Despite these hints of uneven distribution, classical rabbinical literature expresses the view that manna fell in very large quantities each day.

Despite the glowing growth statistics, Zhu tackled deep-seated structural problems: uneven development ; inefficient state firms and a banking system mired in bad loans.

Despite this uneven relationship, Aberhart was not all together closed-minded, and would entertain — and sometimes even be convinced by — arguments from his staff.

Despite intensive design efforts led by Ford production executive Charles E. Sorensen, the opening of the plant still saw some mismanagement and bungling, and quality was uneven.

Despite its extra weight, the S-Type ’ s independent rear suspension allowed it to corner faster than the Mark 2, especially on uneven surfaces.

Despite uneven writing and a drastic change in concept mid-run, Justice was the only title in the failed New Universe imprint featuring a solo character to maintain a monthly release schedule until the fall of the franchise.

Despite the uneven quality of production in the album ( reputedly, the producer forgot to edit the entire drums track ), Rautakanteles lyrics and rugged sound convey the message of an increasing streak of social criticism effectively.

Despite Edward Heath claiming it was a ' hard, cold budget, without any glimmer of warmth ' Jenkins ' first budget broadly received a warm reception, with Harold Wilson remarking that ' it was widely acclaimed as a speech of surpassing quality and elegance ' and Barbara Castle that it ' took everyone's breath away '.

Despite such criticisms, there is some educational quality to the group's activities and they have helped to foster a good deal of valuable research, especially in the area of medieval crafts.

Despite its age, it is still considered an excellent commentary on simple but high quality code.

Despite the disdain of sousaphones held by most serious tuba players, a quality modern sousaphone is often a better choice for the high school or semi-pro player due to more stable intonation and less breath effort needed to generate tone.

Despite the poor quality of Albania's roads, most of the country's freight was conveyed over them in a fleet of about 15, 000 trucks.

Despite the frequency of these military conflicts, the region developed a reputation for quality wine production in the early Middle Ages and was able to continue that reputation as the region's producers began making sparkling wine with the advent of the great Champagne houses in the 17th & 18th centuries.

Despite this, the water quality has still improved, with several historians having called it at various times in the past as an " open sewer ".

Despite the stereophonic quality of their voices, Ithorians are able to speak Basic, and be understood by others, with ease.

Despite the very low quantity, the quality of cassava root protein is fairly good in terms of essential amino acids.

Despite its advantages, VBR has three main drawbacks: first, by only specifying quality, there is no guarantee about the final average bit-rate.

Despite the generous supply and quality of food, some prisoners died of starvation after gambling away their rations.

Despite the low quality of the animation, the TV cartoon studios Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Jay Ward and Filmation thrived during this period.

Despite the move to " quality " based judging, volume was still a significant portion of most early 1990s competitions.

Despite being related to kings of Italy and Burgundy, Agnes was not known as a quality leader.

Despite his small level of success, Johnson acknowledged that racism and other prejudices kept a black jazz musician such as himself from securing the amount and quality of work he was qualified to perform.

Despite its small population, the town prides itself on its ability to bring in high quality cultural offerings, including the Grant County Community Concert Association, which presents numerous events each year.

Despite the draconian measures instituted by Mao's regime to instill literary uniformity, novels of great quality were produced.

" Despite over 200 pages of their fashion editorial in Glamour, and over 80 pages in Vogue, the Arbuses ' fashion photography has been described as of " middling quality.

Despite the quality of individual songs, " lush orchestration and a Ray Conniff type choir, presumably aimed at Dr. King ’ s predominantly middle class following, finally destroyed a lot of the record ’ s potential.

Despite initial praise as providing " CD sound quality ", both Beta Hi-Fi and VHS HiFi suffered from " carrier buzz ", where high frequency information bled into the audio carriers, creating momentary " buzzing " and other audio flaws.

Despite the high quality and lower difficulty of the questions, only sixteen teams attended ACF Nationals in 2001, and the future of the format seemed tenuous.

Despite having lower budgets than features intended for theater release, Japanese direct-to-video productions are rarely marred by the poor storyline and lower quality production often associated with the DTV market in the US.

Despite the streamlining and the successful battle with trade unions, LWT knew that if it were to keep on making quality programmes, it could not over-bid.

Despite Toronto's win, the CFL felt that the overall quality of play in the East Division had deteriorated compared to that of the West.

Despite its biosphere reserve status, the lake contains an unknown number of unexploded bombs from tests in the 1950s through 2000s, and sewer waste from Montreal decreases the water quality.

Despite the ubiquity of computer music in contemporary culture, there is considerable activity in the field of computer music, as researchers continue to pursue new and interesting computer-based synthesis, composition, and performance approaches.

Despite the dates of these sources, most of the material they contain predates their composition.

Despite significant differences in chemical composition, these molecules have some common features in chemical and physical properties.

Despite the protracted composition period, there was no discernible difference, especially in the two symphonies, between the sections completed in the 1860s and those written much later.

Despite not having taken conducting classes, he was already appearing as conductor in his teens, making his debut in 1930 with the Bucharest Radio Symphony Orchestra in a concert which included The Rite of Spring and his own composition Prelude and Fugue ( Toccata ).

Despite the composition of the congress, each of the Thirteen Colonies eventually affirmed its decisions.

Despite attempts to broaden the recruiting base beyond New England, the 1776 army remained skewed toward the Northeast both in terms of its composition and geographical focus.

Despite the fundamental change in the principles of representation the social composition of the Riksdag did not alter by much, and the system of Government had not changed.

Despite living a Bohemian lifestyle in partial rebellion against his upbringing, Bergman often signed his scripts with the initials " S. D. G " ( Soli Deo Gloria ) – " To God Alone The Glory " – just as JS Bach did at the end of every musical composition.

Despite failing eyesight, he remained active in the occasional composition of chess problems and studies until shortly before his death in 2010.

Despite this, the solute composition ( i. e. osmolarity ) of a bull shark in freshwater is still much higher than that of the external environment.

Despite SRP function being analogous in all organisms, its composition varies greatly.

Despite the harsh introduction, Finney pulled Reynolds aside after the performance and recommended that he study composition over the summer.

Despite its similarity to Rodley Butte, both in age and original composition, Bailey switched from erupting basaltic andesite to pure andesite ( silicon dioxide ).

Despite the release of her album so late in the year, Larson was acclaimed Female Vocalist of 1978 by Rolling Stone who opined no one else could sound as if she were having so much fun on an album and Nicolette reached No. 15 on Billboard's album chart aided by the hit single " Lotta Love " a Neil Young composition.

Despite a lack of agreement regarding mechanism of failure, it is widely accepted that nanocomposite ceramic materials can and do offer improved mechanical properties over those of single phase materials or nanomaterials of uniform chemical composition.

Despite no obvious copyright issues to continue using the previous theme, which was written by Howard Shore and John Lurie, O ' Brien stated of the transition to a new composition, " it just felt like the right thing to do There's this feeling of, ' Let's try and build something new.

Despite insistence from the Peniston's management to release " Somebody Else's Guy " as a follow-up, A & M label preferred an alternate composition, " Before I Lay ", which featured the singer ’ s then-beau JoJo Hailey ( of K-Ci & JoJo ) who was supposed to help establish Peniston as an R & B artist.

Despite claims that as many as half of fish species have disappeared from areas where Caulerpa grows, scientific studies have shown that fish diversity and biomass are equal or greater in Caulerpa meadows than in seagrass beds, that Caulerpa had no effect on composition or richness of fish species, and that species richness and epiphytic plant diversity is greater in Caulerpa than in pure sea grass.

Despite its multi-ethnic composition, the culture held in common by most Cubans is referred to as mainstream Cuban culture, a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of Western European migrants, beginning with the early Spanish settlers, along with other Europeans arriving later such as the Portuguese and French with African culture which has also been very influential.

Despite financial obstacles, Messager pursued studies in piano and composition, with teachers including Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré.

Despite the misleading designation ocean water, VSMOW does not include any salt or other substances usually found in seawater and refers to pure water with a particular composition of isotopes.

Despite the obvious power of the assembly, it has not yet been established if the composition and participation was truly popular.

Despite several waves of council mergers instituted nationwide in the modern era, Housatonic Council's current composition is only one town larger than it was when it elevated to a full council in 1923.

Despite many changes in the film industry, his book Underscore ( 1950 ) has survived as an excellent introduction to film music composition.