Despite the fact that he was regarded as an outstanding engineer, he seemed to be a very poor administrator, although no one quite knew what was wrong with him.

Despite the fact that four of his sons ( Aban, Abd al Rahman, Muhammad and Ahmad ) were alive at the time of his death, all of them were passed over for succession.

Despite the fact that the housemates are generally isolated, on some occasions some contestants are allowed to exit the house as part of tasks.

Despite the fact that their actions were ultimately fruitless, the Eretrians and in particular the Athenians had earned Darius's lasting enmity, and he vowed to punish both cities.

Despite the fact that many of Bacardi's offerings are aimed at the lower and middle-part of the price spectrum, Bacardí rums have been entered in a number of international spirit ratings competitions.

Unfortunately in the literature the definition is given in two variants: Despite the fact that Bernoulli defined B < sub > 1 </ sub > = 1 / 2 ( now known as " second Bernoulli numbers "), some authors set B < sub > 1 </ sub > = − 1 / 2 (" first Bernoulli numbers ").

Despite the fact that the Cubs had won 89 games, this fallout was decidedly unlovable, as the Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game early and then lied about it publicly.

Despite the fact that it has not been formally proven, the Church – Turing thesis now has near-universal acceptance.

Despite the fact that Increase Mather did not support the trials, Cotton Mather documented them ( Hovey 531-2 ).

Despite the fact that Barks had done little traveling his adventure stories often had the duck clan globe trotting to the most remote or spectacular of places.

Despite the fact that parallels between Captain Marvel and Superman seemed more tenuous ( Captain Marvel's powers came from magic, unlike Superman's ), the courts ruled that substantial and deliberate copying of copyrighted material had occurred.

Despite the fact that Einhard was on intimate terms with Charlemagne, he never achieved office in his reign.

Despite the fact that El Cid's mother's family was aristocratic, in later years the peasants would consider him one of their own.

Despite the fact that Brite's first novel was criticized by some mainstream sources for allegedly " lack a moral center: neither terrifyingly malevolent supernatural creatures nor ( like Anne Rice's protagonists ) tortured souls torn between good and evil, these vampires simply add blood-drinking to the amoral panoply of drug abuse, problem drinking and empty sex practiced by their human counterparts ", many of these so-called " human counterparts " identified with the teen angst and goth music references therein, keeping the book in print.

Despite the fact that Parsons only contributed two new songs to the album (" In My Hour of Darkness ", " Return of the Grievous Angel "), Parsons was highly enthused with his new sound and seemed to have finally adopted a serious, diligent mindset to his musical career, eschewing most drugs and alcohol during the sessions.

Despite the fact that 78. 1 % of the air we breathe is nitrogen, the gas is nutritionally useless.

Despite the fact that Palamism has never been officially condemned by the Catholic Church, Western theologians have tended to reject it, often equating it with quietism.

Despite the fact that Argentina was never the main destination for Irish emigrants it does form part of the Irish diaspora.

Despite the fact that Michael Collins – the de facto leader of the IRA – had negotiated the Treaty, many IRA officers were against it.

Despite arguments prevailing on the ivory trade for the last thirty years through CITES, there is one fact that virtually all informed parties now agree-poaching of African elephants for ivory is now seriously on the increase.

Despite the fact that Nazis are portrayed as the enemy in Wolfenstein, the use of those symbols is a federal offense in Germany unless certain circumstances apply.

Despite periodic crises of confidence and lingering Iraqi resentment over Jordan's close ties with Saddam Hussein, the two countries have managed to forge deep ties, in fact, Jordan has taken the lead among Arab states to do so.

Despite the Rhodesian Constitution of 1965 coming into effect as a result of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence, appeals continued to be accepted by the Privy Council as late as 1969 due to the fact that under international law, Rhodesia remained a UK colony.

Despite the absence of conditional jumps, the Z3 was a Turing complete computer ( ignoring the fact that no physical computer can be truly Turing complete because of limited storage size ).

Despite the name implying a design evolving from the K5, it is in fact a totally different design that was created by the NexGen team, including chief processor architect Greg Favor, and adapted after the AMD purchase.

Despite a general selling of state property and contrary to neoliberal prescriptions, the regime retained the lucrative state owned mining company CODELCO which stands for about 30 % of government income.

Despite the ambiguity of Locke's definition of property, which limited property to " as much land as a man tills, plants, improves, cultivates, and can use the product of ", this principle held great appeal to individuals possessed of great wealth.

Despite greater toleration, extreme sects were opposed by the upper classes as they were seen as a threat to social order and property rights.

Despite these tax increases, compared to developed countries, Honduras has low tax rates with particularly low property taxes.

Despite improvements in the laws in recent years, Indonesia's intellectual property rights regime remains weak ; lack of effective enforcement is a major concern.

Despite the name, there is no need for passwords to be actual words ; indeed passwords which are not actual words may be harder to guess, a desirable property.

Despite Germain's intellectual achievements, her death certificate lists her as a “ rentière – annuitant ” ( property holder ), not a “ mathematicienne.

Despite the common law tradition Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos of owning all the air above one's property, the US supreme court ruled that aircraft in the US have the right to use air above someone else's property without their consent.

Despite the expansion and development of the area, this quarter maintained its residential property.

Despite condemning the use of chains, the Royal Commission accepted the survey party's actions as " reasonable " and Canning and his men were exonerated of all charges, including " immorality with native women " and stealing property.

Despite their less-than-perfect conditions, the buildings remain highly sought after and most expensive in the city's property market.

Despite arrests, seizures of property and lands, the struggle intensified.

Despite the lack of legal necessity for such evidence in many jurisdictions, according to press reports collecting evidence of adultery or other " bad behaviour " by spouses and partners is still one of the most profitable activities investigators undertake, as the stakes being fought over now are child custody, alimony, or marital property disputes.

Despite the loss of property, the matriarch of the family, her grandmother, continued to live by her aristocratic ideals.

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 the deed restrictions against African Americans owning or leasing property, 140 Blacks resided in Ruskin.

Despite the amount of waterfront property and the number of boaters coming from Sunapee, the fire department does not have a public safety diver.

Despite the borough's small size, its property is assessed at over $ 1. 3 billion.

Despite designation of of wooded, scenic land surrounding the Waverly Reservoir property and encompassing Waverly Glen park, as Two Rivers State Park in 2005, a Master Plan has yet to be developed for making the property more like a state park and less like a state forest.

Despite assurances to the contrary, the property rights of Mexican citizens were often not honored by the U. S. in accordance with modifications to and interpretations of the Treaty.

Speaking on this measure in the House of Lords, Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough said " I trust your Lordships will pause before you assent to an experiment pregnant with danger to the security of property …" Despite a brilliant speech by Romilly, all Bills were defeated.

Despite being overcrowded and cramped, many houses on the street had gardens as indicated by an advertisement for a residential property in 1798.