Despite the increasing rate of exogamous marriages, the population has been able to sustain, at least to some degree, the consciousness of its intermediate status in society.

Despite this prohibiton, by 1844 some of the Fort Garry merchants were trading with the Indians for furs.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

Despite these achievements, the influence of Aristotle's errors is considered by some to have held back science considerably.

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Despite this, some towns, like Alcácer do Sal in 1217, were conquered from the Moors by the private initiative of noblemen.

Despite the name, antidepressants are often used to treat other conditions, such as anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain, and some hormone-mediated disorders such as dysmenorrhea.

Despite this regional organization, some bus and tram routes operated by STIB / MIVB go beyond the regional border, and some bus routes operated by TEC or De Lijn transport passengers from the Flemish or Walloon regions to the capital city.

Despite the opposition of some of their number, the Israelites assemble and send away their foreign wives and children.

Despite the fact that the housemates are generally isolated, on some occasions some contestants are allowed to exit the house as part of tasks.

Despite everything, however, there are some who support both dates and even some who support dates other than the two major possibilities presented.

Unfortunately in the literature the definition is given in two variants: Despite the fact that Bernoulli defined B < sub > 1 </ sub > = 1 / 2 ( now known as " second Bernoulli numbers "), some authors set B < sub > 1 </ sub > = − 1 / 2 (" first Bernoulli numbers ").

Despite the difficult relations between the local Cubans and the new Europeans, some cooperation was in evidence.

Despite a cast led by Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner and some impressive battle scenes, the film was considered a disappointment by many.

" Despite having the quote presented to a notable organisation, it has also appeared in books such as " The Most Stupid Words Ever Spoken " as it is deemed by some Westerners as a prime example of a lack of understanding of foreign culinary traditions in the Western world.

Despite the potential for a financially strong owner, Stouffer had some non-baseball related financial setbacks and, consequently, the team was cash-poor.

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

Despite some early cooperative military successes against Japan, by the time that the Japanese surrendered in 1945 neither the CPC nor the KMT trusted each other or were actively cooperating.

Despite some claims that shotgun sequencing was in some ways less accurate than the clone-by-clone method chosen by the Human Genome Project, the technique became widely accepted by the scientific community and is still the de facto standard used today.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

Despite some challenges, the merger succeeded.

Despite cultural taboos on such material, circulation of erotic literature was not seen as a major problem before the invention of printing, as the costs of producing individual manuscripts limited distribution to a very small group of readers.

Despite the legends and fiction surrounding this character, his actual career was punctuated by only a handful of skirmishes followed by a desperate quest to clear his name.

Despite the deep erosion of the valleys, the surrounding uplands show little evidence of glaciation, suggesting that the ice was thin, or at least unable to cause much erosion at these higher altitudes.

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 this difference, grammatical similarities between Sakkwatanci and Ghanaian Hausa determine that the dialect, and the origin of the Ghanaian Hausa people themselves, are derived from the Northwestern Hausa area surrounding Sokoto.

Despite his army's smaller size, he was able to defeat the Solomonids at the battles of Serjan and Zikr Amhara and consequently pillaged the surrounding areas.

Despite the legal disputes surrounding this invention, it is unquestionable that Campbell was the first to actually construct a telephone circuit using loading coils.

Despite the waves of pestilence that hit Europe in the 14th century, the city continued to grow mainly due to immigration from the surrounding countryside.

Despite the fact that much of their work is discounted by the traditional French audience, Arab rappers use their work to explore issues surrounding this sense of exclusion and tensions in the community.

Despite the rarity of Prader-Willi syndrome, it has become widely-known in wider society and often depicted in popular culture, partly due to the fascination surrounding the insatiable appetite and obesity associated with the syndrome.

Despite being on the equator Uganda is more temperate than the surrounding areas due to its altitude.

Despite the league's name only its four South Division teams are actually based in Texas ; the four North Division teams are located in surrounding states of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.

Despite his fame, until recently, there have been uncertainties and controversies surrounding both his place of birth and burial.

Despite 10 years of planning, Iran's own Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization was not aware of the broad areas of flooding during much of this time and there is growing concern about the effects the dam will have on Persepolis's surrounding areas.

Despite the large population surrounding the city, Imperial Beach maintains a small residential feel.

Despite designation of of wooded, scenic land surrounding the Waverly Reservoir property and encompassing Waverly Glen park, as Two Rivers State Park in 2005, a Master Plan has yet to be developed for making the property more like a state park and less like a state forest.

Despite several Confederate attempts to reclaim the town and the surrounding area, the Federals did not withdraw until after the end of the war.

Despite the boost to the local economy, Salt Lake and the surrounding communities did not appreciate the huge military presence and tried to limit soldiers to the area around the base.

Despite this, controversies surrounding the use of the anthem in school events or media still remain.

Despite numerous official and unofficial name changes over the history of the stadium and surrounding park / facilities, the stadium has been lovingly referred to as " the Stick " by many locals and die-hard fans since its original titling of Candlestick Park in 1960.

Despite the controversy surrounding Winchell, his popularity allowed him to leverage support for causes that he valued.

A false-color satellite image of Lava Beds National Monument and the surrounding area (: Image: LavaBedsNatlMnmt L7 14jun01. jpg | more information ). Despite harsh, semi-arid conditions, native wildlife has adapted to the environmental constraints present in the region.

Despite common trends among all urban centers, the surrounding local environment heavily influences much of the climate.

The amended Autonomy Statute of Catalonia has also been legally contested by the surrounding Autonomous Communities of Aragon, Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community Despite these changes having been proposed and approved by fellow members of the PSOE, former Finance Minister Pedro Solbes disagreed with this new trend of assigning state investment quotas to territories based on any given autonomous community custom requirement and has subsequently compared the task of planning the Spanish national budget to a sudoku.

Despite repeated German counterattacks slowing its advance, the 1st Infantry Division was able to capture the high ground surrounding the city.