Despite repeated demands from visiting Soviet emissaries, Feltrinelli refused to cancel or delay publication.

Despite repeated dynastic change in China, the title of Duke Yansheng was bestowed upon successive generations of descendants until it was abolished by the Nationalist Government in 1935.

Despite there being alternative routes across the canal nearby, General Lowe ordered repeated frontal assaults on the Mount Street position.

Despite his support for SBS, the Fraser government imposed stringent budget cuts on the national broadcaster, the ABC, which came under repeated attack from the Coalition for its supposed left-wing bias and for allegedly " unfair " or critical coverage on TV programs including This Day Tonight and Four Corners, and on the ABC's new youth-oriented radio station Double Jay ( 2JJ ).

Despite repeated attempts by family members and others to have it expunged, his conviction has never been overturned.

Despite repeated citations for recusancy and swingeing fines, he died a rich man, having rooms at the time of his death at the London home of the Earl of Worcester.

Despite the destruction wrought on the countryside, the city castle held out in spite of repeated attempts over twelve days to take it, and the Turks left the island unsuccessfully because of poor logistics and an epidemic that decimated their ranks.

Despite repeated assaults and heavy fighting, the Turks were unable to breach the defences and were forced to raise the siege after 22 days.

Despite repeated stated intentions by the world's leaders to end hunger and famine, famine remains a chronic threat in much of Africa and Asia.

Despite the Moon's rotational and orbital periods being exactly locked, about 59 % of the Moon's total surface may be seen with repeated observations from Earth due to the phenomena of librations and parallax.

Despite the repeated overexposure of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and its switch to syndication, ABC continued to find some success in dramas such as The Practice ( which gave birth to a successful spinoff, Boston Legal, in 2004 ), Alias, and Once and Again.

Despite the repeated French claims, the French government let the matter subside.

Despite the limited land mass, there has also been a tendency for place names to be repeated ; there are, for instance, two islands named " Long Island ", three bays known as " Long Bay " and the town of St. George is located within the parish of St. George on the island of St. George ( each known as St. George's ), whereas Bermuda's capital, the City of Hamilton, lies in Pembroke Parish, not Hamilton Parish, on the largest island, " Main Island ", which itself is sometimes called " Bermuda " ( or " Great Bermuda ").

Despite her straggly appearance and repeated failures to get a break, she understands that the music business is a business, and when her opportunity comes, she is ready.

Despite his repeated snubbing of the Academy, Scott was again nominated for Best Actor for the latter role.

Despite Toledo's repeated call for regional arms reductions, Chile continued purchasing arms, including 10 F-16 fighters from the U. S. and one hundred Leopard 2 tanks from Germany.

Despite repeated Dutch attacks and the loss of two masts, one in its fall crushing Harman's leg, the fire was put out and the Henry escaped, with its last shot shooting Evertsen in two.

) Despite the beauty of the planet, the EEC team were puzzled by a repeated random pattern of circles of bare dirt, which they observed across the whole globe.

Despite repeated refusals to meet from CEO Susan Ivey, FLOC continues the campaign against R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Despite power consumption issues, and repeated predictions of its end, Moore's law is still in effect.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo commented: " Despite repeated denials, we now know that Premier itself cannot demonstrate the circumstances that led to the death of the individuals.

Despite repeated denials made in the popular press and on his website, Fenech pleaded guilty to his role in the theft of 3 gold watches worth a total of $ 327 from a Gold Coast, Queensland boutique store.

Despite repeated and extensive searches of the area nothing was ever found.

Despite numerical superiority, the English colonists suffered repeated defeats as New France effectively organised its French troops, New France militia and Indian allies ( notably the Algonquins and Abenakis ), to attack frontier settlements.

Despite the term blitzkrieg being coined by journalists during the Invasion of Poland of 1939, historians Mathew Cooper and J. P Harris generally hold that German operations during it were more consistent with more traditional methods.

Despite being dynamically typed, Python is strongly typed, forbidding operations that are not well-defined ( for example, adding a number to a string ) rather than silently attempting to make sense of them.

Despite this, the operations on red – black trees are more economical in time because you don't have to maintain the vector of values.

Despite the name, reverse Polish notation is not exactly the reverse of Polish notation, for the operands of non-commutative operations are still written in the conventional order ( e. g. "/ 6 3 " in Polish notation and " 6 3 /" in reverse Polish both evaluating to 2, whereas " 3 6 /" in reverse Polish notation would evaluate to ½ ).

Despite being directly responsible for the camp's operations, Stangl limited his contact with Jewish prisoners as much as possible.

Despite his education at Balliol and a background in London publishing, Gell found the operations of the Press incomprehensible.

Despite his concerns, Aman continued using Elad for intelligence operations until 1956, when he was caught trying to sell Israeli documents to the Egyptians.

Despite this, Le Havre became the location of one of the biggest Replacement Depots, or " Repple Depples " in the European Theatre of operations in WWII.

Despite this, internal political competition drained the Omsk's resources and served as a major obstacle for smooth government operations and city development.

Despite these setbacks, the company persisted, having raised £ 200, 000 to finance the operations.

Despite the lack of distinction, this period of his life gave him a good working knowledge of continental war methods and strategies, even if most of his own experience was limited to defensive operations.

Despite the disruptive Cherokee Indian War of 1760 and the " Regulator " unrest that followed, the township flourished as a largely self-sufficient area of small scale farming operations.

Despite this, SRI scientists and remote viewers have claimed that a number of " natural " psychics were crucial in a number of intelligence operations.

Despite more fires, train disasters, and other setbacks, Barnum plowed ahead, aided by circus professionals who ran the daily operations.

Despite serious illness necessitating several operations, he was very productive as a critic and painter, and produced a book of poems, One-Way Song, in 1933 ( the link below gives access to a recording of him reading an extract ).

Despite these difficulties the service nevertheless conducted substantial and successful operations in both occupied Europe and in the Middle East and Far East where it operated under the cover name Interservice Liaison Department ( ISLD ).

Despite fertility-related operations and several miscarriages, she was not able to give Curzon the son and heir he desperately desired, a fact that eroded their marriage, which ended in separation, though not divorce.

Despite a 1967 recommendation that MCI's application be approved, final authorization for MCI to begin operations was delayed until after H. Rex Lee became an FCC Commissioner in October 1968.

Despite the closing of its local operations, Bethlehem Steel tried to reduce the impact on the Lehigh Valley area with plans to revitalize the south side of Bethlehem.

Despite protecting his strategic bombing force from demands of other services and allies, Arnold was forced to divert resources from the Eighth to support operations in North Africa, crippling the Eighth in its infancy and nearly killing it.

Despite the intensive military operations, apparently no serious thought was given stripping Madison of his powers and duties temporarily, perhaps partly because his Vice President, Elbridge Gerry, also was in poor health and nearing age 70.

Despite desperate defense operations, the County fell and was merged with Qalawun's empire.

Despite the dismal financial condition of the railroad, Perlman was able to streamline many of the railroad's operations and save the company money.

Despite the move, Bennett continued to direct New York operations, usually by telegram, and his distance hurt the overall quality of the paper.