Despite his favorable comments on the Grecian scenery, he criticized the graphics for its small, bicolored and barely animated sprites, its black backgrounds, and the absence of multiple scrolling layers.

Despite this, Congo's investment climate is not considered favorable, offering few meaningful incentives.

Despite receiving a favorable review from William Carlos Williams in 1942, the novel's highly experimental style, limited release, and anti-war stance would guarantee it a very limited audience.

Despite receiving an award from Action for Children's Television, favorable reviews, and a ranking in Time magazine's " Best of ' 87 " feature, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was canceled by CBS following the controversy.

Despite the success of " I Love You ", and despite favorable reviews, the subsequent album, named after their hit single and released in July 1968, only reached No. 138 on the Billboard charts.

Despite the favorable mention of James the Just, generally considered a " pro-circumcision " Christian, the Gospel of Thomas also dismisses circumcision:

Despite the favorable reception, the film was not given a proper theatrical release due to the bankruptcy of its distributor.

Despite being embarrassed by the end results, Hellhammer shipped their demo to a number of heavy metal magazines, such as Great Britain's Metal Forces ; critical response toward them was generally favorable.

Despite favorable reviews, the album did not match the sales of Sweet Oblivion.

" Despite the dissent's favorable attitude toward state medical marijuana policies, federal law still controls, and for medical marijuana to be considered legal, change must be effected through legislation by Congress.

Despite favorable reviews, the album did not match the sales of Superunknown.

Despite his favorable attitude towards the poor, he was himself attacked by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and other socialists for lacking positive aims.

Despite the loyalty of returning holidaymakers, resorts such as Blackpool have struggled to compete against the favorable weather of Southern European alternatives.

Despite the low quality of many of the troops manning them, the fortifications protecting Aachen and the Ruhr were a formidable obstacle to the progress of American forces, who saw a breakthrough in this sector as crucial, as the terrain behind Aachen was generally flat, and therefore highly favorable to the motorized Allied armies.

Despite the favorable situation, the Manchus pushed for peace negotiations, probably because Hong Taiji was concerned about the home defence.

Despite a favorable national Republican tide that won North Carolina for George W. Bush, Democrat Mike Easley won by 52 % to 46 %, and succeeded fellow Democrat Jim Hunt as Governor.

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.

Although the film received only slightly favorable reviews, Darnell's performance was received positively, with one critic saying: " Despite her apparent youth, turns in an outstanding performance when playing with popular players.

Despite the rich soils and favorable weather of the Central Valley, inhabitants of the valley who were unfamiliar with its natural rainfall patterns and started to practice intense irrigated agriculture on the arid land soon found themselves troubled by frequent floods in the Sacramento Valley and a general lack of water in the San Joaquin Valley.

Despite favorable conditions for strengthening, the hurricane weakened as it turned to an eastward drift, possibly due to the upwelling of cooler waters.

Despite consistently favorable reviews, the album did not match the commercial success of Sweet Oblivion.

Despite this toughness, the sporocarps will open readily in water if conditions are favorable, and specimens have been successfully germinated after being stored for more than 130 years.

Despite an apparently favorable environment, Danielle continued to slowly weaken, as the forecast for decreasing wind shear did not quickly materialize.

Despite the less than favorable reviews, Tenchi in Tokyo did receive positive acknowledgement.

" Despite such differences between the two models, earlier critiques — from such eminent commentators as Sewall Wright and G. G. Simpson — have argued that punctuated equilibrium is little more than quantum evolution relabeled.

Despite Cutler's defense and critiques about the prosecution's performance, according to mob writers Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain, when the jury's deliberations began a majority were in favor of convicting Gotti.

Despite the experimental support for this hypothesis, it is very controversial and there are many critiques against it.

Despite Saadeh's claims, some authors state that when the party began overt activity, it was the object of many critiques due to having many ideological and organizational resemblances to European fascism, and due to the resemblance of its external symbols to those of German Nazism.

Despite Walker's advocacy of profit sharing and expansion of educational opportunities using trade and industrial schools, he was an avowed opponent of the nascent socialist movement and published critiques of Edward Bellamy's popular novel Looking Backward.

) Despite being left of center in his politics, Somerby mainly critiques liberals in the U. S. mainstream media who he feels do poor journalism, like Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann, both of MSNBC.

Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography ( accounts differ ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he went back to his home in Harlingen, Texas, where he died early in the morning of February 9, 1981.

Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976.

Despite the delay in shipping the album to certain stores, In Pieces was another instant No. 1 success, selling a total of about 10 million copies worldwide.

Despite the less than spectacular response to the Chris Gaines project, Brooks gained his first – and only – US Top 40 pop single in " Lost in You ", the first single from the album.

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 this, the album was the band's first taste of commercial success and their first platinum album in Canada.

Despite not selling as well as its predecessor, the album boasted several strong singles, including " Run's House ", " Beats to the Rhyme ", and " Mary Mary.

Despite no major singles, the album initially sold well.

" Despite the difficulties in recording the album, Crow told the BBC in 2005 that: " My favorite single is ' My Favorite Mistake ,' it was a lot of fun to record and it's still a lot of fun to play.

Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover.

Despite David Byrne's lack of interest in another album, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison reunited for a one-off album called No Talking, Just Head under the name The Heads in 1996.

Despite mounting problems between the musicians, the Band forged ahead with their next album, Cahoots ( 1971 ).

Despite poor record sales ( due to the elongated period of inactivity by the band ) the album is favored by critics and fans alike.

Despite Orbison's death, the remaining group members recorded a second and final studio album, which they intentionally misnumbered Traveling Wilburys Vol.

Despite being unpolished, the album established the band's sound and attitude, as AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that it's filled with " fuzzy guitars, barrelhouse rhythms, dirty jokes, and Texan slang ".

Despite not selling as many copies as Eliminator, 1985's Afterburner was still as successful commercially, becoming their highest-charting album, and racking up sales of 5 million units.

Despite praise from critics and fans for her vocals on the three-month Street Angel tour, Nicks was crushed by the focus on her weight and the poor reception of the album itself.

Despite these hit singles, the album failed to do well in the United States, while in the UK it went triple platinum and remained in the album chart for two years.

Despite cries of " commercial suicide ", the album and its first single, " Beetlebum ", debuted at number one in the UK.

Despite both the Record of the Year award and Song of the Year being awarded for a single or for one track from an album, this award goes only to the composer ( s ) of the song whereas the Record of the Year award goes to the performer and production team of the song.

Despite producing one Top 10 and two Top 20 singles, the album peaked at No. 8 with a six week chart run.