Despite some opposition, the Burgundian and Provençal nobles paid homage to Conrad in Zürich in 1034.

Despite his reliance on homage to bygone cinema, Bogdanovich solidified his status as one of a new breed of A-list directors that included Academy Award winners Francis Ford Coppola and William Friedkin, with whom he formed The Directors Company.

Despite some opposition, the Burgundian and Provençal nobles paid homage to Conrad in Zürich in 1034.

Despite the rather poetic homage paid to it in the 1968 song, MacArthur Park became known for violence after 1985 when drug-dealing, shoot-outs and the occasional rumored drowning became commonplace, with as many as 30 murders in 1990.

Despite John Wayne's opposition to the film, the use of the Irish folk tune The Rakes of Mallow as background music during the riot scenes was something of an homage to his film The Quiet Man, in which the same tune was used during the protracted fistfight between Wayne's character and Victor McLaglen's.

Despite having not seen the pilot, Waters called the show a " sex farce " and claimed ( erroneously ) that the show included a scene of a Catholic priest being seduced in a confessional.

Despite Open Waters success, she made only one film in the next five years, Beerfest ; however she appeared in four films in 2008 and two in 2009, including Under New Management and It's Complicated.

Despite lacking the rotating nozzles that usually define this type of show, the Musical Waters shows are one of the few of this kind that still retain most of the simple elegance that defined Otto Przystawic's first fountains, including the visual attraction of the human element with live " fountaineers " controlling the effects.

Despite being a cover, the song's wistful yearning for the simpler days of a bucolic childhood had personal significance for Battin, as he explained during a 1979 interview: "' Lazy Waters ' was a serious song.

Despite a systems glitch and the kidnapping of Waters by Dekker and his men, the Viper Team defeated them and rescued Waters.

Despite Francis ' different religion, he felt that they were good people, much like Europeans, and could be converted.

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 his partial recovery, Weber felt that he was unable to resume regular teaching at that time and continued on as a private scholar, helped by an inheritance in 1907.

Despite Qatar's coming under British " protection ," Abdullah bin Jassim was far from secure: recalcitrant tribes refused to pay tribute ; disgruntled family members intrigued against him ; and he felt vulnerable to the designs of Bahrain, not to mention the Wahhabis.

Despite these expansions, some still felt copyright was not a strong enough regime.

Despite the oath ( s ) of reconciliation, David felt insecure, and so made an alliance with the Philistines, becoming their vassal.

Despite intervention, market pressures caused the yen to continue climbing in value, peaking temporarily at an average of ¥ 271 per US $ 1 in 1973 before the impact of the 1973 oil crisis was felt.

Despite neither side obtaining a clear victory, Otto II felt his honor was sufficiently restored and opened peace negotiations with the French King.

Despite the plaudits, the film was considered a step back cinematically with the feel of filmed theater, however Kazan did at first use a more open setting but then felt compelled to revert to the stage atmosphere to remain true to the script.

Despite smoking in some of his films, Eastwood is a lifelong non-smoker, has been conscious of his health and fitness since he was a teenager, and as a Vegan practices healthy eating and daily Transcendental Meditation. While promoting his film, Hereafter, Eastwood spoke about his views on religion and meditation by saying " I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them.

Despite the story's lack of an easily marketable concept, Cannava selected American Beauty because he felt it was the one Ball had the most passion for.

Despite the increased light from this device, Bacon and French felt the statue required even more light.

Despite being released from the play after five weeks, Milland felt that he had gained valuable acting experience.

Despite the melodramatic script, director King Vidor eagerly took on the film since it emphasized the traditional family values and strong belief in hope — qualities he felt were essential to a good motion picture.

Despite these issues, he also felt that the book had much to commend it, having a narrative structure that while " unstructured ", was " gripping and enthralling ", holding the reader's attention and keeping them " guessing what is going to happen next.

Despite the general agreement among film critics regarding these political connotations of the film, lead actor Kevin McCarthy said in an interview included on the 1998 DVD release that he felt no political allegory was intended.

Despite the secession of the Southern states and the formation of the Confederate States of America, Breckinridge remained in the Senate until he felt threatened by the military government of his state and fled Washington to the Confederacy on October 2, 1861.

Despite this complete success, Brock felt he needed to go further.

Despite his fame, Rothko felt a growing personal seclusion, and a sense of being misunderstood as an artist.

Despite his fame, the hunger artist felt dissatisfied and misunderstood.

Despite the group's success, however, Brown felt the group was never rightfully paid the money they felt they had earned from their success, later saying " the most I saw from all the tours and all of the records we sold was $ 500 and a VCR.

Despite Liege ’ s many contribution to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the people of Liege felt discriminated against by the Dutch because of their language ( French ) and their religion ( Catholicism ), were different from that of the Netherlands.

Despite his collegiate success, some NFL teams still felt that Smith was too small and slow for the pro game.

" Despite generally positive reviews, several critics, even those who were complimentary, felt that the ending was weak and did not live up to the rest of the film.

Despite the clarity of his presentation, his idea was not of Einsteinian calibre.

Despite the rejection of the traditional accounts on many points of detail, as late as 1948 it was still possible to postulate a massive and comparatively sudden ( beginning in ca. 450 ) influx of Germans as the type of invasions.

Despite several years of front-page stories, the average citizen was unable to get a complete picture of McCarthy until he saw on the television screen what the reporters had been seeing all along but had no effective way of communicating.

Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943, the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation's backlog of an estimated two million disabled.

Despite extensive attempts to obtain highly pure reagents, serious difficulty was experienced in obtaining reproducible rates of reaction.

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 his apprehensions about his personal safety, Palfrey's reception in New Orleans was more than cordial.

Despite the warning, there was a unanimous vote to enter a candidate, according to Republicans who attended.

Despite the 45-degree weather the game was clicked off in 1:48, thanks to only three bases on balls and some good infield play.

Despite efforts by Washington last week to play down the significance of the meeting, it clearly was going to be one of the crucial encounters of the cold war.

Despite his dissatisfaction with McClellan's failure to reinforce Pope, Lincoln was desperate, and restored him to command of all forces around Washington, to the dismay of all in his cabinet but Seward.

( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

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 this, Babbage's work fell into historical obscurity and the Analytical Engine was unknown to builders of electro-mechanical and electronic computing machines in the 1930s and 1940s when they began their work, resulting in the need to re-invent many of the architectural innovations Babbage had proposed.

Despite his lack of formal qualifications, Ampère was appointed a professor of mathematics at the school in 1809.

Despite being quite religious, he was also interested in mathematics and science, and sometimes is claimed to have contradicted the teachings of the Church in favour of scientific theories.

Despite the service he rendered to the Qajar government, Hasan Ali Shah was dismissed from the governorship of Kerman in 1837, less than two years after his arrival there, and was replaced by Firuz Mirza Nusrat al-Dawla, a younger brother of Muhammad Shah Qajar.

Despite Frankish advances in the years that followed, Alaric was not afraid to take the military initiative when it presented itself.

Despite his success against the Gepids, Alboin had failed to greatly increase his power, and was now faced with a much stronger threat from the Avars.

Despite Van Buren's defeat, Johnson was instrumental in keeping Greene County in the Democratic column.

Despite this relative peace, the king was still forced to deal with a number of Danish raids and incursions.

Despite the legend of his divorce and remarriage, Amram was also held to have been entirely sinless throughout his life, and was rewarded for this by his corpse remaining without any signs of decay.