Despite the lip service paid by local governments, the anti-secrecy statutes have been continuously subverted by reservations and rationalizations.

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 the difficult relations between the local Cubans and the new Europeans, some cooperation was in evidence.

Despite the retreat of US and UN forces after several deaths due to local hostilities mainly led by Aidid, the introduction of a powerful military force opened the transportation routes, enabling the provision of supplies and ended the famine quickly.

Despite a great deal of local opposition the town lost its rail service in 1969, when as part of the controversial Beeching Axe the ' Waverley Line ' from Carlisle to Edinburgh via Hawick was closed.

Despite warnings from local authorities, the group continued to meet privately and attract even more followers.

Despite this, the tradition of most Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogues is to use Hebrew ( usually Ashkenazi Hebrew ) for all except a small number of prayers, including the Kaddish, which had always been in Aramaic, and sermons and instructions, for which the local language is used.

Despite its name, the building is not actually a castle at all, but rather was a manor house built in 1830 by a local businessman named Arend.

Despite this, the standard of living continued to improve as local councils built new houses to let to families rehoused from outdated slums, with up to date facilities including indoor toilets, bathrooms and electric lighting now being included in the new properties.

Despite Thomas II's efforts to subordinated the local clergy under his rule, several religious Orders remained faithful to Henry IV, among others, the Franciscans.

Despite the new coalition, the voter support for the FPÖ continued to dwindle in all most all local and state elections.

Despite the hostility of the mainstream official press and intimidation by Soviet Estonian authorities, dozens of local citizens ' committees were elected by popular initiative all over the country.

Despite this the town's ANC-run local government and most local residents still refer to the town as Mafikeng both informally and formally.

Despite official persecution, some local leaders and minority ethnic practices survived in remote regions.

Despite Lumumba's imprisonment at the time, the MNC won a convincing majority in the December local elections in the Congo.

Despite his belief that the attack on Poland would cause only a local war, on 15 August 1939 Raeder took the precaution of ordering two Panzerschife the Admiral Graf von Spee and the Deutschland, a number of U-boats and the Dithmarschen ships Altmark and Westerwald to the Atlantic in case Britain should go to war.

Despite the royal charter, Penn bought the land from the local Lenape to be on good terms with the Native Americans and ensure peace for his colony.

Despite this, he disliked other sports and would sneak out of school every Thursday afternoon to the local cinema.

Despite the dominance of French, local populations still largely spoke their native languages.

Despite this, local alliances transcended ethnicity during the Dutch period.

Despite the increasing number of out-of-state visitors who came to the race every year, the " Oaks " ( as local residents simply refer to it ) has always been considered to be a local event by the people of Kentuckiana ( the Ohio Valley, centered around Louisville, and consisting of much of northern Kentucky and southern Indiana ).

Despite radio's relucatance to play American soul / R & B originals, these styles were avidly adopted by local performers however and covers of soul / R & B standards were staples in the setlists of many acts including Max Merritt and the Meteors, Doug Parksinon, Jeff St John, The Groop, The Groove, The Twilights, Renee Geyer and many others.

Despite such good results, the shift in collection costs from local government to industry and consumers has created strong opposition to the creation of such programs in some areas.

Despite the numerical advantage of the Persians, the hoplites proved devastatingly effective against the more lightly armed Persian infantry, routing the wings before turning in on the centre of the Persian line.

Despite this black mark, Tycho also began corresponding with Kepler, starting with a harsh but legitimate critique of Kepler's system ; among a host of objections, Tycho took issue with the use of inaccurate numerical data taken from Copernicus.

Despite their numerical superiority they failed to defeat Edzard, and in 1517 the emperor had to accept Edzard and his descendants as counts of East Frisia.

Despite being Mew's descendant, Mewtwo directly precedes Mew in the game's numerical Pokémon index owing to the latter's secret inclusion by Game Freak programmer Shigeki Morimoto.

Despite the numerical advantage lying with the numerically stronger KANU, a form of Federalism involving Kenya's 8 provinces was adopted in Kenya's independence.

Despite its numerical minority, however, the Church of Ireland remained the official state church until it was disestablished on 1 January 1871 by the Liberal government under William Ewart Gladstone.

Despite numerical superiority, the English colonists suffered repeated defeats as New France effectively organised its French troops, New France militia and Indian allies ( notably the Algonquins and Abenakis ), to attack frontier settlements.

Despite their numerical advantage and the wide dispersal of British forces against an invasion attempt, the Americans, who were stationed in Lewiston, New York, were unable to get the bulk of their invasion force across the Niagara River due to the work of British artillery and reluctance on the part of the undertrained and inexperienced American militia.

Despite the numerical advantage of the Persians, the hoplites proved devastatingly effective against the more lightly armed Persian infantry, routing the wings before turning in on the centre of the Persian line.

Despite the numerical and qualitative superiority of the Israeli warplanes, 18 Israeli planes were downed.

Despite the controversy over the value of the exponent, the implications of this theory might remain true regardless of its precise numerical value.

Despite immense German numerical superiority, the Polish forces were able to score several tactical victories ; however they were increasingly running low on supplies, including ammunition.

Despite German superiority, both technical and numerical, the Old Town was held until the end of August.

Despite his numerical superiority, al-Afdal's army was hardly as strong or dangerous as the Seljuk armies that the crusaders had encountered previously.

Despite numerical inferiority, the Poles held out.

Despite the numerical disadvantage, the battle was another victory for Royalist forces over the Covenanters, and marked the end of William Baillie's pursuit of the Royalists.

Despite an overall numerical parity, for the remainder of the war the Carthaginians did not seriously challenge Roman supremacy.

Despite the numerical superiority of the Persians, they were routed and fled to their ships.

Despite his corruption and questionable morality, he did dramatically modernize the Watch, improve its efficiency, and introduce a standardized blue uniform by the time of Thief II, although not all of the Watchmen are fully up to date with the new system ( some can occasionally be heard forgetting the numerical code they need to report a crime in progress ).

Despite having a numerical advantage for more than an hour, Chicago were beaten by an injury time goal from Ventura's Alfonso Motagalvan, and had to be content with the runners up spot.

Despite having a slight numerical advantage, this was not the decisive factor in the Greek victory.

Despite its numerical minority, however, the Church of Ireland remained the official state church until it was disestablished on 1 January 1871 by the Irish Church Act 1869 that was introduced by Gladstone's Liberal government.