Despite Edmund's respected intelligence and abilities, he has no personal fortune to speak of, apart from his frequently fluctuating wage packet from the Prince, as he says: " If I'm running short of cash, all I have to do is go upstairs and ask Prince Fat-head for a rise.

Despite this road and those running through a few other passes, in general the escarpment impedes easy communication between the two countries.

Despite throwing 60 passes and hindered by a lack of depth at running back, last year's Super Bowl MVP wasn't intercepted and rallied the Saints within 34 – 30 in the fourth quarter.

Despite the rare adverse weather conditions, city and state crews kept streets and sidewalks free of ice, and MARTA public transport kept running.

Despite these limitations, several software packages have managed to provide virtualization on the x86 architecture, even though dynamic recompilation of privileged code, as first implemented by VMware, incurs some performance overhead as compared to a VM running on a natively virtualizable architecture such as the IBM System / 370 or Motorola MC68020.

Despite his brother's interference, John Kennedy was firm that Johnson was who he wanted as running mate and met with staffers such as Larry O ' Brien, his national campaign manager, to say Johnson was to be vice president.

Despite the significantly increased costs involved in running the new four-stroke machinery, given their extra 490cc capacity advantage, the four-strokes were soon able to dominate their two-stroke rivals.

Despite having decided to forgo running for Congress himself, Lessig remained interested in attempting to change Congress to reduce corruption.

Despite his brother's interference, John Kennedy was firm that Johnson was who he wanted as running mate ; he met with staffers such as Larry O ' Brien, his national campaign manager, to say Johnson was to be vice president.

Despite the Hong Kong laserdisc being NTSC, it has a 4 % faster running time due to its PAL source, and thus also suffers from " frame ghosting ".

Despite his strong long running image as a face, the Canadian Hart was turned heel in an anti-USA gimmick, while Steve Austin became cheered by fans despite efforts to design him as the ultimate heel, making him a tweener.

Despite his humble origins, he showed great ability in running the affairs of state, leading a revival of Imperial power and to a renaissance of Byzantine art.

Despite this Cromwell himself kept a stud running of his own.

Despite a majority of Route 128's length running concurrent with either I-93 or I-95, many area residents refer to the entire length of the highway as Route 128.

Despite running in an east – west direction, it is signed north – south, as the rest of Route 238 is more north – south than east – west.

The crowd panicked … started running in all directions .” Despite the efforts of the CNH members to reestablish order, the plaza quickly fell into chaos.

Despite his poor health, he accepted his party's second nomination to run for Vice President in the election of 1884 as Grover Cleveland's running mate, and served in that office until his death only eight months later.

Despite having little formal education Brock succeeded in creating a formidable defensive position largely due to his reading, which included several volumes on the science of running and setting up artillery.

Despite the urgency of the situation and their maximum speed of around, the ships travelled at a steady ; running at high speed used significantly more coal, so to complete the long journey it was necessary to travel at the most economic speed.

Despite the fact that Windows switched from running in real mode to protected mode, direct hardware access and interrupt hooking could still be done because when Windows switched to running in protected mode it kept the single privilege level model used in real mode.

Despite her efforts to build support among women, minority groups and the party's left-wing, she began and ended the leadership contest well behind the overwhelming favourite, Paul Martin, whose supporters controlled the party machinery ; John Manley departed from the running before the vote.

Despite only running candidates in Quebec, the party captured 44 of that province's 75 seats, nearly sweeping the francophone ridings there.

Despite having publicly declared his lack of interest in being a candidate for vice president, Nunn continued to be mentioned by some political pundits and politicians as a potential running mate for Obama.

Despite vigorous opposition from the British, the American proposal was adopted.

Despite vigorous cross-examination from Goole, Sybil denies any wrongdoing.

Despite the fact that Louis Stanislas was not infatuated with his wife, he boasted that the two enjoyed vigorous conjugal relations — such declarations were held in low esteem by courtiers at Versailles.

Despite vigorous opposition by both townships, on August 3, 1934, a court ordered the incorporation of Fox Chapel Borough from of O ' Hara Township and of Indiana Township.

Despite his nickname, he engaged in a vigorous foreign policy and maneuvers during the first few years of the 15th century.

Despite the decline of the Taika-Taihō reforms, imperial government was vigorous during the early Heian period.

Despite a vigorous challenge from Environment Minister Jean Charest, Campbell emerged victorious from the June leadership election and became Canada's first female prime minister.

Despite his vigorous and outspoken opposition to Lenin's political party in 1917, Plekhanov was held in high esteem by the Russian Communist Party following his death as a founding father of Russian Marxism and a philosophical thinker.

Despite the small size and population of this quarter, the Armenians and their Patriarchate remain staunchly independent and form a vigorous presence in the Old City.

Despite Munro Ferguson's vigorous assertion of his rights as Governor-General, he could not in the long run halt the decline in the influence of the office.

Despite the small number of speakers, language use is vigorous, with most children learning it.

Despite vigorous protests from the opposition parties, in February the government decided that plenary sessions of the unicameral National Assembly would be held only every third week.

Despite vigorous protests from the Mexican government, Álvarez was tried in United States District Court in Los Angeles ; the trial, in which his defense focused intensely on the legality of the arrest, resulted in an acquittal.

Despite the incidents mentioned above, Hong Kong is generally considered to enjoy a high degree of freedom of expression, with Freedom House commenting that it is a right that is " generally respected in practice, and political debate is vigorous ".

Despite his physical disability, Laffoon waged a vigorous campaign across the state.

Despite this campaign Chaplin was a favourite with the troops, and his popularity continued to grow worldwide.

Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

Despite the successes enjoyed by his troops, Germanicus ' German campaign was in reaction to the mutinous intentions of his troops, and lacked real strategic value.

Despite his revolutionary rhetoric, Goebbels ’ most important contribution to the Nazi cause between 1930 and 1933 was as the organizer of successive election campaigns: The Reichstag elections of September 1930, July and November 1932 and March 1933, and Hitler ’ s presidential campaign of March – April 1932.

Despite a platform covering the full range of political subjects, Kemp's primary campaign weapon was a fiscal policy based on tax cuts.

Despite the promising off-season moves, the team suffered critical bullpen injuries while the newly signed Davis hurlers both experienced lackluster performances throughout the 1990 campaign.

Despite friction between the African National Congress and Biko throughout the 1970s the ANC has included Biko in the pantheon of struggle heroes, going as far as using his image for campaign posters in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994.

Despite this, NATO approved a campaign against Afghanistan as self-defense against armed attack.

Despite a large fan campaign, UPN declined to pick up the show.

Despite the fact that McNary had spearheaded a " Stop Willkie " campaign late in the balloting, Willkie selected McNary, who was nominated by acclamation.

Despite losing a long battle with the Associated Press, called " Rox " by UPI employees, United Press International's legacy was recognized by AP when it made the UPI mantra " get it first but get it right " a cornerstone of a branding campaign launched on ap. org.

Despite the massive amount of world and storyline development, none of the Living Greyhawk storylines or changes to the setting were considered official, since the regional adventure modules were produced by volunteers, and only received a cursory vetting by the campaign administrators of RPGA, and no review by WotC personnel.

Despite the popularity of the Living Greyhawk campaign, Wizards of the Coast did not produce much material for Greyhawk after the 25th anniversary Return to ... series of adventures, other than the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer and The Fright at Tristor.

Despite this military putsch the campaign for the plebiscite was conducted in an atmosphere of political freedom unthinkable in France.

Despite these revelations, Nixon's campaign was never seriously jeopardized, and on November 7, the President was re-elected in one of the biggest landslides in American political history.

Despite the expense of the military and diplomatic campaign that brought Taiwan into the imperial realm, the general sentiment in Beijing was ambivalent.

Despite this, James continued to retain Black Douglas support allowing him to begin a campaign of political alienation of Albany and his family.

Despite the OAS bombing campaign, the FLN remained resolute in its agreement to the ceasefire and on 17 June 1962 the OAS also began a ceasefire.

Despite the appeal of Bracks, Kennett entered the 1999 election campaign with a seemingly unassailable lead, and most commentators and opinion polls agreed that he would win a third term.

Despite a campaign for its retention for use as a Museum of Cinematography by, among others, Bristol photographer Reece Winstone, Friese-Green's birthplace was demolished by Bristol Corporation in 1958 to provide parking space for six cars.

Despite a scarcity of archaeological evidence, the existence of Moab prior to the rise of the Israelite state has been deduced from a colossal statue erected at Luxor by Pharaoh Ramesses II, in the 13th century BCE, which lists Mu ' ab among a series of nations conquered during a campaign.

Despite this setback, he continued to prepare for the Mt Tantiss campaign, removing Ackbar, his most formidable opponent, via political intrigue.