Despite the local connections to the Dukes of Bedford, there is no link to the contemporary Bedford Park in west London.

Despite the Dukes coming to his rescue on occasion, Hogg forever seems to have an irrational dislike of the clan, particularly Bo and Luke, often accusing them of spying on him, robbing or planning to rob him, and other supposedly nefarious actions as he believes they are generally out to get him.

Despite extensive preparation and rehearsals in North London ( Dukes Avenue, Muswell Hill ) the original success was sadly never achieved.

Despite his amiable, bumbling ways, Enos is invariably the most capable of the Hazzard police in dealing with real threats: he usually is the one to handcuff the bad guys or draw his gun to cover them, and he usually is a much more capable driver than others when pursuing the Dukes or a criminal.

Despite the cars ' appreciation in value, the company was often financially troubled.

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 being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.

( Despite the name " street craps ," this game is often played in houses, usually on an uncarpeted garage or kitchen floor.

Despite the move away from the Valley, Charlton were promoted to the First Division as Second Division runners-up at the end of 1985 – 86, and remained at this level for four years ( achieving a highest league finish of 14th ) often with late escapes, most notably against Leeds in 1987, where the Addicks triumphed in extra-time of the play-off final replay to secure their top flight place.

Despite the fact that Barks had done little traveling his adventure stories often had the duck clan globe trotting to the most remote or spectacular of places.

Despite this requirement, many of the stories are fictional, often appearing as " original submissions " and presenting no further sources than unverified ( and unreliable ) " eyewitnesses ".

Despite a booming growth in American periodicals around this time period, fueled in part by new technology, many did not last beyond a few issues and publishers often refused to pay their writers or paid them much later than they promised.

Despite the foundation of the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film ( Young German Film Committee ) in 1965, set up under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of the Interior to support new German films financially, the directors of this New German Cinema, who rejected co-operation with the existing film industry, were consequently often dependent on money from television.

Despite a history of important and successful productions, the industry has often been characterised by a debate about its identity and the level of American and European influence.

Despite often objecting, Emma is usually party to ethically questionable practices and occasionally finds them amusing.

Despite being Mike's closest friend, Mike frequently ignores Geoff's issues, and their conversations often serve to reinforce Mike's beliefs.

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 this remarkable achievement, the Gatling's weight and cumbersome artillery carriage hindered their ability to keep up with infantry forces over difficult ground, particularly in Cuba, where roads were often little more than jungle footpaths.

Despite not representing characters and licensed properties as intended, companies often view these works as a free form of license recognition and advertising through dedicated fandom.

Despite the ape-like morphology of the bodies, H. habilis remains are often accompanied by primitive stone tools ( e. g. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania and Lake Turkana, Kenya ).

Despite the fact that Palamism has never been officially condemned by the Catholic Church, Western theologians have tended to reject it, often equating it with quietism.

Despite Iceman's often well-liked personality, he has always seemed unable to maintain any sort of long-time relationships, with one exception being Opal, although that too ended.

Despite their similarities as polemicists, novelists, adapters, and playwrights, Sartre's literary work has been counterposed, often pejoratively, to that of Camus in the popular imagination.

Despite the often fierce rivalry with the SS, the Foreign Office played a key role in arranging the deportations of Jews to the death camps from France ( 1942 – 44 ), Hungary ( 1944 – 45 ), Slovakia, Italy ( after 1943 ), and the Balkans.

Despite its small proportions, Luxembourg often played an intermediary role between larger countries.

Despite all this progress the nature of intermetallic compounds and alloys largely remained a mystery and their study was often empirical.

Despite sanitary concerns, its consumption is extremely widespread in cities because it's the most practical and often cheapest way to lunch after fast food.

Despite his often outspoken views in public, Tremblay's treatment of politics in his plays is subtle.

Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.

Despite this, in an editorial in his newspaper Das Reich in November 1941 Goebbels quoted Hitler ’ s 1939 " prophecy " that the Jews would be the loser in the coming world war.

Despite the Rhodesian Constitution of 1965 coming into effect as a result of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, appeals continued to be accepted by the Privy Council as late as 1969 due to the fact that under international law, Rhodesia remained a UK colony.

Despite their needs, prairie dogs are very social animals and come to seem as though they treat humans as members of their colony, answering barks and chirps, and even coming when called by name.

Despite Qatar's coming under British " protection ," Abdullah bin Jassim was far from secure: recalcitrant tribes refused to pay tribute ; disgruntled family members intrigued against him ; and he felt vulnerable to the designs of Bahrain, not to mention the Wahhabis.

Despite coming from a religious family, Noyce was an agnostic.

Despite this, the film was reviewed negatively by critics for its perceived amateurish production and self-indulgent content, with the fantasy sequences in particular coming in for some of the harshest criticism.

Despite this alliance, Thrasamund failed to aid Theodoric when the Byzantine Navy ravaged the coast of southern Italy, preventing him from coming assist King Alaric of the Visigoths in the Battle of Vouillé, which contributed to Alaric's defeat.

Despite his penchant for coming in " under budget ," Capra spent an additional five shooting days in multiple takes, testing angles and " new " perspectives, treating the production as a type of workshop exercise.

Despite coming from a typical all-American family, Dexter speaks with an accent, a reference to Tartakovsky's own accent that he spoke with during childhood.

Despite the amount of waterfront property and the number of boaters coming from Sunapee, the fire department does not have a public safety diver.

Despite a 3 – 0 win over Panathinaikos in their first match, courtesy of a Vincenzo Iaquinta hat trick, the team failed to qualify for the knockout rounds, coming in third in their group, equal on points with second placed Werder and behind eventual champions Barcelona.

Despite describing the test as " an archaic exercise in cruelty ", he secretly injects Buffy with muscle relaxants and adrenaline suppressors, which weaken her significantly, before finally coming clean when the vampire she is meant to fight escapes.

Despite positive reaction, the timing of the initial staging was bad ( coming mere days after the September 11 attacks ), and even after subsequent readings, the show never attained the investors needed to become a full-blown production.

Despite coming from money and being a business genius, in his younger years his amazing work ethic and determination took a while to pay off.

Despite the long history of men's steeplechase in track and field, the women's steeplechase only gained World Championship status in 2005, with its first Olympic appearance coming in 2008.

Despite coming across as very intimidating, he is actually very laid-back and friendly.

Despite the lack of resources, a number of young talented players were found to play for the club ; crucially, when many of these moved on, including Stephen Pearson and James McFadden, they brought revenue in the form of transfer fees, and with John Boyle waiving the club's personal debt to him, its financial future was assured by the conclusion of the 2004 – 05 season with the club's yearly losses falling to one of the lowest figures in the Premier League and the club coming out of administration in time to avoid a ten-point Premier League penalty which was being phased in for teams in administration.

Despite its optimistic predictions, it came third in the 2003 elections, coming behind the Flemish Liberals and Democrats ( VLD ) and the SP. A-Spirit cartel.

Despite the fact that many in the industry are considered to be poorly prepared for the changes coming into effect, The most significant identifiable trends are:

Despite coming under heavy Turkish fire, he returned safely from this outing, and for his action he received the Distinguished Service Order.

Despite the field closing in he held on to win the stage by 4 seconds, the peloton coming in less than a minute behind.

Despite some critics who had said " Nobody would be interested in coming to see you " the band had a very successful tour including Germany with shows selling out night after night.

Despite coming from a technically purely human background, Susan has inherited abilities from her adoptive Grandfather through a way that is more than conventional means: Into Death's family, her mother, Ysabell was merely adopted, into Death's family, her father, Mort merely married, but, into Death's family, Susan was conceived and born ; " some things were inherited through more than genetics ... some things were inherited through the soul ... some things were in the bones.

Despite the UN's hopes that Genosha's civil war between humans and mutants would destroy or at least occupy him, Magneto ultimately crushed all opposition to his rule and rebuilt the nation by forming an army of mutants dedicated to his cause, including mutants coming from all over the world seeking sanctuary.