Despite his age, Louis is in perfect physical condition but is bored.

Despite her condition, the debate as to her fate was the central question of the National Convention after Louis's death.

Despite his deteriorating condition, he attended the ceremony, mute and wheelchair-bound, at Buckingham Palace to collect his honour.

Despite QPR's perilous financial condition in 2007 / 2008, the combined personal wealth of the club's new owners ( which included the world's then 8th richest man Lakshmi Mittal ) sparked speculation that QPR would receive significant further investment from their new benefactors drawing parallels to their wealthy West London neighbours Chelsea and Fulham.

Despite his heart condition, he and Ernie still managed energetic song and dance routines and superbly timed visual comedy.

Despite this shift in policy, Philip does not seem to have been particularly bellicose ; early on he noted that having inherited such a large empire, war somewhere across his domains was an inevitable condition, and he appeared genuinely upset when he came to power and contemplated how much the people of Castile had paid ' in blood ' to support the wars of his royal predecessors.

Despite the obviously frustrating content, Urquhart knew there was little other choice and radioed Thomas at 08: 00 to agree to the plan on the condition it went ahead that night.

Despite his anger towards Alexander and Aspasia's union, Venizelos allowed her and her mother to move into the royal palace on the condition that the marriage not be made public.

Despite his medical condition, the family managed fairly well financially throughout the Great Depression.

Despite being a well-known condition, it is currently incurable and often fatal to the fish.

Despite what many later accounts would say, he was in good physical condition and could walk well ; for example, he climbed over 90 steps to his room.

Despite the higher doses, side-effects during treatment are rare, and vary little according to the condition being treated.

Despite his history of problems with schoolwork and concerns about his capacities and physical condition, the fourteen-year-old Krishnamurti was able to speak and write competently in English within six months.

Despite drug therapy to help her condition, the disease progressed for about eight years.

Despite this, " agranulocytosis " remains the most widely used term for the condition.

Despite being closed since 1994 the track and infrastructure are maintained in operational condition, and a train of ex-Northern line 1972 tube stock is permanently stabled on the branch.

Despite the fact that the inquest into Kirk's death found that he had a serious heart condition and cleared Crabtree of any responsibility, Crabtree was devastated.

Despite the respect he commanded, his constituents were in desperate economic straits and tired of the UFA's orthodoxy, which had failed to raise their condition.

Despite health concerns, particularly regarding the condition of his hands, Ysaÿe was at his best when performing, and many prominent composers dedicated major works to him, including Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, and Ernest Chausson.

Despite all this, their condition was slightly better than the previous long-duration crew's.

Despite recommendations, she had withheld the true nature of her condition from Tony Blair and the electorate.

Despite suffering from diabetes, he carefully concealed the condition for most of his career.

Despite aggressive treatment, his condition gradually worsened, and seven weeks after the release of the remake of The Unholy Three, he died of a throat hemorrhage.

Despite the lack of maintenance on these structures over the past four decades ( and in some cases much longer ), most are still in operational or near-operational condition.

Despite the condition of his troops, Arnold immediately began to gather boats to make a crossing.

* 1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.

Despite its diameter of 0. 4 light-years, Barnard 68 only has twice the mass of the Sun, making it both very diffuse and very cold-about 16 degrees Kelvin.

Despite gaining initially low audience ratings, by the third series, One Foot in the Grave was making the Top 20 ratings, with some episodes seen by more than 16 million viewers.

Despite the drop-off of work in 1926, 1927 was another busy year, the Court sitting continuously from 15 June to 16 December, handing down 4 orders, 4 judgments and 1 advisory opinion.

Despite the initial mass of < sup > 1 </ sup > H being used as the natural unit for atomic weight, it was suggested by Wilhelm Ostwald that atomic weights would be best expressed in terms in units of 1 / 16 weight of oxygen.

Despite the deflation and depression, GDP rose 16 % from 1839-43.

Despite the currently narrow entrances, this cistern ( 17 and 16 are the same cistern ) is a large vaulted chamber, which Warren described as looking like the inside of the cathedral at Cordoba ( which was previously a mosque ).

Despite the loss, Leach was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring a record 19 goals in 16 playoff games.

Despite a widely publicized child demobilization program, in which it claimed to have demobilized over 16, 000 children between 2001 and 2004, the SPLA continued to recruit and re-recruit child soldiers.

Despite underachieving in the regular season ( their points total decreased by 16 from the previous year ), the Canucks played well in the playoffs and embarked on another unexpected run.

Despite the name, there are 17 partial or full-time members: 16 basketball and other sports, and one affiliate member that participate in women's field hockey only.

Despite its name, it does not serve the northernmost stations on the network, although it does serve the southernmost station ( Morden tube station ) as well as 16 of the system's 29 stations south of the River Thames.

Despite its small size, Braswell has its own police department which includes a chief, a lieutenant and three officers, giving the city a ratio of one officer for every 16 residents.

* February 16 – Conductor Bruno Walter, the day before his death, ends his last letter with: " Despite all the dark experiences of today I am still confident that Palestrina will remain.

Despite being ranked within the world's top 16, Krajicek just missed out on the seedings for the tournament, but when seventh seed ( and world number two ) Thomas Muster pulled out shortly before the tournament due to an injury, Krajicek was given Muster's place in the draw.

Despite the negative reception, the film was released on January 17, 2003 and grossed $ 16, 580, 209 over the 3-day MLK opening weekend, and $ 21, 895, 483 over the 4-day MLK weekend, ranking # 1 that weekend.

Despite initial criticism for its action violence targeted to child audiences, the franchise has continued, and the show consists of 19 television seasons of 16 different series and two theatrical films.

Despite these problems, Layton led the NDP to a 15 % popular vote, its highest in 16 years.

Despite its limited airplay, it reached No. 16 in the United Kingdom, as well as No. 1 in the Republic of Ireland and No. 1 in Spain.

Despite it he continued to believe that his approach to the problem of tariff reform was the correct one, and wrote to John Strachey on 16 November saying that " it was a case of a choice of two evils, and all that one could do was to take the lesser of the two, and that I am sure we have done ".

Despite this, when the two rival companies merged in 1821 under the name the Hudson's Bay Company, the new governor, Sir George Simpson, requested Grant to head a Métis settlement of some 2, 000 people situated some 16 miles west of the Red River Colony on the Assiniboine River.

Despite calls from Clarke for the federal government to use its power of reservation to stop the legislation, Bulyea granted royal assent December 16.

Despite the fact that his international career spanned eight years, 87 matches and three different full-time managers, he only started 17 times and was a used substitute in 16 matches.

Despite strenuous efforts to surmount this, Freyberg, who was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1936, was obliged to retire on 16 October 1937.

Despite a decrease in offensive production, Kariya tied winger Brad Boyes for the team lead in scoring with 65 points ( 16 goals and 49 assists ) over 82 games.