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 strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.

Despite the strenuous efforts made by General Francisco Morazán from the presidency of the Republic.

Despite strenuous efforts to surmount this, Freyberg, who was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1936, was obliged to retire on 16 October 1937.

Despite strenuous calls from Volvo dealers for a 6-cylinder Volvo station wagon, including a prototype built in Melbourne, Australia

Despite protesting the strenuous nature of the players ' workload in this new era, Chappell found himself leading the team to Pakistan two weeks after the end of the Australian season.

Despite their personality clash, Winters later stated he felt that at least part of Easy Company's success had been due to Sobel's strenuous training and high expectations.

Despite strenuous denials from Ron Dennis stories continued to circulate during the 2004 / 2005 off-season that Newey's departure was imminent.

Despite the Democratic majority in Congress, the effort to create a national health care system ultimately died when compromise legislation by George J. Mitchell failed to gain a majority of support in August 1994.

Despite his all-out effort to reduce the public-sector deficit, the overall ratio of fiscal deficit to the GDP in 1990 showed little change from that in 1989.

Despite his opposition to Operation Barbarossa and a preference for focusing the war effort against Britain, on 28 June 1941, Ribbentrop began a sustained effort to have Japan attack the Soviet Union without bothering to inform Hitler first.

Despite the name, it simply gives a player a chance of killing another player dependent on how much OOC currency that player put into the effort.

Despite his physicians ' predictions to the contrary, after great effort Baba managed to walk again, but from that point on he was in constant pain and was severely limited in his ability to move.

Despite some early success, the wolves were relocated to North Carolina in 1998, ending the effort to reintroduce the species to the Park.

Despite a valiant effort by McNeal, the 185 lb.

Despite their great defensive effort, the Giants still trailed 13-9 late in the fourth quarter, but a 30-yard run from linebacker Gary Reasons on a fake punt set up kicker Matt Bahr's fourth field goal, cutting their deficit to 13-12.

Despite a reversal in Buddhist influence which began under King Langdarma ( 836-842 ), the following centuries saw a colossal effort in collecting available Indian sources, many of which are now extant only in Tibetan translation.

Despite the departure of Stevie Nicks, Christine remained loyal to Mick Fleetwood and her former husband, recording five songs for the band's 1995 effort Time.

Despite the disdain of sousaphones held by most serious tuba players, a quality modern sousaphone is often a better choice for the high school or semi-pro player due to more stable intonation and less breath effort needed to generate tone.

" Despite a serious preservation effort, The Museum of Arts & Design radically altered the building, which reopened in 2008.

Despite the resulting poor production, the album was a well-received effort that was credited for blending elements of thrash and speed metal.

Despite being impacted by diversion of resources to jump start the Apple / IBM / Motorola effort, the POWER2 took five years from start to system shipment.

Despite Picard's effort to force her to do her duty, in the end, she betrays Starfleet and joins the rebel group.

Despite Miller's effort, the Pacers lost, sending Miller into retirement without an NBA Championship in his 18-year career, all with the Pacers.

Despite a two-goal effort ( one on a shorthanded breakaway ) from Linden ( who was playing with cracked ribs ), Vancouver lost the game by a 3 – 2 score.

Despite a valiant effort, the Tramp is thrashed.

Despite the hardships, the city made an effort to renovate the degraded area of St-Leu during this time.

Despite his effort, Australia lost and the West Indies took an unassailable lead of 2 – 0.

Despite years of effort and the occasional hoax ( i. e. cold fusion ), no man-made fusion reaction has produced more energy than it consumed and been a viable source of electricity.

Despite the apparent effort, the rules and regulations of the LAC were not fairly implemented.

Despite the UN Resolution, UNITA was able to continue to sell or barter some diamonds in order to finance its war effort.

Despite this, she was acknowledged only as Dowager Princess of Wales by Henry.

Despite her family ’ s vehement disapproval, she eloped with Urbano in 1917 to live at his parents ' home in Gambettola.

Despite this, she was still determined to make a comeback in the fashion industry.

Despite her private religion, she did not attempt to reimpose Catholicism on her largely Protestant subjects, thus angering the chief Catholic nobles.

Despite her rejection of religion, she continued to maintain a personal belief in a God of some sort, relating in her autobiography that she believed in " an unseen over-ruling Power ," " which science calls Nature and religion calls God.

Despite the promise to spare his family, Bukharin's wife, Anna Larina, was sent to a labor camp, but she survived to see her husband officially rehabilitated by the Soviet state under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988.

Despite being friends with Margaret, she has driven Margaret mad a few times, notably in " Only a Story ", when she moved in with the Meldrews after her flat had been flooded and drove Margaret to the point of distraction with her complaining and laziness.

Despite this and reports of Indira Gandhi keeping red pandas as pets when she was a child, widespread adoption of these animals as pets has not been reported.

Despite the Jim Crow laws and discrimination by registrars, she succeeded in registering to vote on her third try.

Despite initial opposition from her parents and difficulties presented by a sexist society, she gained education from books in her father's library and from correspondence with famous mathematicians such as Lagrange, Legendre, and Gauss.

Despite the pain, she continued to work.

Despite these insecurities, she became a renowned public presence, eventually helping to lead the women's movement.

Despite Lady Sayer's establishment background, she was a fearless and impassionedfighter in the defence of Dartmoor: frequently she deliberately interrupted army live-firing exercises on Dartmoor's military ranges, and in 1985 snubbed The Prince of Wales over the Duchy of Cornwall's management plan for Dartmoor, since this allowed for a continuance of military usage.

Despite her frequent pregnancies, she travelled with Shah Jahan's entourage throughout his earlier military campaigns and the subsequent rebellion against his father.

Despite Mary believing she was pregnant numerous times during her five-year reign, she never reproduced.

Despite this, Elizabeth would not name Mary her heir ; as she had experienced during the reign of her predecessor Mary I, the opposition could flock around the heir if they were disheartened with Elizabeth's rule.

Despite the uncertainty of Elizabeth's – and therefore the Tudor dynasty's – hold on England, she never married.

Despite his disapproval of " theatrical people ", they were married on 20 December 1932, and she terminated her studies at RADA.

Despite being on her husband's arm when he was released in 1990, the first time the two had been seen in public for nearly thirty years, the Mandelas ' 38-year marriage ended when they separated in April 1992 after it was revealed that she had been unfaithful to Nelson during his imprisonment.

Despite Gabrielle's hopes that she would " be good ", Hope killed Xena's son Solan before being poisoned by Gabrielle herself.