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Despite the introduction of western style medical facilities and the implementation of a National Essential Drug Policy, the PRC has several emerging public health problems, which include problems as a result of pollution, a progressing HIV-AIDS epidemic, hundreds of millions of cigarette smokers, and the increase in obesity among the population.
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Despite the retreat of US and UN forces after several deaths due to local hostilities mainly led by Aidid, the introduction of a powerful military force opened the transportation routes, enabling the provision of supplies and ended the famine quickly.
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 introduction of modern technology, the external appearance and locations of many of the classrooms have remained unchanged for a long time.
Despite a contract with MGM to distribute his cartoons, and the introduction of a new character named “ Flip the Frog ”, and later “ Willie Whopper ”, the Iwerks Studio was never a major commercial success and failed to rival either Disney or Fleischer Studios.
Despite the introduction of the Norwegian cyclone model just after World War I, the United States did not formally analyze fronts on surface analyses until late 1942, when the WBAN Analysis Center opened in downtown Washington, D. C ..
Despite these problems, however, the novella's length provides unique advantages ; in the introduction to a novella anthology titled Sailing to Byzantium, Robert Silverberg writes:
Despite the introduction of various safety measures ( back-up power generators, evacuation plans, etc.
Despite a frequency of more than one train every two minutes, made possible by the installation of digital signalling in 1989, and the partial introduction of double-decker trains since 1998, the central stations of Line A are critically crowded at peak times.
Despite its highly personal perspective and agenda, The Assault on Culture: Utopian currents from Lettrisme to Class War ( Aporia Press and Unpopular Books, London, 1988 ) is considered a useful art-history work, providing an introduction to a range of cultural currents which had, aluthet that time at least, been under-documented.
" Despite the introduction of the death penalty, many gay Iraqis say they rarely faced overt persecution during Saddam's time.
Despite the introduction of the intermediate 7. 9mm Kurz cartridge promoted by the Heer ( developed for the promising MP 43 assault rifle ), the Luftwaffe favored the long-range potential of the standard 7. 92 × 57mm Mauser rifle round and this caliber was one of the main design prerequisites.
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Despite the Riddler showing a set of playing cards with ( from left to right ) Gleek, Zan, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Batman, and Superman he then burns to ashes in his introduction in " Wanted: The Super Friends ", the Wonder Twins and Gleek did not appear in Challenge.
Despite the introduction of social thought as an object of religious thought, Rerum Novarum explicitly rejects what it calls " the main tenet of socialism ":
Despite the introduction of modern tram units, 4 trams still have a Bistrowagen and operate every weekday.
Despite its late introduction, the Monza sold 12, 000 units, making it one of the most popular Corvairs.
Despite the introduction of systemwide caching that now automates this process, application level lookup tables can still improve performance for data items that rarely, if ever, change.
Despite the harsh introduction, Finney pulled Reynolds aside after the performance and recommended that he study composition over the summer.
Despite the blemish on his record, in November 1923, Schacht became currency commissioner for the Weimar Republic and participated in the introduction of the Rentenmark, a new currency the value of which was based on a mortgage on all of the properties in Germany.
Despite the introduction of the Norwegian cyclone model just after World War I, the United States did not formally analyze fronts on surface analyses until late 1942, when the WBAN Analysis Center opened in downtown Washington, D. C ..
Despite Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL's lack of SLOT-2, some Nintendo DS titles released post Nintendo DSi's introduction continue supporting the Rumble Pak accessory, mainly due to the fact the Nintendo DS Lite console is still being sold concurrently to the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL.
Despite the introduction of model-scale turbojet engines, electric-powered ducted fans remain popular on smaller, lower-cost model aircraft.
Despite incompatibilities with existing air-interface standards, the late introduction of this 3G system, and despite the high upgrade cost of deploying an all-new transmitter technology, W-CDMA has become the dominant standard.
Despite the known history on the introduction and acceptance of almonds into Italian cuisine, more recent takes on the meanings and origins have come about, further popularized by the two major brands.
Despite and western
Despite this, there are still obvious differences between eastern and western Berlin.
Despite adopting this style, and that the Vandals maintained their sea-power and their hold on the islands of the western Mediterranean Sea, Huneric did not have the prestige that his father Genseric had enjoyed with other states.
Despite the criticisms already mentioned, Jerome has retained a rank among the western Fathers.
Despite being defined as the South African coast by the IHO, the western limit of the channel is more correctly defined as the coast of Southern Africa or, more specifically, of Mozambique.
Despite publication of the recovered copy in western media, for decades, it was the official policy of the Soviet Union to deny the existence of the secret protocol.
Despite contact with western cultures, Sumba is one of the few places in the world in which megalithic burials, are used as a ' living tradition ' to inter prominent individuals when they die.
" Despite the Crusaders ' slaughter when they originally conquered Jerusalem in 1099, Saladin granted amnesty and free passage to all common Catholics and even to the defeated Christian army, as long as they were able to pay the aforementioned ransom ( the Greek Orthodox Christians were treated even better, because they often opposed the western Crusaders ).
Despite the efforts of previous kings, western, democratic style of the government was alien to the kingdom.
Despite the volcanic activity, the termini of the glacier have still advanced, with a slight advance on the western lobe and a more considerable advance on the more shaded eastern lobe.
Despite this, the promise of a Pan-Arab state including Palestine were dashed as Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan declared independence from their European rulers, while western Palestine festered in the developing Arab-Jewish conflict.
Despite the consensus among most specialists in Southeast archeology and anthropology, some scholars contend that ancestors of the Cherokee people lived in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee for a far longer period of time.
Despite this victory, the Carthaginians continue to occupy the western half of Sicily, with a treaty being concluded that confines the Carthaginians to the area west of the Halycus ( Platani ) River.
Despite Nazi propaganda presenting all of the regions annexed as possessing significant German populations that wanted reunification with Germany, the Reich's statistics of late 1939 show that only 31, 000 out of 994, 092 people in the annexed Polish western territories were ethnic Germans.
Despite its being the least populous community in the Commonwealth, Gosnold is not the least densely populated, with that title belonging to Mount Washington, at the southwestern corner of western Massachusetts.
Despite its name, Alnmouth Station is located at the western end of the village of Hipsburn, near to the hamlet of Bilton.
Despite the large population growth on the western edge of Licking County, Heath remains the third largest municipality in the county, and one of only three cities.
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 the successes against the Simba rebels, Tshombe's prestige was damaged by the use of white mercenaries and western forces, lost the support of Kasa-Vubu and was dismissed from prime minister in October 1965.
Hughes responded by getting Scott a small part in a George O ' Brien film called Sharp Shooters ( 1928 ). Despite its title and the presence of O ' Brien, Sharp Shooters is not a western, as some film historians claimed.
Despite the potential awkwardness, there were no quarrels between Mason and Horner, who was able to work quietly to ease tensions between Ohio and Michigan and then focused his attention on the western portion of the Michigan Territory that was not included in the state.
Despite his deep respect for Gokhale, however, Gandhi would reject Gokhale's faith in western institutions as a means of achieving political reform and ultimately chose not to become a member of Gokhale's Servants of India Society.
Despite the growing militarism in society, he continued to strongly opposed the Second Sino-Japanese War and was adamantly opposed to extending the war to include the United States and other western powers.
Despite these reservations, the film was screened at the festival and won both the Italian Critics Award and the Golden Lion award — introducing western audiences, including western directors, more noticeably to both Kurosawa's films and techniques, such as shooting directly into the sun and using mirrors to reflect sunlight onto the actor's faces.
Despite its intent of ameliorating the ravages of war the inception of the First Geneva Convention inaugurated " a renewal of military activity on a large scale, to which the people of western Europe … had not been accustomed since the first Napoleon had been eliminated.
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