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 Washington's reluctance, Erhard envisaged offering Nikita Khrushchev, the leader in Moscow, massive economic aid in exchange for more political liberty in East Germany and eventually for reunification.

Despite the massive loss of natural habitat in Australia over the last 200 years, it is adaptable and capable of living in surprisingly small patches of remnant bush, particularly if it does not have to cross large expanses of cleared land to reach them.

Despite the massive amount of world and storyline development, none of the Living Greyhawk storylines or changes to the setting were considered official, since the regional adventure modules were produced by volunteers, and only received a cursory vetting by the campaign administrators of RPGA, and no review by WotC personnel.

Despite that, Frowde became vital to OUP's growth, adding new lines of books to the business, presiding over the massive publication of the Revised Version of the New Testament in 1881 and playing a key role in setting up the Press's first office outside Britain, in New York in 1896.

Despite the band achieving massive success with Slippery When Wet and New Jersey, living on the road almost destroyed the strong bond between the band members.

Despite their massive turnaround, the Spurs would not catch the Mavs who won the Southwest Division by nine games.

Despite his efforts to prevent the recovery of the country by the Persians, he succumbed to a massive invasion in 343 BCE, and was defeated at Pelusium.

Despite the decisive defeat, the Ottoman Empire rebuilt its navy with a massive effort, by largely imitating the successful Venetian galeasses, in a very short time.

Despite the string of sharp defeats and the loss of the Empire's capital, Archduke Charles salvaged a massive army, with which he retreated north of the Danube.

Despite massive media interest from across the world there were a minimum of formalities in Switzerland and the day passed almost like every other one as half the Onassis fortune and a part of the Livanos shipping inheritance, handed down via Athina's mother's will, passed to Athina.

Despite being inadequately equipped, the Regia Aeronautica managed to decimate Ethiopian forces and undertook massive bombings of Ethiopian cities ( particularly Addis Abeba ).

Despite Giovanni Battista Mancini's claim that Hasse was the padre della musica, and despite the composer's massive popularity as a figure at the very forefront of 18th-century serious Italian opera, after his death Hasse's reputation vastly declined and his music lay mostly unperformed ( with the exception of some of his sacred works, which were revived now and again in Germany ).

Despite his massive power increase and going head to head with Frieza's second transformation, Frieza transforms and Piccolo is defeated and severely injured by Frieza, leaving Goku to defeat him alone.

Despite the beginning of an Egyptian shift from a pro-Soviet to a pro-American orientation in 1972 ( under Egypt's new leader Anwar El Sadat ), rumors of imminent Soviet intervention on the Egyptians ' behalf during the 1973 Yom Kippur War brought about a massive American mobilization that threatened to wreck détente.

Despite these massive changes, Wigan finished the season in 11th place with 45 points, their second-best finish ever in the Premier League.

Despite the record's massive success, follow-up singles such as " Mr. Turnkey " ( a song about a rapist who nails his own wrist to the jail wall as punishment for his crime ) went largely unnoticed by the public.

Despite the massive size of the library to be created, the majority of the task is already done, including Swing, CORBA, and other major parts.

Despite a massive search by the NYPD the boy is never found, and was declared legally dead in 2001.

Despite the nationalists ' concerns, massive crowds assembled in Pagoda Park to hear a student, Chung Jae-yong, read the declaration publicly.

Despite massive publicity and repeated displays of the famous photograph in nationwide magazines, she was never claimed.

Despite a massive swing to Kim Beazley's Labor Party and the Coalition winning a minority of the two-party-preferred vote, the Howard Government was returned with a substantial majority in the House of Representatives.

Despite massive third party support and an unprecedented amount of hype for a first-time entrant into the industry, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer's $ 700 price tag hindered its success.

Despite sharing the name, the village of Gagetown has no direct access to the base and its massive training area.

Despite an overwhelming attacking force, numbering around 85, 000, the 3, 000 men in Kawagoe Castle's garrison, led by Hōjō Tsunashige, held off the siege until the relief force arrived.

Despite being vastly outnumbered, the Hōjō army defeated the besiegers because, under Ujiyasu's orders, they were not bulked down by heavy armor, and were not slowed down by seeking to take heads.

Despite the fact that Barks had done little traveling his adventure stories often had the duck clan globe trotting to the most remote or spectacular of places.

Despite the Dukes often coming to his rescue ( see below ), Hogg forever seems to have an irrational dislike of the clan, particularly Bo and Luke, often accusing them of spying on him, robbing or planning to rob him, and other supposedly nefarious actions as he believes they are generally out to get him.

Despite Doyle's reluctance to discuss his past, Angel and Cordelia learn about him when Harriet returns to his life, wanting a divorce so she can marry an Ano-Movic demon named Richard Howard Straley, though she ultimately calls off the engagement after learning that obtaining the blessing of the Straley clan would require Richard to kill Doyle by eating his brain.

Despite this promise, before the end of the month both Kamels were shot and killed by other clan members who declared them traitors.

Despite being illegal, the dyula still practice polygamy and young people are often encouraged to marry within their own clan.

Despite her and Xanatos's efforts to manipulate them, the clan refused to join her vendetta and actively opposes her.

Despite the warnings from her clan about Kyousuke, Tatsumi continues to work with him, fulfilling her dangerous and uncertain role as a yumegari.

Despite its founding and continuation by a family of generals, the Jeonju Yi clan, the Korean Confucian culture of this period placed more emphasis on intellectual and practical achievements in the sciences, arts, agriculture rather than on martial practices.

Despite the Dukes coming to his rescue on occasion, Hogg forever seems to have an irrational dislike of the clan, particularly Bo and Luke, often accusing them of spying on him, robbing or planning to rob him, and other supposedly nefarious actions as he believes they are generally out to get him.

Despite the fact that he was exiled from his own clan after his First Death in 1622, he remains proud of, and faithful to, his Scottish heritage.

Despite his well-known affiliation with the Wu-Tang Clan, the album has no features, nor production from any of the clan members.

Despite the destruction of the Huo clan, Emperor Xuan continued to honor Huo Guang posthumously.

Despite shared linguistic heritage, few institutions among the Toubou generate a broader sense of identity than the clan.

Despite claiming ancient heritage the clan was not formally recognised by the Lord Lyon until 2003.

Despite this setback, according to Albert Sorel, the Orléanists subsisted under the First French Empire, and resurfaced when the revival of liberalism overthrew the restored legitimate monarchy of Louis XVIII and Charles X.