Despite these facts, most mathematicians accept the axiom of choice as a valid principle for proving new results in mathematics.

Despite the setbacks, Chaplin was soon writing a new film script, The Freak, a story of a winged girl found in South America, which he intended as a starring vehicle for his daughter, Victoria Chaplin.

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

Despite the xenophobia and intellectual introspection characteristic of the increasingly popular new school of neo-Confucianism, China under the early Ming Dynasty was not isolated.

Despite the ubiquity of computer music in contemporary culture, there is considerable activity in the field of computer music, as researchers continue to pursue new and interesting computer-based synthesis, composition, and performance approaches.

Despite this, his influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from the ruins of Mannerism was profound.

Despite a booming growth in American periodicals around this time period, fueled in part by new technology, many did not last beyond a few issues and publishers often refused to pay their writers or paid them much later than they promised.

Despite the foundation of the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film ( Young German Film Committee ) in 1965, set up under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of the Interior to support new German films financially, the directors of this New German Cinema, who rejected co-operation with the existing film industry, were consequently often dependent on money from television.

Despite ceasing to record new material between 2002 and ( most of ) 2005, Brooks continued to chart with previously recorded material, including a top 30 placing for " Why Ain't I Running " in 2003.

Despite the fact that Parsons only contributed two new songs to the album (" In My Hour of Darkness ", " Return of the Grievous Angel "), Parsons was highly enthused with his new sound and seemed to have finally adopted a serious, diligent mindset to his musical career, eschewing most drugs and alcohol during the sessions.

Despite general agreement that the rainbow uniforms identified with the team had become tired ( and looked too much like a minor league team according to the new owners ), the new uniforms and caps were never especially popular with fans.

Despite a June 2008 certification by the United Nations that Israel had withdrawn from all Lebanese territory, in August, Lebanon's new Cabinet unanimously approved a draft policy statement which secures Hezbollah's existence as an armed organization and guarantees its right to " liberate or recover occupied lands ".

Despite the user-friendliness of the additional instructions, analysis by 6809 programming gurus indicates that many of the new instructions are actually slower than the equivalent 6809 code, especially in tight loops.

Despite these illnesses, construction of the new town continued.

Despite this, Madison still feared that the states would compel congress to call for a new constitutional convention, which they had the right to do.

Despite Marx's stress on critique of capitalism and discussion of the new communist society that should replace it, his explicit critique of capitalism is guarded, as he saw it as an improved society compared to the past ones ( slavery and feudal ).

Despite a serious injury which ruled Shearer out for half the season, Dalglish achieved fourth position with the team in the first year of the new Premier League.

Despite the definitions of these new prefixes for binary-based quantities of storage by international standards organizations, memory semiconductor chips are still marketed using the metric prefix names to designate binary multiples.

Despite his new record deal, he had a falling out with The Beast Crew when he signed over fellow member Champtown ( the two have become friends again since ).

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 Sanussi linage of the new army, King Idris I quickly came to distrust them.

Despite diminishing government financial support over the past quarter century, MIT launched several successful development campaigns to significantly expand the campus: new dormitories and athletics buildings on west campus ; the Tang Center for Management Education ; several buildings in the northeast corner of campus supporting research into biology, brain and cognitive sciences, genomics, biotechnology, and cancer research ; and a number of new " backlot " buildings on Vassar Street including the Stata Center.

Despite these moves, the Rockies still posted the worst record in the NHL.

Despite the promise shown in the Toronto series, the Islanders had a slow start to the 2002 – 03 NHL season.

Despite his arrival, the team struggled in 1969 – 70 recording only 17 wins — the fewest in franchise history ( as of completion of the 2010 – 11 season — and set the NHL team record for most ties ( 24 ).

Despite some off-season legal issues, the Oilers were again the top team in the NHL during the 1985 – 86 regular season, with 56 wins and 119 points.

Despite the changes, the Oilers placed third overall in the NHL.

Despite early fears that the WHL could not succeed in an NHL city, the Hitmen have been a major success, averaging as many as 10, 000 fans per game in 2004 – 05.

Despite the injury, Oates finished fourth in the NHL with 41 assists in a season disrupted by a work stoppage.

Despite a loyal fan following, serious doubts were raised about whether Winnipeg could support an NHL team in this new environment.

Despite Bailey's hopes of an annual All-Star Game, it did not become an annual tradition until the 1947 – 48 NHL season.

Despite Snyder's having played in only forty-nine NHL games, the Thrashers named an annual award after him.

Despite the thoughts that he wasn't going to play, on February 23, 1985, he made his NHL debut when he replaced the Canadiens starting goaltender Doug Soetaert in the third period.

Despite his NHL career, he is best known in Denver for being part of the Denver Grizzlies ' 1994-95 Turner Cup championship in the team's only season in Denver ( though they would later move to Salt Lake City and become the Utah Grizzlies, the team's success is widely credited for attracting the Quebec Nordiques to Denver that following offseason, where they would become the Colorado Avalanche ).

Despite missing two months, Hossa managed 15 goals and 15 assists for 30 points in 60 games to earn NHL All-Rookie honours and finish second to Colorado's Chris Drury in Calder Trophy voting for rookie of the year.

Despite his early successes, however, he went undrafted in the 1996 and 1997 NHL drafts.

Despite this, Grant was traded in 1974 in a surprising deal for defensive forward Henry Boucha ( whose attraction to the franchise may have been that he was a Minnesota native ), and the trade backfired badly: Grant had his best season that season, scoring 50 goals for the Detroit Red Wings while on a line with superstar centre Marcel Dionne, and becoming only the 12th player in NHL history to accomplish that feat.

Despite this meeting, a result was not found in time to keep the NHL from cancelling the 2004 – 05 season.

Despite scoring 309 goals in four seasons, Bossy was considered a timid player by NHL scouts.

Despite going into the tournament as one of Sweden's key players ( in the corresponding NHL season, he was third among Swedish players in points despite missing 19 games ), he ranked seventh among team forwards in total ice time.

Despite the sale, the original Buffalo / Rochester partnership would become the longest such NHL / AHL affiliaton, lasting until the 2007 – 08 season until being revived for the 2011-12 season.

Despite starring for Beauport, and a strong junior career ( finishing with 261 points in 191 games ), Daze's value amongst NHL scouts dropped sharply due to his unwillingness to play a rough game, despite possessing the abilities for it.

Despite being kept off the scoresheet in his NHL debut, Bure showcased his talent and speed with several end-to-end rushes, carrying the puck past several defenders from near his defensive zone to the opposing net.

Despite being distinguished as the league's top rookie, however, Bure was left off the NHL All-Rookie Team, making him the only Calder recipient to not be named to the lineup.

Despite playing in 734 NHL regular season games, he never appeared in a single playoff game, which is an NHL record.