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 Proposition 22 ( it added only fourteen words to the Family Code ) its effect provoked debate long after its passage.

" 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, and certainly to some extent because of, this bloodbath, the Liu Song produced much great poetry ( shi 詩 ) and other poetic genres, notably the rhapsody, fu 賦.

Despite the rather poetic homage paid to it in the 1968 song, MacArthur Park became known for violence after 1985 when drug-dealing, shoot-outs and the occasional rumored drowning became commonplace, with as many as 30 murders in 1990.

Despite his failure in politics, Cao Zhi was hailed as one of the representatives of the poetic style of his time, together with his father Cao Cao, his elder brother Cao Pi and several other poets.

" Despite this defense of his poetic achievement in Peer Gynt, the play was his last to employ verse ; from The League of Youth ( 1869 ) onwards, Ibsen was to write drama only in prose.

Despite its emphasis on contemporary poets, the Shin Kokinshū covered a broader range of poetic ages than the Kokinshū, including ancient poems that the editors of the first anthology had deliberately excluded.

Despite their frequent clashes, Ocvirk would later become the editor of Kosovel's " Collected Works ", from the first edition of which he however omitted the most provocative and daring poetic attempts.

" Despite these poetic descriptions, Bentley brought a highly objective eye to his work, similar to the German photographer Karl Blossfeldt ( 1865 – 1932 ) who photographed seeds, seed pods, and foliage.

Despite being told to leave poetic language aside and concentrate on graphic, sexually explicit scenarios, Nin was able to give these stories a literary flourish and a layer of images and ideas beyond the pornographic.

Despite the relative success of his third book of verse, Berryman's great poetic breakthrough occurred after he published 77 Dream Songs in 1964.

Despite the legends and fiction surrounding this character, his actual career was punctuated by only a handful of skirmishes followed by a desperate quest to clear his name.

Despite initial activity in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999.

Despite his long career, Lineker was never cautioned by a referee for foul play ( never once receiving a yellow or red card ).

Despite this reputation, during his career, he oversaw more performances honored with the Academy Award for Best Actor than any other director: James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ), Ronald Colman in A Double Life ( 1947 ), and Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady ( 1964 ).

Despite the fact that Parsons only contributed two new songs to the album (" In My Hour of Darkness ", " Return of the Grievous Angel "), Parsons was highly enthused with his new sound and seemed to have finally adopted a serious, diligent mindset to his musical career, eschewing most drugs and alcohol during the sessions.

Despite briefly toying with the name " rational Mesmerism ", Braid ultimately emphasised his approach's uniqueness, carrying out informal experiments throughout his career to refute the arguments invoking supernatural practices, and demonstrate instead the role of ordinary physiological and psychological processes such as suggestion and focused attention in producing the observed effects.

Despite the need to start back at the bottom of the naval hierarchy, Cook realised his career would advance more quickly in military service and entered the Navy at Wapping on 7 June 1755.

Despite a relatively successful career in film and stage, Alexander never managed to repeat his Seinfeld-level of success in television.

Despite Kitagawa Utamaro ’ s success and celebrity status among his own world of popular culture, history of his life and career is insufficient.

Despite not making the playoffs, the Brewers had some other memorable moments, as Pat Listach hit. 290 and stole 54 bases while winning the AL Rookie of the Year award, while Robin Yount got his 3000th career hit.

Despite a rotator cuff injury during the 1985 season, Smith posted career highs in multiple offensive categories in 1987.

Despite these obstacles, the film's war footage was stunning and James Coburn, in the lead role of Rolf Steiner, gave one of the finest performances of his career.

Despite his brief career, he had a profound influence on other artists.

Despite the initial failure of the story, it changed the course of Clarke's career.

Despite his career in the Centre Party, his relation to the party was often difficult.

Despite Grace's own views on the matter, his " first-class career record " was effectively confirmed by F. S.

Despite this setback in his official career, Zhang was reappointed as Chief Astronomer in 126 after Emperor Shun of Han ( r. 125 – 144 ) ascended to the throne.

Despite supporting mostly liberal legislation during his career as a consumer advocate, Nader received more votes from Republicans than Democrats.

Despite the boy's obvious musical talent, Thomas Sullivan knew the disappointments and insecurity of a musical career, and discouraged him from pursuing it.

Despite his extraordinary academic success at Oxford, Williams was denied the opportunity to pursue a career in the United Kingdom.

Despite his parents ' disapproval, in 1824 he formally abandoned his medical studies to pursue a career in music.

Despite being a middle-aged, twice-divorced career woman, Edina is reliant upon the support of her daughter, Saffron, a secondary school pupil ( and later university student ) whose constant care for her mother has left her a bitter cynic.

Despite receiving the greatest critical acclaim of any album in Prince's career, including being named the top album of the year by the Pazz & Jop critics ' poll, and eventually selling 3. 2 million copies, album sales steadily declined.

Despite this auspicious start to his career, Shearer was only eased into the first team gradually and made just ten goalless appearances for the club the following season.

Despite her career in music, she was deaf in one ear, which made it difficult for her to understand what others were saying.