Despite his defense of himself in the final paper of the Englishman and in his speech before the House, their efforts were successful.

Despite their efforts, the problems seemed to grow graver all the time.

Despite efforts by Washington last week to play down the significance of the meeting, it clearly was going to be one of the crucial encounters of the cold war.

Despite Hahn's efforts, the contributions of Meitner and Frisch were not recognized.

Despite his love and efforts towards international peace, Carnegie faced many dilemmas on his quest for world peace.

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 strenuous efforts from the Culloden < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s boats, the brig Mutine and the 50-gun HMS Leander under Captain Thomas Thompson, the ship of the line could not be moved, and the waves drove Culloden further onto the shoal, inflicting severe damage to the ship's hull.

Despite strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.

Despite these efforts, Cairo's population has doubled since the 1960s, reaching close to seven million ( with an additional ten million in its urban area ).

Despite Cotton Mather's efforts, he never became quite as well known and successful in politics as his father.

Despite efforts at containment, the upheaval in Eastern Europe inevitably spread to nationalities within the USSR.

Despite success in reuniting large sections of the wider Christadelphian community and periodic efforts at reuniting smaller offshoots, there are still a number of groups who remain separate from other bodies of Christadelphians.

Despite the efforts of his successor Emperor Yohannes IV to establish a relationship with the United Kingdom, Ethiopia was ignored by the world powers until the opening of the Suez Canal, and more important, the Mahdist War, drew outside attention to her once more.

Despite heroic efforts, Old Prussian sovereignty would eventually collapse after a succession of wars instigated by Pope Honorius III and his frequent calls for crusade.

Despite considerable research efforts by seismologists, scientifically reproducible predictions cannot yet be made to a specific day or month.

Despite those efforts, he failed to gain control over Hungary and Bohemia in the Bohemian War ( 1468-1478 ) and was even defeated in the Austrian-Hungarian War ( 1477-1488 ) by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485, who managed to maintain residence in Vienna until his death five years later ( see Siege of Vienna ( 1485 )).

Despite his efforts to rise above the rank of private — he even called upon Frank Capra to intercede on his behalf — he never achieved officer's status or any commendations during his six months of service.

Despite some efforts, no suitable substitutes with the stability and low cost of gelatin have been found.

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

Despite these efforts the regime lacked a broad popular base or a mass movement supporting it.

Despite the efforts of philologists from all parts of the world, and despite the use of modern cryptographic analysis, the signs remain undeciphered.

Despite these efforts, the rank is still below regional peers and an unfavourable investment climate persists.

Despite efforts to restore ( or at least improve ) the popularity of the Conservative party, Labour remained far ahead in the opinion polls as the 1997 election loomed, despite the economic boom that had followed the exit from recession four years earlier, and the swift fall in unemployment.

Despite efforts and considerations of expanding his political domain, Kemp never held a fundraiser outside of his suburban Western New York district until well into his eighth term in Congress.

Despite the monopoly control of four of the six grand crus, the village has at least forty growers sharing its vineyards.

Despite this, rubber trees and coffee bushes showed particular potential.

Despite Kingsford Smith being exonerated by an official enquiry, many sections of the media and public felt that the forced landing, dubbed the ' Coffee Royal ' incident after the brew of coffee and brandy which the crew had drunk while awaiting rescue, had been a publicity stunt and that Kingsford Smith was responsible for the deaths.

Despite a jaw-dropping violent streak ( including nailing people's heads to the floor and to coffee tables, and screwing people's pelvises to cake stands ), he was beloved by everyone who knew him, most considering him " a cruel man, but fair ".

Despite the wide popularity of Nestlé's Instant Coffee brand, Nescafé in this country, Turkish coffee ( قهوه ترک ) also has a great market.

Despite limited industrial development in São Paulo, the export of coffee and other primary products was still the mainstay of the economy.

Despite the glut of coffee producers in the market today, coffee production in Peru is still promising.

) Despite removal of most caffeine, many decaffeinated drinks still have around 1 – 2 % of the original caffeine remaining in them, and research has found that certain decaffeinated coffee drinks can contain around 20 % of the original caffeine.

Despite the name, coffee shops usually serve Ice Lemon Tea with a lime rather than a lemon.

Despite his young age, he drinks very strong coffee and has an eye for pretty ladies.

Despite the use of the Gulf of Nicoya as an entryway to Costa Rica's inland territory, the port of Puntarenas was not developed until 1840 when coffee production in the highlands reached exportable volumes.

Despite the progress made during the administration Soto, Honduras remained quite underdeveloped as it lacked export products like coffee to pay for the investment necessary to improve infrastructure.

Despite the gathering of dozens of superheroes willing and planning to fight the man ( including Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Speedball, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and the New Warriors ), Slapstick simply neutralizes the situation by getting Neutron Bum what he had been yelling for all along — a cup of coffee — and then blindsiding the man from behind while he's drinking it.

Despite high ticket prices, the exhibition lost money, with only one recorded sale.

Despite higher energy prices, oil and gas only contribute to 5. 7 % of Russia's GDP and the government predicts this will be 3. 7 % by 2011.

Despite high wool prices in the 1950s, Willandra had begun its decline as a prominent pastoral property, which had been exacerbated by a prolonged drought after the Second World War.

Despite this, Fama has conceded that " poorly informed investors could theoretically lead the market astray " and that stock prices could become " somewhat irrational " as a result.

Despite the limited audience, the stamps of Inini are commonly available at minimal prices today.

Despite the current economic crisis and the slump in forestry, the city's economy is relatively healthy thanks to high gold prices.

Despite this, gas prices are slightly higher than average when compared to gas prices in the continental United States.

Despite their remarkable progress and general prosperity, 19th-century U. S. farmers experienced recurring cycles of hardship, caused primarily by falling world prices for cotton and wheat.

Despite this, the Pennsylvania Dutch, which includes Amish and Old Order Mennonite, are expected to become a smaller percentage of the population as the sects respond to high prices of farmland by spreading out all over the United States and internationally, and the English population spreads out from Philadelphia into suburban and rural areas.

Despite this fourfold increase in milk production, there has not been drop in the prices of milk during the period and has continued to grow.

Despite this, distribution costs of expansive food trade must also be factored in ; with increasing gas prices, it becomes more expensive to ship food from outside sources.

Despite the Series II models having significantly fewer problems than the Series I, Series II prices are also affected by curtailed resale values.

Despite their weight and cumbersome nature, manhole covers are sometimes stolen, usually for resale as scrap, particularly when metal prices rise.

Despite favorable reviews, the album was released with almost no promotion at all ; it is now sought after as a collector's item and fetches fairly high prices on sites like Amazon. com and eBay.

Despite the apparent competition among the UC law schools, Hastings was able to maintain its traditionally high standards without having to decrease class size or raise tuition prices to higher levels than fellow UC law schools, until the California budget crisis in June 2009, first raised the possibility of slashing $ 10 million in state funding.

Despite criticism from the media and dealers that it operates like a bank by inflating prices back in the 1990s, its loan portfolio amounted to about USD $ 212 million in 2011.

" Despite a local TV blackout and ticket prices starting at six dollars, neither game drew well ; only 8, 760 fans attended in Washington, D. C., and just 5, 331 attended in Los Angeles.

Despite the market prices for their vineyard's wines equalling that of Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Mouton Rothschild was excluded from First Great Growth status, an act that Baron Philippe de Rothschild referred to as " the monstrous injustice ".

Despite claims from Tesco that they have matched prices in the Republic of Ireland with prices in Northern Ireland, a November 2009 survey by Consumers Choice magazine has claimed that, on average, prices are still 18 % more expensive in the Republic

Despite the V8 model winning Wheels magazine's Car of the Year for 1973, sales of the P76 were adversely affected by a variety of issues: component manufacturers ' strikes limiting parts availability, production problems at Leyland Australia's plant in Zetland all restricted supply of the car ; the release of P76 coincided with the first Oil Crisis, when fuel prices increased dramatically.

Despite this usage, amounts of money and prices of goods are virtually always written in rials.