Despite the food shortages, no large-scale starvation hit the Finns in southern Finland before the war.

Despite no history of radio programming to draw on and perennial cash shortages, DuMont was an innovative and creative network.

Despite shortages in manpower and material, the Fair opened in July 1822.

Despite Lane's intention to publish twelve a year paper and staff shortages meant only thirteen were issued in the first two years of the series.

Despite the success of Allied convoys in getting through, the month was as bad as any other, combining bombing with food shortages.

Despite Khrushchev ’ s efforts to adequately supply the Virgin Land provinces with farm machinery by sending nearly all newly manufactured equipment and commandeering machinery from other areas of the Soviet Union for Virgin Land areas, there were still major shortages of farming machinery.

Despite modernisation in the early 1960s, this final pit lapsed into unprofitability due to local geological difficulties and manpower shortages.

Despite paper shortages and rationing, these books were kept in print.

Despite shortages of aviation fuel and ordnance, the Luftwaffe had played a significant part in the success of the German operations.

Despite Powell's recent move to colour film, war shortages meant a return to the black and white stock that Hillier was familiar with.

Despite shortages of steel and other supplies, Mason Temple was the largest church building owned by a predominantly black religious denomination in the United States at its completion.

Despite some initial engine reliability issues, the Whizzer enjoyed modest popularity during World War II due to fuel and automobile shortages, and was used by war plant workers and others with priority for transportation.

Despite being a qualified engineer, a successful businessman, a multiple record-breaker in his own right and a highly effective advocate of his own cause, Campbell was not an easy man and seemed driven to emulate, if not surpass, his father's achievements.

Despite approval from the FA, the Football League determined that the club should not enter the competition, since it had not qualified.

Despite winning all three main round games, so did France and Spain, and those two teams qualified for the semi-finals from Group I.

Despite the fact that the Lightning finished first in the conference and the Islanders qualified for the playoffs as the 8th and final seed, a few journalists had picked the Islanders to win based on their strong regular season performance against Tampa Bay.

Despite his small level of success, Johnson acknowledged that racism and other prejudices kept a black jazz musician such as himself from securing the amount and quality of work he was qualified to perform.

Despite the public outrage, only two residents qualified for FEMA temporary trailers.

Despite these increases in securities activities by bank holding companies that qualified as financial holding companies, the Joint Report found that concentration levels among securities underwriting and dealing firms had not changed significantly since 1999.

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 retiring only twice, a ninth place in the British Grand Prix was his best result of the season and he only once qualified in the top 10.

Despite the steadfast position of Maclean's editorial board, the magazine's publisher has issued a qualified apology.

Despite being qualified to preach, Latreille later wrote that he had never carried out his functions as a minister, although for a few years he signed the letters he wrote "" (" the Reverend Latreille ") or "" (" Latreille, Priest ").

Despite different emphasis in each nations qualification you can expect a qualified instructor to provide an enjoyable learning process in safe conditions.

Despite qualified support for Antipas from Herodian family members in Rome, who favoured direct Roman rule of Judea but considered Antipas preferable to his brother, Augustus largely confirmed the division of territory set out by Herod in his final will.

Despite his drop in production on the season, Kovalchuk and the Thrashers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Despite briefly being locked out of Boothferry Park by bailiffs and facing the possibility of liquidation, Hull qualified for the Third Division play-offs in the 2000 – 01 season, losing in the semi-finals to Leyton Orient.

Despite the signs, Moses is described as being very reluctant to take on the role, arguing that he lacked eloquence, and that someone else should be sent instead ; in the text, Yahweh reacts by angrily rebuking Moses for presuming to lecture the One who made the mouth on who was qualified to speak and not to speak.

Despite losing, Millwall qualified for a place in the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history, as United had already qualified for the Champions League.

Despite limitations in his recovery, Romano performed unauthorized procedures in surgical care that he was not physically qualified to handle.

Despite this, Yoong qualified last at Long Beach and became the first retirement.

Despite the fact that Marsaxlokk had lost in the final of the Maltese Cup, they qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup where they met NK Primorje of Slovenia, losing 1 – 0 at home in the first leg and 2 – 0 in Slovenia in the return leg.

Despite these handicaps, Caley qualified for the Scottish Cup many times, knocking-out larger League clubs on a total of 19 occasions.

Despite the loss, the club still qualified for the 2009 AFC Champions League.

Despite the name, Sigma Xi is neither a fraternity nor a sorority, and today is open to all qualified individuals who are interested in science and engineering.

Despite an early scare against New Zealand club Auckland City FC, Sydney won all of their matches in the competition and qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship in Japan.

Despite its location in areas with malaria and cholera, it only had " four doctors, three nurses and a bottle of iodine.

Despite immediate, skilled, and energetic efforts by the doctors and nurses to revive him, Daniel is pronounced brain-dead.

Despite his melancholy and fear, Harry entertains the nurses with recitations of some of the favourite poems he has memorised in a lifetime of reading.

Despite the accident occurring at 22. 50 hrs, it was not until nearly 01. 00 hrs that a relief train, with doctors, nurses and an ambulance corp on board, reached the scene.

Despite changes in mental health policy in many countries that have closed psychiatric hospitals, many nurses continue work in hospitals though patient length of stay has decreased significantly.