Despite the Democratic majority in Congress, the effort to create a national health care system ultimately died when compromise legislation by George J. Mitchell failed to gain a majority of support in August 1994.

Despite his all-out effort to reduce the public-sector deficit, the overall ratio of fiscal deficit to the GDP in 1990 showed little change from that in 1989.

Despite his opposition to Operation Barbarossa and a preference for focusing the war effort against Britain, on 28 June 1941, Ribbentrop began a sustained effort to have Japan attack the Soviet Union without bothering to inform Hitler first.

Despite strenuous effort, she realised that there were still many unhappy beings yet to be saved.

Despite the name, it simply gives a player a chance of killing another player dependent on how much OOC currency that player put into the effort.

Despite his physicians ' predictions to the contrary, after great effort Baba managed to walk again, but from that point on he was in constant pain and was severely limited in his ability to move.

Despite some early success, the wolves were relocated to North Carolina in 1998, ending the effort to reintroduce the species to the Park.

Despite a valiant effort by McNeal, the 185 lb.

Despite their great defensive effort, the Giants still trailed 13-9 late in the fourth quarter, but a 30-yard run from linebacker Gary Reasons on a fake punt set up kicker Matt Bahr's fourth field goal, cutting their deficit to 13-12.

Despite a reversal in Buddhist influence which began under King Langdarma ( 836-842 ), the following centuries saw a colossal effort in collecting available Indian sources, many of which are now extant only in Tibetan translation.

Despite the departure of Stevie Nicks, Christine remained loyal to Mick Fleetwood and her former husband, recording five songs for the band's 1995 effort Time.

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 a serious preservation effort, The Museum of Arts & Design radically altered the building, which reopened in 2008.

Despite the resulting poor production, the album was a well-received effort that was credited for blending elements of thrash and speed metal.

Despite being impacted by diversion of resources to jump start the Apple / IBM / Motorola effort, the POWER2 took five years from start to system shipment.

Despite Picard's effort to force her to do her duty, in the end, she betrays Starfleet and joins the rebel group.

Despite Miller's effort, the Pacers lost, sending Miller into retirement without an NBA Championship in his 18-year career, all with the Pacers.

Despite a two-goal effort ( one on a shorthanded breakaway ) from Linden ( who was playing with cracked ribs ), Vancouver lost the game by a 3 – 2 score.

Despite a valiant effort, the Tramp is thrashed.

Despite the hardships, the city made an effort to renovate the degraded area of St-Leu during this time.

Despite his effort, Australia lost and the West Indies took an unassailable lead of 2 – 0.

Despite years of effort and the occasional hoax ( i. e. cold fusion ), no man-made fusion reaction has produced more energy than it consumed and been a viable source of electricity.

Despite the apparent effort, the rules and regulations of the LAC were not fairly implemented.

Despite the UN Resolution, UNITA was able to continue to sell or barter some diamonds in order to finance its war effort.

Despite the 31 August 1998 North Korean missile test which overflew the Home Islands, Japan has maintained its support for the Korean Energy Development Organization ( KEDO ) and the Agreed Framework, which seeks to freeze the North Korean nuclear program.

Despite his initial scepticism the deal seems to have the support of Russian security-chief Colonel Stok and Hallam in the British government's Home Office.

Despite standing, and losing convincingly, against Thatcher in the second round, Whitelaw managed to maintain his position as Deputy Leader until the 1979 general election, when he was appointed Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister in Thatcher's new government.

Despite the commercial success, Sweet Home Alabama was given negative reviews by critics.

Despite extensive promotion by Benson, Home At Last generally received negative reviews, including that of Rupert Loydell who described it as " a disorganised, half-produced, and ultimately unsatisfying hotchpotch of songs ".

Despite some progress ( and Chamberlain's statement that they were united on ninety-nine out of a hundred issues ), the problem of Home Rule for Ireland could not be resolved.

Despite their different backgrounds and ages – Home an Edwardian aristocrat and Heath a lower-middle class meritocrat raised in the inter-war years – the two men respected and liked one another.

Despite this offer of a return, Law again wrote to Strachey saying that he continued to feel this policy was the correct one, and only regretted that the issue was splitting the party in a time when unity was needed to fight the Home Rule problem.

Despite this he said little about Home Rule until the passing of the Parliament Act in 1911, calling it the " Home Rule In Disguise Act " and saying it was an attempt to change parliamentary demographics so as to allow Home Rule " through the back door ".

Despite this, in 1893 she published A Phantom's Pilgrimage, or Home Ruin, an anti-Nationalist pamphlet against William Ewart Gladstone's proposed second Home Rule Act.

Despite a superficial rawness, the style is still heard in skilled jazz players like Arnett Cobb, who also became famous for playing " Flying Home " with Hampton, as well as Sonny Rollins, Eddie " Lockjaw " Davis and Jimmy Forrest.

Despite pressure from Germans, he refused to issue orders of surrender to Home Army units in German controlled Poland who continued fighting.

Despite German terror, the Home Army units were active in the area, most notably in the town itself and in the Beskid mountains to the south of it.

Despite resistance from Eden and other government officials, who noted that one million ' LDV ' armbands had already been printed and the cost of printing another million ' Home Guard ' armbands would be excessive, Churchill would not be dissuaded ; on 22 July the LDV was officially renamed the Home Guard.

Despite strong opposition from the local community, a retirement home ' Dalvenie Home ' was built on land next to the Academy in the 1990s.

Despite the Catholic-Polish family name with which she is associated, her affiliation with the Polish Home Army, and her connection with the Catholic rite while living in Quebec, her father, a wealthy industrialist, is thought to have been killed in a concentration camp during the war.

Despite some incriminating evidence ( in connection with Peter the Painter ), Peters and his companions were acquitted to the dismay of the Home Secretary Winston Churchill.

Despite orders by the Polish government not to harm civilians, Home Army partisans retaliated against the massacre of Poles by burning down Ukrainian villages and killing ethnic Ukrainians whom they encountered on Volhynian roads.

Despite the occupation of Poland by hostile powers, the government-in-exile exerted considerable influence in Poland through the structures of the Polish Underground State and its military arm, the Armia Krajowa ( Home Army ) resistance.

Despite being the most popular sporting model in Britain for most of its production life, the third generation Capri was also one of the most stolen cars in Britain during the 1980s and early 1990s, being classified as " high risk " of theft in a Home Office report.

Despite Charles's best attempts, Gayle won because she bribed the Home Secretary, as she was having an affair with someone in the Home Office.