Despite Mugabi being a mandatory contender for some time, a Hearns-Mugabi title match never materialised, as Hearns elected to move to Middleweight to challenge Marvin Hagler.

Despite his anti-war stance, Tuomioja did carry out his own mandatory military service and is a reservist sergeant.

Despite the mandatory evacuation order, 20, 000 people, including over 7, 000 Key West citizens, refused to leave.

Despite many stories in the British press, the word was never officially used by the EU nor was its mandatory use ever seriously considered.

Despite the requirement for mandatory participation, failing to achieve at least a passing grade ( E ) usually does not carry any academic consequences for primary and secondary school students, although students are still strongly encouraged to pass.

Despite having dreamed of being a doctor, he decided to stay in the army after his mandatory military service was finished.

Despite mandatory attendance and additional time spent in the classroom, these sections usually do not count towards university credits required for graduation, but may significantly increase a student's ability to understand important concepts required to pass the course.

Despite the worst crash results in decades TÜV subsequently confirmed that the Landwind met all mandatory safety criteria according to ECE R94.

Despite the introduction of various safety measures ( back-up power generators, evacuation plans, etc.

Despite many pressures, including evacuation and the destruction of the School roof during the Blitz, the school also refused to move out of central London along with other prominent schools such as Charterhouse and St. Paul's, and remains in its original location close by the centres of church and state.

Despite an original openness to the alliance, after word of the Declaration of Independence and a British evacuation of Boston reached France, the French Foreign Minister, Comte de Vergennes, put off signing a formal alliance with the United States after receiving news of British victories over General George Washington in New York.

Despite showing discipline and unity during the evacuation, the army quickly devolved in despair and anger.

Despite opposition from Japanese Army leaders, who still hoped that Guadalcanal could eventually be retaken from the Allies, on December 31, 1942 Japan's Imperial General Headquarters, with approval from the Emperor, agreed to the evacuation of all Japanese forces from the island and the establishment of a new line of defense for the Solomons on New Georgia.

Despite the warning, relatively few heeded these evacuation orders, likely playing a role in the large loss of life following the storm.

Despite Guderian's plea for an evacuation by sea and subsequent redeployment in Central Europe where forces were desperately needed to help stabilize an increasingly dicey situation, Hitler stubbornly refused.

Despite having detailed evacuation plans for some areas, authorities of the Third Reich, including the Gauleiter of East Prussia, Erich Koch, delayed action until January 20, when it was too late for an orderly evacuation, and the civil services were eventually overwhelmed by the huge number of those wishing to evacuate.

Despite the evacuation order of German military authorities there were civilian casualties.

Despite the fact that his troops had suffered heavy casualties attacking the former two towns, Cromwell respected surrender terms which guaranteed the lives and property of the townspeople and the evacuation of armed Irish troops who were defending them.

Despite receiving AAA fire, no attacks were made by USAF or USN aircraft on AAA or SAM sites during the evacuation.

Despite these setbacks in the implementation of evacuation policy early in the war, around 12 million Soviet citizens successfully evacuated in 1941, even if a number of these were the result of disorganized, “ spontaneous self-evacuation ,” and another 4. 5 million evacuated the following year.

Despite three ' end run ' amphibious landings the Germans managed to keep the bulk of their forces beyond reach of capture, and maintain their evacuation plans.

Despite dust and fumes filling the shelter, Cpl Robins calmly gave first aid to those injured and superintended their evacuation to safety.

Despite this, 90 % of Greater New Orleans was evacuated-the most successful and complete evacuation of a US city since the American Civil War.

Despite evacuation orders, tenants of a rundown apartment building stay put, including shop owner Hsiao-Kang ( Kang-sheng Lee ).

Despite issuing orders that the 60 million francs were to be spent on the construction of five new canals in France, Bonaparte spent the whole amount on his planned invasion of the United Kingdom.

Despite the drop-off of work in 1926, 1927 was another busy year, the Court sitting continuously from 15 June to 16 December, handing down 4 orders, 4 judgments and 1 advisory opinion.

Mazzini, in turn, described Marx as " a destructive spirit whose heart was filled with hatred rather than love of mankind " and declared that " Despite the communist egalitarianism which preaches he is the absolute ruler of his party, admittedly he does everything himself but he is also the only one to give orders and he tolerates no opposition.

Despite his imprisonment, and pressure from the Commission to stand down, Gotti is believed to have held on to his position as Gambino boss with his brother Peter and his son John A. Gotti Jr. relaying orders on his behalf.

Despite his opposition to the policy, Vergennes still took credit in France for having fulfilled his orders to provoke a war.

Despite the best efforts in London by authorities such as the Viscount Castlereagh to quell Dutch fears and the continuing efforts to reach an agreement between the nations that eventually became the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of London of 1824, as well as to send instructions to Raffles to undertake far less intrusive actions, the distance between the Far East and Europe had meant that the orders had no chance of reaching Raffles in time for his venture to begin.

Despite hearing the cannon sound from nearby Waterloo, Grouchy decided to obey his orders and engage the one Prussian Corps in Wavre.

Despite orders to seek no direct military assistance from France, the American commissioners were instructed to work to acquire most favored nation trading relations with France, along with additional military aid, and also encouraged to reassure any Spanish delegates at that the United States had no desire to acquire Spanish lands in the Americas in the hopes that Spain would in turn enter a possible Franco-American alliance.

Despite the accusation being " widely doubted by the public ", and many clemency appeals from foreign leaders, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged on 4 April 1979 under the effective orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Despite the need for rapid action to take full advantage of the German vulnerability, the 7th Armoured Division was slow to redeploy and spent the morning of 12 June attempting to advance on Tilly-sur-Seulles according to its original orders.

Despite Howe's best attempts to minimize the plundering by his army ( he authorized the execution of violators of his orders against it ), this activity by the army had a significant negative effect on popular support.

Despite the Doctor's best efforts to broker a peaceful solution, the Silurians are still determined to exterminate Humanity, only to have their base destroyed by the fictional United Nations Intelligence Taskforce on the orders of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart ( Nicholas Courtney ) to preempt this open threat.

Despite having become friends with many of the men, he must follow orders.

Despite their orders to advance at all speed, they halted for the night.

Despite orders from Antonio López de Santa Anna that he was to retreat to Saltillo, Ampudia chose to stand at Monterrey instead and informed Santa Anna that:

Despite Fouquet's rescue, Louis orders d ' Artagnan to arrest Fouquet.

Despite orders to encircle Kharkov from the north, the SS Panzer Corps instead decided to directly engage Kharkov on 11 March.

Despite Hitler's orders to hold the city, Kharkov was abandoned by German forces and the city was recaptured by the Red Army on 16 February.

Despite doctors ' orders, Bruno insisted on flying home to Pittsburgh that night.

Despite the formal reconciliation of the orders in 367, the patrician houses, which as time passed represented a smaller and smaller percentage of the Roman populace, continued to hold onto as much power as possible, resulting in frequent conflict between the orders over the next two centuries.

Despite pressure from Germans, he refused to issue orders of surrender to Home Army units in German controlled Poland who continued fighting.

Despite orders, he photographed more than just tugboats, including works on the entire harbor and its activities.

Despite becoming the first driver to successfully defend the world title, Kankkunen's uneasy acceptance of team orders designed to benefit Biasion, the Italian star in an Italian car, pre-empted a move elsewhere for the 1988 season.

Despite orders, he didn't use only Korean Troops near the Chinese border.