Despite its unpopularity, the Rump was a link with the old constitution, and helped to settle England down and make it secure after the biggest upheaval in its history.

Despite its rare use, Italian orthography allows the circumflex accent ( î ) too, in two cases: it can be found in old literary context ( roughly up to 19th century ) to signal a syncope ( fêro → fecero, they did ), or in modern Italian to signal the contraction of ″- ii ″ due to the plural ending-i whereas the root ends with another-i ; e. g., s. demonio, p. demonii → demonî ; in this case the circumflex also signals that the word intended is not demoni, plural of " demone " by shifting the accent ( demònî, " devils "; dèmoni, " demons ").

Despite logo changes since 2005, the old " DC bullet " continues to be used only on the DC Archive Editions series.

Despite the Soviets ' possession of Hitler's remains, Stalin did not believe that his old nemesis was actually dead, a belief that remained for years after the war.

Despite being renamed to CSG, all chips produced were still stamped with the old " MOS " logo until 1989.

Despite the slingshot's reputation as a tool of juvenile delinquents, the NSA reported that 80 % of slingshot sales were to men over 30 years old, many of them professionals.

Despite being underdogs against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers in the Smythe Division semifinals, Gretzky led the Kings to a shocking upset of his old squad, spearheading the Kings ' return from a 3 – 1 series deficit to win the series 4 – 3.

Despite using old systems of classification that incorrectly separated plantains as a different species solely because of their culinary use, they are now known to belong to the same species as dessert bananas.

Despite the meeting, Ní Mháille later returned to her old ways, though nominally directing her raids against the " enemies of England " during the Nine Years War.

Despite concerns that Sullivan at nearly 12 years of age was too old to give much service as a treble before his voice broke, he was accepted and soon became a soloist and, by 1856, was promoted to " first boy ".

Despite the name, the skeleton is that of a young man who lived about 33, 000 years ago at the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period ( old stone age ).

Despite their long-time in the music business, Psyche proved once again with some newer selections " Assassin " and " Misguided Angels " that they remain unique and inspiring to both new and old generations of synth-pop fans.

Despite the increased cost, the more modern variation ( which can be considered as " heavier " than old streetcar systems, even though it is called " light rail ") is the dominant form of urban rail development in the United States.

Despite this, many parts of Latin America and Europe continue to have large Trotskyist groupings, with followings both young and old, who are attracted to its " anti-Stalinist " positions and its rhetoric of workers ' internationalism.

Despite this, there are also smaller parades and demonstrations on 1 July, the date which maps the old style date of the Boyne to the new style in the usual manner and which also commemorate the heavy losses of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.

Despite their efforts to keep the plot a secret, especially from Mrs. Partridge's husband, the trio of old men were well aware of the affair.

Despite the fact that Achilles and Deidamea could have been as young as eight years old, the two soon became romantically involved to the point of intimacy.

Despite his fury of war, Diomedes held back his sword so that the old man might speak.

Despite opposing the collaborating regime, the French Résistance generally sympathised with its antifeminism and did not encourage the participation of women in war and politics, following, in the words of the historian, Henri Noguères, " a notion of inequality between the sexes as old as our civilisation and as firmly implanted in the Résistance as it was elsewhere in France.

" Despite this title, much of his engineering work was done elsewhere, repairing old forts and building new ones on the Florida coast and in Mobile, Alabama.

Despite this, the expression " out in the tules ( toolies )", referring to the tule rush plant that lined the lakeshore, is still common in the dialect of old Californian families and means " beyond far away.

Despite concerns of " The Cannon " being retired along with the old field, it has been taken out to the new complex and can still be heard following every Lions ' score.

Despite the Emperor's ambitions for him, Gregory, then barely twenty years old, withdrew to Mount Athos in the year 1316 and became a novice there in the Vatopedi monastery under the guidance of the monastic Elder St Nicodemos of Vatopedi.

Despite having a name that evokes images of the Texas Frontier, Gun Barrel City is only fifty years old.

Despite the fires, many of the old blocks have been rebuilt and the business district has been extended considerably.

Despite a good fight by the praetorian guard, his soldiers were defeated.

Despite the little time remaining, Lakers point guard Derek Fisher hit a buzzer beater for an upset Lakers win.

Despite Duncan having problems with his knee and the team losing the services of shooting guard Ginóbili for most of the season, San Antonio qualified for the playoffs as the third seed with a 54 – 28 record.

Despite the heavy guard, Midir appears inside the house.

Despite flankers, he had gone only a mile when his advance guard was ambushed with six dead and nine wounded.

Despite Ivrea and its surroundings were inhabited since the Neolithic and the Celtic are believed to had a village in Ivrea since the V BC, the town officially first appears in history as an outpost of the Roman Empire, founded in 100 BC and set to guard one of the traditional invasion routes into northern Italy over the Alps.

Despite the use of only one arm, Virgil was hired by the Southern Pacific Railroad to guard its tracks in Colton's famous " battle of the crossing ".

Despite having a good point guard in Bibby, they selected Steve Francis.

Despite pleas from Miami guard Dwyane Wade Kobe Bryant remained optimistic Odom would return to Los Angeles to team up with newly acquired forward and Odom's fellow New Yorker, Ron Artest.

Despite being ruled out by medical officers for six weeks, he convinced his coach Neil Balme to pass him in the club fitness test and wore a chest guard in order to play the following Friday night.

Despite inclement weather conditions, many of the Hollywood ' old guard ' were also in attendance, and the funeral was covered by both local and national media.

Despite this success, the rise of new filmmakers like George Lucas took him off guard ; the success of Star Wars reportedly bewildered him at how a film with apparently no stars or love story could enrapture audiences so fervently.

Despite the heavy guard, Midir appears inside the house.

Despite the Emperor's aim to reform the government based on the Confucian principles, Temuder's faction linked up with the Alan guard and assassinated the emperor in 1323.

Despite missing parts of four games with injuries, he returned and was honored for play with eighth Pro Bowl selection at guard.

Despite this, the M1918 is almost identical to the M1917, differing primarily in the construction and appearance of the knuckle guard.

Despite his frail appearance, he is relatively physically strong, which takes his opponents off guard.

Despite his refusal to become a knight, he is named a knight of Joffrey's Kingsguard in A Clash of Kings and is often assigned to guard Sansa.

Despite hitting the post twice, Santo André could not break down a professional Santos rear guard action.

Despite England's " old guard " of May, Laker and Lock collapsing in the Australian tour of 1958 / 1959 and England losing four-nil, Statham bowled as beautifully as ever.

Despite its small size, this dog was originally kept as a guard dog.

Despite the relatively large number of " old guard " variety shows cancelled in the purge, Fred Silverman would actually continue to create new variety shows to replace the ones he cancelled ; one of the first was The Sonny & Cher Show, which debuted in February 1971.

Despite her pleas, she is left with a guard who has been infected and grows a gas mask on his face.

Despite playing his entire collegiate career as a tackle, Mankins was moved to left guard by the Patriots, where he immediately stepped into the starting lineup in place of Joe Andruzzi, who departed in free agency.