Despite the bitterness of the defeat for Lincoln, his articulation of the issues gave him a national political reputation.

" Despite Gropius's protestations that as a war veteran and a patriot his work had no subversive political intent, the Berlin Bauhaus was pressured to close in April 1933.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

Despite the progress in certain sectors, many social and political injustices continued.

Despite being a Methodist, he made reference to the Buddha in his diary, and encouraged the establishment of a Buddhist political party under Master Taixu.

Despite the political upheaval, the Egyptian population remained mainly Christian.

Despite his political experience, this was a remarkable choice.

Despite legally mandated universal suffrage for males, political barriers were sometimes erected to prevent fair access to elections ( See Civil Rights movement ).

Despite this legal status, the ELDR party has yet to achieve significant grassroots involvement and retains much of the character of a mere confederation of national political parties.

Despite the revivalists ' various political views and different opinions regarding the nature of authentic folk music, they all shared an understanding of Americanism that grounded the nation's identity in cultural pluralism and political democracy " By the end of the 1930s they along with the musicians and others had turned American folk music into a social movement.

Despite the motivation from coloring political maps of countries, the theorem is not of particular interest to mapmakers.

Despite the political situation, the economy of Albania grew at an estimated 5 % in 2007.

Despite the thousands of political cartoons and hundreds of illustrative works attributed to him, a measurable amount of Tenniel ’ s fame comes specifically from his work as the illustrator of Alice.

Despite his lack of political experience, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.

Despite efforts and considerations of expanding his political domain, Kemp never held a fundraiser outside of his suburban Western New York district until well into his eighth term in Congress.

Despite a platform covering the full range of political subjects, Kemp's primary campaign weapon was a fiscal policy based on tax cuts.

Despite political corruption and regional instability, Kyrgyzstan is ranked 44th on the Ease of doing Business Index.

Despite his outspokenness, Prince Konoe was destined to achieve the very heights of political life in Japan.

Despite this, unions were formed and began to acquire political power, eventually resulting in a body of labour law that not only legalized organizing efforts, but codified the relationship between employers and those employees organized into unions.

Despite its relative political weakness in this period, Borno's court and mosques under the patronage of a line of scholarly kings earned fame as centers of Islamic culture and learning.

Despite 1983 constitutional amendments, which appeared to proscribe a political role for the military, the Panama Defense Forces ( PDF ), as they were then known, continued to dominate Panamanian political life behind a facade of civilian government.

Despite Macdonald's claims that he was innocent, evidence came to light showing receipts of money from Allan to Macdonald and some of his political colleagues.

Despite being at the apex of executive government in the country, the office is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia specifically and exists through an unwritten political convention.

Despite its failure to control the rodents, the cane toad was introduced to Puerto Rico in the early 20th century in the hope that it would counter a beetle infestation ravaging the sugarcane plantations.

Despite the inspired nonviolent resistance of the Czech and Slovak population, the reformers had little hope of holding out against Soviet pressure and ultimately were forced to accede to Soviet demands, signing the Moscow protocols.

Despite this, 2011 was otherwise a season of improvement for Essendon and Hird will hope to take the Bombers one step further in season 2012.

Despite the melodramatic script, director King Vidor eagerly took on the film since it emphasized the traditional family values and strong belief in hope — qualities he felt were essential to a good motion picture.

Despite all the hope Margaret and the peoples of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had for Olaf's future, they were never realized.

Despite failure of the town bank in 1921 and the onset of the Great Depression, the announcement of a new dam project five miles east, there was hope for growth to return.

Despite the disagreements, popular culture grasped onto the implications in the field of applied psychology with the hope that the research could improve their lives.

Despite modern man's claims to be nonreligious, he ultimately cannot find value in the linear progression of historical events ; even modern man feels the " Terror of history ": " Here too [...] there is always the struggle against Time, the hope to be freed from the weight of ' dead Time ,' of the Time that crushes and kills.

Despite the execution of Louis XVI of France on January 21, 1793, Sweden, in the hope of obtaining considerable subsidies, recognized the new French republic ; and secret negotiations for contrading an alliance were actually begun in May of the same year, till the menacing protests of Catherine, supported as they were by all the other European powers, finally induced Sweden to suspend them.

Despite such objections, local Papatoetoe businesses hope to invest in more closed circuit television surveillance cameras to deal with what they view as ' antisocial ' and ' public nuisance ' behaviour allegedly ancillary to street sex work.

Despite victories over Coventry City, Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham, the club needed four wins out of the last four games to have any hope of safety.

Despite these records, most ejections occur at fairly low speeds and altitudes, when the pilot can see that there is no hope of regaining aircraft control before impact with the ground.

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Despite some flaws, the heavily armed and armored aircraft achieved more than Kartveli could hope.

Despite the failure of the Japanese ground offensive and the loss of Yura, the rest of the Combined Fleet continued to maneuver near the southern Solomon Islands on 25 October with the hope of encountering Allied naval forces in battle.

Despite his anti-Nazi plotting, Goerdeler continued to submit memoranda to Hitler and the other Nazi leaders out of the hope that he might somehow convince them to change course.

Despite her brutality and Bartertown's chaos, Entity is an intelligent, cultured woman, who holds a hope of one day rebuilding society to its former glory.

Despite life-threatening circumstances, Grueso's brave work passing Law 70, historic legislation that officially grants Afro-Colombians territorial rights on lands they have populated for hundreds of years, gives hope to this environmental justice struggle.

Despite a large cash injection made by Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak ($ 400, 000 ) in the hope of promoting peace and harmony among the citizens of Israel, and a return to their rebuilt home stadium ( largely financed by the Emir of Qatar, hence the renaming to Doha Stadium ), Sakhnin were relegated at the end of 2005-06 season, finishing nine points from safety.

Despite no longer having a seat, he was appointed to the position of Minister of Forestry in Diefenbaker's pre-1963 election Canadian cabinet in the hope that he and the Tories would both win the upcoming election.

Despite these efforts, German intentions were transparent and German rule wasn't tolerated by the Poles, while calls for Polish volunteers produced disappointing results ; for majority of Poles an Allied victory was seen as the best hope for genuine independence

Despite making up some ground against the official opposition Liberals in the summer before the 1993 election call, few had felt that the Progressive Conservatives had any hope of remaining in government once the writ was dropped.

Despite the alliance France continued to recognise James III as legitimate, and therefore the Jacobite regiments in France continued to hope for decades that their cause would eventually succeed.

Despite calls from Jason Gillespie and Ian Chappell for his inclusion in the side for the 2006 – 07 Ashes series in Australia, Tait did not get a place in the team with the selectors opting for Stuart Clark who proved effective and quashed hope of Tait cracking the side for a while longer.