Despite testimony from " Soldier F " that he had fired at a man holding and firing a pistol, Widgery acknowledged that the photographs showed Doherty was unarmed, and that forensic tests on his hands for gunshot residue proved negative.

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

Despite the consensus of public health professionals regarding the benefits of vaccination, among chiropractors there are significant disagreements over the subject, which has led to negative impacts on both public vaccination and mainstream acceptance of chiropractic.

Despite such concerns from critics, legislators, and publishers, Scott Miller later recounted that 3D Realms saw very little negative feedback to the game's controversial elements from actual gamers or their parents.

Despite this, " psychosis " is generally given to noticeable deficits in normal behavior ( negative signs ) and more commonly to diverse types of hallucinations or delusional beliefs ( positive signs ).

Despite the simplicity of their grass diet, new developments along the Persian Gulf coastline, particularly artificial island development in Arab states, pollution particularly by oil spills caused during the " Persian Gulf war " and also due to occasional oil spills, and uncontrolled hunting has had a negative impact on the survival of the dugongs.

Despite these serious negative effects the measure was deemed necessary as tax revenue from provinces occupied and threatened by rebels had ceased to reach the cash-strapped central government.

Despite a largely negative critical reaction, the game sold in excess of a million copies.

Despite a demonstrated appearance of blunted affect, recent findings indicate that many individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia are emotionally responsive, particularly to stressful or negative stimuli, and that such sensitivity may cause vulnerability to symptoms or to the disorder.

Despite the perceived negative connotation to driving in Albania, most vehicles manage not to get into accidents simply by following their own way through the chaotic traffic.

Despite some allegations that EMR exposure has negative health consequences, at this time, no link has been verifiably proven between the radio-frequency EMR that tin foil hats are meant to protect against and subsequent ill health.

" And in a June 2009 article published in the Journal of ECT, Iranian researchers observe that, " Despite the wide consensus over the safety and efficacy of electroconvulsive therapy ( ECT ), it still faces negative publicity and unfavorable attitudes of patients and families.

Despite receiving some negative reviews and a mixed, but complimentary review from the New York Times and one from Pauline Kael, the film was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won the award for best costumes.

Despite production problems and mostly negative critical reception, The Fog was another commercial success for Carpenter.

Despite receiving a rather mixed to negative response, the film became a box office success, grossing US $ 180 million internationally.

Despite negative reviews, In the Flat Field topped the indie charts and made headway onto the British pop charts, peaking for one week at number 72.

" Despite the negative feelings, the I Colonial Corps pressed on and by the end of the day, Méréaucourt Wood, Herbécourt, Buscourt, Chapitre Wood, Flaucourt and Asseviller were all in French hands.

Despite its overwhelmingly negative reception and short run, the series still has been rebroadcast in later years, with VH1 and A & E Network airing it on separate occasions later in the 1990s, and Trio airing it in the 2000s.

Despite being completely inconsistent with a common-sense approach and the expected behavior of " normal " matter, negative mass is completely mathematically consistent and introduces no violation of conservation of momentum or energy.

Despite the commercial success, Sweet Home Alabama was given negative reviews by critics.

Despite the negative reception for Waluigi, he has also received some positive reception.

Despite their negative comments for Waluigi, GameDaily ranked him in the 10th slot on GameDaily's top 10 Nintendo characters that deserve their own games list ; the site explained that " he gets the shaft worse than Luigi, and should at least get his own puzzle game ".

Despite extensive promotion by Benson, Home At Last generally received negative reviews, including that of Rupert Loydell who described it as " a disorganised, half-produced, and ultimately unsatisfying hotchpotch of songs ".

Despite the enormous box office success, the critical response to Pearl Harbor at the time of its release tended toward mixed to negative, and the film earned only a 25 % approval rating according to review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 166 reviews with an average rating of 4. 4 / 10, making it Bay's second worst reviewed movie to date, next to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Despite mixed reviews of the paintings he exhibited at the Salon, Millet's reputation and success grew through the 1860s.

Despite lukewarm reviews and low audience turnout, He Said, She Said was illuminating for Bacon.

Despite indifferent reviews from the critics, the opera was an immediate success with the public.

Despite initially attracting positive reviews and selling strongly, the record was soon subjected to strong criticism from music critics, record-buyers and even Noel Gallagher himself for its overproduced and bloated sound.

Despite the novel receiving unfavorable reviews and a subject deemed potentially unsuitable for film, The Bridges of Madison County was a commercial and critical success.

Hereafter received mixed reviews from critics, with the consensus at Rotten Tomatoes being, " Despite a thought-provoking premise and Clint Eastwood's typical flair as director, Hereafter fails to generate much compelling drama, straddling the line between poignant sentimentality and hokey tedium.

Despite generally positive reviews, criticism induced Jansson to refine her style such that in her 1955 solo exhibition her style had become less overloaded in terms of detail and content.

Despite being discontinued before Windows 98 was released, Microsoft Bob continued to be severely criticized in reviews and popular media.

Despite good reviews for Burr, the critical reception was poor and NBC decided against developing it into a series.

Despite some positive reviews, Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 34 % based on reviews from 29 critics.

Despite hostile reviews from critics, Stone Temple Pilots continued to gain fans.

Despite receiving an award from Action for Children's Television, favorable reviews, and a ranking in Time magazine's " Best of ' 87 " feature, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was canceled by CBS following the controversy.

Despite only receiving average reviews by critics, the movie became a box office success, earning more than 120 million US dollars domestically and US $ 157m worldwide.

Despite the success of " I Love You ", and despite favorable reviews, the subsequent album, named after their hit single and released in July 1968, only reached No. 138 on the Billboard charts.

Despite rave critical reviews, it sold very poorly so Warner Bros publicist Stan Cornyn wrote a tongue-in-cheek advertisement hoping to promote it.

Despite initial reviews being positive, opinion quickly changed and Blur found themselves largely out of favour with the media once again.

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 mixed reviews, the film was a commercial success, grossing $ 149 million at the box office.