Despite his poor health, and his doctor's warnings about strain, Vanier travelled across Canada, gaining the affection of Canadians.

Despite the doctor's alarm and decision that they had to be removed, Edd was very calm and wondered whether getting rid of them was a bad idea.

Despite lacking a railway station, and despite its relative distance from the M4 and M40, Benson is today a thriving commuter village, with a Church of England primary school ( separate primary and junior schools recently combined, allowing one to be sold off for housing development ), a pre-school, a doctor's surgery, two public houses including 18th century coaching inn The Crown Inn and The Three Horseshoes ( down from five since 1990-the closed ones having become private homes ) and about a dozen small shops, including a supermarket and a dispensing chemist.

Despite the doctor's pleas, Christina's made up her mind.

Despite Giffen's warning, Palfrey still had plans for freeing his slaves in Louisiana.

Despite the warning, there was a unanimous vote to enter a candidate, according to Republicans who attended.

Despite the warning that constitutionally the church was not allowed to interfere with the politics, the church paper Accion social cristiana published articles.

Despite Prometheus ' warning, Epimetheus accepted this " gift " from the gods.

Despite warning from her friends —" George ... you can't.

Despite the warning, the inmates succeed in taking over the prison, capturing many of the guards, though they are unable to force their way out.

Despite Odysseus's warning, he was compelled by Athena to stay, as he had been a suitor nonetheless.

" Despite the warning, no action was taken by village officials.

Despite having nearly an hour's advance warning that severe weather was imminent, 42 people were killed ( 25 in vehicles ) and 1, 800 were injured because the storm arrived just in time for many people to be driving home from work.

Despite ample warning from intelligence sources and defectors, Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Command were caught by surprise, and the Germans rapidly broke through the frontier defences, helped by their total command of the air.

Despite this hour's warning, only the P-40 squadron at Iba took off, and it ran low on fuel in futile responses to confusing instructions from the 24th PG as it altered its analysis of Japanese intents.

Despite dispersal and elaborate camouflage, a lack of antiaircraft artillery and poor warning / communication systems resulted in the loss of 65 FEAF aircraft on the ground alone.

Despite Echeandía's warning, Smith returned to California the next year with eighteen men and two women following the Colorado River and Mojave Desert route he now knew well.

Despite the risk of infection from SARS and the WHO's warning on travels to Hong Kong, tens of thousands attended Cheung's memorial service, which was held for the public, on 7 April 2003, including celebrities and other fans, many from other parts of the world such as mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada.

Despite the questionable nature of Gowron's actions towards the end of his life, he does die in honorable combat, as evidenced by Worf's performance of the traditional Klingon death howl ( done as a warning to those in Sto-Vo-Kor-the place of the honored dead in Klingon mythology-that a warrior is about to arrive ) over the body.

Despite ample warning and thorough defensive preparations, the battle soon degenerated into a bitter, close-quarters infantry affair, with artillery restricted by the need to avoid friendly troops and tanks unable to reach the scene.

Despite all the warning signs, however, the allies were still surprised by the scale and scope of the offensive.

Despite warning signs on all levels not to touch anything, the regular transmission of warnings over loudspeakers and the presence of guards, vandalism on reliefs and statues is a common occurrence and problem, leading to further deterioration.

Despite a warning from Segestes, Varus trusted Arminius, the man who appealed for his help, because he was a Romanised Germanic prince and commander of an auxiliary cavalry unit.

Despite repeated appeals from the " captains of April " ( of the MFA ) on the radio warning the population to stay safe inside their homes, thousands of Portuguese took to the streets, mingling with the military insurgents and supporting them.

Despite a heated warning from the Mayor, Callahan instead pursues Scorpio without authorization, jumping onto the top of the bus from a railroad trestle.

Despite the general aggressiveness of the martin, it tolerates sympatric Common House Martins, perhaps because the large numbers of that highly colonial species provide an early warning of predators.

" Despite Chanel's warning, Dorian got pregnant by de Portago again, even though he was still married.

Despite the warning, in 2007 the CBOI approved another Sachsen investment vehicle and two months later the stable of off-balance sheet companies needed a € 17. 3bn bail-out from the German association of savings banks to keep Sachsen afloat.

Despite this, Sarah has recently received much positive attention for her activism.

Despite this, gossip spread rapidly about Mary's parentage, and her grandmother Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough did not recognise her until 1740, when the two reconciled their differences.

Despite trying to remain objective, Charles eventually sends Sarah to Exeter, where he, during a journey, cannot resist stopping in to visit and see her.

Despite this, the director of the film, Sarah Gavron, attests on the DVD commentary of the film that genuine footage of Brick Lane does appear in the finished movie.

Despite Johnny's reticence about the somewhat imposing and forbidding man, Sarah invites him to their apartment for dinner, and eventually they learn that the man is sad and lonely because he is dying of AIDS.

Despite being the oldest man ever, Mortensen never became the oldest living person, since Sarah Knauss ( born 1880 ) was still alive at the time of his death.

Despite Sarah's body being discovered just 3 miles ( 5 km ) from the service station where Whiting had bought fuel on the night Sarah disappeared and Whitlings ' failure to confirm his alibi there was still not enough evidence to press charges and Whiting was released on bail once again.

Despite the low amount of nominations, Hollyoaks still managed to scoop an award for ' Most Spectacular Scene of the Year ' for the parachute jump which featured in the second series of Hollyoaks Later and the stunt oversaw the death of long-running, popular character Sarah Barnes.

Despite attending Sarah Lawrence College for a short time, Bemis kept the band alive, performing much if not all of the music that went into Menorah / Majora and the band's dormroom demos.

Despite Sarah telling him about the headless body she saw, the Doctor leads them back towards Solon's castle.

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Despite herself, Sarah begins to understand and forgive her father.

Despite her late arrival, Sarah is given a rich character-profile, the series featuring episodes in which both her older brother Frank and her father Alf appear.

Despite his rough exterior and job as a repo-man and a construction worker, Jake is a sensitive romantic who is heart broken after his English girlfriend, Sarah, leaves him.

Despite later on being involved with Sarah Louise, Jason always despised Gail and even though his mother Eileen is now friends with Gail, Jason still hates her.