Despite these successes, de Moivre was unable to obtain an appointment to a Chair of Mathematics at a university, which would have released him from his dependence on time-consuming tutoring that burdened him more than it did most other mathematicians of the time.

Despite his later well-known fondness for Reagan, Meese was initially reluctant to accept the Reagan appointment because Meese saw himself as a non-partisan figure.

Despite the custom of meeting on a Thursday, after the appointment of Gordon Brown as Prime Minister the meeting day was switched to Tuesday.

Despite missing the deadline to apply for Congressional appointment to the military academy, Stilwell gained entry through the use of family connections who knew President William McKinley.

Despite this, he continued to lobby for a formal appointment as governor.

Despite the accusations of nepotism that greeted his appointment on January 3, 1903, Sifton fast became a well-respected judge.

Despite the presence of the merit system, many governors have been criticized for abusing their appointment power.

Despite Wilson advising French that the reasons for their objections were largely personal, he was not able to dissuade them from blocking the appointment, which went instead to the BEF Quartermaster-General " Wully " Robertson early in 1915.

Despite these titles, in fact since the pontificate of Pope John XXIII almost all Cardinals who were not already bishops at the time their appointment was announced have been ordained bishops prior to the conclusion of the formal installation, though in the last years the Jesuit priests made cardinals when they are already over 80 have generally petitioned not to become bishops and have received permission in this sense.

Despite widespread fears of civil unrest, the takeover of the parliamentary complex by George Speight on 19 May 2000 ( one year to the day since Chaudhry's appointment as Prime Minister ) happened without warning.

Despite refusing appointment to the High Court of Justice in 1928, he was offered the position again in 1941 and accepted, joining the King's Bench Division.

Despite this suspected Communist alliance, the French authorities did not oppose M ' ba's appointment as head chief of the Estuaire Province by his colleagues.

Despite both universities stressing that there is no significant difference between them in either the sciences or humanities today, this disparity in the popular imagination has existed since at least the late 1820s, when The Times newspaper reported on the appointment of Oxford and Cambridge academics to the newly established professorships of University College London: " it is known to be the intention to choose classical professors at Oxford, and mathematical at Cambridge ", although in the event both the classical and mathematical professors were eventually chosen from Cambridge.

Despite the great fanfare which greeted Goerdeler's appointment, he was given little real power.

Despite the unease at his appointment, England lost just once in Taylor's first 23 matches ( a 0 – 1 defeat to Germany at Wembley Stadium in September 1991 ).

Despite this there was a minor political row over Erler's appointment with allegations of her being appointed due to their friendship.

Despite rumors of privateering, Bland received a recess appointment from President Monroe to a seat to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, vacated by James Houston, on November 23, 1819.

Despite the elder Adams having been convinced that the high-profile Willie was his son since 1977, when he read about the younger Adams ' appointment to the Senate, he made no attempt to contact him, thinking that " he has his own life.

Despite widespread resistance to his appointment amidst allegations of his involvement in numerous massacres, Dweh served as Speaker of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly of Liberia ( NTLA ) from October 2003 to 14 March 2005, when he was suspended from the body after being accused of financial mismanagement and corruption.

Despite his opposition to the appointment of Monash, Bean later acknowledged Monash's success in the role, noting that he had made a better Corps commander than a Brigade commander ( and as an aside admitting that his role in trying to influence the decision had been improper ).

Despite the appointment of famous names such as Gurban Gurbanov, Vlastimil Petržela, Anatoliy Demyanenko and Hans-Jürgen Gede, the club did not achieve any success and squandered large sums of money on unsuccessful signings.

Despite this, and a failed bid to gain appointment to the Supreme Court, Montague was respected by his colleagues, even acquiring the nickname " Judge ".

Despite remaining successful at the highest level attainable by a non-regional side, Pontypridd RFC has seen a huge loss in their fan base due to the disenfranchisement of Welsh rugby supporters in the Valleys over to the appointment of Cardiff Blues as their ' regional ' team.

Despite the unpopularity of his appointment, Cauchon remained Speaker of the Senate until June 30, 1872 ( though he stepped down on a temporary basis on two occasions, for eleven days in total ).

Despite a series of defeats in the House of Commons, Pitt defiantly remained in office, watching the Coalition's majority shrink as some Members of Parliament left the Opposition to abstain.

Despite many years of commendable service, Barré was denied a promotion by William Pitt the Elder.

Despite the failure of Rochefort, Pitt pushed for fresh landings on the French coast, believing they would be a useful distraction-preventing the French from sending troops to Germany or to the relief of their colonies around the globe.

Despite this players and coaches of Pitt, the Steelers, and their opponents supported keeping the current turf.

Despite the death of William Pitt in January 1806, Britain and the new Whig administration remained committed to checking the growing power of France.

Despite his tendency to be a stickler for rules and regulations, Gunn is respected by Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino because he does not inform Admiral Sandecker of their exploits, which are often in violation of instructions that have been given to them.

Despite the hopelessness of the response, it is explicable in terms of the crisis of tradition itself.

Despite its rather long intellectual history, alienation is still a promising hypothesis and not a verified theory.

Despite a too long sustained declamatory flight, this final speech is convincing, and we see why British audiences apparently were impressed by `` Roots ''.

Despite these achievements, the influence of Aristotle's errors is considered by some to have held back science considerably.

Despite marked progress, Armenia still suffers from a large trade imballance and is still largely dependent upon foreign aid and remittances from Armenian nationals working abroad, and members of the diaspora donating aid through non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) such as churchES.

Despite pronouncements at the highest levels of government on the importance of free competition, Armenia is next to last in the effectiveness of its anti-monopoly policy according to the 2010 results of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report.

Despite the frequency with which this name is used as a polemical label, there has been no historically continuous survival of Arianism into the modern era.

Despite being quite religious, he was also interested in mathematics and science, and sometimes is claimed to have contradicted the teachings of the Church in favour of scientific theories.

Despite the lack of a categorical counterindication, the belief that alcohol and antibacterials should never be mixed is widespread.

Amalric was pious and attended mass every day, although he also " is said to have absconded himself without restraint to the sins of the flesh and to have seduced married women …" Despite his piety he taxed the clergy, which they naturally opposed.

Despite exceptions such as usage in The New York Times, the names of sports teams are usually treated as plurals even if the form of the name is singular.

Despite advances in the protection offered by ballistic armour against projectiles, as the name implies, modern ballistic body armour is much less impervious to stabbing weapons unless they are augmented with anti-knife / anti-stab armour ( usually a form of mail ).

Despite this it is accepted that archaeoastronomy is not a discipline that sits in isolation.

Despite the name, the off-label use of " antipsychotics " is said to involve deploying them as antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, mood stabilizers, cognitive enhancers, anti-aggressive, anti-impulsive, anti-suicidal and hypnotic ( sleep ) medications.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

Despite the study of model plants and increasing use of DNA evidence, there is ongoing work and discussion among taxonomists about how best to classify plants into various taxa.

Despite Edmund's respected intelligence and abilities, he has no personal fortune to speak of, apart from his frequently fluctuating wage packet from the Prince, as he says: " If I'm running short of cash, all I have to do is go upstairs and ask Prince Fat-head for a rise.

Despite its toxicity, a considerable fraction of petroleum oil entering marine systems is eliminated by the hydrocarbon-degrading activities of microbial communities, in particular by a remarkable recently discovered group of specialists, the so-called hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria ( HCCB ).

Despite its secretive nature, the northern bobwhite is one of the most familiar quails in eastern North America because it is frequently the only quail in its range.

Despite his growing admiration for Wallace and his cause, Robert is dominated by his father, who wishes to secure the throne for his son by submitting to the English.

Despite their embrace of the principle of rectilinear inertia and the recognition of the kinematical relativity of apparent motion ( which underlies whether the Ptolemaic or the Copernican system is correct ), natural philosophers of the seventeenth century continued to consider true motion and rest as physically separate descriptors of an individual body.

Despite the growth of Bayesian research, most undergraduate teaching is still based on frequentist statistics.

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 ").