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 an optimistic announcement by Stallman in 2002 predicting a release of GNU / Hurd later that year, the Hurd is still not considered suitable for production environments.

Despite some optimistic talk in the foreign press the impetus of these reforms has not been followed with, for example, a large-scale decollectivization such as occurred in China under Deng.

Despite the treatments, the Mona Lisa has been well cared for throughout its history, and although the panel's warping caused the curators " some worry ", the 2004 – 05 conservation team was optimistic about the future of the work.

Despite Nixon's growing political difficulties and an increasingly hostile working relationship with the legislature over Vietnam, Thiệu, and most of the Saigon leadership, remained optimistic about ongoing aid.

Despite this, Pueblo's management remained optimistic about the company's future.

Despite an investment of A $ 600 million developing the car, initial sales projections have so far proven optimistic ; after only six months Mitsubishi scaled back production from 90 / day, and reduced the working week from five days to four.

Despite her pleasant and cheerfully optimistic nature, April is dangerously loyal to Warren and physically attacks anybody who came between them, including Spike, Buffy, and Katrina.

Despite his image of an optimistic and well-mannered being, he is widely known to be deceitful, even to those whom he considers to be " friends ," e. g. Doctor Julian Bashir.

Despite the feud, Button insisted he had his team's backing, and was optimistic for the 2005 season.

Despite being optimistic about his future in hockey, he ended up receiving a $ 6. 5 million settlement from his insurance company, what many considered to be a career-ending settlement.

Despite some of the lyrical content, Costello had imagined this to be his most optimistic album to date.

Despite this optimistic language, African-American schools in Delaware were generally decrepit, with poor facilities, substandard curricula, and shoddy construction.

Despite pleas from Miami guard Dwyane Wade Kobe Bryant remained optimistic Odom would return to Los Angeles to team up with newly acquired forward and Odom's fellow New Yorker, Ron Artest.

Despite any trouble that occurs for her or her friends, Melody maintains a cheerful, optimistic attitude.

Despite his difficult times in Detroit, he remained unwaveringly optimistic and was thus dubbed " Joey Blue-Skies " and " Joey Sunshine " by sarcastic Lions ' fans and beat writers who grew tired of his predictable post-game commentary as the losses continued to mount.

Despite the setbacks, Hayden seemed optimistic about the results saying " I'm leaving here in a really positive mood and looking forward to Motegi.

Despite the grim overtones, Beksiński claimed some of his works were misunderstood ; in his opinion, they were rather optimistic or even humorous.

Despite the uncertainty, online journalists are cautiously optimistic, reporting expanding newsrooms.

Despite that, just a few months before his death from a third stroke in 1963, he completed his fifth symphony, described by Shostakovich as " a brilliant creative work, filled with highest emotions, optimistic and full of life.

Despite warnings from Rex, the outgoing assistant who has become hardened under Buddy's reign, Guy remains optimistic.

Despite the setback, he was optimistic at spring training.

Despite this controversy, Ron remained optimistic and still carried himself with the professionalism and class for which he is known.

Despite carefully chronicling a long history of oppression, the last volume ends on an optimistic note, said Florence Howe, who recently retired as director of the publishing house.

Despite the gravity of the situation, Tobin discusses his optimistic viewpoint of the situation with correspondent Eric Sevareid, believing that, " Reasonable people, once they've looked the Devil in the face, aren't going to shake hands with him.