Despite the sheer beauty and spectacle of numerous documentaries, art films, and travelogues, despite the impressive financial success of such a recent development as Cinerama, the movies are at heart a form of fiction, like the play, the novel, or the short story.

Despite the recent modest and stable growth, Djibouti is faced with many economic challenges, particularly job creation and poverty reduction.

Despite its relatively recent approval by the Food and Drug Administration and the guideline recommendations, digoxin use is decreasing in patients with heart failure, likely the result of several factors.

Despite recent gains, 40 % of the population lives below the poverty line, more than double the rate five years ago.

Despite recent improvements, with an exploding population Ethiopia remains one of the poorest nations in the world.

Despite improvements in the laws in recent years, Indonesia's intellectual property rights regime remains weak ; lack of effective enforcement is a major concern.

Despite the intent of the original allocation, in recent years the fastest-growing uses of these bands have been for short-range, low power communications systems.

Despite the recent war's divisions along ethnic lines, Liberia remains a multiethnic and multicultural country.

Despite the recent awareness and admiration of Leonardo as a scientist and inventor, for the better part of four hundred years his fame rested on his achievements as a painter and on a handful of works, either authenticated or attributed to him that have been regarded as among the masterpieces.

Despite this most recent power-stripping, the President remains the ex officio chair of the National Security Council, as per the National Security Act 2004.

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 rising investments, foreign investors still regard Vietnam as a risky destination, as confirmed by recent survey by the Japan External Trade Organization of Japanese companies operating in Vietnam.

Despite the preeminence of Tikunei haZohar and despite the topmost priority of Torah study in Judaism, much of the Zohar has been relatively obscure and unread in the Jewish world in recent times, particularly outside of Israel and outside of Chasidic groups.

Despite the extensive classical art galleries and museums in the city, there is also a contemporary arts scene that has become increasingly prominent in recent times.

Despite the deep-seated norm against legal proceedings, litigation in the Chinese courts has increased dramatically, especially in recent years.

( Despite recent finds indicating a Roman presence near the modern city of Minden, its location remains disputed ; other sites near Minden or Rinteln have been suggested by the historian Hans Delbrück ( 1848 – 1929 ) and the military writer Kurt Pastenaci ( 1894 – 1961 ), respectively.

Despite New Zealand's immigration liberalisation in the 1980s, Britons are still the largest group of migrants to New Zealand, due in part to recent immigration law changes which privilege fluent speakers of English.

Despite the fact that TM research has moved from " kooky margin to respectable mainstream ", TM's more recent appeal has been attributed to its ability to relax without chemical assistance rather than to the research.

Despite relatively recent evolutionary divergence ( 90 million years ), the extent of molecular divergence between centrics and pennates indicates rapid evolutionary rates within the Bacillariophyceae compared to other eukaryotic groups.

Despite this, there has been some recent success in apprehending and prosecuting these criminals.

Despite being regarded as one of the most popular members of the royal family in recent times who helped to stabilise the popularity of the monarchy as a whole, Elizabeth was subject to various degrees of criticism during her life.

Despite the example set by most of his recent predecessors, Henry and his second wife, Joan of Navarre, Queen of England, were buried not at Westminster Abbey but at Canterbury Cathedral, on the north side of Trinity Chapel and directly adjacent to the shrine of St Thomas Becket.

Despite its ubiquity, the notion of rings is relatively recent ; this may be explained by a feature of modern mathematics that emphasizes the study of abstract structures.

Despite more recent materials, Dendix and Neveplast remain the only artificial ski surfaces on which it is practical to run ski slalom races.

Despite recent changes in the field of anthropology and a shift in Taiwanese government ( Republic of China ) objectives, the Gaoshan and Pingpu labels in use today maintain the form given by the Qing to reflect aborigines ' acculturation to Han culture.

Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics.

Despite the efficacy of epilepsy surgery, some patients decide not to undergo surgery owing to fear or the uncertainty of having a brain operation.

Despite this uncertainty, fourteen individuals have been identified as having verifiably attended Lunar Society meetings regularly over a long period during its most productive eras: these are Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Day, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Samuel Galton, Jr., James Keir, Joseph Priestley, William Small, Jonathan Stokes, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, John Whitehurst and William Withering.

Despite the uncertainty of Elizabeth's – and therefore the Tudor dynasty's – hold on England, she never married.

Despite the uncertainty at the heart of Dalton's atomic theory, the principles of the theory survived.

Despite uncertainty about the single origin of yakuza organizations, most modern yakuza derive from two classifications which emerged in the mid-Edo Period ( 1603 – 1868 ): tekiya, those who primarily peddled illicit, stolen or shoddy goods ; and bakuto, those who were involved in or participated in gambling.

Despite uncertainty as to the future of Psyche, when Darrin did finally begin the next album with Per-Anders Kurenbach he changed his style to emphasize a friendlier, more upbeat sound.

Despite receiving a vote of confidence from his party, Alkatiri resigned on 26 June 2006 to end the uncertainty.

Despite the Boerboel's long breeding history, there is great uncertainty as to how many and which breeds were used to create it.

Despite this uncertainty, the team was successful from the start.

Despite this vote of confidence, Alkatiri resigned on 26 June 2006, to end the uncertainty.

Despite the improvements in performance seen across a range of studies, one limitation of the contextual interference effect is the uncertainty with regard to the cause of performance improvements as so many variables are constantly manipulated.

Despite uncertainty if he would return to the Giants for the 2007 season due to a managerial change, Righetti announced in early November 2007 that he would remain with the Giants in his present role.

Despite MYCIN's success, it sparked debate about the use of its ad hoc, but principled, uncertainty framework known as " certainty factors ".

Despite initial uncertainty and some hostility from the students, Billy proved to be a successful replacement for Charlie.

Despite this uncertainty, recent years have seen government investment into the base.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the size of the spill, figures place it several times the size ( by volume ) of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Despite the uncertainty, online journalists are cautiously optimistic, reporting expanding newsrooms.

Despite such apparent comforts, the boredom and uncertainty, as well as normal rivalries and tensions common to any small town, put an undertone of unhappiness into camp life.

Despite a common misunderstanding, " random " does not mean the same thing as " chance " as this idea is often used in describing situations of uncertainty, nor is it the same as projections based on an assessed probability or frequency.

Despite the uncertainty, Alvarez makes it clear that she died while he was in Ethiopia, adding that her death was a cause for sorrow by her subjects:

Despite the political uncertainty resulting from a recently concluded civil war, 56 delegates met in San Felipe de Austin to draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government.

Despite the uncertainty they decided to try an informal jam-oriented home project.

Despite the uncertainty about his future, Jones was still a regular in the team throughout the season and managed to score 5 goals overall, including a goal in his final appearance against Millwall on 30 April.