Despite its brevity, the First Samnite War results in the major acquisition by Rome of the rich land of Campania with its capital of Capua.

Despite the comparative brevity of his career, in 1998, he was ranked number 25 on The Hockey News list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

" Despite the brevity of his poetic career and output, Ransom won the Bollingen Prize for Poetry in 1951.

" Despite the brevity of his stay on the Second Circuit, Harlan would serve as the Circuit Justice responsible for the Second Circuit throughout his Supreme Court capacity, and, in that capacity, would enjoyably attend the Circuit's annual conference, bringing his wife and catching up on the latest gossip.

Despite the brevity of his reign, Ezzelino ’ s reputed cruelty became symbolic of tyranny.

Despite its relative brevity, the War of the Reunions developed a reputation for being an especially bloody conflict.

Despite the brevity of his career, in 1999, he was ranked number 84 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.

Despite the brevity of his career, Busby was among the first two players elected to the Royals Hall of Fame.

Despite the brevity of his career, the time passed since it ended, and a reputation for rough play, in 1998, he was ranked number 96 on The Hockey News list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

Despite the relative brevity of his formal studies, Volodos has been naturally and rapidly propelled into the elite pantheon of the world's most important pianists.

" Despite Proposition 209, however, Berkeley Law was still able to achieve a diverse student body.

Despite a huge effort by political leadership on both sides of the aisle to defeat it, the electorate passed Proposition 200 with 56 percent of voters voting in the affirmative.

Despite those two close triumphs ( 22 – 21 against the Dolphins in the Divisional Round, and 17 – 13 against the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game ), the Chargers lost Super Bowl XXIX to the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 49 – 26, who were led by quarterback Steve Young ( Super Bowl MVP ) and wide receiver Jerry Rice.

Despite this, Liu Xiu, the later Emperor Guangwu of Han, buys crossbows in the winter of 22 in order to aid the rebellion of his brother Liu Yan ( styled Bosheng ) and Li Tong.

Despite much speculation that he would retire at the end of the 2006 season, Hird played out the 2007 season, playing 17 of a possible 22 games.

Despite repeated assaults and heavy fighting, the Turks were unable to breach the defences and were forced to raise the siege after 22 days.

Despite the existence of a narrow channel through the beach obstacles, the ramps and mines there accounted for the loss 22 LCVPs, 2 LCI ( L ) s and 4 LCTs.

Despite being filmed in the first half of 1968, roughly between Mardi Gras and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, with production starting on February 22 the film did not have a U. S. premiere until July 1969, after having won an award at the Cannes film festival in May.

Despite an offer from the private-equity firm Najafi Companies, Borders was not able to find a buyer before its July 17 bidding deadline, and therefore began liquidating its remaining 399 retail outlets on July 22, with the last remaining stores closing their doors on Sunday, September 18, 2011.

Despite falling for two consecutive weeks and leaving the charts, the song re-entered at number 22, its peak position, on April 26, 2003.

Despite being widely criticised in the UK press for being " self indulgent " and " not rock n ' roll ", the first album sold well in the UK and Europe, reaching number 22 on the UK charts.

Despite the lack of consensus among political forces in Peru regarding this proposal, the ad hoc OAS meeting of ministers nevertheless approved Fujimori ’ s offer in mid-May, and elections for the CCD were held on 22 November 1992.

Despite its republican ethos, the Second Dáil responded favourably to George V's proposals on 22 June for a Truce, which became effective from noon on 11 July 1921.

Despite taking heavy losses the German infantry were not repulsed until around 22: 30.

Despite earning a shutout in their first game, a 5 – 0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on December 22, 1920 — the only team ever to do so up to that point — the Tigers were as noncompetitive as the Bulldogs.

Despite not covering more than 25 mares in any season, Man o ' War sired 379 named foals during 22 seasons at stud.

Despite Elway completing only 11 of 22 passes, throwing no TDs, but one interception, they went on to defeat the Packers 31 – 24, finally winning a Super Bowl after three failed attempts for Elway ( and four for the team ).

Despite highly controlled conditions to minimize adverse effects, 22 % of subjects ( 8 of 36 ) had notable experiences of fear, some with paranoia.

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 initial breakthrough, however, full desegregation of the schools was a far cry from reality in Nashville in the mid 1950s, and thus 22 plaintiffs, including black student Robert Kelley, filed suit against the Nashville Board of Education in 1955.

Despite resistance from Eden and other government officials, who noted that one million ' LDV ' armbands had already been printed and the cost of printing another million ' Home Guard ' armbands would be excessive, Churchill would not be dissuaded ; on 22 July the LDV was officially renamed the Home Guard.

Despite this, during a discussion on Newsnight on 22 October 2010 he argued that a 5 % cut to his £ 65, 738 salary was equal to the ' pain ' suffered by Britain's poor.

Despite the decline of his team and his advancing age, Malone averaged 25. 5, 23. 2, 22. 4, and 20. 6 points per game in his last four seasons with Utah.

Despite the popular myth there was no warning " Germany will attack on 22 June without declaration of war ", moreover, Soviet intelligence reported that Germany would either invade the USSR after fall of the British Empire or after an unacceptable ultimatum demanding German occupation of Ukraine during the German invasion of Britain.

Despite mostly negative critical reception, the film grossed a modest $ 9. 3 million in its opening weekend ( February 20 – 22, 2004 ), debuting at # 2, right behind Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates.

Despite his endorsement of his opponent, Tuttle garnered 48, 051 votes ( 22 percent of the vote ) in the actual election.

Despite being defended by well-known attorneys such as Nathaniel Boyden and William Nathan Harrell Smith, he was convicted on six of the eight charges against him by the Democrats of the North Carolina Senate in straight party-line votes on March 22, 1871.

Despite the seniority and added prestige, the Chief Justice's vote carries the same legal weight as each of the other eight justices.

Despite his complaints that the house was too big (" big enough for two emperors, one pope, and the grand lama in the bargain "), Jefferson considered how the White House might be added to.

Despite organizational changes and while additional techniques were added, the Transcendental Meditation technique itself remained relatively unchanged.

Despite the decline of European settlement and the loss of contact, Denmark – Norway continued to maintain its claim to lordship of Greenland: in the 1660s, a polar bear was added to the royal coat of arms.

Despite the added penalties, citizens and shippers openly ignored the embargo.

Despite these arguments, " Mong " was not added to the bill.

Despite its name, both the shrine and the cult originally belonged to Helen ; Menelaus was added later as her husband.

Despite those particular scenes being shot at strategic angles, a censored version was released with a stream of computer-generated flowers added in to cover up more.

Despite his family's objections and the added pressure of raising a second daughter, France, born on 12 July, Brel left Brussels for Paris in the fall of 1953.

Despite being named for Gen. John Stark and originally being known and appearing on maps as Stark County when initially created and organized, an e was added to the county's name fairly early in its history.

Despite motte-and-bailey and ringworks being common designs amongst Norman castles, each fortification was slightly different – some castles were designed with two baileys attached to a single motte, and some ringworks were built with additional towers added on ; yet other castles were built as ringworks and later converted to motte-and-bailey structures.

Despite her lack of a driving licence, she attracted controversy when she told local government leaders to give added emphasis to motor vehicle access in urban areas, as " most pedestrians are walking to or from their cars.

Despite being robbed of some quickness and athleticism, he still managed to score 27. 0 points per game, and he also added 6. 7 assists per contest, his highest average as a member of the Jazz.

Despite the added features, APS never really caught on with professional photographers because of the significantly smaller film area ( 56 % of 135 film ).

Despite multiple uses of profanity, the Parental Advisory sticker was never added.

Despite the innovative packaging, added features and superior performance, this $ 3, 995 product was stillborn and never had a chance to succeed due to the failure of Otrona shortly after its release.

Despite the added firepower, the Wings saw some improvement, going 8-8 in 2006 but missing the postseason on tiebreakers.

Despite this, the name of each winning club is still added to the base of the original Dewar Cup.

Despite their similarities to SDRE, Mineral emerged at the same time as that group and added their own less intense, more brooding flavor to the then-emerging " Midwest " sound.

Despite the efforts of O ' Brien, who added Newsy Lalonde from the Canadiens to Renfrew, the first championship went to the Wanderers, taking over the Stanley Cup and successfully defending it against Edmonton.

Despite already being the target of an intensive Gestapo search, she exposed herself to the added danger of helping the Jews.

Despite the lack of trees on supermoto courses, ' bark busters ' ( hand guards ) are frequently added to supermoto bikes due the extreme cornering angles achieved by riders.

Despite the financial uncertainties of the time, a traveling secretary was added to the fraternity payroll.

Despite the abandonment of development of VirtualDubMod, some of its features can be added to VirtualDub through input plugins and ACM codecs provided by users on VirtualDub forums.

Despite having sold a short story and several articles under his real name, he initially submitted his first novel under a pseudonym ; it was the editor of that novel, Lester Del Rey, who first demanded he use his real name and then added the hyphen to create the name Lawrence Watt-Evans.