Despite the disdain of the Imperial family, it seems that from very early on the general public respected Claudius.

Despite the disdain of sousaphones held by most serious tuba players, a quality modern sousaphone is often a better choice for the high school or semi-pro player due to more stable intonation and less breath effort needed to generate tone.

Despite the disdain for trade, commerce, and the merchant class exhibited by the highly cultured and elite exam-drafted scholar-officials, commercialism played a prominent role in Song culture and society.

Despite the disdain audiences held for musicals in 1931, it proved a successful film.

Despite the disdain for most politicians expressed in his writings, Taylor was fascinated by politics and politicians and often cultivated relations with those who possessed power.

Despite Claire ’ s open disdain for her sister, she has never told Agnes about Tobias ’ s affair.

Despite his achievements and considerable popularity with the musical public, Korngold for years attracted almost no positive critical attention, but considerable critical disdain.

Despite Holden's strong disdain for phony qualities, he exhibits some of the qualities that he abhors, thereby making him a somewhat tragic character.

Despite his disdain and attitude towards most of his coworkers, he has more recently been portrayed as one of the most compassionate characters in the series, and seems to have a soft spot for Bender.

Despite being a senior citizen, Barnacle Boy is still treated like a child by his mentor, much to his disdain.

Despite the long tradition of the practice of martial arts in the royal family, he refuses to learn martial arts due to Buddhist influence and his disdain for bloodshed.

Despite his personal disdain for political half-measures, Ruthenberg was a frequent candidate on the ticket of the Socialist Party.

Despite a glorious-according to him-past in the Communist Party of Greece and his participation in the Athens Polytechnic uprising against the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 from November 14 to November 17, 1973, Spyros today is no better than the capitalists he views with disdain.

Despite their disdain, the Romans did recognize and respect the antiquity of their religion and the fame of their Temple in Jerusalem ( Herod's Temple ).

Despite his absolute disdain for those around him, Spider is quite loyal to those few who he considers friends and is equally quick to hurt those who would betray him.

Despite his rather confident and brash exterior as well as showing a disdain for college work, Owaru is a gifted student at Kyowa College.

Despite this initial disdain, later generations of the Greek population were more open to intermarriage with the Egyptian population, particularly in the settlements farthest away from Alexandria.

Despite a too long sustained declamatory flight, this final speech is convincing, and we see why British audiences apparently were impressed by `` Roots ''.

Despite his subsequent defeat by the Prussians, Russians and British allies, exile and death, no victorious power has reversed that decision or tried to remove Corsica from France.

Despite their difficulties in New Zealand the tour proved a raging success on-field for the British and Irish.

Despite significant efforts, British control of Northern European waters rendered these ambitions impractical in the short term, and the Royal Navy remained firmly in control of the Atlantic Ocean.

Despite pleas from Nelson and Hamilton, King Ferdinand of Naples refused to lend his frigates to the British fleet, fearing French reprisals.

Despite the decline of the British Empire, the Army was still deployed around the world, fighting wars in Aden, Indonesia, Cyprus, Kenya and Malaya.

Despite some military attempts by the Spanish to retake it in the 18th century, most notably in the Great Siege of 1779 – 1783, the Rock has remained under British control ever since.

" Despite this ruling, a bill to add discrimination based on subculture affiliation to the definition of hate crime in British law was not presented to parliament.

Despite British efforts to curb immigration, during the 14 years of the Aliyah Bet, over 110, 000 Jews secretly entered Palestine.

Despite British assistance, by the end of May, the Germans had overrun most of the country.

Despite more than a century of exposure to Western classical music and two centuries of British colonialism, classical music in India has never gained more than ' fringe ' popularity.

Despite vigorous opposition from the British, the American proposal was adopted.

Despite the British economy then being in recession, he led the Conservatives to a fourth consecutive election victory, winning the most votes in British electoral history ( 14 million ) in the 1992 general election, albeit with a much reduced majority in the House of Commons.

Despite the Kuwaiti government's desire to either be independent or under British rule, in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913, the British concurred with the Ottoman Empire in defining Kuwait as an autonomous caza of the Ottoman Empire and that the Shaikhs of Kuwait were not independent leaders, but rather qaimmaqams ( provincial sub-governors ) of the Ottoman government.

Despite wartime restrictions, he was granted British citizenship in 1942 and signed an Official Secrets Act declaration form.

Despite intense bombing, it could not deliver Goring's promise to destroy the British Expeditionary Force, which escaped to continue the war.

Despite causing severe damage to the Royal Air Force's infrastructure and British cities during the subsequent Blitz, it failed to achieve the air superiority Hitler demanded for Operation Sea Lion.

Despite several brief interludes of British occupation, including once during the Seven Years ' War and twice during the Napoleonic Wars, Martinique has remained a French possession.

Despite the only French naval victory ( during the Napoleonic Wars ) of Battle of Grand Port on 19 and 20 August 1810 by a fleet commanded by Pierre Bouvet, Mauritius was captured on 3 December 1810 by the British under Commodore Josias Rowley.

Despite the weakness of its authority, the Alaouite dynasty distinguished itself in the 18th and 19th centuries by maintaining Morocco's independence while other states in the region succumbed to Turkish, French, or British domination.

Despite the British Conquest of Acadia in 1710, Nova Scotia remained primarily occupied by Catholic Acadians and Mi ' kmaq.

Despite a tendency of American perjury law toward broad prosecutory power under perjury statutes, American perjury law has afforded potential defendants a new form of defense not found in the British Common Law.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

Despite general acceptance of Byrne's characterization, as evidenced by subsequent adaptations in other media, some writers have called for a return to Luthor's original status as a mad scientist.

Despite public or media opinion, national studies have indicated that severe mental illness does not independently predict future violent behavior, on average, and is not a leading cause of violence in society.

Despite publication of the recovered copy in western media, for decades, it was the official policy of the Soviet Union to deny the existence of the secret protocol.

Despite initial media reports, the affidavit made no mention of Clemens or Pettitte.

Despite the move away from physical film stock – much editing is now based on digital media – devices such as the Lightworks non-linear film editing controller and archives still use the Steenbeck physical layout for controlling the process.

" Despite AIM's assertion of political neutrality, it is frequently described by the mainstream media and other media watchdog groups as a conservative organization.

Despite being discontinued before Windows 98 was released, Microsoft Bob continued to be severely criticized in reviews and popular media.

Despite being ridiculed for the letter by the media, Cleveland fans embraced the owner, even offering to pay the $ 100, 000 fine given by the NBA.

Despite a 2 – 0 Boxing Day home win over Crystal Palace, the Saints ' poor form continued into the new year, where they were dubbed by the media as having a ' New Years Hangover ', entering 2012 with a 3 – 0 away defeat to South coast rivals Brighton, which saw talisman Rickie Lambert sent off with a straight red card.

Despite its fame, the earlier and more numerous London bus classes that the Routemaster replaced ( the RT-type AEC Regent and its Leyland Titan RTL and RTW counterparts ) are often mistaken for Routemasters by the public and by the media .< ref name = autogenerated1 >

Despite this, lesbians and gay men are still often portrayed negatively in television, films, and other media.

Despite celebrating the club's birthday with an official mid-season function at Crown Casino, shortly afterward chairman Paul Gardner resigned, handing the presidency to former club champion Jim Stynes who inherited a $ 4. 5 million debt, which media pundits suggested would cripple the club.

Despite initial reviews being positive, opinion quickly changed and Blur found themselves largely out of favour with the media once again.

Despite these distinctions, the press, media, businesses and, most importantly, the residents still choose to use " Brewster " as the name of the town in the southeastern corner of Putnam County.

Despite this, controversies surrounding the use of the anthem in school events or media still remain.

Despite initial expectations that Hu was a " closet liberal ", Hu has shown a fairly hard-line approach to liberalization of the media.

Despite the lack of support from Karzai and the ambassador, the company received another $ 3. 9 million funded by the Pentagon to create a media team for anti-drug programs.

Despite his highly publicized relationships with women, Clooney's sexual orientation has been the subject of media scrutiny.

Despite attracting less media attention than AFL and rugby league, soccer is Australia's highest participation football code, with both boys and girls at junior level, as well with men and women at senior level.

Despite speculation by the media, both arriving and departing flights are typically full.

Despite media rumours that drummers including Cozy Powell, Phil Collins, Carmine Appice, Barriemore Barlow, Roger Taylor, Simon Kirke or Bev Bevan, among others, would join the group as his replacement, the remaining members decided to disband Led Zeppelin after Bonham's death.

Despite the group's competent musicianship, some subsequent singles employed session musicians – including Big Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Vic Flick – with contributions from the band, although the role of session players on Herman's Hermits records has been exaggerated in the rock media and in liner notes on their ABKCO Records Retrospective ( which does not credit the Hermits ' playing ).