Despite his by now well established superstardom, Bowie, in the words of biographer Christopher Sandford, " for all his record sales ( over a million copies of Ziggy Stardust alone ), existed essentially on loose change.

Despite the economic growth and results in diplomacy, the government, having gained power by coup d ' etat, was essentially a military regime.

Despite historians ' best efforts to find in it some permanence of character, the exact nature of the witenagemot remains " essentially vague, fluctuating, and incoherent.

Despite being commonly known as sweep picking, both hands essentially perform an integral motion in unison to achieve the desired effect.

Despite his unfailing ability to infuriate people, Frank is essentially a very sympathetic character, who inspires as much affection from his audience as from his ever-loving and patient wife, Betty.

Despite the band's new-found popularity in the UK and Europe, Simple Minds remained essentially unknown in the U. S. The band's UK releases on Arista were not picked up by Arista USA who had ' right of first refusal ' for their releases.

Despite foreign conquest or change of government, the nature of such states would remain essentially unchanged because of the unchanging need to mobilize human labor.

Despite all such fluidity, there is broad agreement that it is essentially the twenties and thirties which constitute ' Early adulthood ... the basis for what Levinson calls the Dream-a vision of his her goal's in life which provide motivation and enthusiasm for the future '.

Despite playing essentially only half a season, Hunter was awarded his fifth consecutive Gold Glove.

Despite separation from Rome, the Church of England under Henry VIII remained essentially Catholic rather than Protestant in nature.

Despite the LC's minimal video specs with a 12 " monitor, any LC that supports the card can be switched into 560x384 resolution for better compatibility with the IIe's 280x192 High-Resolution graphics ( essentially doubled ).

Despite his King of the Hill protagonist Hank Hill being identifiable as a conservative and his The Goode Family being essentially a satire of many liberal precepts, Judge avoids discussing his political leanings.

Despite the name, the little-known K6-2 + was based on the AMD K6-III + design ( model 13 ) with 128 KiB of integrated L2 cache and built on a 0. 18 micrometre process ( essentially a K6-III + with half the L2 cache ).

Despite the court's finding that the phrase is essentially non-religious or religiously meaningless, most Americans do recognize the phrase to be religious.

Despite an early period of goodwill with King James, during which Cotton was himself made a baronet, his approach to public life, based on his immersion in old documents, was essentially based on that " sacred obligation of the king to put his trust in parliaments " which in 1628 was expressed in his monograph The Dangers wherein the Kingdom now standeth, and the Remedye.

Despite admitting that the Virtual Console version was essentially " nothing more than a no-frills, emulated version of a 13-year-old SNES game " that was no longer cutting-edge, he was still pleased with it and reiterated his belief that Super Metroid is " one of the best 2D action adventure games ever produced ".

Despite their history, they essentially were an expansion team, as there was just one holdover from the Cougars.

Despite otherwise implicitly affirming the essentially capitalist nature of Fiji, the Constitution recognizes that there are certain sectors of the population who have not shared fairly in Fiji's economic, social, and political development, and that the state has a responsibility to create an environment of equal opportunity.

Despite its growth, it is still essentially run by one person — owner and founder Jeremy Garcia — with help from a team of moderators.

Despite being essentially a residential city, Amadora has commercial zones, industries and headquarters of international companies operating in Portugal.

Despite being with, essentially, the same man, Mrs. Munson seems to feel comfortable with Dr. Korchek.

Despite the government ’ s efforts to accommodate the press corps, however, the relationship between the press and the politicians remains essentially adversarial, punctuated by politicians ’ complaints of bias and misrepresentation, and by reporters ’ protests against government attempts

Despite future changes and restorations, these walls would essentially protect the city until the end of the empire.

Despite the University's growth from a campus of, 125 students, and a faculty of 19, to an academic city of over, more than 26, 000 students, and a faculty of over 900, the institution is still essentially a " people's university " with a concern for the diverse needs of the area that it serves.

Despite setbacks, and problems with achieving all the projected outputs, the project was essentially successful, and the concept of the BCUF continues.

Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

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 requesting a quiet funeral without pomp and ceremony, the event was elaborate and attended by the Prince of Moldovia.

Despite having an elaborate military, South Vietnam was too corrupt and too lacking in self confidence to effectively resist the invasion by North Vietnam, and Saigon fell to the North in 1975, thus ending the war.

Despite her favored state, however, she only wore simple dresses rather than elaborate designs, as a means of savings.

Despite his elaborate justifications for his act, he has, in fact, committed murder, and he expects God to punish him-or, at least, to take notice.

Despite their often elaborate design, the vestments are generally intended to focus attention on God, and the office of the person wearing them, rather than on the person himself.

Despite more elaborate credits and yet another title — now simply, Walt Disney — the format remained unchanged.

Despite its relatively short life, Spy was among the most widely acclaimed and discussed of American magazines of its time, chiefly for its detached and ironic tone, its use of quasi-scientific charts and tables to convey information, and its elaborate, classically influenced typography and layout.

Despite an elaborate plan many things go awry and the gang members can scarcely escape.

Despite his " somewhat obsessive desire to be first ", and his limited formal scientific training, he has been acknowledged as a pioneer in Antarctic work and as a forerunner for later, more elaborate expeditions.

Despite the elaborate set-up and tireless hours, Kim said he could not get enough of the Matrix experience.

Despite the general terms of the definition, Colani's Hoabinhian is an elaborate typology as indicated by the 82 artefacts from Sao Dong that Colani classified into 28 types ( Matthews 1966 ).

Despite originally only appearing in one episode, the character became very popular and, as a result, appeared in a third series episode, in which he used more elaborate methods to capture men and women alike, and imprison them inside the animals in his circus.

Despite this elaborate and expensive process, the system is not particularly reliable ; cases where the party forming government has received less than 50 % of the two-party-preferred vote are not un-common, and have occurred in two of the last three elections.

Despite its cleverness and some positive critical response, many fans felt alienated by the shows ; new material from the Pop album didn't go down as well as U2 might have hoped and too many people just didn't seem to get the joke and took the elaborate effects on face value.

Despite relatively low numbers, in their many thousands of years of existence the cyborgs build several elaborate facilities which serve as starting points for missions, and gathering points for new recruits.

Despite these elaborate protective measures, Petrie found that none of the trapdoors had been slid into place and the wooden doors were open.