Despite the fact that parallels between Captain Marvel and Superman seemed more tenuous ( Captain Marvel's powers came from magic, unlike Superman's ), the courts ruled that substantial and deliberate copying of copyrighted material had occurred.

Despite obvious parallels and relationships, video art is not experimental film.

Despite QPR's perilous financial condition in 2007 / 2008, the combined personal wealth of the club's new owners ( which included the world's then 8th richest man Lakshmi Mittal ) sparked speculation that QPR would receive significant further investment from their new benefactors drawing parallels to their wealthy West London neighbours Chelsea and Fulham.

Despite popularity of the service on its primary route, which parallels busy Interstate 95 along much of the eastern coast of the United States in 5 states, the company failed financially after operating almost 10 years.

Despite the many parallels Nabokov tells the reader not to confuse “ the designer with the design ” insisting he is not Fyodor, his father not an explorer of Asia, and he “ never wooed Zina Mertz “.

Despite the disclaimer, the Jack Crow and Felix characters in both novels have many parallels ; Jack Crow is the wisecracking almost-anti-hero in both works, and Felix is the gifted-but-reluctant warrior.

Despite the many avenues for the exchange of ideas between faculty and administration, complaints of a lack of communication persist.

Despite progress since the Soviet era, the unemployment rate still hovers near 30 % and there remains a huge gulf between actual and potential Gross Domestic Product.

Despite the biblical prohibition on sexual relations between half-brothers and sisters, () Amnon had an overwhelming desire for her.

Despite his own desperate struggle, the Imperial Prince at once complied, demonstrating the high degree of confidence and mutual co-operation between the two generals.

Despite this road and those running through a few other passes, in general the escarpment impedes easy communication between the two countries.

Despite such diversity, it is possible to classify the indigenous people into three major cultural groups: the northern people, who developed rich handicrafts and were influenced by pre-Incan cultures ; the Araucanian culture, who inhabited the area between the river Choapa and the island of Chiloé, and lived primarily off agriculture ; and the Patagonian culture Patagonia composed of various nomadic tribes, who supported themselves through fishing and hunting ( and who in Pacific / Pacific Coast immigration scenario would be descended partly from the most ancient settlers ).

Despite pressure from the government of the United States, the Chilean Congress, keeping with tradition, conducted a runoff vote between the leading candidates, Allende and former president Jorge Alessandri.

Despite the difficult relations between the local Cubans and the new Europeans, some cooperation was in evidence.

Despite this, there has been unofficial interactions in the economic level between the two countries.

Despite the severity of this boundary event, there was significant variability in the rate of extinction between and within different clades.

Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6, 000 injured.

Despite the differences between comparative law and these other legal fields, comparative law helps inform all of these areas of normativity.

Despite occasional entanglements with European Powers such as the War of 1812 and the 1898 Spanish-American War, U. S. foreign policy was marked by steady expansion of its foreign trade and scope during the 19th century, and it maintained its policy of avoiding wars with and between European powers.

Despite its small size ( roughly from its northernmost to southernmost points ), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County.

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 wavering tensions between Tehran and Cairo, the two countries are members of the OIC and the Developing 8

Despite this, there are still obvious differences between eastern and western Berlin.

Despite this modest initiative, the financial results were excellent, as it stimulated an increase of foreign trade volume among its members from 3. 5 to 8. 2 billion US dollars between 1959 and 1967.

Despite the comparative obscurity of the kingdom, there were strong connections between Essex and the Kentish kingdom across the river Thames which led to the marriage of King Sledd to Ricula, sister of the king, Aethelbert of Kent.

Despite the differences between systems, the purposes are the same: to guide users of clinical research information on which studies are likely to be most valid.

Despite the fundamental philosophical differences between the free software movement and the open source movement, the official definitions of free software by the Free Software Foundation and of open source software by the Open Source Initiative basically refer to the same software licences, with a few minor exceptions.

Despite close cultural ties, diplomatic relations between the two countries have in many instances been volatile.

Despite considerable congressional resistance, presidential and popular pressure led to a November 1993 agreement brokered by the Catholic Church between the administration and Congress.

Despite reinforcing racist stereotypes, blackface minstrelsy was a practical and often relatively lucrative livelihood when compared to the menial labor to which most blacks were relegated.

Despite its racist portrayals, blackface minstrelsy was the conduit through which African-American and African-American-influenced music, comedy, and dance first reached the American mainstream.

Despite the elements of ridicule contained in blackface performance, mid-19th century white audiences by and large, believed the songs and dances to be authentically black.

Despite radio's relucatance to play American soul / R & B originals, these styles were avidly adopted by local performers however and covers of soul / R & B standards were staples in the setlists of many acts including Max Merritt and the Meteors, Doug Parksinon, Jeff St John, The Groop, The Groove, The Twilights, Renee Geyer and many others.

Despite the advent of low-cost digital synthesizers and samplers, the Minimoog remains in high demand with producers and performers of electronic pop and electronic music.

Despite the claims of decency activists, there are few eras of history in which there have not existed blue comedians ; notoriously offensive performers ( Petronius, Benny Bell, Le Pétomane, Redd Foxx and Lenny Bruce for example ).

Despite these drawbacks, minstrelsy provided African American performers with their first professional stage outlet.

Despite her own success she supported other performers during the Music Hall War of 1907, when performers demonstrated outside theatres for better pay and conditions.

Despite Cornell's small size and location in a small town, many nationally and internationally prominent speakers and performers have visited Cornell, including the following:

Despite being one of Europe's most sought after performers, her destructive addictions led to her dropping out of sight for years.

Despite his relative lack of experience, Birney was widely seen as one of the Liberal Party's better performers in Opposition during the 2001 to 2005 parliament.

Despite these influences, however, Sumsion ’ s music speaks in a fresh and distinctive voice that is appealing to both performers and listeners.

Despite what might have seemed an opportunistic project, designed to capitalize on the later fame of the performers — Parton's and Nelson's careers were at their commercial peaks in 1982 — the album was largely well received by critics upon its release and did well on the country charts.