Despite their ongoing struggles, the Masens are reluctant to leave their home but their hand is forced by the arrival of a squad of soldiers the next day who represent a despotic new government which is setting up feudal enclaves across the country.

Despite its wartime struggles, the University was able to establish the disciplines of biology, medicine, journalism, pharmacy, and the first mining program in the nation.

Despite Spencer's early struggles to establish himself as a writer, by the 1870s he had become the most famous philosopher of the age.

Despite their struggles, the Nats would make the playoffs, getting swept by the Anderson Duffey Packers in 3 straight games.

Despite his early offensive struggles, he single-handedly spoiled potential no-hitters on April 16 and April 19.

Despite the off-field upheavals and financial struggles, Mallorca managed to stay afloat in its 14th consecutive season in the top division, under new manager Michael Laudrup.

Despite his offensive struggles, he gained recognition for his fielding skills, and an injury to Bancroft late in the season contributed to the Phillies ' poor play late in the season.

Despite their financial struggles, her family had always been encouraged by their firm belief in their devotion to causes rather than comforts.

Despite this recovery, since the dramatic General Election of 2002, the CHP has been racked by internal power struggles, and has been outclassed by the AK Party government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Despite the early season struggles, Davey was sixth in the Winston Cup standings, while defending series champ Kulwicki was ninth.

Despite the limited opportunities, it is the task of proletarian organisations today to work to establish themselves as a revolutionary force inside the working class ; this in order to be in a position to point the way ahead in the class struggle of today as a precursor to organising and leading the revolutionary struggles of tomorrow.

Despite the team's struggles in 1993 Murray had another solid season, hitting 27 home runs to finish behind Bonilla for the team lead.

Despite the facilities, the club struggles to attract a large fanbase, with attendances averaging around 300.

Despite the Jets ' offensive struggles and facing a 10-0 deficit, the Jets defense and special teams rallied to score 17 unanswered points.

Despite early on-field struggles, the team enjoyed great popularity in the community.

Despite early struggles, the club has more than tripled its membership since and in 2005 won its first premiership ( championship ) since 1933.

Despite club struggles, Heitinga never lost his spot in the national team under Marco van Basten, who took over as Dutch national coach in the summer of 2004.

Despite the new label's early financial struggles, Drag City used the profit from " Hero Zero " to press and release 1000 copies of Demolition Plot J-7.

Despite factional struggles within the party Bannon ( aged 39 ) managed to return Labor to government in the 1982 election with a 5. 9 percent two-party swing, stressing the continuation of prudent budgetary measures that had begun under David Tonkin and emphasising the economic development of the state.

Despite his predictions to the contrary Ross struggles to regain his baseball form, but slowly earns two more hits.

Despite its large player numbers, football in New Zealand struggles to compete with other sports such as rugby union, cricket and rugby league, financially and for media exposure.

Despite supporting Lula at some periods during his career, Brizola's last public acts were criticizing Lula for what he termed neoliberalist policies and for neglecting traditional left-wing and workers ' struggles.

Despite the internal struggles, the city lives a very developed cultural period.

Despite those struggles, in 2005 the Bottle Rockets stabilized from the upheavals with their good nature and trailblazing edge intact.

A documentary titled Despite the Gods about Lynch's struggles to make the film Hisss was released in 2012.

Despite the Africans ' absence, there was another new record number of entries for the qualifying tournament, with 70 nations taking part.

Despite many older parks adding themed rides and areas, qualifying the park as a theme park, the first park built with the original intension of promoting a specific theme, Santa Claus Land located in Santa Claus, Indiana, did not open until 1946.

Despite starting 15th in the race ( due to a last qualifying lap spin by Marty Roth during the second knockout session ), Tracy finished 4th behind Justin Wilson, Hélio Castroneves, and winner Scott Dixon.

Despite a good FA Cup run to the final qualifying round Higgins reign only lasted until March 2011 when following a poor run of results and form he was replaced by former Woodley Sports boss Gareth McClelland, initially on a caretaker basis.

Despite playing in four world cups, Bergomi did not appear in a single qualifying match for Italy.

Despite the changing formats, a driver attempting pole were required between 2003-2009 to do qualifying laps with the fuel they would use to start the race the next day.

Despite a dreadful Euro 96, Romania impressed in qualifying, finishing ten points clear of Ireland and were seeded for the final tournament of the 1998 World Cup thanks to their strong USA 94 showing.

Despite his domestic performances he became a regular in Berti Vogts ' Scotland set-up, scoring his first goal against the Faroe Islands during a 3 – 1 win in a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying match at Hampden Park on 6 September 2003.

Despite Latvia not qualifying for the World Cup Finals they did have success in June 2001 when they beat Estonia and Lithuania, to lift the Baltic Cup, with Pahars scoring in both games.

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 never winning the Eredivisie, the club came second in 1998-99, qualifying for the Champions League as a result.

Despite losing in qualifying competitions at different countries, Ali became the only Iraqi to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games, earning a wild-card spot because of his sportsmanship, among other things.

Despite being a regular starter on the left of midfield during England's qualifying campaign Barmby was omitted from the final squad for the 2002 World Cup and was never called up thereafter.

Despite topping the group at that point, DR Congo were later eliminated at this stage and therefore failed to progress to the third round of qualifying.

Despite the Renaults of René Arnoux and Alain Prost qualifying 1-2, their cars failed in the race leaving Ferrari occupying the top two positions with Gilles Villeneuve leading Didier Pironi.

Despite losing that cup final 1 – 0, the team still qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup in which Samuel scored against Finnish team, MyPa, at Tannadice in the second leg of the qualifying round tie.

Despite not qualifying for the World Cup in 1995, the Eagles defeated Canada on Canadian soil for the first time, by a score of 15 – 14.

Despite never qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, it reached the semi-finals of the 1960 and 1968 AFC Asian Cups, finishing third in the former.

Despite going out of the competition in the first qualifying round, the British Virgin Islands were the only side to enter the 2010 FIFA World Cup to remain unbeaten through qualification and the finals tournament ( although New Zealand was undefeated in the finals tournament, they did lose a game in qualification.

Despite appearing regularly for England in World Cup qualifying games and friendly matches, Defoe was not named in the provisional England squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and named only on a five-man standby list.

Despite failure to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, Burley was given the backing of the SFA at a meeting on 15 September 2009, to lead the country into the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.

Despite having played only 45 minutes of qualifying and 45 minutes of football under new national manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, Dyer was named in the squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Despite not making any appearances for Croatia during the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying, Butina went on to appear in all of their three group matches at the finals in Portugal after Pletikosa was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury sustained in training a few days before the first match.

Despite being born in Manchester, England, he played internationally for the Republic of Ireland, qualifying through his parentage, the first Irish international to qualify in this way.

Despite a poor showing in France with only one point from three games he continued as national coach, but after a 3-0 defeat to Poland in the first qualifying match for Euro 2000 in September 1998, he resigned from his post.