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

Despite the name, it is rare for the forces to completely balance, and real world recoilless rifles do recoil noticeably ( with varying degrees of severity ).

Despite the severity of his injuries, Lenin survived.

Despite the poor prospects for a fully protective vaccine, it may be possible to develop a vaccine that would reduce the severity of malaria for children living in endemic areas.

Despite the severity of his head wound, he refused to go to the dressing station, as the three other officers in his company had been killed.

Despite the severity of the accident, Wehbe suffered only minor cuts and bruises.

Despite the severity of the damage, there were no reports of fatalities in Belize.

Despite the severity of his injuries, Shout maintained consciousness and was dragged out of the firing line, where he remained cheerful, " drank tea and sent a message to his wife ".

Despite the severity of the vengeance they inflict, vengeance demons are comically portrayed as white-collar workers.

Despite the severity of the crash, Davis was unhurt.

Despite the historical occurrence of amphibian malformations, the real question is whether such malformations are increasing in prevalence and severity in wild amphibian populations.

Despite its name, the Grand Canyon of the Fraser is only one treacherous switchback rapid in a shallow rock gorge, and it has neither the roughness of water nor the depth and severity of canyon as is found in the area south from Big Bar to Lillooet or between Boston Bar and Yale.

Despite its troubles, in 2000 Aon bought Reliance Group's accident and health insurance business, as well as Actuarial Sciences Associates, a compensation and employee benefits consulting company.

Despite a large accident at the 2000 Revival, the first racing accident to put him in hospital overnight, he continued to drive until at least 2004.

Despite Vatanen's nearly fatal accident in Argentina, in the middle of the season, his team-mate and compatriot Timo Salonen led Peugeot to its first drivers ' and manufacturers ' world championship titles, well ahead of Audi and their Audi Sport Quattro.

Despite being accident prone, mild-mannered, and easily flustered, Fuko is a very strong-willed girl.

Despite a suggestion of suicide, an army court of inquiry concluded that he had tripped and that the shooting was an accident .< ref >

Despite the multiple official inquiries that failed to find evidence of assassination, some continue to believe that the death of Hammarskjöld was not an accident.

Despite his progress, his caretakers noticed a tendency for him to turn to the right because of the effects of his accident.

Despite numerous court cases charging Ford with partial liability for fires caused in accidents, the company has never been found liable in a Crown Victoria accident.

Despite the uniqueness of any individual accident, Exley found that at least one of a small number of major factors contributed to each one.

Despite her life – changing accident, she continued hosting her children's shows with more energy than ever.

Despite this accident, Taylor wanted to become a pilot and sought Wilbur and Orville to teach him.

Despite the accident, the expedition proceeded to the west coast, which was surveyed as far as Roebuck Bay.

Despite the deaths, the accident is considered a prime example of successful crew resource management due to the manner in which the flight crew handled the emergency, and the high number of survivors considering that the airplane was landed without conventional control.

Despite the ferocity of the accident, approximately two-thirds of those on board survived due to multiple factors.

Despite the city's Department of Public Works insistence that the incident had nothing to do with the tremor and was just an accident, Roark tries to halt the subway lines which run parallel to where the mishap took place as a precaution.

Despite the accident Button still wanted to race, but was withdrawn by his team on medical advice.

Despite the problems with the authorities and his fame, Arigó died in 1971 in an automobile accident.

Despite being blinded in a navy accident at the age of 19, John set up his own business and, in his spare time, studied law with Henry.

Despite a relatively happy marriage Sheila isn't physically attracted to Gordon, describing the first time she saw him naked as " like a road accident.

Despite the life-threatening accident, Johnn survived, but left the band to recover from the injury, due to the John's departure Phil joined the band.

Despite these settlements, Landis has never publicly accepted responsibility for the accident.

Despite this, in 1926 and 1927 there were a total of 24 fatal commercial airline crashes, a further 16 in 1928, and 51 in 1929 ( killing 61 people ), which remains the worst year on record at an accident rate of about 1 for every flown.

Despite his French name, Meccaneaux was a working-class accented English rat who was frequently called by the brothers to repair the van ( generally, after Hugo's driving had caused an accident ) and, on occasion, to provide other forms of technical expertise-such as the building of the Concrete Destruction Ray ( known by Victor as the " Discreet Correction Ray ").

Despite working with a cast that included Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, and Burns and Allen, under the direction of Academy Award – winning director Norman Taurog, Merman was unhappy with the experience, and she was dismayed to discover one of her musical numbers had been cut when she attended the New York opening with her family and friends.

Despite his religious father, Allen became an agnostic and a socialist.

Despite Madison's occasional unusual behavior, she and Allen fall in love.

Despite a manuscript reader's recommendation against publication, in 1942 Allen and Unwin brought out his Dark Testament, made up mostly of pieces he had carried with him from South Africa.

Despite protests from her children, Jessie, along with 15-year-old daughter Kris ( played by Shannen Doherty ), 12-year-old son David ( played by Chad Allen ), eight-year-old daughter Molly ( played by Keri Houlihan ), and their basset hound named Arthur leave Fort Wayne, Indiana to start their new lives in California.

Despite his one-note obsessions, Allen is a fine director whose stories clip along, whose dialogue sparkles and whose actors look grateful for the luxury of his words.

" Despite the Phillies ' collapse, Allen hit. 438 with 5 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs and 11 RBI in those last twelve games.

Despite this rather turbulent beginning to his life, Allen made a good start.

Despite his misgivings, the next day Welsh took up the offer and knocked out Kid Allen in a third round bout.

Despite the allegations, Democrat Jim Webb narrowly defeated incumbent George Allen.

" Despite this, Bradley admitted that " none excelled the unpredictable Terry Allen in the leadership of troops.

Despite suffering a fractured right hand in practice on June 20, Allen returned to play by the end of the preseason and started all 16 games.

Despite not being named to the Supreme Court, Judge Allen had plenty to occupy her time.

Despite having original lyrics, the music of " Bitter Sweet Symphony " contains bongo drums sampled from the Oldham track, which led to a lawsuit with ABKCO Records, Allen Klein's company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones material of the 1960s.

Despite his initial reluctance, Nesbitt enjoyed working with Allen, and complimented him on his directing style.

Despite Terry's anger at him and his personal life, Allen still tries to solve the crime on his own and after learning that the jewelry robbery that Danson and Highsmith died over was staged so that Wesley and his team could break into an accounting firm next door, he finally gets credible evidence and earns his gun back from Mauch.

Despite being the granddaughter of Barry Allen ( the Flash ) and the daughter of Dawn Allen ( one of the Tornado Twins ), Jenni Ognats did not at first display any signs of super-speed.

Despite the formal innovations of Modernism as exemplified in the work of T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, and the widespread appearance of free verse in the early decades of the 20th century, many poets chose to continue working predominantly in traditional forms, such as those poets in America sometimes associated with the New Criticism, including John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Anthony Hecht, and Richard Wilbur.

Despite the criticism, he performed satisfactorily while Damon Allen was injured during the 2004 season and helped the Argonauts win the 92nd Grey Cup championship that season.