Despite the above, the noun form in English (" attendant ") is someone who waits on another, generally with menial tasks and in a temporary fashion, as on an airplane or hotel ; whereas ' assistant ' implies a longer-term, higher level, and often contractual (= employment ), relationship.

Despite his landslide victory, Louis-Napoléon was faced with a Parliament dominated by monarchists, who saw his government only as a temporary bridge to a restoration of either the House of Bourbon or of Orléans.

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

Despite his incapacitation, he refused entreaties to turn over temporary command of the army to his second-in-command, Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch.

Despite the encouraging tones of the temporary constitution, the new government descended into an autocracy with Qasim at its head.

Despite the temporary setback, the moves against the ever-weakening Roman masters resulted in Emperor Julian buying peace in 358 by handing over Toxandria to the Salians who then became Roman allies and provided troops for the imperial army.

Despite urbanisation of Finland and a temporary nadir in support, the party managed to continue to attract voters.

Despite concerns that the move to Pittsburgh and temporary date shift would decrease attendance, it actually rose to 2, 489, which was enough to ensure the future of the convention in Pittsburgh.

Despite having no connection to the university, he joined Birmingham University Officers ' Training Corps in 1912, and was thus able to be commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 22 August 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War ; in later life, as a result of his modest social origins and unpretentious manner, he was sometimes wrongly supposed to have risen from the ranks.

Despite this, the RJAF had to rationalize its existing resources due to a temporary downfall in spare parts and supplies.

Despite the difficulties involved, Edmund's classes were so popular that another temporary school had to be set up on another of his properties, this time in nearby Stephen Street.

Despite her new ( temporary ) role, at the end of the novel, she was asked, and acquiesced, to make tea by Granny Weatherwax, a role usually performed by the Maiden ( in this case, Agnes Nitt.

Despite the Army's extensive efforts to inform the public that the star-and cross-shaped grave markers were only temporary, an outcry arose in 1951 when permanent flat granite markers replaced them.

Despite a temporary occupation of Konya in 1190 by German forces of the Third Crusade, the sultanate was quick to recover and consolidate its power.

Despite this diversion, and under Head's temporary stewartship, the team still secured the constructors titles in and both the constructors ' and drivers title ( with Nelson Piquet ) in.

Despite Schmertz pumping over $ 200, 000 into renovations, it was completely inadequate even as a temporary facility.

Despite the awkwardness of his status as ( temporary ) queen-consort, his confession of the matter to Elayne did manage to smooth over some of the more frosty contretemps that had gone on between them previously.

Despite the ties to the Torontos, the Maple Leafs do not claim the Blue Shirts ' history as their own, although the team includes the history of the " temporary " Toronto NHL franchise of 1917 – 18.

Despite the temporary nature of the vision loss, those experiencing amaurosis fugax are usually advised to consult a physician immediately as it is a symptom that usually heralds serious vascular events, including stroke.

Despite these temporary successes, over the years it spent in the A-League ( later renamed USL-D1 ), the team fared relatively poorly on the field and ultimately failed to consistently draw crowds of more than about 2000 people.

Despite there being relatively few servicemen permanently posted to BATUS, these numbers are significantly increased by temporary staff who form the bulk of the Range Safety and Control Group ( RSCG ) ( which provides live fire safety and training delivery ) as well a large proportion of the camp based supporting organisations including a dedicated logistics squadron and a REME workshop.

Despite the unpopularity of his appointment, Cauchon remained Speaker of the Senate until June 30, 1872 ( though he stepped down on a temporary basis on two occasions, for eleven days in total ).

Despite earning a degree at university, she is stuck in temporary secretarial jobs, and envies her best friend Claudia, who did the same things Mandy did but is going places.

Despite this, his new contacts within journalism allowed him to get temporary jobs writing play reviews for the Pall Mall Gazette and the Ladies ' Field.

Despite the great number of geometric microliths that have been found in Western Europe, few examples show any clear evidence of their use, and all the examples are from the Mesolithic or Neolithic periods.

Despite the physical toll it took on his body, he continued to undergo long periods of seclusion and fasting.

Despite the wide regional variations in climate by latitude and other geographic factors, the long-term average global climate is quite stable during interglacial periods, and variations of a degree or two of average global temperature have historically had major effects on the ecological balance, and on the actual geography of the Earth.

Despite his importance to the myths and imaginative literature of ancient Greece, the religious cult of Prometheus during the Archaic and Classical periods seems to have been limited.

Despite the specific set of meanings associated with the religion of the ancient Rome, the word has now become quite widely used to describe a house of worship for any number of religions and is even used for time periods prior to the Romans.

Despite these criticisms, however, many sophists flourished in later periods, especially during the era of Roman history known as the Second Sophistic.

Despite the Moon's rotational and orbital periods being exactly locked, about 59 % of the Moon's total surface may be seen with repeated observations from Earth due to the phenomena of librations and parallax.

Despite strong performances from Mogilny and team-leading point-scorer Martin Gelinas in Bure and Linden's absence ( both of whom were injured for long periods of time during the season ), the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first of four consecutive seasons that year.

Despite continued Champa-Khmer attacks, the Trần managed to arrange several periods of peace with them.

Despite sporadic periods of persecution, Jewish communal and cultural life flowered in this period.

Despite research showing almost no relation between growth and the achievement of the goals 2 to 7 and statistics showing that during periods of growth poverty levels in some cases have actually risen ( e. g. Uganda grew by 2. 5 % annually between 2000 – 2003, yet poverty levels rose by 3. 8 %), researchers at the ODI suggest growth is necessary, but that it must be equitable.

Despite her best intentions, Eliza's stubbornness that she's always right leads her strong desire to help to become destructive, she has also been seen to develop brief periods of megalomania on more than one occasion.

Despite their effectiveness, CCB's often have a high mortality rate over extended periods of use, and have been known to have multiple side effects.

Despite damage inflicted during World War I, the city features houses and villas reflecting all periods of its development-Russian, Polish and Lithuanian.

Despite his later periods abroad and imprisonment, he was still on regimental strength at the time of his death twelve years later.

Despite common ethnic heritage with Dzurdzuketia, it was not always linked to its brotherly southern neighbor, although it was in certain periods.

Despite being located midway between Celtic and Rangers, Queen's Park's long resistance to professionalism has resulted in not having competed in the same division as them for long periods of time, and thus turning to rivals in lower divisions, such as Partick Thistle, Clyde and Albion Rovers.

Despite similar gestation periods, haplorhine newborns are relatively much larger than strepsirrhine newborns, but have a longer dependence period on their mother.

Despite the lack of certainty regarding the stylistic movements and periods of Divan poetry, however, certain highly different styles are clear enough, and can perhaps be seen as exemplified by certain poets:

Despite the harsh environment, the monastery remained an important centre of religious and cultural activity for many centuries ; at certain periods the monasteries owned extensive agricultural lands and many villages.

Despite these periods of relative inactivity, the fort did manage to play a small role in the American Civil War, briefly acting as a prison for three Confederate political prisoners.

Despite subsequent intermittent periods of small Jewish groups offering the traditional sacrifices on the Temple Mount, the practice effectively ended.

Despite suffering a violent earthquake in 17 AD, it reached its peak during the Roman and Byzantine periods.

Despite its development Buje has retained many features typical of various historical periods.