Despite the wide regional variations in climate by latitude and other geographic factors, the long-term average global climate is quite stable during interglacial periods, and variations of a degree or two of average global temperature have historically had major effects on the ecological balance, and on the actual geography of the Earth.

Despite its dependence on the British market, Argentina managed a 6. 7 % annual rate of growth of exports between 1870 and 1890 as a result of successful geographic and commodity diversification.

Despite the municipality's geographic size, however, most of its population continues to reside in the community of Killarney itself, although smaller settlements also exist at Hartley Bay and Bigwood.

Despite the connection to this general geographic region, it is difficult to determine from the Torah the exact boundaries of the tribe, to the extent that it is even uncertain whether Asher even had continuous territory.

Despite being found in geographic locations similar to those of ' true ' river dolphins, such as the boto, the tucuxi is not closely related to them genetically.

Despite geographic proximity, these two dialects are very dissimilar, with Kocievian being much closer to Kuyavian, to the point of some scholars calling it a variant of that dialect.

Despite the difference in ages, the victims fell with the same geographic parameters.

Despite its small population and geographic size, Lebanon plays an influential role in the production of information in the Arab world and is " at the core of a regional media network with global implications ".

Despite its naming as a canal, the inlet is a fjord, a completely natural and not man-made geographic feature and extends northward from the Portland Inlet at Pearse Island, British Columbia, to Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska.

Despite the earlier geographic expansion, by 1920 the infrastructure and rolling stock of South Australia's railways had become run down, inadequate and outdated.

Despite its comparatively large geographic size, the population of Washington County was sparse and small until the end of the 19th century.

Despite its geographic location as the most northerly part of Michigan, the Upper Peninsula is not usually included in the definition of Northern Michigan ( although " Northern Michigan " University is located in the U. P.

Despite commercial success, the book was taken up by only a handful of schools, most of which are privately run and located in a comparatively small geographic area of Tokyo.

Despite white attempts to control independent black congregations, especially after the Nat Turner Uprising of 1831, a number of black congregations managed to maintain their separation as independent congregations in Baptist associations.

Despite the principles of laïcité and the separation of church from state, public and school holidays in France generally follow the Roman Catholic religious calendar ( including Easter, Christmas, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Assumption of Mary, All Saints Day, etc .).

Despite its separation from Tisbury, the original settlement of the town is still located in West Tisbury.

Despite this natural separation, the town remained as one for over 170 years.

Despite their separation from Melnitsa in 2002, the latter band is still one of the most famous folk rock bands in Russia.

Despite fertility-related operations and several miscarriages, she was not able to give Curzon the son and heir he desperately desired, a fact that eroded their marriage, which ended in separation, though not divorce.

Despite their separation, Tara remains devoted to Willow's recovery and supports her in her decision to abstain from using magic.

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

Despite nearly 30 years of public support of Liberal-Capitalist economic and social policies, its best known platform plank is a call for separation of religion and state within the confines of Zionist ideology.

Despite this official move, the process of secularism continued throughout the 20th century, culminating with the Jules Ferry laws in the 1880s and then with the 1905 law on separation of the Church and the state, which definitely established state secularism ( known as laïcité ).

Despite the separation of MSNBC and Microsoft, the site will still be a part of and receive traffic from Microsoft's MSN. com portal.

Despite this, some believe its ideology of separation from Muslim society, " Takfir wal-Hijra ", lives on in other groups.

Despite having a displacement of almost 2. 5 litres, the new car was called the “ Jaguar 2. 4 ” to create an obvious separation from the old Standard 2½ litre and link it to the now familiar 3. 4-litre XK engine.

Despite this separation as units, both the 7th Bomb Wing and the 317th Airlift Group remained at Dyess.

Despite the geographical separation, the events in the two theatres strongly influenced one another.

Despite the separation of " I " from the " It " and " Thou " in this very sentence describing the relationship, Buber's two notions of " I " require attachment to a word partner.

Despite their marital separation, they stayed together in the band for another four years.

Despite the ostensible separation between editorial writing and news gathering, this practice may cause some people to doubt the political objectivity of the publication's news reporting.

Despite the regulation, eleven members of the Institut were elected to the Legislative Assembly in late 1854, where they began to campaign for the separation of church and state in education through the institution of nondenominational schools.

Despite their avowed pacifism and belief in the separation of church and state, the LCA disappointingly still sponsors military chaplains.

Despite the NKT-IKBU's separation from contemporary Tibetan Buddhism, the commitments undertaken by its members also include maintaining " a deep respect " for all Dharma teachings and other Buddhist traditions.

Despite its magnitude, Littlewood suggests, the fugue avoids separation from the rest of the set by its comparable texture.

Despite its low height ( just 833 feet ) it is a Marilyn because of the large height separation from its neighbours.

Despite the effect of a reproduction on the original, Benjamin writes ‘ The uniqueness of a work of art is inseparable from its being imbedded in the fabric of tradition .’ Which speaks to the separation of the original from the reproduction.

Despite the many avenues for the exchange of ideas between faculty and administration, complaints of a lack of communication persist.

Despite progress since the Soviet era, the unemployment rate still hovers near 30 % and there remains a huge gulf between actual and potential Gross Domestic Product.

Despite the biblical prohibition on sexual relations between half-brothers and sisters, () Amnon had an overwhelming desire for her.

Despite his own desperate struggle, the Imperial Prince at once complied, demonstrating the high degree of confidence and mutual co-operation between the two generals.

Despite this road and those running through a few other passes, in general the escarpment impedes easy communication between the two countries.

Despite such diversity, it is possible to classify the indigenous people into three major cultural groups: the northern people, who developed rich handicrafts and were influenced by pre-Incan cultures ; the Araucanian culture, who inhabited the area between the river Choapa and the island of Chiloé, and lived primarily off agriculture ; and the Patagonian culture Patagonia composed of various nomadic tribes, who supported themselves through fishing and hunting ( and who in Pacific / Pacific Coast immigration scenario would be descended partly from the most ancient settlers ).

Despite pressure from the government of the United States, the Chilean Congress, keeping with tradition, conducted a runoff vote between the leading candidates, Allende and former president Jorge Alessandri.

Despite the difficult relations between the local Cubans and the new Europeans, some cooperation was in evidence.

Despite this, there has been unofficial interactions in the economic level between the two countries.

Despite the severity of this boundary event, there was significant variability in the rate of extinction between and within different clades.

Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6, 000 injured.

Despite the differences between comparative law and these other legal fields, comparative law helps inform all of these areas of normativity.

Despite occasional entanglements with European Powers such as the War of 1812 and the 1898 Spanish-American War, U. S. foreign policy was marked by steady expansion of its foreign trade and scope during the 19th century, and it maintained its policy of avoiding wars with and between European powers.

Despite its small size ( roughly from its northernmost to southernmost points ), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County.

Despite caveats in the introduction to the DSM, it has long been argued that its system of classification makes unjustified categorical distinctions between disorders, and uses arbitrary cut-offs between normal and abnormal.

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 wavering tensions between Tehran and Cairo, the two countries are members of the OIC and the Developing 8

Despite this, there are still obvious differences between eastern and western Berlin.

Despite this modest initiative, the financial results were excellent, as it stimulated an increase of foreign trade volume among its members from 3. 5 to 8. 2 billion US dollars between 1959 and 1967.

Despite the comparative obscurity of the kingdom, there were strong connections between Essex and the Kentish kingdom across the river Thames which led to the marriage of King Sledd to Ricula, sister of the king, Aethelbert of Kent.

Despite the differences between systems, the purposes are the same: to guide users of clinical research information on which studies are likely to be most valid.

Despite the fundamental philosophical differences between the free software movement and the open source movement, the official definitions of free software by the Free Software Foundation and of open source software by the Open Source Initiative basically refer to the same software licences, with a few minor exceptions.

Despite close cultural ties, diplomatic relations between the two countries have in many instances been volatile.

Despite considerable congressional resistance, presidential and popular pressure led to a November 1993 agreement brokered by the Catholic Church between the administration and Congress.