Despite the xenophobia and intellectual introspection characteristic of the increasingly popular new school of neo-Confucianism, China under the early Ming Dynasty was not isolated.

Despite its appearance, the Germanic name is not derived from the Latin name, judging from the change from earlier o into a, which is characteristic of the Germanic languages.

Despite the fact that the sympathetic strings are now thought of as the most characteristic element of the instrument, early forms of the instrument almost uniformly lacked them.

Despite these comments, it is important to note that the ' bounce ' described is characteristic of many African American vernacular dance forms.

Despite the decreasing use of the 3 pin " rat trap " (" rottefella " in Norwegian ) binding in lighter cross country, the characteristic " duckbill " toe it uses is still assumed in the design of heavier cable bindings, and 75 mm boots are still widely available, especially for telemark technique and more rugged touring.

Despite his belief that the Bible was fallible, Martineau continued to hold the view, which was not so much characteristic of the man as of the school in which he had been trained, that " in no intelligible sense can any one who denies the supernatural origin of the religion of Christ be termed a Christian ," which term, he explained, was used not as " a name of praise ," but simply as " a designation of belief.

Despite the absence of an actualized sweeping change to the existence of large industrial conglomerates in Japan, the zaibatsu's previous vertically integrated chain of command, ending with a single family, has now widely been displaced by the horizontal relationships of association and coordination characteristic of.

Despite this, the cells often present a certain shape, with a characteristic small size, with typically about 10 % of the volume of an Escherichia coli cell.

Despite the frequent appearance of a characteristic " HE " monogram, the attribution of works to Eworth — and the identification of his sitters — remains in flux.

Despite its location in the tropics, due to its high altitude, Huambo features spring-like temperatures throughout the course of the year, a characteristic common among cities with this climate.

Despite all handicaps the Balti language has retained many honorific words characteristic of the Tibetan dialects and many other languages.

Despite the inefficient production of aldosterone, the more characteristic mineralocorticoid effect of 11β-OH CAH is hypertension.

Despite this characteristic, Senator Kerry still managed a slim victory in Upstate New York, with 1, 553, 246 votes to 1, 551, 971 for Bush.

Despite the cartoonish graphics characteristic of family-friendly computer games, the game has several violent death scenes.

Despite early findings of an association between the DRD4 48bp VNTR and novelty seeking ( a characteristic of exploratory and excitable people ), a 2008 meta-analysis compared 36 published studies of novelty seeking and the polymorphism and found no effect.

Despite this inherent contradiction, the book lacks much of the cynical tone and humour that is so characteristic of Machiavelli's other works.

Despite his Deviant heritage, Kro possesses a number of superhuman traits characteristic of an Eternal.

Despite patient-to-patient variability and the diversity of radiographic findings, the X-ray is diagnostic in infantile hypophosphatasia, and can reveal the characteristic abnormalities found in other forms.

Despite that a proposed bill in American Senate would allow the reserve to continue to sell the gas.

Despite lowering the Central Bank bills rate, the Central Bank has not changed liquidity indicators for banks or the reserve requirement since 2009, curbing credit growth to 7. 5 % in the first three quarters of 2011.

Despite ample reserve forces that could have been deployed to exploit localized successes, McClellan failed to destroy Lee's army.

Despite being far from Canada's coasts, Edmonton is also the home of HMCS Nonsuch, a naval reserve division.

Despite the restriction of development on the reserve, agricultural areas still persist in Winslow.

For all that, in June 1961 Bray still decided to move and despite his recent marriage “ lmost every day went round, often spending a good part of the day or a large part of the evening there .” “ Oddly enough, this side of his life was well known about in Paris … natural reserve and well-developed sense of decorum were allied to his fear of giving offence to Suzanne .” Anthony Cronin notes that strangely – or perhaps not so strangely – during this time he was often to be found talking “ fervently and seriously about suicide .” Despite his unwillingness to do much about it he was clearly suffering badly from guilt.

Despite scoring 39 points in regulation time and fouling out both Dampier and Keith Van Horn, Duncan only made one of seven field goal attempts in overtime against Mavericks reserve center DeSagana Diop, and the Spurs lost Game 7.

Despite its biosphere reserve status, the lake contains an unknown number of unexploded bombs from tests in the 1950s through 2000s, and sewer waste from Montreal decreases the water quality.

Despite estimates that the Germans could land up to 170, 000 men, he thought an invasion unlikely unless the Germans had first won on the Western Front, and favoured fighting on the coast rather than a strong central reserve.

Despite the fact that the injury was expected to keep him out until late in the season, the Patriots chose not to place Taylor on injured reserve, and instead de-activated him.

Despite their predicament, Hunter-Weston ordered the New Zealanders, including the Otago Battalion in reserve, to resume that attack at 17: 30.

Despite being a reserve, the island receives five thousand visitors per annum.

Despite this setback, Carrasquel was still selected to his fourth All-Star game, this time as a reserve behind Harvey Kuenn.

Despite access to the Gordon Family records and research by Debanham, Tewson and Chinook who still practice in the city, no reason for the failure of the hotel has been identified nor why it was not auctioned unless, of course, it failed to meet its reserve price.

Despite the new contract and some impressive performances for Leeds United's reserve team ( including all four goals in the 4-1 victory of Lincoln City on 7 March ), Núñez struggled for chances in the Leeds United first team, making do with a place on the bench and a regular spot in Leeds ' reserves.

Despite a relative lack of success on the field for the top team, the club continued to strengthen its set-up at reserve and youth level.

Despite being highly rated by the fans and pundits, Huckerby found first team chances severely limited, especially since manager Kevin Keegan decided to scrap the reserve team, in response to a requirement from the FA that a certain percentage of home reserve fixtures be played at St James ' Park.

Despite the resumption of surface traffic into the city, the airlift continued until 30 September to mass a reserve of food, fuel, and other supplies in the event the Soviets reimposed the blockade.

Despite bringing up Greene's reserve brigade in support, by 7 p. m. the Union line was in full retreat.

Despite the minimal copper reserve South Africa has, as much as 3000 tonnes of copper leave Cape Town harbour every month.

Despite being the largest corps in the Union army at the time ( 16, 000 men ), the VI Corps was mostly held in reserve to the east of Gettysburg.

Despite this loss, Tarakan crude oil ( mixed with lesser quantities of Manchurian oil shale distillates ) became the primary feedstock for Japanese diesel fuel in 1942 while reserve supplies of California crude oil remained the primary feedstock for Japanese gasoline and residual fuels until 1943.

Despite resigning from active duty, Doctor Light appears as one of the numerous heroes assembled at Washington, D. C. in order to break an energy dome trapping the Justice League and the Crime Syndicate of America within the city, as well as a member of the JLA's reserve roster during the team's battle against Eclipso.

Despite the lack of measurable results the Territorial Delegate had been building a reserve of congressional goodwill, particularly among Democratic members of the House.