Despite Van Buren's defeat, Johnson was instrumental in keeping Greene County in the Democratic column.

Despite pressure from the government of the United States, the Chilean Congress, keeping with tradition, conducted a runoff vote between the leading candidates, Allende and former president Jorge Alessandri.

Despite the fact that Brite's first novel was criticized by some mainstream sources for allegedly " lack a moral center: neither terrifyingly malevolent supernatural creatures nor ( like Anne Rice's protagonists ) tortured souls torn between good and evil, these vampires simply add blood-drinking to the amoral panoply of drug abuse, problem drinking and empty sex practiced by their human counterparts ", many of these so-called " human counterparts " identified with the teen angst and goth music references therein, keeping the book in print.

Despite this and reports of Indira Gandhi keeping red pandas as pets when she was a child, widespread adoption of these animals as pets has not been reported.

Despite his illness, Jardine was still very active in keeping an eye on business, politics and current affairs.

Despite this, the Confederates gained little through the victory other than temporarily keeping the Union out of Alabama and Mississippi.

Despite these issues, he also felt that the book had much to commend it, having a narrative structure that while " unstructured ", was " gripping and enthralling ", holding the reader's attention and keeping them " guessing what is going to happen next.

Despite being madly in love, however, their careers kept them separated, with Lucy's film work keeping her anchored in Hollywood, while Desi's nightclub engagements with his orchestra kept him on the road.

Despite the omissions and inaccuracies, Lawrence Durrell commented " This is a very wicked, very funny, and I'm afraid rather truthful book — the best argument I know for keeping thirteen-year-olds at boarding-schools and not letting them hang about the house listening in to conversations of their elders and betters ".

Despite his parents ’ Jewish heritage, his family “ celebrated some Christian holidays, in keeping with other German families at the time .” He joined the Lutheran Protestant Church at age 17 and was christened at age 18.

Despite being the one who we know has served time ( Arthur having served time as well but this is only mentioned in one episode ( Series 3, episode 13, " In ") and no further reference is made ) it is Terry who serves as the show ’ s moral conscience, keeping Arthur from straying too far outside the law and persuading him to do the right thing whether Arthur likes it or not.

Despite the Mariners ' subsequent loss to the Cleveland Indians in the American League Championship Series, the late-season comeback and postseason run renewed the public's interest in keeping the team in Seattle.

Despite all the quarrels and disagreements that Bohlen and Anders experienced between themselves in the past, they began keeping in touch again after Anders moved back to Koblenz, Germany in 1994.

Despite his stated intention of keeping all the department heads appointed by his predecessor for the rest of his term, Kline, in his very last days of office, dismissed Rhinelander Waldo as Commissioner of Police rather than accept a New Year's Eve resignation.

Despite keeping security, they were also a sort of secret police and widely feared.

Despite their previous announcement of keeping the song exclusive to live shows, the song was recorded for the compilation album Våre demoner in 2009.

Despite Clark's sympathy with his motives, he confronts Knox when Knox attempts to take Chloe Sullivan's heart for his wife, the subsequent battle between Knox and Clark destroying the life-support machines that were keeping Knox's wife alive.

Despite its overnight success, WBZ had little interest in keeping the show as a part of its schedule ( partially because the station wanted to give priority to the upcoming Group W-distributed talk show, The Wil Shriner Show ).

Despite this players and coaches of Pitt, the Steelers, and their opponents supported keeping the current turf.

Despite construction delays keeping the Montclair State baseball team from using the new park ( they remained at Pittser Field for one additional season ; Pittser Field was then converted into a soccer only stadium ), it opened for business in time for the Jackals ' inaugural game in May 1998.

Despite the difficulties in keeping the four mellophoniums ( which formed their own separate section ) in tune, this particular Kenton orchestra had its exciting moments ; the albums " Adventures in Jazz " and " West Side Story " ( arrangements by Johnny Richards ) each won Grammy awards in 1962 and 1963.

Despite a major injury in 1909 keeping him off the field for over two months, Jessop continued to be a major force as a batsman until he relinquished the secretaryship of Gloucestershire in 1912.

Despite her unwillingness and inner turmoil to be with other men, she perseveres as she believes it is keeping Jan alive.

Despite being part of GCap since 2005, it retained the logo devised by Capital until September 2007, although its logo after that date was more in keeping with other One Network stations.

Despite strong critical reviews, however, an expected mainstream breakthrough did not materialize, as the band's manager pursued an unsuccessful strategy of keeping them off the road at first, in the hopes of allowing market demand for their live show to build up so that he could book the band into larger venues than they had previously played.

" Despite numerous tabloid rumors, he denied his homosexual / bi-sexual orientation for the first half of his career, until his stance relaxed considerably after emigrating to Vancouver.

Despite this, particularly in larger cities, private homosexual activity took place.

Despite concluding testimony by the chief of the Berlin police that Bülow may indeed have been the victim of a homosexual blackmailer, he easily prevailed in court, and Brand was sentenced to prison.

Despite his excommunication and critical writings, Quinn, who is openly homosexual, still considers himself to be a Latter-day Saint.

Despite these intentions, the book has been categorized as " homosexual propaganda " by the tabloid press in the UK, which has led to much of its influence and even notoriety.

Despite being disturbed at the idea of Frasier or Niles being homosexual, he is willing to accept it, and even pretends to be homosexual once to avoid an aggressive woman.

Despite the psychotic nature of the disorder, Kempf called it " acute homosexual panic ".

Despite the severe legal situation in Britain until the Sexual Offences Act 1967 decriminalised homosexual acts in private, it would not have been a disadvantage for Stigwood, as other important figures in the music industry were also gay.

) Despite this, evidence from several studies has shown that there are higher than average numbers of homosexual men ( active and non-active ) within the Catholic priesthood and higher orders ; estimates presented in Donald B. Cozzens ' book The Changing Face of the Priesthood range from 23 – 58 %.

Despite depicting a homosexual in several different promotions, Lane is a heterosexual.

Despite the above victories of the homosexual community, same-sex marriage is not recognized in Hong Kong.

Despite the brief marriage, Lord Kinross was homosexual.

Despite his lengthy stay abroad, Bismarck was not entirely detached from German domestic affairs.

Despite numerous requests by Abdullah bin Jassim — for strong military support, for weapons, and even for a loan — the British were reluctant to become involved in inland affairs and kept him at arm's length.

Despite his quotations from Christian authors and from the Bible, William did not place much emphasis on the intervention of God in human affairs, resulting in a somewhat " secular " history.

" Despite his numerous affairs, eventual divorce, and remarriage, the Emperor's last words on his death bed at St. Helena were: " France, the Army, the Head of the Army, Joséphine.

Despite his humble origins, he showed great ability in running the affairs of state, leading a revival of Imperial power and to a renaissance of Byzantine art.

Despite this, the now unknown source whom both Wyntoun and Bower relied on made the point that Fife deferred to his father on affairs of state emphasising the difference in styles in the guardianships of his two sons.

Despite this he was able to view France's foreign affairs with a more abstract nature, taking in the wider European context.

Despite the task force's findings, charges were never brought and the task force was wound down and disbanded for reasons of " internal affairs.

Despite the affairs, Sharaf writes that, as the newspaper campaign against Reich gained pace, he developed an intense jealousy toward Lindenberg, demanding that she not have a separate life of any kind.

Despite a poor start, new manager John King turned playing affairs round and the club enjoyed its most successful FA Cup run in 1986 – 87.

Despite the fact the federal government worked to strengthen its foreign affairs responsibilities as relinquished by Britain, the provinces have always had pretensions in this area, dating from Quebec's first representative to France in the 1886, Hector Fabre.

Despite his vow to act as a constitutional monarch who would defer to the power of the parliamentary government, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi increasingly involved himself in governmental affairs.

Despite brief affairs, Biggles and his chums remain steadfastly single.

Despite the upheavals of the Revolution, Bowdoin was careful to always manage his financial affairs.

Despite these developments, the imperial government continued to falter: administrators were unwilling to make decisions because Tessema himself might be overthrown, and foreign affairs likewise suffered.

Despite this attempt to meddle in Tibetan affairs, generally the emperor's urn was politely ignored, except when, in the mid-nineteenth century, Qing support was needed against foreign and Nepalese encroachment.

Despite his interest in theology and his title of abbé, much of his life was spent at the French court, where he attracted the notice of Colbert and was often employed in confidential affairs.

Despite his close ties with the colonial government, Jenifer strongly resented what he and most of the colonial gentry saw as Parliament's arbitrary interference with the colonies ' affairs, especially its laws concerning taxation and trade regulation.

Despite several brave sorties led by the French garrison, this state of affairs continued until the French surrender on 20 January 1419.

Despite his marriage to Joey, a beautiful and rich woman, he frequently has affairs with other women.

Despite Ralph's initial reluctance to accept British culture, and his general ineptness in formal affairs, he does manage to make a strong positive impression on King Mulambon of Zambezi during the latter's state visit.

Despite failure in his business affairs, he had accumulated a wealth of unusual experiences from working a variety of jobs which had brought him into contact with miners, soldiers, cowboys, and Native Americans.

Despite the chaotic state of his affairs, and the debts which took some years to resolve, he left a great legacy.

Despite being ' the national Church of the Scottish people ' as recognised by Acts of Parliament, the Church of Scotland, particularly under John Knox and later Andrew Melville ( and unlike the Church of England ), had always claimed an inherent right to exercise independent spiritual jurisdiction over its own affairs.