Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943, the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation's backlog of an estimated two million disabled.

Despite this limited franchise, Athenian democracy was certainly the first — and perhaps the best — example of a working direct democracy.

Despite this, several features that would later be associated with BBC Master and Archimedes were first features of Electron expansion units, including ROM cartridge slots and the Advanced Disc Filing System — a hierarchical improvement to the BBC's original Disc Filing System.

Despite the victory, voter apathy was a major issue, as turnout fell below 60 % for the first time in history, 12 % down on 1997.

Despite this, aircraft today are much more extensively used as the primary tools for both army and navy, as evidenced by the prominent use of helicopters to transport and support troops, the use of aerial bombardment as the " first strike " in many engagements, and the replacement of the battleship with the aircraft carrier as the center of most modern navies.

Unfortunately in the literature the definition is given in two variants: Despite the fact that Bernoulli defined B < sub > 1 </ sub > = 1 / 2 ( now known as " second Bernoulli numbers "), some authors set B < sub > 1 </ sub > = − 1 / 2 (" first Bernoulli numbers ").

Despite its difficulty of learning, this method remains popular in Chinese communities that use traditional Chinese characters, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan ; it is also the first method that allowed users to enter more than a hundred Chinese characters per minute.

Despite this, Chicago engaged St. Louis in a see-saw battle for first place into August, but the Cardinals played to a torrid 20 – 6 pace that month, designating their rivals to battle in the Wild Card race, from which they were eliminated in the season's final week.

Despite the major changes made to the team in the offseason, the team wound up with its first winning season since 1997.

Despite the recession of the late 1950s, the company sold $ 94, 000 worth of these modules during 1958 alone, turning a profit at the end of its first year.

Despite this, at first he thought staying and founding a city would serve well for his honor.

Despite the group ’ s eventual break up, one of its members, Seido Kobayashi, went on to form the group Oedo Sukeroku Daiko, which is credited for being the very first professional Taiko group.

Despite the opposition, Hubble, then a thirty-five-year-old scientist, had his findings first published in The New York Times on, 1924, and then more formally presented in the form of a paper at the January 1, 1925 meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Despite popular lore, it seems unlikely that he reached Cape Horn or the eponymous Drake Passage, because his descriptions do not fit the first and his shipmates denied having seen an open sea.

Despite anti-government demonstrations after the untimely death of an opposition leader, the first multiparty National Assembly elections in almost 30 years took place in September – October 1990, with the PDG garnering a large majority.

Despite further anti-government demonstrations after the untimely death of an opposition leader, the first multi-party National Assembly elections in almost 30 years took place in September-October 1990, with the PDG garnering a large majority.

Despite the less than spectacular response to the Chris Gaines project, Brooks gained his first – and only – US Top 40 pop single in " Lost in You ", the first single from the album.

Despite the fact that Brite's first novel was criticized by some mainstream sources for allegedly " lack a moral center: neither terrifyingly malevolent supernatural creatures nor ( like Anne Rice's protagonists ) tortured souls torn between good and evil, these vampires simply add blood-drinking to the amoral panoply of drug abuse, problem drinking and empty sex practiced by their human counterparts ", many of these so-called " human counterparts " identified with the teen angst and goth music references therein, keeping the book in print.

Despite being from the South, he did not become seriously interested in country music until his time at Harvard, where he heard Merle Haggard for the first time.

Despite suffering from antenna problems, Galileo conducted the first asteroid flyby near 951 Gaspra and discovered the first asteroid moon, Dactyl, around the asteroid 243 Ida.

Despite the abundance of well-known seeps in southern California, the first commercial oil well in California was drilled in Humboldt County, northern California in 1865.

Despite his difficult relationship with the Senate, Tiberius's first years were generally good.

Despite its being his first film in twenty years, Cagney was immediately at ease.

Despite strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.

Despite the drawbacks, sustained artillery fire proved deadly during the engagement, especially during the French cavalry attack.

Despite the change to indirect fire, cannon proved highly effective during World War I, directly or indirectly causing over 75 % of casualties.

Despite ordering a cease fire, which prevented a mutual massacre, Governor Marquis Bernard de Launay was beaten, stabbed and decapitated ; his head was placed on a pike and paraded about the city.

Despite his plane being on fire, Bush completed his attack and released bombs over his target, scoring several damaging hits.

Despite this almost exclusive focus, however, Greek fire is best understood as a complete weapon system of many components, all of which were needed to operate together to render it effective.

From late 1944 until early 1945, the Japanese launched over 9, 300 of these fire balloons, of which 300 were found or observed in the U. S. Despite the high hopes of their designers, the balloons were ineffective as weapons: causing only six deaths ( from one single incident ) and a small amount of damage.

Despite the fact that humans sin, Catholic theology teaches that human nature itself is not the cause of sin, although once it comes into contact with sin it may produce more sin, just as a flammable substance may be easily ignited by a fire.

Despite concentrated artillery fire and Luftwaffe strafing and bombs, the French stood their ground.

Despite Barker's success on ITV, LWT's programme controller Stella Richman opted to fire Frost's company Paradine and as Barker was contracted to the company rather than the network, he lost his job, as did Corbett.

* Despite its naval designation as a " river gunboat ", the San Pablo of the book and film has very little artillery on deck: a 3-inch / 23-caliber gun forward, a 1-pounder rapid fire gun astern and two Lewis machine guns ( six in the novel ).

Despite heavy fire from British artillery, the first wave of Americans ( under Captain John E. Wool ) managed to land, and then follow a fishermen's path up to the heights.

Despite lengthy efforts to control the fire from DSE, Parks Victoria and CFA fire fighters, the blaze incinerated 6700 hectares of parkland but luckily destroyed only two houses and caused no human fatalities.

Despite the fire, citizens refused new taxes for the construction of a municipal water system.

Despite being promoted as an area of " tranquility and refinement ," the original Town was plagued by inadequate water drainage, a makeshift sewage system, and the absence of local fire protection and schools.

Despite the amount of waterfront property and the number of boaters coming from Sunapee, the fire department does not have a public safety diver.

Despite the size of the fire, no fatalities were reported.

Despite the efforts of five fire departments ( including Concrete, Burlington, Sedro-Woolley and two rural fire districts ), the building was a total loss.

Despite the large number of munitions and successful hits, the 1, 540 ton IS Sahand did not sink until fire reached her ammunition magazine, causing it to detonate, blowing the frigate to bits.

Despite repeated Dutch attacks and the loss of two masts, one in its fall crushing Harman's leg, the fire was put out and the Henry escaped, with its last shot shooting Evertsen in two.

Despite fulfilling all the necessary railway procedures, the fire trains sometimes arrive at the site faster than the road vehicles, bringing more water supply to tackle the fire.

Despite devastating flanking fire the Allied column, made up of British and Hanoverian infantry, burst through the French lines to the point of victory.