Despite the historical source material, Welsh has set the story in the familiar confines of present day Edinburgh, with Burke and Hare depicted as brothers who steal human organs to meet the demands of the global transplant market.

Despite her avid consumption of books, however, Emmeline was not given the educational advantages enjoyed by her brothers.

Despite his nominally being the second most important person in the Diệm regime, Thơ was a figurehead with little influence, which lay with Diệm's brothers.

Despite popular success, the brothers ' penchant for material that was critical of the political mainstream and sympathetic to the emerging counterculture led to their firing by the CBS network in 1969.

" Despite the single having been released only a day before to coincide with Presley's national television debut, the Dorsey brothers did not allow Presley to perform it on their show because it didn't work well in rehearsals.

Despite having almost completed a second solo album, Sing Slowly Sisters, Gibb reunited with his brothers, who then revived the Bee Gees.

Despite Leibel's secularism, the two brothers maintained a relationship.

Despite the promise of the Kelly-led " Nobody but Me ", the record failed to chart and the brothers soon switched labels again, signing with United Artists in early 1964, where they recorded an early version of " That Lady ", titled " Who's That Lady ".

Despite the difference in their ages, the brothers share a constant bond throughout.

Despite this legal precedent, the availability of the abuse defense has been criticized by several legal experts, particularly in the aftermath of the trials of Lorena Bobbitt and the Menendez brothers.

Despite this, in 1997, the Edmonds brothers released a cover of Hall & Oates ' " Sara Smile " as a single ( and sole new track ) from the career retrospective The Very Best of After 7 before completely stopping releases under the group's name.

Despite the identity confusion, both brothers want the man out before Sir Oliver comes.

Despite his infancy, he is already shown to have some of his brothers ' habits such as stealing and rudeness to his mother.

Despite being a villain for most of his career, he got over in and outside the ring being the youngest, yet most popular and successful of the Guerrero brothers.

Despite their personality differences, Michelangelo generally gets along well with his brothers.

" Despite the brothers ' individual achievements, the Canucks missed the playoffs for the first time in their careers.

Despite the money Don Juan was able to draw at the box office, it still could not match the expensive budget the brothers put into the film's production.

Despite the defense theory, the past criminal records of the brothers stood in contrast to the " escape from parental abuse " theory.

Despite his French name, Meccaneaux was a working-class accented English rat who was frequently called by the brothers to repair the van ( generally, after Hugo's driving had caused an accident ) and, on occasion, to provide other forms of technical expertise-such as the building of the Concrete Destruction Ray ( known by Victor as the " Discreet Correction Ray ").

Despite their differences, the brothers remained close throughout their lives.

Despite the name, only two members of the group ( Don and Harold Reid ) are actual brothers and none have the surname of Statler.

Despite the fact that the Rosenthal brothers knew all about this breach, it was purposely left unrepaired.

Despite her warning, Volsung is killed and all of Signy ’ s brothers are captured.

Despite his mother's constant and blatantly evil scheming, Prince Juda is a kind boy who doesn't understand his mother's enmity towards his beloved brothers, particularly his favorite, Kail.

Despite all the taunts from his wife and his brothers, he would not make war upon Kauravas, he waited for the just right moment when Kauravas were at their weakest i. e. their chief warrior Karna was deprived of all his invincible powers.

Despite mounting protests, the owner of Mabuhay says ' I can't cancel them NOW — there's a contract.

Despite protests in the northern cities of the United States organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and others, it took many millions at the box office.

Despite its small size within Guatemala, many leaders were extremely vocal about their beliefs ( for instance, in their protests and, more importantly, their literature ).

Despite Thomas Habington's protests, the men spent the next four days searching the house.

Despite protests from opposition parties, the country has remained relatively stable since.

Despite the fact that the election results were found to reflect the will of the people, opposition protests in the country intensified.

" Despite the protests of McDaniels, Mizell, and Tyler, Simmons was adamant.

* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.

Despite Spidey's protests, Jameson assigns him a pair of new partners to get him " back on track " — Bobby ( Iceman ) and Angel ( Firestar ).

Despite protests from Polly, Digory rings the bell.

Despite protests from French and Italian composers, by the end of the first season Habeneck and the orchestra had also performed the Fifth Symphony, the Third Piano Concerto, the Violin Concerto as well as other works.

Despite his protests, he was sent by the Arian King Theodoric the Great of the Ostrogoths to Constantinople to secure a moderation of Emperor Justin's decree of 523 against the Arians.

Despite his fiancée's protests he decides to help her, but that unfortunately also means that he suddenly ceases to exist for regular people and becomes real only to the denizens of ' London Below ', whose inhabitants are generally invisible and non-existent to the people of ' London Above '.

Despite the governor's protests, Fernandez held that " summer was farre spent, wherefore hee would land all the planters in no other place.

Despite Uathach's protests, he challenges Cú Chulainn to a duel, and Cú Chulainn dispatches him easily.

Despite his strong protests, however, Armenia was annexed by Bahram, who placed it under the charge of a Persian governor in 428.

Despite the protests, company sales of tacos, enchiladas, and burritos rose by more than a half million dollars that week.

Despite the oppression, sporadic protests against the government continued.

Despite these protests, The Far Side remained popular and continued to run in many newspapers.

Despite protests of many of the show's fans, CBS refused to budge on the new timeslot.

Despite protests from Rediffusion the two companies eventually became Thames Television.

Despite Soviet and Polish government protests, he was not charged with any war crimes during the Nuremberg Trials, as his actions and behaviour were thought to be consistent with those of a professional soldier.

Despite the building not having any bureaucratic function, it has been the location of protests, such as when farmers drove their tractors in a convoy past the front of the property in 2006, and when Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the front gates in March 2007.

Despite the frantic protests of the Caps, a project for the invasion of Russian Finland was rushed through the premature Riksdag of 1740.

Despite the execution of Louis XVI of France on January 21, 1793, Sweden, in the hope of obtaining considerable subsidies, recognized the new French republic ; and secret negotiations for contrading an alliance were actually begun in May of the same year, till the menacing protests of Catherine, supported as they were by all the other European powers, finally induced Sweden to suspend them.