Despite being attacked as a liberal, Sanford defeated Broyhill by three percentage points in the November election.

Despite airing right after Sanford and Son on Friday nights, the show was canceled at the end of the season due to low ratings.

Despite their practice of blending with dominant groups in order to avoid persecution and because the Druze religion doesn't endorse separatist sentiments, urging the Druze to blend with the communities they reside in, nevertheless the Druze have had a history of brave resistance to occupying powers, and they have at times enjoyed more freedom than most other groups living in the Levant.

Despite the language's intentionally obtuse and wordy syntax, INTERCAL is nevertheless Turing-complete: given enough memory, INTERCAL can solve any problem that a Universal Turing machine can solve.

Despite wide critical acclaim for its acts and a dedicated fanbase, Jeepster nevertheless found itself financially troubled by 2002, largely due to increasing recording and marketing costs, and difficulty cultivating the images of their acts in the eye of the general public.

Despite his previous support of the patronage system, Arthur, nevertheless, became an ardent supporter of civil service reform as president.

Despite his personal anger over this outcome, which was considered a personal defeat by Luns, the foreign minister nevertheless worked to restore relations with Indonesia in the aftermath of the West New Guinea problem.

Despite the support of their Greek allies in undermining the hegemony of the Achaemenids, the country nevertheless fell into the hands of the conquerors, and Memphis was never again to become the nation's capital.

Despite steadily working in pictures, Lucy's movie career never advanced to the level of a headlining feature-film actress ; nevertheless she remained popular with movie audiences.

Despite the lack of consensus among political forces in Peru regarding this proposal, the ad hoc OAS meeting of ministers nevertheless approved Fujimori ’ s offer in mid-May, and elections for the CCD were held on 22 November 1992.

Despite Modena's intervention the preface to the 1625 version nevertheless still claims that its original source book came from the ruins of Jerusalem in AD 70, where a Roman officer named Sidrus discovered a Hebrew scholar hiding in a hidden library.

Despite these difficulties the service nevertheless conducted substantial and successful operations in both occupied Europe and in the Middle East and Far East where it operated under the cover name Interservice Liaison Department ( ISLD ).

Despite an upbringing in a life of privilege made possible at some level by the harsh anti-union politics of his patriarchal grandfather, young Scott Nearing nevertheless developed a social conscience, which one of his biographers describes as " a burr under his skin that none of his relatives acquired and that no interpretation satisfactorily explains.

Despite great success and appreciation among artists, collectors, and the more generous critics, his many friends considered, nevertheless, that he was officially neglected, and in 1874, a short time before his death, they presented him with a gold medal.

Despite the previous tension with his family over slavery issues, Conway nevertheless brought his bride to meet his family.

Jean-Claude Marcadé has observed that " Despite superficial similarities between Constructivism and Suprematism, the two movements are nevertheless antagonists and it is very important to distinguish between them.

Despite being only a moderately successful album with songs that mixed Rock, Jazz, and Blues, Los Tres nevertheless became an important album in the early nineties.

Despite his inexperience, Peterson nevertheless came within 45 votes of defeating Stuart Smith on the third and final ballot of a delegated convention held on January 25, 1976.

Despite being one of the original goals, it did not declare independency, and so neither approve the use of a national flag ; nevertheless, the flag made by Belgrano was authorized to be used as a War flag.

Despite Edwards ' lack of musical input, he nevertheless contributed to their overall musical direction, and according to the rest of the band on the Everything Must Go DVD, he played a leading role in deciding the approach of the band's sound.

Despite a 6 % drop in Sunday church attendance from 11 to 5 % in 9 years, Catholicism nevertheless remains an important force in Belgian society.

Despite its strong smell and bitter taste, the fruit is nevertheless eaten as a famine food and, in some Pacific islands, even a staple food, either raw or cooked.

Despite the relatively friendly nature of the agreement, it nevertheless resulted in a fierce struggle for control of the Oregon Country in the following two decades.

Despite problems with equipment and training, the contribution of this force in opening the region to administration and commerce was nevertheless quite significant and over time they have become known as the "... right arm of the civil and left arm of the military " in the region.

Despite his cautious approach to the presidency, some of his actions nevertheless provoked tensions in the community.

Despite a strong union base, he nevertheless lost by a wide margin.

Despite the fact that he is a " Very Small Animal " of a generally timid disposition, he tries to be brave and on occasion conquers his fears.

Despite this, a government usually tries to select a member of its own political party for the position, if it has enough deputies to allow that choice.

Despite Ernie's attempts to cover up the crime Bert knows Ernie is lying ; for example in one sketch Bert wants to have his chocolate ice cream but when he finds that Ernie has eaten it he charges but then Ernie tries his best to cover up his crime by making a disgusting dish ; Mashed Bananas with Ice Cubes and Gold Beef Gravy at the same time Bert is shouting at him that he knows better.

Despite this, Duckman views her as an abrasive, domineering, self-righteous shrew who constantly tries to control his life.

Despite scoring three tries in the second test at Durban, the Springboks suffered from some woeful goal kicking and failed to land any penalties or conversions, whilst for the Lions Neil Jenkins once again kicked 5 penalties to level the scores at 15 – 15 before Jerry Guscott dropped a goal for an 18 – 15 lead for the Lions.

Despite the All Blacks winning the first Test, the Springboks ' won in the third Test 17 – 6 and scored five tries to none.

Despite the neat resolution with Arthur as Emperor he never again tries this " might makes right " tactic.

Despite her bigotry against the Nations, Teri tries to take food to them in a backpack, but collapses and breaks her leg.

Despite the city's Department of Public Works insistence that the incident had nothing to do with the tremor and was just an accident, Roark tries to halt the subway lines which run parallel to where the mishap took place as a precaution.

Despite the strict roles society tries to impose on everyone there are many ways for individual variation.

Despite having no superpowers, he tries to be a superhero.

Despite this, the Lawson family tries to pass the robot off as their daughter.

Despite scoring three tries in the second test at Durban, the Springboks suffered from some woeful goal kicking and failed to land any penalties or conversions, whilst for the Lions Neil Jenkins once again kicked 5 penalties to level the scores at 15-15 before Jerry Guscott dropped a goal for an 18-15 lead for the Lions.

Despite this, she has a soft spot for the boy and later helps him out when he tries to separate Seiji and Midori.

Despite this, Angel finally defeats Lindsey, informing him, no matter what he tries none of it won't matters, because, " I'm Angel.

Despite Sybil's insistence that he take the car to a repair shop, the miserly Basil tries to fix the car himself.

Despite Danielli having few starts for Scotland in the run up to the 2011 Rugby World Cup he started in Scotland's opening game against Romania, scoring two tries in the 75th and 78th minutes saving Scotland from an embarrassing defeat.

A year later, she made her American debut in the Hollywood indie Make Yourself at Home ( formerly titled Fetish ), a psychological thriller about a girl who was born to a shaman mother and tries to flee her fate by becoming an immigrant bride in the U. S. Despite Song ’ s attempts to challenge herself, both films underwhelmed at the box office.

Despite the transference almost taking place, Bruce escapes with Terry's help after Ra's underestimates the new Batman, only for Ra's to abandon all attempts to escape when he tries to save the computer he needs for the mind transference process.

Despite their somewhat turbulent relationship, Kirie has a deep affection for Yukinari and usually tries to help him.

Despite this, Lister forgives him and tries to get him working again.

Despite her protests, Nikolai initially remains with Diane as she tries to find her mother, but they eventually part ways.

Despite being a resident of the Sesame Street borough of New York City, he tries to get a room at The Furry Arms.

Despite the loss of the other black diamonds, the disembodied Eclipso then tries to possess Superman by antagonizing him through many deaths.