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 the recent modest and stable growth, Djibouti is faced with many economic challenges, particularly job creation and poverty reduction.

Despite recent gains, 40 % of the population lives below the poverty line, more than double the rate five years ago.

Despite wide-ranging poverty, Haiti increased its mobile phone coverage rate from 6 % to 30 % in one year ( May 2006 to May 2007 ).

" Despite Afghanistan's great poverty, they had little interest in social, economic and technological development – at one time explaining that " we Muslims believe God the Almighty will feed everybody one way or another.

Despite this background ( or, perhaps, because of it ), poverty and oppression are the main subjects of Murenu's poetry.

Despite the growth achieved by the Peruvian economy, the poverty gap has widened between the upper and lower classes.

Despite the flourishing service, education, medicine, arts and high tech sectors, Pittsburgh still faces many problems, including poverty, crime and pollution.

Despite his career as a physician, Zoidberg is repeatedly identified as living in poverty, lonely and desperate for friendship and attention.

Despite the issues generally associated with developing countries, such as poverty, over-population and food security, there is surprisingly a growing concern for the environmental vitality of Manila Bay.

Despite his poverty, loneliness, and mental problems, he solidified his knowledge of English literature during this period and returned to Japan in 1903.

Despite their poverty, locals believed that the money infused by mining would not reach them.

Despite research showing almost no relation between growth and the achievement of the goals 2 to 7 and statistics showing that during periods of growth poverty levels in some cases have actually risen ( e. g. Uganda grew by 2. 5 % annually between 2000 – 2003, yet poverty levels rose by 3. 8 %), researchers at the ODI suggest growth is necessary, but that it must be equitable.

Despite the fact that he was held as one of Australia's greatest artists, Namatjira was living in poverty.

Despite their poverty, Zhu was sent to a classic private school in 1892.

Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and composer, his income and employment were unstable and he died in poverty.

Despite progress in women ’ s status in recent decades, the lives of millions of girls and women are still overshadowed by discrimination, disempowerment and poverty.

Despite his posthumous recognition, Xu was manifestly mentally ill and unsuccessful in life, ending his life in poverty after the murder of his third wife and several attempts at suicide.

Despite these macroeconomic advances, poverty and inequality remain at high levels in Latin America.

Despite concerns about supply and demand for paintings, the remoteness of many of the artists, and the poverty and health issues experienced in the communities, there are widespread estimates of an industry worth close to half a billion dollars ( Aus ) and growing rapidly.

Despite desperate poverty, Brown ’ s mother worked to provide for Elaine ’ s private schooling, music lessons, and nice clothing.

Despite this large amount of money and the $ 3, 000 a year stipend from Congress, Mrs. Lincoln had an irrational fear of poverty.

Despite these reservations, of which Flory is entirely unaware, she is willing to marry him to escape poverty, spinsterhood and the unwelcome advances of her perpetually inebriated uncle.

Despite still producing some of the most original works in Spanish of the twentieth century — the existential-surrealist novel El hombre perdido Lost Man ( 1947 ) and his extraordinary neo-baroque autobiography Automoribundia ( Automoribund ) — his life in exile was one of pathetic isolation and increasing poverty, neither of which were helped by the knowledge that he had left behind ( and in 1947 donated to the Spanish State ) the celebrated painting of the Pombo Tertulia by Gutiérrez-Solana ( now given pride of place in Madrid ’ s Reina Sofia Museum ) and the equally famous cubist portrait of him painted in 1915 by Diego Rivera ( which was lost without trace during the civil war but has apparently resurfaced to become the ‘ property ’ of a Mexican millionaire ).

Despite some poverty, overall it was a country of relatively well-off workers, small-scale producers, farmers, and a substantial middle class.