Despite caveats in the introduction to the DSM, it has long been argued that its system of classification makes unjustified categorical distinctions between disorders, and uses arbitrary cut-offs between normal and abnormal.

Despite what the statute may suggest, the regime makes sense.

Despite the construction of surfaced roads linking the principal towns in the south, the mountainous terrain elsewhere makes travel even from one valley to the next quite difficult.

Despite the fact that he has throughout his life compulsively sought out aristocratic society, none of his titled friends come to see him, which makes him alternately morose and irate.

Despite the vast number of Green Lanterns, certain sectors of space apparently do not recognize the authority of the Corps, as alien superhero Icon claims that his status as a citizen of the interstellar civilization known as the Cooperative makes him immune to prosecution from Guardians or their agents.

Despite her hyperactive personality, Dee Dee sometimes makes more logical decisions than Dexter, or even gives him helpful advice.

Despite being located in an otherwise arid region, its extremely high elevation (; one of the highest in the U. S .) allows for a relatively mild summer that makes it a popular tourist attraction in West Texas and New Mexico.

Despite their occurrence on seacoasts, Ammophila grasses are not particularly tolerant of saline soils ; they can tolerate a salinity of about 15 g / l ( 1. 5 %), which makes them " moderate halophytes ".

Despite Alf Thomas being the man identified as the assailant of the train driver, Jack Mills, by Bruce Reynolds ( albeit indirectly ), Williams only makes mention of the assailant once in his book.

Despite the interest and realism of the system, which makes a case demonic invocations no Mage can not afford to treat lightly, this part of the system has not been well integrated with the rules of magic and is confined to the end of the rules, and also the mixture of styles, the Judeo-Christian demonology adjacent to the Thousand and One Nights, all sprinkled with a touch of mythology came from the writings of Tolkien.

Despite herself, she enjoys herself very much when Michael makes her go berrypicking and fishing with him.

Despite the traffic noise the road is still upmarket, featuring five-star hotels ( such as The Dorchester, Grosvenor House Hotel and InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel ) and showrooms for several makes of sports car.

" Despite Julio's friendliness, Fred often makes crude ethnic jokes about Julio and openly wishes he would return to Puerto Rico, despite the fact that Julio is actually from New York City.

Despite his previous identity as a great marshal who is in charge of 80, 000 heavenly warriors, he always claims Sun Wukong as “ brother ” with awe and respect while Sun has conflicts with him and often makes fun of him all the way.

Despite the positive acclaim, The Rundown was a slight box office failure, grossing just under $ 81 million worldwide compared to its $ 85 million budget, which makes a sequel not entirely likely.

Despite its phenomenal age as an Internet community, the MUD is constantly evolving which makes it both challenging and entertaining to new and old players alike.

Despite Kraven's use of a strength-enhancing potion that makes him pretty much invulnerable to physical attack, Spider-Man wins putting Kraven in jail for his crimes.

Despite the technical learning curve, the Aurora toolset still is a powerful and versatile tool, which makes Neverwinter Nights a unique and long-lived role-playing game.

Reza Shah Kazemi states: " Despite ongoing questions about the authenticity of the text, recent scholarship suggests that most of the material in it can in fact be attributed to Ali " and in support of this he makes reference to an article by Mokhtar Jebli.

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

Despite being professionally trained, Sean Bean adopts an instinctive style of acting that some say makes him especially well-suited to portraying his characters ' depths.

Despite pre-electoral opinion polls and predictions of a huge PSOE defeat and a PP lead of around 10 points, the close end result makes this election the closest in the Spanish democratic period to date.

Despite the title, the book itself makes clear that a sequel is not planned, though some extra material was written for the paperback edition, released to coincide with the 2010 World Cup.

Despite that legislatively, the police force of all Mainland China should answer only to one collective central government and should be considered a single entity, their various source of funding makes them de facto local police force indeed.

Despite his inelegant appearance — many in the audience thought him awkward and even ugly — Lincoln demonstrated an intellectual leadership that brought him into the front ranks of the party and into contention for the Republican presidential nomination.

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 his brutish appearance, Conan uses his brains as well as his brawn.

Despite their origins & horrific appearance, the Ulkmen are a largely peaceful people.

Despite the appearance in other magazines like Billboard, this publication by Guitar World was criticized for including no female musicians within its selection.

Despite similar appearance as a layered model, it uses a much less rigorous, loosely defined architecture that concerns itself only with the aspects of logical networking.

Despite its appearance, the Germanic name is not derived from the Latin name, judging from the change from earlier o into a, which is characteristic of the Germanic languages.

Despite a demonstrated appearance of blunted affect, recent findings indicate that many individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia are emotionally responsive, particularly to stressful or negative stimuli, and that such sensitivity may cause vulnerability to symptoms or to the disorder.

Despite its rotund appearance, the devil is capable of surprising speed and endurance, and can climb trees and swim across rivers.

Despite their appearance of being slow, crocodiles are top predators in their environment, and various species have been observed attacking and killing sharks.

Despite Elizabeth ’ s volatile, often violent reactions in regards to her appearance, the Empress was ebullient in most other matters particularly when it came to Court entertainment.

Despite altering the superficial appearance of an object it does not remove its essence.

Despite two years of widespread publicity about Fett's appearance in The Empire Strikes Back, script rewrites significantly reduced the character's presence in the film.

Despite the appearance of another French squadron, the arrival of large-scale British reinforcements under Edward Boscawen ( who considered but did not make an attack on Île de France on the way ) gave the British overwhelming dominance on land and sea, but the ensuing siege of Pondicherry organised by Boscawen was unsuccessful.

Despite the introduction of modern technology, the external appearance and locations of many of the classrooms have remained unchanged for a long time.

Despite its formidable appearance, the tusk is hollow and weighs only around.

Despite his outward appearance, Plug is generally the more sympathetic of The Bash Street Kids, often ready to stick up for those who he feels have been unjustly treated.

Despite its name and appearance, the peanut is not a nut, but rather a legume.

Despite its promising appearance and engineering novelty the Pipit did not fly as well as expected, the elevator being criticised as heavy while the rudder was weak and the type was longitudinally unstable.

Despite this, Lynde's amazing popularity led to his being signed by ABC to host a series of specials from 1975 to 1979, including: The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour ( November 6, 1975 ) with Jack Albertson, Nancy Walker and the Osmond Brothers ; The Paul Lynde Halloween Special ( October 29, 1976 ) featuring the first prime-time network appearance of KISS, along with Margaret Hamilton recreating her role as the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz.

Despite making just one goalless appearance as England failed to progress past the Euro 1992 group stages that summer, Shearer was soon subject to a British transfer record-breaking £ 3. 3million bid from Blackburn Rovers.

Despite their rather similar appearance, soy sauces produced in different cultures and regions are different in taste, consistency, fragrance and saltiness.

Despite the studio's suggestion that Davis play the role as a young woman, the 38-year-old insisted on aging her appearance to fit the part.

Despite their often fearsome appearance they are not normally aggressive to humans.

Despite his disheveled appearance he was sent for a test assignment: to observe and write about a luncheon at the Astor House.