Despite the name, the grandfather paradox does not exclusively regard the impossibility of one's own birth.

Despite its predominantly gay population and higher concentration of gay venues, the South Beach area in Miami Beach, Florida, was never exclusively gay, because of its popularity among straight people alike.

Despite these concerns, small numbers of Black Bermudians have chosen to describe themselves on census returns as mixed-racial, and the Native American demographic, which had disappeared for centuries, is slowly re-emerging, as more Bermudians-especially on St. David's Island-choose to identify to some degree, if not exclusively, with their Native American ancestry ( although many may feel that, in an increasingly polarised climate, this is a safer option than identifying themselves as in any way White, or European ).

Despite the fact that a choir of singers were portrayed in the video, the actual studio singing was exclusively Boni on all tracks, excluding the male voices.

Despite their differences in mode of emplacement, both types of ophiolite are exclusively SSZ in origin.

Despite reports of cooperative breeding it is now thought that they are exclusively monogamous, breeding in pairs.

Despite the announcement that Enix's long-time competitor Square Co., Ltd. would develop exclusively for Sony PlayStation, Enix announced in January 1997 that it would release games for both Nintendo and Sony consoles.

Despite its taxonomic classification as a carnivoran, the giant panda has a diet that is primarily herbivorous, which consists almost exclusively of bamboo.

Despite its defense of the status quo, especially the interests of rural elites, the Sangkum was not an exclusively right-wing organization.

Despite critical acclaim, the sales of the first Strontium Dog release, Down to Earth, were disappointing and Big Finish focused almost exclusively on the better-selling Judge Dredd series.

Despite being Scottish, Graham played exclusively in England and the United States.

Despite the protocols ' association with NetWare, they are neither required for NetWare communication ( as of NetWare 5. x ), nor exclusively used on NetWare networks.

Despite the close link throughout early Welsh history, the dragon was not used exclusively as a symbol for Wales during this period, and it was used throughout Britain as a symbol of authority.

Despite the Fair Housing Act, which included cases like Gautreaux and Shannon which prohibited placing projects exclusively in black neighborhoods, the trend did not end.

Despite this, the region is linguistically heterogeneous, encompassing both exclusively Finnish and Swedish-speaking municipalities in addition to bilingual ones.

Despite its lethality, the pulse is designed nearly exclusively for hunting animals.

Despite this, a sequel entitled Heart of the Alien was released exclusively for the Sega CD in 1994.

Despite the channel's name, Nicktoons is not exclusively limited to airing Nicktoons.

Despite its well-established director and cast, Twisted received almost exclusively negative reviews, with a 2 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Despite an exclusively legal track record, in 1936 Inskip became the first Minister for Coordination of Defence.

Despite their religious differences, and despite an exclusively Catholic defence alliance of the seven Catholic cantons ( Goldener Bund ), further major armed conflicts directly between the cantons did not occur.

Despite the essentially elaborate scope of the plot revealed in the novel's conclusion ( i. e. the eventual emergence of cloning as a replacement for the sexual reproduction of the human race ), the narrative focuses almost exclusively on the bleak and unrewarding day-to-day lives of the protagonists ; two half-brothers who barely know each other.

Despite its name, Sapporo beer is not exclusively brewed in Sapporo.

Despite that, RailCats manager Joe Calfapietra was named the Northern League Manager of the Year after his club won 35 games, the most ever by a team that played exclusively on the road.

Despite the appearance in other magazines like Billboard, this publication by Guitar World was criticized for including no female musicians within its selection.

Despite the contributions of Duffy and Mendez, there were no female members, as stipulated in the NCS ' constitution which specified that “ any cartoonist ( male ) who signs his name to his published work ” could apply for membership.

Despite the importance of C. L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, Andre Norton, and others female authors, as well as Moore's early heroine, sword and sorcery has had a strongly masculine bias.

Despite the fact that Cyprus and Jerusalem did not bar succession in female line, Philip however took those claims and used those titles as well.

Despite the success of the Kay advertisements, they were criticised by rival brewer Interbrew as discouraging female take-up of beer.

Despite these important aspects of her reign, together with the suggestions of modern scholarship as to the long-term effects of some of her innovations in governance, much of the attention to Wu Zetian has been to her gender, as the anomalous female supreme sovereign of a unified Chinese empire, holding during part of her lifetime the title of Huangdi.

Despite some early success, the network struggled to shift its focus from the female 12 – 24 demographic to the broader 12 – 34 range.

Despite this theoretical viewpoint, abortion is not uncommon among the Sikh community in India, and there is growing concern that female fetuses are being aborted because of the cultural preference for sons.

Despite Jeanne heavily campaigning for the female lead, Anne Baxter was initially cast in the part, but when she had to forfeit due to pregnancy, Crain was given the role after all.

( Despite its use in many fictional works, this is not a term used for female superiors, who are addressed as " ma ' am ").

Despite this tradition many female dancers today also learn the lead role, even though few male dancers learn the follow role.

Despite a vigorous challenge from Environment Minister Jean Charest, Campbell emerged victorious from the June leadership election and became Canada's first female prime minister.

Despite professing the anti-Qing cause, the Guangfuhui was highly critical of Sun Yat-sen. One of the most famous female revolutionaries was Qiu Jin, who fought for women's rights and was also from Guangfuhui.

Despite this, Anita's magical bond with the two are further strengthened throughout the series and Anita is still considered to be the " lupa " or female leader of the pack despite her relationship issues with him.

Despite this, he included two female djembe players in the 2000 American tour of Les Percussions de Guinée.

Despite being limited by having only one female member, Kerri Kenney's energy and acting range ( portraying anyone from an average housewife to Nancy Spungen ) led the cast to describe her as " the only girl we need ".

Despite female news anchors becoming commonplace across Canada and the United States by the mid-1980s, this was a controversial move, and many London viewers were very upset by there being a female anchor.

Despite the fact the character Lassie is female, all collies to play Lassie in the television series were male because male collies retain a thicker summer coat than females, which " looks better on television.

Despite the award's short span, the award helped solidify Gaynor as one of the best-known female disco artists from the 1970s and the song " I Will Survive " as one of the most recognized and top-selling songs from the genre.

Despite originally considering a female singer, Howerdel would eventually accept Keenan's offer.

Despite the awkwardness that comes of this, it is traditionally considered rude to discuss female dwarfs in conversation.

Despite this, both female and male activists did play pivotal roles in the movement including Gaura Devi, Sudesha Devi, Bachni Devi, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Sundarlal Bahuguna, Govind Singh Rawat, Dhoom Singh Negi, Shamsher Singh Bisht and Ghanasyam Raturi, the Chipko poet, whose songs echo throughout the Himalayas.

Despite his efforts however it is possible that a female co-regent of Akhenaten ruled as pharaoh before the end of his own 18th dynasty.