Despite being a state prison, the Bastille retained the other traditional functions of a royal castle, and was used to accommodate visiting dignitaries, hosting some lavish entertainments given by Louis XI and Francis I.

( Despite its aristocratic French roots, Creole cuisine does not include Garde Manger or other extremely lavish styles of the Classical Paris cuisine.

Despite the considerable amounts of money Hofmann had made from document sales, he was deeply in debt, in part because of his increasingly lavish lifestyle and his purchases of genuine first-edition books.

Despite a modern-looking and lavish reception area, the building and its decorations became outdated.

Despite the stock market crash of 1929, lavish mansions were still constructed in Buckhead throughout the Great Depression.

Despite a lavish rollout, sales were disappointing, and critics were initially unsympathetic or hostile.

Despite this income he was in constant shortage of money owed to a lavish lifestyle, several illegitimate children and his extensive construction projects.

Despite having a lavish and promising acting career Thomas always had an interest in directing and these two experiences combined with her time spent on the set of Hill Street Blues learning about the craft of directing allowed her to direct further television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Arresting Behavior and several episodes of the HBO series Dream On the latter of which earned her an Emmy for best director.

Despite the demonstrated efficacy of awards in changing behavior, their use in education has been criticized by proponents of self-determination theory, who claim that praise and other rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.

Despite praise from critics and fans for her vocals on the three-month Street Angel tour, Nicks was crushed by the focus on her weight and the poor reception of the album itself.

Despite famously heckling Slough, John Betjeman's praise for the Town Hall's architecture as ' a striving for unity out of chaos ' in 1948 has never been so relevant as today.

Despite the film's kitschiness and melodrama, critics today still highly praise The Champ.

Despite this lack of promotion, many critics did praise the book, and a large number of them seemed most affected by the character of Hurstwood, such as the New Haven Journal Courier, which proclaimed, “ One of the most affecting passages is where Hurstwood falls, ruined, disgraced ”.

Despite the critical praise for Live Through This, furious rumors circulated insinuating that Cobain had actually written the majority of the album, though the band vehemently denies this.

According to Tim Newby: " Despite the endless parade of fans and praise, Burke always seemed to be two steps ahead or one step behind his contemporaries.

Despite the lack of consensus, by the end of 2000 the album was appearing frequently in critics ' top ten lists as praise for Radiohead's experimentation appeared to outweigh reservations.

Despite initial praise as providing " CD sound quality ", both Beta Hi-Fi and VHS HiFi suffered from " carrier buzz ", where high frequency information bled into the audio carriers, creating momentary " buzzing " and other audio flaws.

Despite this, his Warner cartoons have seen renewed praise in decades since for their surrealistic qualities, energetic and outrageous animation, and irreverent humor.

Despite his belief that the Bible was fallible, Martineau continued to hold the view, which was not so much characteristic of the man as of the school in which he had been trained, that " in no intelligible sense can any one who denies the supernatural origin of the religion of Christ be termed a Christian ," which term, he explained, was used not as " a name of praise ," but simply as " a designation of belief.

" Despite very little praise from critics, the album was sold well, and was certified " Gold " in sales by the RIAA.

Despite this, Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for the striker, who scored three goals in 13 matches in all competitions during his three-month stay, saying, " He's been fantastic for us, his professionalism, his attitude, everything he's done has been excellent.

Despite praise from other Imagineers, Disney did not like the idea of a run-down building in his pristine park, hence his well-known saying, " We'll take care of the outside and let the ghosts take care of the inside.

Despite praise from some critics, the album was a commercial failure.

Despite the critical praise, Rimsky-Korsakov was annoyed that the other aspects of the piece were being ignored.

Despite the initial mixed criticism, Gremlins has continued to receive critical praise over the years.

Despite initial critical praise and fearless performances from its leads ( notably Rhys-Meyers and McGregor, who performed all their musical numbers ), the film received mixed reviews from critics and audiences.

Despite his talent and the praise of various contemporaries, Købke had never been inundated with commissions.

Despite the overall negative response, the books carry blurbs of praise from some newspapers and well known sci-fi authors, such as Orson Scott Card and A. E. van Vogt.

Despite the praise and the participation of the Oscar-nominated Polley, a major movie star in Canada, the film was a flop at the box office, and was not released on DVD.

Despite his box office success, he has found little critical praise, and has often been parodied and / or labeled as the worst working director.

Despite their mutual estrangement, Vinícius would afterwards write two sonnets-the first in 1939 (" Sonnet to Octavio de Faria "), the second during the 1960s (" Octavio ") in ( ambivalent ) praise of his old friend.

Despite the initial hype and critical praise, total sales for Elbow Beach were weaker than the previous two productions, and the album peaked at number twelve.

Despite the relatively short life of the band, The Teardrop Explodes has continued to sustain interest and praise since its demise and the band ’ s back catalogue of recordings has been reissued several times over the last thirty years.

Her second book, The Maternal Instinct ( 1984 ), discussed women and fertility issues and she published a collection of interviews Every Letter Counts: Winning in Life Despite Dyslexia in 1990.

It was first used at the Cameron Bridge Grain Distillery in Fife, Scotland. Despite numerous presentations in the British Isles and in Europe, he never got the financial support needed to get his project off the ground and into the distilleries.

Despite this, Willandra is important habitat for many native species, including the emu, the threatened Plains-wanderer, red and grey kangaroos, echindas and a variety of reptiles, such as Gould's Sand Goanna and the Mulga Brown Snake.

Despite their best efforts, the Sand Ninja are slowly overwhelmed by the sheer strength of their mysterious opponents.

Despite winning their first ever game 3-0 over Toledo Slayers ( goals by Anthony DiBello, William Kletzien and John Sand ) they only managed to pick up one more win all season ( ironically also over Toledo ), and suffered through several tough defeats, including a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Michigan Bucks, a 5-1 loss to Indiana Invaders, and a 4-1 defeat by Kalamazoo Kingdom.

( Despite the name " street craps ," this game is often played in houses, usually on an uncarpeted garage or kitchen floor.

Despite the negative connotations associated with the term " Cabal ," the name has stuck with this particular team of " good-guy geeks.

Despite this growth, Hilversum was never granted city rights so it is still referred to by many locals as " het dorp ," or " the village.

Despite mutual admiration, negotiations foundered due to Roman allegations of " Punic Faith ," referring to the breach of protocols that ended the First Punic War by the Carthaginian attack on Saguntum, and a Carthaginan attack on a stranded Roman fleet.

" Despite his success in an " A movie ," Bogart received a tepid twenty-six week contract at $ 550 per week and was typecast as a gangster in a series of " B movie " crime dramas.

Despite his proclamations that, " I like a jealous wife ," " We get on so well together ( because ) we don't have illusions about each other ," and, " I wouldn't give you two cents for a dame without a temper ," it was a highly destructive relationship.

( Despite being the " wrong side ," reverse stockinette is frequently used as a pattern in its own right.

Despite her rejection of religion, she continued to maintain a personal belief in a God of some sort, relating in her autobiography that she believed in " an unseen over-ruling Power ," " which science calls Nature and religion calls God.

Despite deteriorating health, he continued what he called his " Universal Work ," which included fasting and seclusion, until his death on 31 January 1969.

Despite Qatar's coming under British " protection ," Abdullah bin Jassim was far from secure: recalcitrant tribes refused to pay tribute ; disgruntled family members intrigued against him ; and he felt vulnerable to the designs of Bahrain, not to mention the Wahhabis.

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

Look at those tracks, I'm gonna drive my motorcycle up those saggy glad bags, get your sh * t together, sucking a good stiff will do you good " Despite all this, as well as the fact that Tesco Vee had performed a song called " Morrissey Must Die " about the Smiths ' self-identified asexual frontman and referred to him as a " fag ," they later contributed a cover of the song " How Soon Is Now?

Despite the common misconception that Dotsero is a shortening of " Dot Zero ," the station name exists from the construction of the standard gauge line to Glenwood Springs in the 1890s.

Despite having a part in arranging Amer's suicide, Nasser spoke of losing " the person closest to ," and did not fully recover from the psychological blow.

Despite several albums over the next three years he failed to repeat his earlier successes, with no singles managing to reach the Billboard Hot 100 except for 1982's " Change ," climbing into the Billboard R & B Top 20 (# 12 ).

Despite these and other successful tests the Pentagon, sponsor of the " Pluto project ," had second thoughts.

Despite his penchant for coming in " under budget ," Capra spent an additional five shooting days in multiple takes, testing angles and " new " perspectives, treating the production as a type of workshop exercise.

Despite this " culture shock ," Kal-L endures and is given a new lease on life by being deposited back to the early days of the modern heroic age of the post-Crisis Earth.

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 being typecast as a " nice guy ," MacMurray often said his best roles were when he was cast against type by Wilder.

) Despite this joke, Nat Hentoff reported that when he spoke to Ellington about the subject, he was " angrier than I'd ever seen him before ," and Ellington said, " I'm hardly surprised that my kind of music is still without, let us say, official honor at home.

Despite some critical reviews of the structure, the building has been called “ a fitting backdrop for the world's largest collection of Jimi Hendrix memorabilia .” The outside of the building which features a fusion of textures and colors, including gold, silver, deep red, blue and a " shimmering purple haze ," has been declared " an apt representation of the American rock experience.

Despite falling outside of city limits, and having a post office explicitly named " Warrington ," mail going to the addresses in the Warrington ZIP code ( 32507 ) fall under the jurisdiction of Pensacola.