Despite ( or perhaps because of ) the manner in which Ford intended it, Rose adopted that nickname as a badge of honor.

Despite being christened " Emilie ", she was called " Lily " as nickname because she had a cousin, the daughter of her mother's sister, of the same name.

Despite his nickname, he engaged in a vigorous foreign policy and maneuvers during the first few years of the 15th century.

Despite his nickname, he actually only kept birds at Leavenworth Penitentiary, before he was transferred to Alcatraz, where he was not allowed to keep pets.

According to Webster's New International Dictionary, 1993, a person who is a native or resident of Connecticut is a " Connecticuter ", although many prefer " Connecticutian " or the slightly shorter " Connecticite "; Despite Webster's ( West Hartford ) Connecticut roots, none of these are commonly used or even recognized by residents, who prefer the nickname " Nutmegger ", which is not a demonym, and more often no nickname or demonyn, simply stating, " I'm from Connecticut ".

Despite the sudden death of Starling, whose great fame was the driving motive of the proposed award of the Nobel Prize, Maestrini never received due recognition, and today the " law of the heart " is known worldwide as " Starling's Law ," though, among the Italian doctors, it is known by the nickname " Legge di Maestrini ".

Despite being a genial figure, his dark widow's peak and sharp-toothed grin earned him the nickname Dracula.

Despite his nickname, he was a city kid.

Despite sharing their nickname with the better-known Cleveland Indians of the American League, the Indianapolis team has been affiliated with the Cleveland team for only five seasons ( 1952 – 1956 ).

Despite this, and a failed bid to gain appointment to the Supreme Court, Montague was respected by his colleagues, even acquiring the nickname " Judge ".

Despite its original Scorpion Hold name, the move is still commonly known by its Bret Hart-given nickname Sharpshooter.

Despite many successes in Grand Prix motor racing for Auto Union in the early 1930s, during the era of the famous " Silver Arrows ", he is now mostly known for his domination of hillclimbing, which earned him the nickname " Bergkönig " or " King of the Mountains ".

Despite his nickname, Popwell was obese, weighing over 300 pounds ( 136 kg ) while standing 5 ' 6 " tall.

Despite his nickname, he is a murderer and a cheater.

Despite his nickname (" The Enforcer "), Nitti used Mafia soldiers and others to commit violence rather than do it himself.

Despite its relative short existence, it has already earned the nickname the Green Hell.

Despite his nickname, he did not make use of the snowshoes that are native to North America, but rather would travel with what the local people applied that term to: ten-foot ( over 3-meter ) skis, and a single sturdy pole generally held in both hands at once.

Despite the defeat, acts of remarkable bravery were shown by the Portuguese soldiers, the most famous episode was that of Aníbal Milhais ( nickname " Soldier Millions ") who, armed only with a Lewis gun, single-handedly defeated two German assaults by laying down intense fire, covering the retreat of Portuguese and Scots alike, despite coming under heavy attack himself.

Despite these efforts, most players used them for bass lines, and the nickname bass pedals stuck.

Despite his height ( 5 ' 6 "), he led Wabash in scoring his sophomore year-leading to his nickname " Piggy " for hogging the ball.

Despite a brief flash of national publicity due to the unusual nickname ( NBC aired their scores and highlights on its NHL Game Of The Week ), poor attendance led the team to disband in mid-season.

Despite AFL tradition to adopt previous AFL team names for new teams, the Talons chose to keep their nickname and not adopt the identity of the long-defunct San Antonio Force, due in part to the preexistence of the Georgia Force ( a similar issue forced the Pittsburgh Power to adopt its current name instead of the Gladiators ).

Despite the lack of a universal name, the clubs would often meet to discuss various things including the team's performance and management, various trips for away matches and securing tickets for the often full leoforos stadium ( nickname for the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium ).

Despite its usually calm conditions, Folly Beach has gained prominence as one of the more popular surf spots along the East Coast.

Despite carrying the name of a suburb of Salford, Langworthy ARLFC has been based in Pendlebury ( at Rabbit Hills playing fields, Bolton Road ) for over 20 years, whilst local rivals Folly Lane ARLFC operate on the Blue Ribbon field off Pendlebury Road.

Despite this, later strips note he has a certain amount of respect for Teacher, often helping him out in dire situations.

Despite the small budget, dire predictions, and little help from distributor Orion Pictures, Hoosiers grossed over $ 28 million and received two Oscar nominations ( Dennis Hopper for Best Supporting Actor and Jerry Goldsmith for Best Original Score ).< ref >

Despite dire predictions about the lighting conditions inside the building, all of which proved unfounded, it succeeded.

Despite his warnings about the dire consequences of implementation of the government ’ s proposals, John Chown stated, “ the same half-baked proposals were rehashed in the Budget Speech, and the Finance Bill, when published, read as if the draftsman had simply been given the Callaghan speech and been told to turn it into legislation ”.

Despite his egotism, selfishness, and snobbery, Eric is potentially also the most realistic character, complaining about the dire situations in which he is involved and voicing concerns which might be common to inhabitants of our world transplanted to the Realm.

Despite the varyingly dire circumstances in which they were held, none of them Stefan Mayer emphasizes betrayed the secret of Enigma's decryption, thus making it possible for the Allies to continue exploiting this vital intelligence resource.

Despite the increasingly dire warnings coming from Germany, at the Evian Conference of 1938, Britain refused to allow further Jewish refugees into the country.

Despite protests and dire omens, Marcus Crassus left Rome on November 14, 55 BC.

Despite a similar political structure the Fante never managed to become as united as the Ashanti, though their differences were overcome when their kingdoms were under dire threat.

Despite a severe drought and the dire state of the state's finances, Philp was re-elected in 1902.

Despite the dire situation, Noble left office as a popular political figure and was able to use his prestige to help elect, David Wallace, his Lieutenant Governor as Governor.

Despite this progress, the debt was still too large for the state to bear and the situation was still dire.

Despite having a total area of 147, 826 square kilometers, the province has approximately only 900 kilometers of tarmac, a large portion of which is in dire need of rehabilitation.

Despite considerable research efforts by seismologists, scientifically reproducible predictions cannot yet be made to a specific day or month.

Despite predictions from the music press that the band would fold without Wood, who had been the driving force behind the creation of ELO, Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bev Bevan remaining on drums, joined by Gibson, Richard Tandy ( now on the Moog synthesiser ), Mike de Albuquerque on bass and vocals and Mike Edwards and Colin Walker on cellos.

Despite the early predictions for success, the Astros had a mediocre 44 – 44 record at the All-Star break.

Despite his physicians ' predictions to the contrary, after great effort Baba managed to walk again, but from that point on he was in constant pain and was severely limited in his ability to move.

Despite these predictions, he also said that economically, " things are getting ready to turn around.

Despite early predictions by critics that the two political peers would try to out-stage each other, the two visits proved to be similar and complementary in many respects.

Despite power consumption issues, and repeated predictions of its end, Moore's law is still in effect.

Despite accepted errors in their models, e. g., treatment of clouds, modelers still thought their climate predictions were valid.

Despite its optimistic predictions, it came third in the 2003 elections, coming behind the Flemish Liberals and Democrats ( VLD ) and the SP. A-Spirit cartel.

Despite predictions that they " wouldn't get ten points ," Blackpool took 39 from their 38 games, including home and away victories over Liverpool, consecutive away wins at Stoke City and Sunderland, and a home victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite predictions to the contrary, the Fianna Fáil vote recovered sufficiently to bring it to 78 seats, and a third term in government for Ahern.

Despite the predictions of the pundits, Stuart went on to retain the seat at the 2010 general election, against a national tide of Labour defeat.

Despite gloomy predictions, Selinger led the NDP to its fourth straight majority government in the October 2011 general election, surpassing Doer's record and winning 37 seats.

Despite pre-electoral opinion polls and predictions of a huge PSOE defeat and a PP lead of around 10 points, the close end result makes this election the closest in the Spanish democratic period to date.

Despite all predictions, traffic for Olympic in 2007 increased, carrying a total of 5, 977, 104 passengers ( 3, 115, 521 in domestic and 2, 681, 583 in international flights ) as opposed to approximately 5, 500, 000 passengers in 2006.

Despite such predictions, Juniper took the task seriously and invested in developing a full range of Ethernet products in-house.

Despite media predictions once again of his demise, Ford himself was elected third in South Antrim, with over 13 % of the poll.

Despite all predictions, in 1995 Stevas was reappointed for a third term as Chairman.

Despite predictions by some in the press and others of the imminent collapse of the entire movement the marriage became the most important and celebrated event in the Peace Mission.

Despite the gloomy predictions, the club defied the odds, eventually finishing 10th, four points clear of relegation, whilst Nazareth finished bottom.

Despite some predictions, it did not manage to bring an end to Bryan Adams ' unprecedented run at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "( Everything I Do ) I Do It for You ", instead peaking at number 3.

Despite predictions that the wider boundaries of the GLC would hand power to the Conservatives, Fiske was returned in his own seat and Labour won a comfortable victory.