Despite these obstacles, readers and commentators have reached a broad consensus about the book's central cast of characters and, to a lesser degree, its plot.

Despite the clear annual value of Newstead being below the £ 200 assigned as the limit for the suppression of the lesser monasteries, this priory obtained the doubtful privilege of exemption, on payment to the Crown of the heavy fine of £ 233 6s.

Despite it he continued to believe that his approach to the problem of tariff reform was the correct one, and wrote to John Strachey on 16 November saying that " it was a case of a choice of two evils, and all that one could do was to take the lesser of the two, and that I am sure we have done ".

Despite being mutually unintelligible, the four languages are all called Bikol ( and to a lesser extent, Bicolano ) by their speakers.

Despite the absence of actions of the gods, religion and piety play critical roles in the actions of the Spartans, and to a lesser degree, the Athenians.

Despite the lesser media coverage the Juniors get, many of the club sides are fairly popular, and some of the bigger games between clubs ( such as the local derbies between Arthurlie and Pollok, and Cumnock Juniors vs. Auchinleck Talbot ) can attract attendances in the thousands, although crowds were far bigger in the past ( 76, 000 for the Junior Cup Final in 1951, with nearly 90, 000 watching the semi finals ( including a replay )) compared to the level of support attracted now.

Despite the Amsterdam ( North-Holland ) origin of Beerenburg, the drink became the most popular in Friesland and, to a lesser extent, in Groningen and Drenthe.

Despite being nasty, Nanette does hold many talents, such as spending the entire episode " Don't Overdue It " balancing a book on her head ( and staining it with hair gel ) and writing a " three act Greek tragedy " in the episode " Ancient Greeks " and casting all of her classmates in " the lesser roles " such as Jimmy Jamal as Zeus, Johnny Abatti as an eagle, Gina Lash as Dionysus, Gordy Rhinehart as Hercules, and Angela with a multitude of roles because she was disgusted by Angela's acting performance.

Despite its name, it also covered Football League One and Football League Two matches, albeit to a lesser extent than Championship matches.

Despite home entertainment and car ownership becoming almost ubiquitous, many of these activities to a greater or lesser degree continue in the town today thanks to preservation of the green spaces.

Despite its proximity to downtown Toronto, it is one of the lesser used stations in the subway system, reflecting its lack of high volume surface route connections and the lower population and employment density of the affluent Rosedale neighbourhood.

Despite this loss, Tarakan crude oil ( mixed with lesser quantities of Manchurian oil shale distillates ) became the primary feedstock for Japanese diesel fuel in 1942 while reserve supplies of California crude oil remained the primary feedstock for Japanese gasoline and residual fuels until 1943.

Despite what one may expect, the lesser physical demands of this position put it in equal or higher demand with other positions.

Despite being in competition with top 40 station KLZR and rival KCHZ offering more rhythmic content than KMXV ( and, to a lesser extent, urban contemporary KPRS ), Mix has maintained high ratings for years.

Despite this, Thomas became a familiar radio voice and within Britain was " in every sense a celebrity ".

Despite his support for SBS, the Fraser government imposed stringent budget cuts on the national broadcaster, the ABC, which came under repeated attack from the Coalition for its supposed left-wing bias and for allegedly " unfair " or critical coverage on TV programs including This Day Tonight and Four Corners, and on the ABC's new youth-oriented radio station Double Jay ( 2JJ ).

Despite several upgrades between December 1923 and July 1924, the nearby Hotel Esplanade's formidable bulk prevented the transmitter from functioning effectively and so in December 1924 it was superseded by a better sited new one, but Vox-Haus lived on as the home of Germany's first radio station, Radiostunde Berlin, founded in 1923, renamed Funkstunde in March 1924, but it moved to a new home in 1931 and closed in 1934.

Despite the influx of advertisers and their cash, or perhaps because of them, the 1940s were not without bumps for the radio networks.

Despite strong newspaper industry opposition, UP started to sell news to the new and competitive radio medium in 1935, years before competitor AP, controlled by the newspaper industry, did likewise.

Despite the extent of Israel's quick military gains, for the first four days the general population in the Arab states believed the fabrications of Arab radio stations which claimed an Arab victory was near.

Despite this, it has been suggested that radio pulses recorded by the spacecraft Venus Express ( which began orbiting Venus in April 2006 ) may originate from lightning on Venus.

Despite no history of radio programming to draw on and perennial cash shortages, DuMont was an innovative and creative network.

Despite all this, his semi-cousin ( in the film and radio show they are said to share three of the same mothers ) Zaphod Beeblebrox calls him " Ford " the first time they are reunited in all versions of the story except for the film, where Zaphod addresses him as " Praxibetel Ix ," then introduces him by saying " This is my semi-half cousin, Ix ... Excuse me, Ford.

Despite their exposure on national radio, success was not forthcoming and, apart from Cocker, most of the core line-up left for university.

Despite this concern, the Soviets were subsequently granted permission to use specialist radio equipment which was then used to spy on the British.

Despite having a heavy cold and almost losing his voice, he was recruited immediately for radio announcements and script writing at German radio's English service.

Despite airplay on national radio, neither was officially released as a commercial single.

" Despite the uproar that has arisen amongst operagoers, Harada points out that none of the opera houses using acoustic enhancement systems "... use traditional, Broadway-style sound reinforcement, in which most if not all singers are equipped with radio microphones mixed to a series of unsightly loudspeakers scattered throughout the theatre.

Although Burke ultimately won the chart war, Burke broke rank and supported his rival: “ I would go to the radio stations and say, ‘ Hi, I ’ m Solomon Burke, and I ’ m here promoting the new record “ If You Need Me ”… by Wilson Pickett .’” Despite his efforts, Burke's version jockeyed with Pickett's for position in the Hot 100, before " beating Pickett to the punch " because of " Solomon ’ s popularity and Atlantic ’ s distribution.

Despite a tour of radio stations, the single failed to make the music charts.

Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut ( not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run ) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by Garth Brooks ' " Belleau Wood.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from music critics, the album finally broke Bad Religion into mainstream audiences and got their highest U. S. chart position to date, debuting at No. 14 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, with " American Jesus " and " Struck a Nerve " in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time.

Despite never garnering the amount of attention that Stranger Than Fiction received, it would score Bad Religion a minor U. S. radio hit with the song " A Walk " as well as the European release of " Punk Rock Song " ( sung in both English and German ).

Despite the gig initially being billed as a one night only reformation, when questioned on German radio station MotorFM in early February, Anderson refused to confirm that the band would not continue.

Despite pirate radio being known for over the air transmission, a new type of so-called " pirate radio " stations now operate on-line.

Despite being a pirate radio station, it also plays in-game Newscasts.

Despite being a radio friendly track, the single only peaked at number 50 in the UK.

Despite the sheer beauty and spectacle of numerous documentaries, art films, and travelogues, despite the impressive financial success of such a recent development as Cinerama, the movies are at heart a form of fiction, like the play, the novel, or the short story.

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 this, there were also several superstar hitters, the most famous being Honus Wagner, held to be one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game, and Detroit's Ty Cobb, the " Georgia Peach.

Despite the critical role that dendrites play in the computational tendencies of neurons, very little is known about the process by which dendrites orient themselves in vivo and are compelled to create the intricate branching pattern unique to each specific neuronal class.

Despite Bismarck's attempts to play the role of an " honest broker " at the Congress of Berlin, Russo-German relations deteriorated following the conference.

Despite the disdain of the British media, Brooks's overall popularity in the country was evident, with a top disc jockey, Nick Barraclough, referring to Brooks as Garth Vader ( a play on Darth Vader ) for his " invasion " of the charts and his success in the country genre.

Despite his long career, Lineker was never cautioned by a referee for foul play ( never once receiving a yellow or red card ).

Despite a recovery in the results, Verona ended in an 18th place, thus being forced to play a two-legged playoff against 19th-placed Spezia in order to avert relegation.

Despite an all-star cast ( including Neve Campbell and Matthew Modine ) and the pedigree of Miller's script, Spacey's decision to lure Altman to the stage proved disastrous: after a fraught rehearsal period, the play opened to a critical panning, and closed after only a few weeks.

Despite the wide variety among Christian liturgies, texts from the New Testament play a role in almost all forms of Christian worship.

Despite the success of his masterwork Dido and Aeneas ( 1689 ), in which the action is furthered by the use of Italian-style recitative, much of Purcell's best work was not involved in the composing of typical opera, but instead he usually worked within the constraints of the semi-opera format, where isolated scenes and masques are contained within the structure of a spoken play, such as Shakespeare in Purcell's The Fairy-Queen ( 1692 ) and Beaumont and Fletcher in The Prophetess ( 1690 ) and Bonduca ( 1696 ).

" Despite the difficulties in recording the album, Crow told the BBC in 2005 that: " My favorite single is ' My Favorite Mistake ,' it was a lot of fun to record and it's still a lot of fun to play.

Despite the claims of many classical theorists and sociologists immediately after World War II, many contemporary theorists have critiqued secularisation thesis, arguing that religion has continued to play a vital role in the lives of individuals worldwide.

Despite the clear collapse of their power, and the decline of their kingdom around them, nobles continued to play kingmakers on a regular basis, with occasional intervention from Ptolemaic Egypt and other outside powers.

Despite the fact that the result of the next use would be displayed on the machine, both courts ruled that " The inducement for each play was the chance that by that play the machine would be set to indicate that it would pay checks on the following play.

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

Despite her relative inexperience, Leigh was chosen to play Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet in an Old Vic Theatre production staged at Elsinore, Denmark.

Despite his age and bulk, Grace continued to play minor cricket for several years after his retirement from the first-class version.

Despite the bitter interactions, the Lovers mostly reconcile their differences by the end of the play and end up happily together and / or married.

Despite a brief delay caused by a mechanical problem early in the first act, the performance was an unqualified success, and the play went on to become one of the year's biggest West End successes.

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