Despite Giffen's warning, Palfrey still had plans for freeing his slaves in Louisiana.

Despite the warning, there was a unanimous vote to enter a candidate, according to Republicans who attended.

Despite Prometheus ' warning, Epimetheus accepted this " gift " from the gods.

Despite warning from her friends —" George ... you can't.

Despite the warning, the inmates succeed in taking over the prison, capturing many of the guards, though they are unable to force their way out.

Despite Odysseus's warning, he was compelled by Athena to stay, as he had been a suitor nonetheless.

Despite the doctor's warning, Sarah Bow became pregnant with Clara in the fall of 1904.

" Despite the warning, no action was taken by village officials.

Despite having nearly an hour's advance warning that severe weather was imminent, 42 people were killed ( 25 in vehicles ) and 1, 800 were injured because the storm arrived just in time for many people to be driving home from work.

Despite ample warning from intelligence sources and defectors, Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Command were caught by surprise, and the Germans rapidly broke through the frontier defences, helped by their total command of the air.

Despite this hour's warning, only the P-40 squadron at Iba took off, and it ran low on fuel in futile responses to confusing instructions from the 24th PG as it altered its analysis of Japanese intents.

Despite dispersal and elaborate camouflage, a lack of antiaircraft artillery and poor warning / communication systems resulted in the loss of 65 FEAF aircraft on the ground alone.

Despite Echeandía's warning, Smith returned to California the next year with eighteen men and two women following the Colorado River and Mojave Desert route he now knew well.

Despite the risk of infection from SARS and the WHO's warning on travels to Hong Kong, tens of thousands attended Cheung's memorial service, which was held for the public, on 7 April 2003, including celebrities and other fans, many from other parts of the world such as mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada.

Despite the questionable nature of Gowron's actions towards the end of his life, he does die in honorable combat, as evidenced by Worf's performance of the traditional Klingon death howl ( done as a warning to those in Sto-Vo-Kor-the place of the honored dead in Klingon mythology-that a warrior is about to arrive ) over the body.

Despite ample warning and thorough defensive preparations, the battle soon degenerated into a bitter, close-quarters infantry affair, with artillery restricted by the need to avoid friendly troops and tanks unable to reach the scene.

Despite all the warning signs, however, the allies were still surprised by the scale and scope of the offensive.

Despite warning signs on all levels not to touch anything, the regular transmission of warnings over loudspeakers and the presence of guards, vandalism on reliefs and statues is a common occurrence and problem, leading to further deterioration.

Despite a warning from Segestes, Varus trusted Arminius, the man who appealed for his help, because he was a Romanised Germanic prince and commander of an auxiliary cavalry unit.

Despite repeated appeals from the " captains of April " ( of the MFA ) on the radio warning the population to stay safe inside their homes, thousands of Portuguese took to the streets, mingling with the military insurgents and supporting them.

Despite a heated warning from the Mayor, Callahan instead pursues Scorpio without authorization, jumping onto the top of the bus from a railroad trestle.

Despite the general aggressiveness of the martin, it tolerates sympatric Common House Martins, perhaps because the large numbers of that highly colonial species provide an early warning of predators.

" Despite Chanel's warning, Dorian got pregnant by de Portago again, even though he was still married.

Despite the warning, in 2007 the CBOI approved another Sachsen investment vehicle and two months later the stable of off-balance sheet companies needed a € 17. 3bn bail-out from the German association of savings banks to keep Sachsen afloat.

Despite the Supreme Court rulings in support of eugenics as constitutionally permitted, even as late as 1950 some physicians in North Carolina were still concerned about the legality of sterilization.

Despite Reid's claims that Aberhart's proposals were economically and constitutionally unfeasible, Social Credit routed the UFA in the 1935 election ; Reid's party did not retain a single seat.

Despite the two Kingdoms being in a personal union under the Austrian and Spanish dynasts, they remained constitutionally separate.

Despite the large number of speakers of these languages, they have not been constitutionally recognized in India.

Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, never entered into the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, yet, at times, the church incorporated the theory in its ordinary belief.

Despite the validity of handfasting it was expected to be solemnized by a church wedding fairly soon afterwards.

Despite a strong Presbyterian presence on its campus, Occidental cut ties to the church in 1910.

Despite the damage which the affair was inflicting on the church, it was not until after Julius ' death in 1555 that anything could be done to curb Innocenzo's visibility.

Despite his age, he was uncommonly energetic, and throughout some two decades pursued settlement and church endeavors, always engaged in controversy and confrontation with Bay Colony leaders.

Despite his refusal of official approval, the pope nonetheless allowed the plot to proceed without interfering, and, after the failed assassination of Lorenzo, also gave dispensation for crimes done in the service of the church.

Despite this tension and the city's decline in the face of barbarian invasions, Arles remained a great religious centre and host of church councils ( see Council of Arles ), the rival of Vienne, for hundreds of years.

Despite a full array of places of worship, he said it was noted for low church attendance with all denominations " struggling for the souls of pleasure-seeking Putney ... the middle class here are as indifferent as the poor elsewhere.

Despite the principles of laïcité and the separation of church from state, public and school holidays in France generally follow the Roman Catholic religious calendar ( including Easter, Christmas, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Assumption of Mary, All Saints Day, etc .).

Despite its tiny population, the town is very well known for its name, which comes from the community's original church, namesake of the biblical town of Bethlehem.

Despite this early statement, no church or chapel was built in Hattem.

Despite being individual villages, they shared the same church, Birkerød Kirke ( Birkerød church ), since the 12th century.

Despite its focus on the history of the church, this work also provides valuable information about the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Despite its focus on the history of the church, this work also provides valuable information about the early pagan kingdoms.

Despite the scandals of 1972, the church continued to grow in the 1970s with Herbert Armstrong still at the helm.

Despite his initial reluctance, like several former gospel singers Aretha Franklin, and Wilson Pickett, Burke was " molded into a more secular direction when he signed with Atlantic in the ' 60s ," and became one of " the " backsliders ," artists who " preferred a secular acclaim to the gospel obscurity ", after deciding eventually that " secular music was not the anithesis of the church but, rather, ' a new avenue, a new dimension to spread the gospel.

Despite its numerical minority, however, the Church of Ireland remained the official state church until it was disestablished on 1 January 1871 by the Liberal government under William Ewart Gladstone.

Despite many pressures, including evacuation and the destruction of the School roof during the Blitz, the school also refused to move out of central London along with other prominent schools such as Charterhouse and St. Paul's, and remains in its original location close by the centres of church and state.

Despite the fact that Cardenas enforced a policy of socialist education, relations with the church also improved greatly during his time in office.

Despite long-standing resistance by the Bishops of Passau, who did not wish to lose control of the area, the Diocese of Vienna was canonically established on 18 January 1469, with St. Stephen's Cathedral as its mother church.

Despite its name, the Monitor does not claim to be a religious-themed paper, and says it does not promote the doctrine of its patron church.

" Despite this, it is not necessarily a commonly held belief within modern Protestantism, especially Evangelicalism and those denominations which believe in the autonomy of the local church.