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Despite the legends that have grown up about the Liberty Bell, it did not ring on July 4, 1776, as no public announcement was made of the Declaration of Independence.
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Despite the legends and fiction surrounding this character, his actual career was punctuated by only a handful of skirmishes followed by a desperate quest to clear his name.
Despite legends of posadniks such as Gostomysl that were set in the ninth century, the term posadnik first appeared in the Primary Chronicle under the year 997.
Despite this fact, it's roots are still unknown, however there are several legends of it's origins.
Despite some solid Test knocks for Australia, he is remembered more for a couple of legends of the early days of Test cricket than for anything he did on the field.
Despite the name, males are found in a small number of legends.
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Despite the lip service paid by local governments, the anti-secrecy statutes have been continuously subverted by reservations and rationalizations.
Despite these achievements, the influence of Aristotle's errors is considered by some to have held back science considerably.
Despite this controversy, many properties of diatomic astatine have been predicted.
Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.
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 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.
Amalric was pious and attended mass every day, although he also " is said to have absconded himself without restraint to the sins of the flesh and to have seduced married women …" Despite his piety he taxed the clergy, which they naturally opposed.
Despite this unofficial standard, regional variations of American English have not only persisted but have actually intensified, according to linguist William Labov.
Despite display rules and guidances, accidents have continued to happen.
Despite the shared name of " Adoptionism " the Spanish Adoptionist Christology appears to have differed sharply from the Adoptionism of early Christianity.
Despite decisively defeating the Marathas, what might have been Ahmad Shah's peaceful control of his domains was disrupted by many challenges.
Despite the fundamental importance and frequent necessity of statistical reasoning, there may nonetheless have been a tendency among biologists to distrust or deprecate results which are not qualitatively apparent.
Despite this, many knockoffs have been found, including college T-shirts which show Calvin and Hobbes binge drinking or Calvin urinating on a logo.
Despite Edmund's respected intelligence and abilities, he has no personal fortune to speak of, apart from his frequently fluctuating wage packet from the Prince, as he says: " If I'm running short of cash, all I have to do is go upstairs and ask Prince Fat-head for a rise.
Despite their appearance at the end of the Book of Judges, certain characters ( like Jonathan, the grandson of Moses ) and idioms present in the epilogue show that the therein " must have taken place ... early in the period of the judges.
Despite the fact that many of Bacardi's offerings are aimed at the lower and middle-part of the price spectrum, Bacardí rums have been entered in a number of international spirit ratings competitions.
Despite its small size, 31 Caltech alumni and faculty have won the Nobel Prize and 66 have won the National Medal of Science or Technology.
Despite the risk factors associated with bicycling, cyclist have a lower overall mortality rate when compared to other groups.
Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics.
Despite the foregoing, most CD-Rs on the market have an 80 minute capacity.
Despite the limitations imposed on ancient Chinese concubines, history and literature have examples of concubines achieving great power and influence.
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.
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Despite the advances in materials and the maturation of manufacturing processes, the United States market had not grown as quickly.
Despite this small-scale lumbering, as of 2006 the forests have grown back and are mixed oak, with blueberry and mountain laurel bushes.
Despite the rapid growth of Dallas County and most of its suburban communities during the latter half of the 20th century, Hutchins has grown at a much slower pace and today is one of the smallest municipalities in the county.
Despite the Posse's failure, the Posse was the first effort by any major professional sports league to place a team in Las Vegas proper ; this is something that most major leagues have traditionally avoided due in part to Las Vegas's gambling reputation, as well as the fact that the city has only recently grown to major size.
Despite the diverse and independent press which has previously existed, and the assurances of one country, two systems, apprehensions have grown among Hong Kong journalists, since Hong Kong returned to PRC sovereignty in July, 1997, that Beijing would curtail their freedom to write articles on mainland China not to its liking.
Despite pledges to reduce it, the deficit had grown to over $ 40 billion by 1993.
Despite financial difficulties in the mid-1980s, the festival has grown steadily, reaching 353, 000 visitors in 2010.
Despite being one of the weakest of the Allied powers, the Italians soon managed to populate its army from 560 to 693 infantry battalions in 1916 ; the army had grown in size from a million to one and a half million soldiers.
Despite the prestige and acclaim of Nebbiolo based wine, it is far from being the most widely grown grape in Piedmont.
Despite their size and red hues attractive to nectar-feeding birds, they are not visited regularly by hummingbirds when grown in the Neotropics.
Despite this, UltraHLE had grown beyond either its authors ' or Nintendo's control.
It is claimed that this action “ produced dramatic weight loss and improved health .” Despite this, in November of the first year the crew decided to open a cache of emergency food supplies grown outside of the bubble to supplement their meager diets.
Despite this if Sempervivums are grown in normal flower beds among other cultivated plants there can be a problem.
Despite its problems, the cooperative has grown, opening major processing plants in San Juan del Río, Querétaro in 1992, one in Tizayuca, Hidalgo in 2003 and another in Culiacán, Sinaloa in 2006.
Despite the criticisms of iDrive, the concept of a computer-oriented interface has grown in the luxury segment of the industry:
Despite its exceptional origins, this remedy has grown to become a preferred one in Canadian public law.
Despite the circumstances, Kirkland stated that he " loved " working on the episode, and could relate to the story since he had grown up in a " sort of hippie commune school " in the late ' 60s and early ' 70s.
Despite being largely overlooked upon its release, the album's critical stature has grown in time.
Despite more negative publicity and funding problems in 1976, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has since grown into the premiere sporting event in the state, and the largest dog sled race in the world.
Despite the depression, the total enrolment climbed to 154 by 1930, and has grown steadily ever since.
Despite this the song has grown in stature with time and has been popularised not only by consistent airplay, but by its use in advertisements, television programmes and films, and through cover versions.
Despite not playing in 2002 ( being third string behind Kordell Stewart and Tommy Maddox, who split the year as the starters ), Batch became popular with Steeler fans, likely due to having grown up in nearby Homestead.
Despite his having grown very comfortable in the Republic of Quebec, he found his loyalties remained with the nation of his birth and rejoined the Army's Medical Service, where he was given the rank of major.
Despite their small size, they have the strength to carry grown adults.
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