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 the party's weaknesses, Sinclair gained a high profile as he sought to recall the Midlothian Campaign and once more revitalise the Liberals as the party of a strong foreign policy.

Despite the honey bee's painful sting and the stereotype of insects as pests, bees are generally held in high regard.

Despite this however, the fatality rate per head of population is moderately high, comparable to the United States.

Despite his high profile as one of the world's most popular and recognizable superheroes, Rogers also has a broad understanding of the espionage community, largely through his ongoing relationship with S. H. I. E. L. D.

Despite high ticket prices, the exhibition lost money, with only one recorded sale.

Despite his initial high profile after the end of the Monkees, Jones struggled to establish himself as a solo artist.

Despite proclaiming high clinical standards for himself to gather information ' by means of expert analysis of individual cases ', he would also draw on the reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry.

Despite these disadvantages, a high operating temperature provides an advantage by removing the need for a precious metal catalyst like platinum, thereby reducing cost.

Despite the efforts of the growers, coffee prices plunged on the international market from a high of more than US $ 2. 25 per kilogram in the mid-1970s to less than US $ 0. 45 per kilogram in the early 1990s.

Despite high expectations, 1975 was among the Astros ' worst in franchise history.

Despite a slowing global economy, Indonesia ’ s economic growth accelerated to a ten-year high of 6. 3 % in 2007.

Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, however, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC.

Despite Japan's high standing in the League, the subsequent Lytton Report declared Japan to be the aggressor and demanded Manchuria be returned to the Chinese.

Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.

Despite the high priority given by the Dutch government to fighting illegal drug trafficking, the Netherlands continue to be an important transit point for drugs entering Europe.

Despite the estimations held by Hitler and others in the German high command, the Soviet Union was by no means weak.

Despite the high content of chemicals that are noxious to herbivores, some have evolved the ability to withstand the chemical defences of pepper plants, for example the sematurine moth Homidiana subpicta or some flea beetles of the genus Lanka.

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 a high emigration rate, the population is growing rapidly, about 1. 2 % per year.

Despite the high population of gays and lesbians who called Greenwich Village home, very few places existed, other than bars, where they were able to congregate openly without being harassed or arrested.

Despite the high level of integration with word processing in general personal computing.

Despite its high price and rarity, thulium is used as the radiation source in portable X-ray devices and in solid-state lasers.

Despite its high cost, portable X-ray devices use thulium that has been bombarded in a nuclear reactor as a radiation source.

Despite high speed play and rapid exchanges, a player can see clearly what side of the racket was used to hit the ball.

Despite some efforts, no suitable substitutes with the stability and low cost of gelatin have been found.

Despite a significant technological advantage, the Cetagandans are finally driven off at great cost after many years of occupation and guerrilla warfare, in large part due to the leadership of General Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Miles ' paternal grandfather.

Despite relatively high cost, this arrangement has the advantages of being stable, wavelength insensitive, mode insensitive, and offering a large dynamic range.

Despite serious cash flow problems, they moved UPI's headquarters from New York City to Washington DC, incurring additional major costs due to construction cost overruns.

Despite the increased cost in hardware, this type of embedded system is increasing in popularity, especially on the more powerful embedded devices such as Wireless Routers and GPS Navigation Systems.

Despite the increased cost, the more modern variation ( which can be considered as " heavier " than old streetcar systems, even though it is called " light rail ") is the dominant form of urban rail development in the United States.

Despite the great human cost, the Soviet Union under Molotov's nominal premiership made great strides in the adoption and widespread implementation of agrarian and industrial technology.

Despite the then-high cost of the single-issue packaging, The Dark Knight Returns sold well.

Despite the film being only a little over an hour in length and having no real action to speak of, it cost over $ 350, 000 to make.

Despite the cost and complication disadvantages, active crossovers provide the following advantages over passive ones:

Despite economic difficulties, however, the government was able to enact a wide range of progressive social reforms, such as significant increases in welfare payments and the indexation of benefits and the minimum wage to the cost of living.

Despite an otherwise commendable career, that play and Lett's later unnecessary attempt to recover a blocked field goal, which cost Dallas the next season's Thanksgiving Classic, have led to him being ill-remembered by football fans.

Despite the increased efficiency, the financial stability of the railroad began to crumble, prompted by the high cost of the western expansion, electrical expenses, and competition with other railroads and ships using the newly-opened Panama Canal.

Despite their higher cost, this was a popular format due to its reliability and ease of use.

Despite these arguments, advocates of “ financial modernization ” predicted consumers and businesses would enjoy cost savings and greater convenience in receiving financial services from integrated “ financial services firms .”

Despite this, Railtrack made what would prove to be the fatal mistake of not properly assessing the technical viability and cost of implementing moving block prior to promising the speed increase to Virgin and the government.

Despite being effective against drug resistant parasites, halofantrine is not commonly used in the treatment ( prophylactic or therapeutic ) of malaria due to its high cost.

Despite her success, and the great savings in cost and space provided by the iron hull, compared to a copper sheathed counterpart, there remained problems with fouling due to the adherence of weeds and barnacles.

Despite that, and a cost overrun due to Burroughs ' charging for the use of their facility, the computer was delivered to NASA ' a Ames Research Center outside of San Francisco in 1971.

Despite efforts to ban outdoor relief, parishes continued to offer it as a more cost effective method of dealing with pauperism.

Despite being a wealthy businessman and fervent anticommunist, Mulock believed that government operation of public franchises provided better service at lower cost, with greater protection of personal privacy and public interest.

Despite these unromantic circumstances, the couple settled amicably in Hanover ( where the cost of living was much lower than in England ), and by all accounts were devoted to each other throughout their marriage.

Despite Blair's claims that Andros was unsupportive, Andros donated the cost of the bricks to construct the college's chapel from his own funds, and convinced the House of Burgesses to approve funding of £ 100 per year for the college.