Despite crediting the Chicago Historical Society for assistance with historical research, much of the film is fictionalized.

Despite the shortened 66-game NBA season due to the NBA lockout, the Spurs won 50 games and tied the Chicago Bulls for the best record in the league.

Despite the Quad-Cities ’ status as " the largest metropolitan area between Chicago, Omaha, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City ," the area remained relatively unheard of.

Despite Chamberlin making " tons of cash " as a carpenter, he would soon give up his job and move to Chicago to devote himself to the band.

Despite having only 1. 7 % probability, the Bulls won the NBA Draft Lottery and selected Chicago native Derrick Rose with the first pick in the 2008 NBA Draft.

Despite the reception, Schwimmer's performance was favored by critics ; Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the role was Schwimmer's " career-transforming performance ".

Despite the New York City setting, additional skyscrapers in Chicago, Illinois provided inspiration for the opening sequence of the skyline, such as the Merchandise Mart, Aon Center.

Despite the antipathy between some supporters of the two " formats ," the same team won both College Bowl and ACF Nationals two times at the height of the original ACF's popularity -- University of Chicago in 1994 and Harvard University in 1995.

Despite extensive promotion, a major display of the Kinetoscope, involving as many as twenty-five machines, never took place at the Chicago exposition.

Despite this, Real Salt Lake managed to upset the Crew in the quarterfinals, meaning Chicago would host the semifinal for the first time in six years.

Despite not having graduated from high school, Meigs was allowed to enroll at the University of Chicago, where he played football under Amos Alonzo Stagg and also played baseball and water polo.

Despite his troubled childhood, and the equally troubled personality it engendered, his incisive intelligence and great verbal gifts were rewarded by acceptance to both Harvard College and the University of Chicago before his 17th birthday.

Despite Stritch's protests, Pope Pius XII appointed him the fourth Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, on December 27, 1939.

Despite the use of sexual organs in her work, Chicago refrained from using gender politics or identity as themes.

Despite having the same name, this character is not the same as the mascot of the Chicago Bulls.

Despite the success of the Chicago show, Kertesz did not gain another exhibit until 1962, when his photographs were shown at Long Island University.

Despite the opposition of the Chicago North Shore GOP monied establishment, he prevailed by only 2, 100 votes.

Despite a rocky start when the roof of his first major project Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri collapsed in 1979, Jahn established his pre-eminent reputation in 1985 with the State of Illinois Center in Chicago which prompted him to be dubbed " Flash Gordon.

Despite the bitter disagreements on design and engines, the 247 was still a remarkable achievement and was Boeing's showcase exhibit at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.

Despite a first season in Chicago partially marred by injuries, he produced at a point-per-game pace with 57 points in 56 games.

Despite struggling to generate offence, Bouwmeester participated in the AHL All-Star game, and was loaned to the Chicago Wolves when it became evident the Rampage would not qualify for the playoffs.

Despite this, it is more widely believed to have begun in 1926 when William Wrigley, the chewing gum entrepreneur and owner of the Chicago Cubs, named his team's stadium " Wrigley Field.

Despite this, the Chicago school is considered by some to be a part of the New Criticism movement.

Despite some initial opposition by his father, by 15 he began performing standup comedy and by 17 he won the title of " Chicago's Funniest Teenager " from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Despite the attacks, the Harmonists developed Economy into a prosperous factory town, engaged in farming on a large scale, and maintained a brewery, distillery, and wine-making operation.

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 this, he was successful in the few battles he engaged in and his kingdom grew.

Despite learning that she is engaged, he begins making advances, finally confessing he does not work there, whereupon she hastily departs.

Despite his nickname, he engaged in a vigorous foreign policy and maneuvers during the first few years of the 15th century.

Despite this, Alexander finally succeeded in winning over the young Greek aristocrat, and the couple were engaged in secret.

Despite Peter's entreaties to restrain themselves, the Crusaders engaged the Turks at once and were cut to pieces.

Despite the fact that he supported Sadat's peace initiative, King Hussein refused to take part in the peace talks ; Begin offered Jordan little to gain and Hussein also feared he would isolate Jordan from the Arab world and provoke Syria and the PLO if he engaged in the peace talks as well.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan calls the new actions " a positive development " while the White House remains unconvinced saying, " Despite whatever limited head-fakes Iraq has engaged in, they continue to fundamentally not disarm.

Despite Lucinda's deep detestation of the brutish Sir Griffin Tewett, the aunt has her way and the mismatched couple become engaged.

Despite British troops having been engaged on the European Continent since 1742, it was not until 1747 that Carleton and his regiment were despatched to Flanders.

Despite common knowledge that President Touré engaged in torture of his political opponents, Carmichael had never criticized his namesake.

Despite the diplomatic rupture between Morocco and the Two Sicilies in 1830, and the naval warfare engaged against the Austrian Empire as well as with Spain, then headed by Ferdinand VII, Sultan Abderrahmane lent his support to the Algerian insurgency triggered by Abd El-Kader.

Despite the fact that most engaged in sexual relations with their patrons, hetaerae were not simple prostitutes.

Despite this, at the end of Season 5, Luke and Lorelai become engaged.

Despite putting up a stubborn defence, the BEF went into retreat, the Manchesters being engaged along the way.

Despite this advantage, he is killed while engaged in an intense firefight with Bond.

Despite this, Cruz and Eden continued with their relationship and were soon engaged.

Despite his continued involvement with Kunke, at the urging of his family he was reluctantly engaged to Reiss on 13 February 1911 and married her on 23 January 1912 ; his younger brother Hugo and Herwarth Walden served as best men.

Despite an outdated tax structure built into the Nevada Constitution in the 1800s, which significantly favors only the mining industry by allowing mines to pay tax on net proceeds, as opposed to gross proceeds, the mining industry may have further been engaged in depriving the State of Nevada of money by taking questionably legal tax deductions.

Despite most of the crew being engaged in identifying visual landmarks at the time, they never perceived the mountain directly in front of them.

Despite a broken wrist and two other serious wounds to his right and left hands he then moved forward and engaged the tank crew who were trying to escape.

Despite being possessed, and acting as a major antagonist for much of Sailor Moon S, he appeared to be kind and considerate of his underlings ( despite occasional frustration with them ), and at times even encouraged them or engaged them in friendly small talk, in contrast to other villains in the series.

Despite being the first woman to reach the top of the political system in Denmark, Bang never engaged in the women's movement but considered the situation of women a part of the regular political struggle, and criticised the right-wing women's movement for obscuring differences between the classes of society.