Despite being only 2 miles apart and quite diminutive in size, Saint Kitts and Nevis were widely recognized as being separate entities with separate identities, until they were forcefully unified in the late 19th century

Despite these important aspects of her reign, together with the suggestions of modern scholarship as to the long-term effects of some of her innovations in governance, much of the attention to Wu Zetian has been to her gender, as the anomalous female supreme sovereign of a unified Chinese empire, holding during part of her lifetime the title of Huangdi.

Despite never having a unified nation-state of their own, the peoples also have historically shared a vague idea of a " Siam " nation, corrupted to Shan or Assam in some places, and most self-identify as " Tai ".

Despite this emphasis on interconnection, throughout his individual writings and more famous collaborations with Gilles Deleuze, Guattari has resisted calls for holism, preferring to emphasize heterogeneity and difference, synthesizing assemblages and multiplicities in order to trace rhizomatic structures rather than creating unified and holistic structures.

Despite the fact that entire western half of Cathedral is a Neo-Gothic addition, much of the design and elements developed by Peter Parler were used in the restoration, giving the Cathedral as a whole a harmonious, unified look.

Despite this reverse, Bagrat was able to become the first ruler of the unified Georgian kingdom ( officially called the Kingdom of the Georgians and Abkhazians ) on his father ’ s death in 1008.

Despite the expansions, the hall presents a unified design in the late Palladian style.

Despite this opposition, Eisenhower remained convinced for the need of a single unified command that would control both airborne forces and troop carrier units, and outlined his proposal in messages to General of the Army George Marshall and General of the Air Force Henry H. Arnold asking for the assignment of an Air Corps officer as commander of the unified headquarters.

Despite the fact that there are many authentication systems and digital identifiers that try to address these problems, there is still a need for a unified and verified identification system in cyberspace.

Despite advancing age he has remained an active tournament competitor, representing the unified Germany and playing inter alia on " Veterans " teams in Scheveningen system matches against teams of Woman Grandmasters.

Despite the independence of each of the scenes, they are unified in terms of composition and style.

Despite high ticket prices, the exhibition lost money, with only one recorded sale.

Despite the Governor and Lieutenant Governor being elected on the same party ticket, very often there have been public rifts between the two ; for instance Gov.

Despite an average ticket price of approximately $ 150, Van Halen's " A Different Kind of Truth Tour " proved to be a commercial success as well, with nearly all U. S. arena shows " either sold-out, or close to it.

Despite disharmony within the ticket, the worsening of the Great Depression under Republican President Herbert Hoover and Governor Sampson ensured a Democratic victory.

Despite an early lead in the polls after the primaries, as well as fellow Democrat Mike Easley running for a second term as governor at the top of the state party ticket, Bowles was defeated in the 2004 race as well.

" Despite a local TV blackout and ticket prices starting at six dollars, neither game drew well ; only 8, 760 fans attended in Washington, D. C., and just 5, 331 attended in Los Angeles.

Despite the improved facilities and larger capacity ( and resultant larger ticket revenues ), this move was unpopular with many of the club's fans.

Despite McGarry's death, the Santos-McGarry ticket narrowly wins the election over the Vinick-Sullivan ticket by a 30, 000 vote margin in Nevada and McGarry posthumously becomes the Vice President-Elect after Santos ' victory.

Despite Tennessee's Senator Al Gore being elected Vice President as Bill Clinton's running mate, the Clinton-Gore Democratic ticket won the 3rd District by only 39 votes out of 225, 000 cast, one of their worst performances in the state.

Despite being in the heart of Tottenham and being at one time a busy station, Bruce Grove ticket office is rarely open.

Despite all of the challenges surrounding the campaign, the Brown-Herbert ticket went on to earn more votes than any Socialist Party presidential ticket since 1952.

Despite being one of the lower budget teams in the EIHL, the Bison have maintained their fan base and greatly enhanced local sponsorships and doubled their season ticket sales.

Despite his personal disdain for political half-measures, Ruthenberg was a frequent candidate on the ticket of the Socialist Party.

Despite the evidence being circumstantial, Danny serves seventeen months of a ten-year prison sentence before he's released with a one-way ticket to Laredo.

Despite their eventual defeat in the 2010 Election, they were the first " bipartisan " gubernatorial ticket in Utah history.

Despite his conservative affiliation, Solano Lima was nominated as the leftist Cámpora's running-mate, and the ticket sailed to victory on March 11.

Despite not being part of the Greek system, he nearly won the seat — attracting more votes than the top of his ticket.

However, it was revealed through Ståhl's message logs that Fnatic had paid him not to use SK's ticket to Dallas Despite the closure of SK's investment into the Action RTS scene with the departure of its Defense of the Ancients team in 2009, SK Gaming took in a squad for the relatively unknown title Avalon Heroes in 2010, as well as an American Heroes of Newerth squad and a European League of Legends squad.

Despite generally positive reviews from New York critics, Brighton Beach Memoirs closed on November 1, 2009 after 9 performances and 25 previews due to weak ticket sales.

Despite the support of the outgoing President Moi, the KANU political machine and the provincial administration, the Kenyatta / Mudavadi ticket was roundly beaten and Mudavadi lost his Sabatia parliamentary seat.

On October 25, 2009 U. S. President Barack Obama officially declared H1N1 a national emergency Despite President Obama's concern, a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found in October 2009 that an overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans ( 74 %) were not very worried or not at all worried about contracting the H1N1 flu virus.

Despite receiving the greatest critical acclaim of any album in Prince's career, including being named the top album of the year by the Pazz & Jop critics ' poll, and eventually selling 3. 2 million copies, album sales steadily declined.

Despite entering the campaign with relatively low poll numbers, the NDP recovered and increased their support significantly after Layton's performance in the leaders debates.

Despite its close proximity, it was not directly involved in the pottery industry, and it strongly opposed attempts to add it in 1930 with a postcard poll showing residents opposing it by a majority of 97. 4 %.

Despite this poll it won in the 10 June 2007 general elections, 1 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 1 out of 40 seats in the Senate.

Despite this, Fowler ended the season as the club's joint top goal scorer and gained the approval of the fans, finishing in the top three in the fans ' Player of the Year poll.

Despite a high level of religious adherence, only 9 % of Americans in a 2008 poll said religion was the most important thing in their life, compared with 45 % who said family was paramount in their life and 17 % who said money and career was paramount.

Despite this satisfactory result, which was higher than the UDF share of the poll of 4. 9 % in the 2002 elections, Bayrou's party managed to win only four seats, one of which was Bayrou's own seat.

Despite the RCP lacking a branch in Neath at the start of the campaign Haston was able to poll 1, 781 votes in the Neath by-election, 1945.

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

Despite the product's high sales volume, it was voted the " most hated brand " in the UK in a 2004 poll.

Despite manipulation of the NU by the government, which caused it to lose much credibility, the NU managed to maintain its 18 % share of the vote from the 1955 poll.

Despite the experienced team, expectations were low and the ACC's preseason poll projected Maryland to finish fifth among the six teams in the Atlantic Division.

Despite a radio poll showing Bette Davis the audience favorite for the role, Selznick did not consider her suitable for it.

Despite the boost the Liberals had received in the run-up to the 1923 general election with the reunion of the Lloyd George and Asquithian wings of the party, Guedalla was unable to gain Derbyshire North East and fell to the foot of the poll behind the Conservatives.

Despite the poll, it was later announced by WWE that Elimination Chamber would not be considered a part of the No Way Out chronology.

Despite his short spell at Liverpool, he was voted in 91st position in the 2006 poll " 100 Players Who Shook The Kop ", which was conducted by the official Liverpool Football Club web site.

Despite his popularity, Pick Boy was kicked-off the show literally when he was voted the most in a poll asking " Who should be kicked off from the show forever ?".

Despite this, the main occupation in the 1370s, when poll tax was levied, was agriculture, iron smelting and blacksmithing.