Despite his defense of himself in the final paper of the Englishman and in his speech before the House, their efforts were successful.

Despite their adherence to the status quo, the forces of organized religion were compelled to make adjustments as increasing civilization augmented human knowledge.

Despite their efforts, the problems seemed to grow graver all the time.

Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John Brown, Rhode Islanders turned their attention to the state elections.

Despite the opposition of the city newspapers, the Pratt Hall meeting `` brought together a very respectable audience, composed in part of those who had been distinguished for years for their radical views upon the subject of slavery, of many of our colored citizens, and of those who were attracted to the place by the novelty of such a gathering ''.

Despite being able to crawl on land, many of these prehistoric tetrapodomorph fish still spent most of their time in the water.

Despite this, Babbage's work fell into historical obscurity and the Analytical Engine was unknown to builders of electro-mechanical and electronic computing machines in the 1930s and 1940s when they began their work, resulting in the need to re-invent many of the architectural innovations Babbage had proposed.

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Despite their avowed claim to appeal to the entire state, in 2009 the Diamondbacks moved their Triple-A Pacific Coast League farm team, the Tucson Sidewinders, to Reno, where they are now known as the Aces.

Despite their dedication to their jobs, however, the citizens of Mega Tokyo tend to dislike and distrust members of the A. D. Police, seeing them as corrupt and ineffectual.

Despite several differences in definitions, their importance becomes apparent as different methods of analysis when applied to acid – base reactions for gaseous or liquid species, or when acid or base character may be somewhat less apparent.

Despite having no experience with women, their other signature traits are a shared obsession with sex, and their tendency to chuckle and giggle whenever they hear words or phrases that can even remotely be construed as sexual or scatological.

Despite the presence of more than 9, 000 UN forces ( UNOCI ) in Côte d ' Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations.

Despite these constraints especially those deputies that are elected directly normally try to keep close contact with their constituents and to help them with their problems, particularly when they are related to federal policies or agencies.

Despite their difficulties in New Zealand the tour proved a raging success on-field for the British and Irish.

Despite Orkney ’ s protestations, Cadogan insisted on compliance and, reluctantly, Orkney gave the word for his troops to fall back to their original positions on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.

Despite the opposition of some of their number, the Israelites assemble and send away their foreign wives and children.

Despite their appearance at the end of the Book of Judges, certain characters ( like Jonathan, the grandson of Moses ) and idioms present in the epilogue show that the therein " must have taken place ... early in the period of the judges.

Despite their trials, God will not desert his people.

Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.

Despite some bright spots in relations, the Episcopal Church in the South was slow to give up on the notion of the Confederacy, resulting in the military governor of Alabama closing all Episcopal churches in the state, effective on September 20, 1865.

Despite the slight downturn in the network's fortunes, there were a few bright spots during the era.

Despite these two bright spots, the bulk of Orion's offerings fared poorly, and Kluge, who had kept the studio afloat through periodic injections of cash, announced that his stake in the company was up for sale.

Despite that heartbreaking loss, the future still looked bright for Leo Cahill and the Toronto Argonauts going into 1972.

Despite having a history and list of honours only surprassed by the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, the past decade had not been a successful time for the Toffees, with an FA Cup win in 1995 and a sixth place finish in 1996 being about the only bright spots for the club that side of 1990.

Despite all that, the record received college airplay, as well as positive critical nods, including a Scratch ( magazine ) review that said, " If Commander Venus is any indication of what's to come from the second generation of indie rock, then the future looks bright indeed.

Despite several injuries that plagued Galarraga throughout his career, he was a very popular player both for his achievements on the field, and for his big and bright smile.

Despite the mast being shortened it can been seen in daylight on clear days from most areas close to and within the Lincolnshire Wolds and on clear nights its bright red aircraft warning lights can be very widely seen across much of Lincolnshire from as far north as the River Humber and Grimsby and from west of the county it can be seen clearly from both Lincoln, Gainsborough and Grantham and from the south of the county it can be seen clearly as far away as Spalding and Bourne and can also be very clearly seen in the east of the county as far away as Skegness, Mablethorpe and most areas along the Lincolnshire Coast.

Despite a bright start the 1932 – 33 campaign proved to be the leanest so far during the club's very short history.

Despite the fact that he " apparently never went to bed until he was fifty ", he is in remarkable shape, a sprightly, rosy, dapper man with bright eyes and a jaunty posture.

Despite this Giovanni Hernández future looks bright at the beginning of 2005 Boca Juniors, 5 time Copa Libertadores Champion, offered 5 million dollars for the Colombian player.

Despite his thickness ( or possibly because of it ), he is extraordinarily sweet and usually the first to look on the bright side and find the good in people.

Despite being in and out of the side for the next couple of years, Dilley's future as a Test player seemed reasonably bright by 1983 as he played a full part in England's World Cup campaign.

Despite being shorter than the original floodlights, they were twice as bright and met the requirements for First Division football.

Despite the bleak living conditions of her childhood, there were bright spots also.

Despite an involved plot and an occasional overabundance of palaver, not all of which is bright, this yarn about a cash-hungry dame who doesn't let men or conscience stand in her way, is an adult and generally suspenseful adventure.

Despite the fact that the Eskimos did not make the playoffs, Ray was one of the few bright spots on the Eskimos.

Despite its contrasting plumage, the Great Spotted Woodpecker is often an inconspicuous bird.

Despite his size and well-camouflaged, brown-streaked plumage, the male Golden-headed Cisticola of Australia and southern Asia produces a small, brilliant splash of golden-yellow colour in the dappled sunlight of a reed bed.

Despite the almost identical and highly apomorphic nuptial plumage of their males, which continues to puzzle scientists ( see the Green-winged Teal page for a discussion of the species ' phylogeny ), they seem well distinct species, as indicated by a wealth of behavioural, morphological and molecular data.

Despite its stunning plumage, this reclusive species ' preference for shade and overhanging vegetation means that it is rarely seen at its best.

Despite its colourful plumage, the Superb Fruit Dove is well-camouflaged amongst the rainforest foliage.

Despite the shared plumage characteristics with the Purple species, the closest extant relatives of the Goliath are considered to be the Great-billed and the White-bellied Herons of Southern Asia.