Despite their embrace of the principle of rectilinear inertia and the recognition of the kinematical relativity of apparent motion ( which underlies whether the Ptolemaic or the Copernican system is correct ), natural philosophers of the seventeenth century continued to consider true motion and rest as physically separate descriptors of an individual body.

Despite a 1995 apology regarding World War II by Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, tensions still remain, mostly because many Chinese feel there is a lack of true remorse for wartime crimes committed by Imperial Japanese forces.

Despite his differences with the Lutherans, he did not deny that they were members of the true Church.

Despite their slightly lower output, " Toasters " produce a brighter, cleaner sound, and are generally seen as key to obtaining the true British Invasion guitar tone, as they were original equipment of the era.

Despite being contemporary with true Neolithic henges and stone circles, Stonehenge is in many ways atypical – for example, at over tall, its extant trilithons supporting lintels held in place with mortise and tenon joints, make it unique.

Despite his cursing them as " slimy things " earlier in the poem (" Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs / upon the slimy sea "), he suddenly sees their true beauty and blesses them (" a spring of love gush'd from my heart and I bless'd them unaware "); suddenly, as he manages to pray, the albatross falls from his neck and his guilt is partially expiated.

Despite the plaudits, the film was considered a step back cinematically with the feel of filmed theater, however Kazan did at first use a more open setting but then felt compelled to revert to the stage atmosphere to remain true to the script.

Despite his reputation for corruption, he helped popularize a number of famous weapons and vehicles, such as the Maxim gun ( one of the first fully automatic machine guns ) and the first true submarine.

Despite the diplomacy of Edward, John remained true to his French commitments until his death in December 1355.

Despite being the talk of London society, only his followers and possibly the Prince of Wales know the Pimpernel's true identity.

Despite being one of the most studied proteins in biology, its true physiological function is not yet conclusively established: mice genetically engineered to lack myoglobin are viable, but showed a 30 % reduction in cardiac systolic output.

Despite the majority of contemporaneous scholars and writers agreeing that Peter was the true author of the Crusade and that its aims became corrupted and violent over time in contrast to the purer and mostly non-violent People's Crusade, most recent scholars such as Jonathan Riley-Smith consider such views as an excellent instance of the legendary amplification of the First Crusade — an amplification which, beginning during the crusade itself, in the " idolizations " of the different camps ( idola castrorum, if one may pervert Bacon ), soon developed into a regular saga.

Despite the word " cobra " in its name, this snake is not a member of Naja (" true cobras ") but belongs to its own genus.

Despite this rather negative and villainous attitude, the malandro is often depicted as a hero because, in contrast to his methods, he does not use his cunning for true harm and malice.

Despite solid songwriting and album production, they never scored a true " hit ", which eventually resulted in the band's breakup in September 2003.

Despite its English name, this species is more closely related to kites of the genera Leptodon and Chondrohierax than to true buzzards in Buteo.

Despite this difference in method, the midrashim of the older and of the younger halakha alike believed that they had sought only the true meaning of the Scriptures.

Despite its name, the electric eel is not closely related to true eels ( Anguilliformes ) but is a member of the Neotropical knifefishes ( Gymnotiformes ), more closely related to catfishes.

Despite being rejected by the Coliseum, the Buccaneers did play two true home games in Los Angeles, both of them exhibition games against the AFL's New York Yankees in January 1927.

Despite failing to eliminate John Connor, it is later revealed in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines that the T-1000 " inadvertently interfered " with the development of his relationships with Kate Brewster ( Claire Danes / Bryce Dallas Howard ), whom he attended school with, and her father, Robert ( David Andrews ), who was the true creator of Skynet by using Cyberdyne Systems ' research.

Despite regular fires destroying a large area of the city of Nagasaki, notably no true firestorm occurred in the city, even though a higher yielding weapon was utilized.

Despite this, Plantinga does accept that some philosophers before Gettier have advanced a justified true belief account of knowledge, specifically C. I.

Despite his upbringing, however, he didn't experience a true conversion to Christianity until 19 September 1965, when he repented in the Ravenhill Free Presbyterian Church after listening to Ian Paisley preach on Matthew 8: 12 (" But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth ").

About three years later his seigniory of Saint-Simon in Vermandois was erected into a duchy, and he was created a peer of France. Despite the estrangement of later years, he had a true regard for the King, and brought his son up to revere him as the model of kingship.

Despite mission replanning necessitated by Challenger < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s abort to orbit trajectory, the Spacelab mission was declared a success.

Despite this particular mission, in winning the Albigensians over by persuasion Dominic met limited success, " for though in his ten years of preaching a large number of converts were made, it has to be said that the results were not such as had been hoped for.

Despite the presence of an EU observer mission, canceled ballots and illegal voting took place, the majority of which in RPT strongholds.

Despite these misgivings and a loss of operational surprise, the SEALs of TU Papa proceeded with their mission.

Despite forced conversions to Catholicism ( as evidenced by the establishment of a mission at each surviving pueblo ) by the Spanish, the Pueblo tribes have been able to maintain much of their traditional lifestyle.

Despite their mission army of 14, 000, the Jesuits submitted without resistance.

Despite occasional successes, the mission failed to produce a consistent and sustained supply of pig iron.

Despite his vast numeric superiority, Davout's mission was not easy, as the Austrians had a numerous cavalry and artillery available to support their infantry.

Despite its official isolation, however, the government in Mmabatho managed to set up a trade mission in Tel Aviv, Israel, and conducted some business with neighbouring Botswana in an effort to sway attitudes ; furthermore, Botswana agreed on " informal arrangements " short of official recognition in order to facilitate cross-border travel.

Despite heavy losses, in the Winter War the Red Army's 20th Tank Brigade, equipped with T-28s, fulfilled its mission to break the defensive Mannerheim Line.

Despite her efforts to end their threat, which even included exiling them to empty pocket-dimensions, the Dark Judges always manage to return eventually, ever determined to fulfil their mission.

Despite the descent engine programming error, NASA deemed the mission a success in demonstrating the LM systems, and a second unmanned flight test using LM-2 was canceled.

Despite being technically a civilian, she remained as first officer of the Enterprise and the crew continued to refer to her by her High Command rank of Sub-Commander during the mission.

Despite her mission, she still finds time to rape Akemi, but Jyaku Amano intervenes and destroys her.

Despite the pressure of being outqualified by debutant team-mate Michael Schumacher de Cesaris was on a mission all weekend.

Despite their casual approach to the mission, he successfully surveyed the airstrip, installed remotely operated infrared lights and a strobe to outline a landing pattern for pilots, and took soil samples to determine the load-bearing properties of the desert surface.

Despite the destruction of the stage, the mission was classified as a success, having achieved all of its primary objectives and validating the design concept of the restartable dash-500 version.

Despite these objections, in 1881, a large fact-finding mission was sent to Japan to stay for seventy days observing Japanese government offices, factories, military and police organizations, and business practices.

Despite the fact that they were under a constant attack from enemy artillery, tank, and air forces, they still succeeded in the completion of their mission.

Despite the premature shutdown, the vehicle safely achieved a slightly lower orbit and was able to complete the mission as planned.

Despite Sub-commander T ' Pol and Commander Tucker's objections to the delay in Enterprises mission, Archer orders Tucker to return to the ship and repair the hatchery's bio-support.

Despite the failure of UNAMIR in its main mission, its humanitarian services during the 1994 genocide are recognized to this day as having saved the lives of thousands or tens of thousands of Rwandan Tutsi and Hutu moderates who would have otherwise been killed.

Despite this, Dolby was sent on a mission and during this mission he panicked and accidentally killed a man.