Despite strenuous efforts from the Culloden < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s boats, the brig Mutine and the 50-gun HMS Leander under Captain Thomas Thompson, the ship of the line could not be moved, and the waves drove Culloden further onto the shoal, inflicting severe damage to the ship's hull.

Despite the severe damage the economy of Georgia suffered due to civil strife in the 1990s, Georgia, with the help of the IMF and World Bank, has made substantial economic gains since 2000, achieving robust GDP growth and curtailing inflation.

Despite growing unrest and severe economic strains, the 1932 presidential elections in Honduras were relatively peaceful and fair.

Despite causing severe damage to the Royal Air Force's infrastructure and British cities during the subsequent Blitz, it failed to achieve the air superiority Hitler demanded for Operation Sea Lion.

Despite public or media opinion, national studies have indicated that severe mental illness does not independently predict future violent behavior, on average, and is not a leading cause of violence in society.

Despite his complaints, the conditions of his captivity were not severe.

Despite the army's access to the armaments factories of Lille, the Army of the North suffered from severe supply difficulties which kept the soldiers ' already poor morale at a permanently low level.

Despite being subjected to severe pressure and incarceration for a year at Kraków, the delegation refused to submit to the king's terms, and Giese and Councilor Georg Kleefeld were eventually released in 1570 against a ransom of 100, 000 guilders.

On Friday 13 February, the flooded areas were visited by the young Queen Elizabeth II Despite severe loss of life in nearby Canvey Island, only one person in Thurrock died as a result of the floods.

Despite having nearly an hour's advance warning that severe weather was imminent, 42 people were killed ( 25 in vehicles ) and 1, 800 were injured because the storm arrived just in time for many people to be driving home from work.

Despite the many recorded instances of its use since antiquity, it was not until the early 19th century that the tracheotomy finally began to be recognized as a legitimate means of treating severe airway obstruction.

Despite the belief " by 99 out of 100 ” people that apples could not grow in Minnesota ", Harris planted his first apple trees here in 1857 and experimented with them until he grew trees hardy enough to withstand the severe Minnesota winters.

Despite the fact that Britain had been caused severe difficulty by the U-Boat campaign in the First World War, the Admiralty completely ignored the threat of the submarine until the late 1930s.

Despite their successes, the armies of Morgoth had suffered severe losses, and he recalled his hosts in the spring, ending the main battle.

Despite several severe interruptions in her career, Francis is still active as a recording and performing artist ( as of November 2011 ).

Despite the severe defeat, MacPhail was credited for saving the party from being completely wiped off the map.

Despite severe under-investment, the line remained open, and in 1951 it became the first railway in the world to be preserved as a heritage railway by volunteers.

Despite severe financial losses in late 1720, in January 1722 the company's directors sent Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont to Missouri to protect the company's trade networks on the Missouri River from Spanish influence.

Despite his image of the " boy next door ," Pickford's private life was one of alcohol, drugs, and womanizing, culminating in the severe alcoholism and syphilis that would eventually kill him.

Despite all precautions, accidents and errors occur from time to time, which may result in property damage, injury and in severe cases loss of life.

Despite implementation since 1997 of road space rationing by the last digit of the plate number during rush hours every weekday, traffic in this 20-million-strong city still experiences severe congestion.

Despite these measures, decades of environmental degradation caused by severe air and water pollution and land abuse were unlikely to be remedied soon or easily.

Despite a severe fire in 1995, Kingsley Hall remains an active community centre.

Despite severe budget cutbacks in 2004, the station has maintained its standing as one of the more creative production houses in Europe.

Despite these losses, it was believed that the USSTAF had dealt the German aircraft industry a severe blow.

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

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 the fact that James Cameron had final cut on the original theatrical version and almost all cuts were decided by him, the extended version is often labeled as a " director's cut ".

Despite the extensive cuts, the film was still negatively received by audiences, and remained an object of extreme controversy.

Despite continuous cuts and restructuring in the public sector and legislation aimed at reducing the effectiveness of unions, PSA membership continues to grow, particularly in community-based services.

Despite the cuts, MARTA predicted the system would still come up 69. 34 million dollars short for FY 2011 ; in which they pulled the 69. 34 million dollars from their Reserved Account.

Despite cuts, Spectrum Holobyte managed to line up several big name licenses, including Top Gun, Magic: The Gathering, Star Trek: The Next Generation and MechWarrior.

Despite the savings these cuts created, it was apparent that if the railroad was to become solvent again a more permanent solution was needed.

Despite economic expansion and investment, Cambodians still continued to pay high taxes and in 1916, protests broke out demanding for tax cuts.

Despite its proximity to two large power stations, frequent power cuts are normal in Aligarh.

Despite the replacement or upgrading of bridges and track since the 19th century, almost the entirety of Sir Sandford Fleming's route continues to operate ; its fills and rock cuts and iron bridges, once considered extravagant, remain much as they were when they were built.

Despite government cuts to social programs and urban development, Filmon's Tories were able to win re-election in 1995.

Despite these cuts, His Mouse Friday, the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to be completely taken off the airwaves in some countries due to claims of racism, is included, unedited with the exception of zooming-in as on the North American set.

Despite the severity of the accident, Wehbe suffered only minor cuts and bruises.

Despite this, blood or wounding may be shown for arrow wounds or knife cuts.

" Despite Gilder's defense of mass immigration in the Wall Street Journal, it is unclear whether or not Gilder would object to cuts in low-skilled, mostly third world immigration to the United States as emphasized by skeptics of recent American immigration policies such as Pat Buchanan.

Despite widespread predictions by political and media commentators that Greiner would be easily re-elected to a second term, the impact of the Government's policies, particularly in terms of service cuts and increased charges, caused many voters to turn back to Labor.

Despite his failed special election and budget cuts, Arnold Schwarzenegger seemed to be ahead in the polls against Phil Angelides.

Despite a few square cuts, Harvey adapted his game to play a patient innings, prompting heckling from spectators for the first time in his career.

Despite the brothers ' protests, Joseph cuts open the sacks of grain he gave them to take back to their homeland, and out of Benjamin's topples the gold cup.

Despite this success, budget cuts have forced the station to roll back programming hours in recent years.

Despite the Howard Government's Voluntary Student Unionism legislation causing massive cuts to both staffing and service levels at NUSA, it continues to provide independent representation through independent and university funding.

Despite budget cuts, the County library system has increased hours of operation.

Despite some interesting cuts the hits tailed away in the shadow of " Shakin '".