Despite being one of Mather's most well-known works, many have openly criticized it, labeling it as hard to follow and understand, and poorly paced and organized.

Despite these pressures, consumer price inflation has remained low ( 2. 2 % according to the Central Bank of Malta 2nd Quarterly Report in 2007 ), reflecting the impact of a fixed exchange rate policy ( 100 % hard peg to the euro, in preparation for currency changeover ) and lingering price controls.

Despite the similarity to its American counterpart in that the outcome of the matches remains predetermined, the phenomena are different in the form of the psychology and presentation of the sport ; it is treated as a full contact combat sport as it mixes hard hitting martial arts strikes with shoot style submission holds, while in the U. S. it is rather more regarded as an entertainment show.

Despite the initial success, the Olympic Movement faced hard times, as the 1900 ( in De Coubertin's own Paris ) and 1904 Games were both swallowed by World's Fairs, and received little attention.

Despite Edward Heath claiming it was a ' hard, cold budget, without any glimmer of warmth ' Jenkins ' first budget broadly received a warm reception, with Harold Wilson remarking that ' it was widely acclaimed as a speech of surpassing quality and elegance ' and Barbara Castle that it ' took everyone's breath away '.

Despite its advertised advantage ( quick release ), the slipped constrictor knot can also be hard to release when worked extremely tight in certain rope materials.

Despite the lack of hard evidence, it has been put forward by some authorities that black robes, perhaps slightly tainted with red to hide bloodstains, was indeed the sensible garment of choice for infiltration.

Despite modern depictions, almost nobody actually rode in the wagons ; it was too dusty, too rough, and too hard on the livestock.

Despite the increased fear of a dirty bombing attack, it is hard to assess whether the actual risk of such an event has increased significantly.

Despite this, everyone complains of exhausting hard labor and difficulties of living with the remaining inconveniences.

Despite this, many post-grunge bands adopted a hard rock sound and in the 2000s there came a renewed interest in established bands, attempts at a revival, and new hard rock bands that emerged from the garage rock and post-punk revival scenes.

Despite being about inland, Hattiesburg was hit very hard in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.

Despite hard times of illnesses, crop failures, tornadoes, heavy rains and storms, some $ 10, 000 was raised towards a building project by its 75 family congregation.

Despite the hard times they endured together, or perhaps because of them, Shaka loved his mother almost to the point of worship.

Despite their bickering, the goodness and generosity of each character can be seen during hard times.

Despite being on a major label at the time, Bomfunk MC's music has been hard to find in most record stores across the globe since 2001.

Despite earning $ 1000 a day, Basinger never enjoyed modelling, saying " It was very hard to go from one booking to another and always have to deal with the way I looked.

Despite their soft-bodied nature and lack of mineralised hard parts, fossil tadpoles ( around 10 cm in length ) have been recovered from Upper Miocene strata.

Despite their impeccant name they became notorious for hard drinking and partying.

Despite the flexibility of the trachea and smaller conducting airways, their overall volume ( i. e. the anatomic dead space ) changes little with bronchoconstriction or when breathing hard during exercise.

Despite regular beatings, he worked hard enough to get promoted from stable boy to playing a Caribbean cannibal who eats raw meat.

Despite the popularity of latkes and tradition of eating them during Hanukkah, they are hard to come by in stores or restaurants in Israel, having been largely replaced by the Hanukkah doughnut due to local economic factors, convenience and the influence of trade unions.

Despite a hard chase, Vinokourov kept the lead and took the stage, as well as second place in the general classification.

Despite growth into new markets outside the brand's traditional footprint, the company was hit hard by the recession of 2008 – 2009.

Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, never entered into the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, yet, at times, the church incorporated the theory in its ordinary belief.

Despite the conservative nature of the times, Housman, as distinct from the prudence of his public life, was quite open in his poetry, and especially his A Shropshire Lad, about his deeper sympathies.

Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.

Despite its explicitly Christian nature, Clement's work draws on Stoic philosophy and pagan literature ; Homer alone is cited over sixty times in the work.

Despite this, several individuals in modern times have claimed that they have rediscovered the methods in which the original Damascus steel was produced.

Despite their practice of blending with dominant groups in order to avoid persecution and because the Druze religion doesn't endorse separatist sentiments, urging the Druze to blend with the communities they reside in, nevertheless the Druze have had a history of brave resistance to occupying powers, and they have at times enjoyed more freedom than most other groups living in the Levant.

Despite Davies ' unequivocal statement that the two wars are distinct, Lance Parkin, in his Doctor Who chronology AHistory, suggests in a speculative essay that the two destructions of Gallifrey may be the same event seen from two different perspectives, with the Eighth Doctor present twice ( and both times culpable for the planet's destruction ).

Despite their simple construction, the tentacles of hydras are extraordinarily extensible and can be four to five times the length of the body.

Despite discharging considerable volumes of water at times, particularly before the advent of large scale river regulation, the Mouth has always been comparatively small and shallow.

Despite border ( both territorial and nautical ) tensions and the forced migration of 270, 000 Rohingya Muslims from Buddhist Burma in 1978, relations with Bangladesh have generally been cordial, albeit tense at times.

Despite being friends with Margaret, she has driven Margaret mad a few times, notably in " Only a Story ", when she moved in with the Meldrews after her flat had been flooded and drove Margaret to the point of distraction with her complaining and laziness.

Despite some rough times, Evans held the job for eight years, restoring Paramount's reputation for commercial success with The Odd Couple, Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown, and Rosemary's Baby.

Despite the South Korean economy's high growth potential and apparent structural stability, South Korea suffers perpetual damage to its credit rating in the stock market due to the belligerence of North Korea in times of deep military crises, which has an adverse effect on the financial markets of the South Korean economy.

Despite being shut out four times in ten games, the Giants recorded an 18 – 8 September to move into first by three games as the pitching staff achieved a team ERA of 1. 78, the lowest in the National League in a September stretch run since the 1965 Dodgers.

Despite initial excitement, the guidance of longtime baseball executives, Eddie Leishman and Buzzie Bavasi as well as a new playing field, the team struggled ; the Padres finished in last place in each of its first six seasons in the NL West, losing 100 games or more four times.

Despite an initially poor reception, it became a great success, playing 400 times in the next two years.

Despite Mary believing she was pregnant numerous times during her five-year reign, she never reproduced.

Despite the preeminence of Tikunei haZohar and despite the topmost priority of Torah study in Judaism, much of the Zohar has been relatively obscure and unread in the Jewish world in recent times, particularly outside of Israel and outside of Chasidic groups.

Despite the extensive classical art galleries and museums in the city, there is also a contemporary arts scene that has become increasingly prominent in recent times.

Despite this he has several times attempted to quit, staying at home with his family as he realizes his constant absence has nearly destroyed his wife.

Despite several break up stories in the press Williams and Field have been spotted together many times.

Despite killing the Arab man with the first gunshot, he shoots the corpse four more times after a brief pause.

Despite being regarded as one of the most popular members of the royal family in recent times who helped to stabilise the popularity of the monarchy as a whole, Elizabeth was subject to various degrees of criticism during her life.

Despite this, the water quality has still improved, with several historians having called it at various times in the past as an " open sewer ".