in later years, as younger critics were becoming accustomed to modernist playing which stripped romantic interpretation of its agogics and essence.

Despite the lukewarm reception from music critics, it was a commercial success.

Despite the lukewarm reception, In God We Trust nevertheless achieved Gold record status, selling over half a million copies.

Despite the lukewarm reception, sales were strong because of an aggressive advertising campaign.

the duo signed up for an Open Mike performance at the downtown Manhattan campus of Pace University, Despite a lukewarm response from a somewhat befuddled audience, Derevlany and Moritz say that the ukulele is the future of music.

Despite this, Thomas became a familiar radio voice and within Britain was " in every sense a celebrity ".

Despite his support for SBS, the Fraser government imposed stringent budget cuts on the national broadcaster, the ABC, which came under repeated attack from the Coalition for its supposed left-wing bias and for allegedly " unfair " or critical coverage on TV programs including This Day Tonight and Four Corners, and on the ABC's new youth-oriented radio station Double Jay ( 2JJ ).

Despite the lesser radio play and popularity, some nu metal bands still gain commercial success.

Despite several upgrades between December 1923 and July 1924, the nearby Hotel Esplanade's formidable bulk prevented the transmitter from functioning effectively and so in December 1924 it was superseded by a better sited new one, but Vox-Haus lived on as the home of Germany's first radio station, Radiostunde Berlin, founded in 1923, renamed Funkstunde in March 1924, but it moved to a new home in 1931 and closed in 1934.

Despite the influx of advertisers and their cash, or perhaps because of them, the 1940s were not without bumps for the radio networks.

Despite strong newspaper industry opposition, UP started to sell news to the new and competitive radio medium in 1935, years before competitor AP, controlled by the newspaper industry, did likewise.

Despite the extent of Israel's quick military gains, for the first four days the general population in the Arab states believed the fabrications of Arab radio stations which claimed an Arab victory was near.

Despite this, it has been suggested that radio pulses recorded by the spacecraft Venus Express ( which began orbiting Venus in April 2006 ) may originate from lightning on Venus.

Despite no history of radio programming to draw on and perennial cash shortages, DuMont was an innovative and creative network.

Despite all this, his semi-cousin ( in the film and radio show they are said to share three of the same mothers ) Zaphod Beeblebrox calls him " Ford " the first time they are reunited in all versions of the story except for the film, where Zaphod addresses him as " Praxibetel Ix ," then introduces him by saying " This is my semi-half cousin, Ix ... Excuse me, Ford.

Despite their exposure on national radio, success was not forthcoming and, apart from Cocker, most of the core line-up left for university.

Despite this concern, the Soviets were subsequently granted permission to use specialist radio equipment which was then used to spy on the British.

Despite having a heavy cold and almost losing his voice, he was recruited immediately for radio announcements and script writing at German radio's English service.

Despite airplay on national radio, neither was officially released as a commercial single.

" Despite the uproar that has arisen amongst operagoers, Harada points out that none of the opera houses using acoustic enhancement systems "... use traditional, Broadway-style sound reinforcement, in which most if not all singers are equipped with radio microphones mixed to a series of unsightly loudspeakers scattered throughout the theatre.

Although Burke ultimately won the chart war, Burke broke rank and supported his rival: “ I would go to the radio stations and say, ‘ Hi, I ’ m Solomon Burke, and I ’ m here promoting the new record “ If You Need Me ”… by Wilson Pickett .’” Despite his efforts, Burke's version jockeyed with Pickett's for position in the Hot 100, before " beating Pickett to the punch " because of " Solomon ’ s popularity and Atlantic ’ s distribution.

Despite a tour of radio stations, the single failed to make the music charts.

Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut ( not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run ) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by Garth Brooks ' " Belleau Wood.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into mainstream audiences and got their highest U. S. chart position to date, debuting at No. 14 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, with " American Jesus " and " Struck a Nerve " in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time.

Despite never garnering the amount of attention that Stranger Than Fiction received, it would score Bad Religion a minor U. S. radio hit with the song " A Walk " as well as the European release of " Punk Rock Song " ( sung in both English and German ).

Despite the gig initially being billed as a one night only reformation, when questioned on German radio station MotorFM in early February, Anderson refused to confirm that the band would not continue.

Despite pirate radio being known for over the air transmission, a new type of so-called " pirate radio " stations now operate on-line.

Despite being a pirate radio station, it also plays in-game Newscasts.

Despite being a radio friendly track, the single only peaked at number 50 in the UK.