( Despite common belief, he did not take a day from February ; see the debunked theory on month lengths ) According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.

* Despite its heritage, Applesoft lacked commands common to most other Microsoft BASIC interpreters, such as INSTR ( which searched for a substring in a given string ; this had to be done manually with loops and the MID $ function ), PRINT USING ( which formatted numbers with commas and currency signs according to a format string ), and INKEY $ ( which checked for a keypress without stopping the program as Applesoft's GET command — analogous to the INPUT $ function — did, although a PEEK location did provide this functionality ).

Despite the legal status of the Dublin Region, the term " County Dublin " is still in common usage.

" Despite the common recurrence of depressions, classical liberalism remained the orthodox belief among American businessmen until the Great Depression.

Despite the variations that still exist among the progressive programs throughout the country, most progressive schools today are vitalized by these common practices:

Despite the lack of sequence homology between classes, all GPCRs share a common structure and mechanism of signal transduction.

Despite their different backgrounds they shared a common interest in experiment and invention, and their activities would show Darwin's theoretical understanding and Boulton's practical experience to be complementary.

Despite common attitudes regarding women's traditional roles in the 1930s, independent and masculine women were directly recruited by the military in the 1940s, and frailty discouraged.

Despite significant differences in chemical composition, these molecules have some common features in chemical and physical properties.

Despite the common misperception, Mikimoto did not discover the process of pearl culture.

" Despite the Crusaders ' slaughter when they originally conquered Jerusalem in 1099, Saladin granted amnesty and free passage to all common Catholics and even to the defeated Christian army, as long as they were able to pay the aforementioned ransom ( the Greek Orthodox Christians were treated even better, because they often opposed the western Crusaders ).

Despite such figures, S < sup > 2 +</ sup > is rare, S < sup > 4, 6 +</ sup > being more common.

Despite the common belief that Edison did not use mathematics, analysis of his notebooks reveal that he was an astute user of mathematical analysis conducted by his assistants such as Francis Robbins Upton, for example, determining the critical parameters of his electric lighting system including lamp resistance by an analysis of Ohm's Law, Joule's Law and economics.

Despite their common efforts, bilateral trade has been comparatively low, valued at US $ 12. 09 million in 2005 ; India's exports to Tajikistan were valued at US $ 6. 2 million and its imports at US $ 5. 89 million.

Despite its longlasting trademark status, the word Teletype went into common generic usage in the news and telecommunications industries.

Despite the common law tradition Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos of owning all the air above one's property, the US supreme court ruled that aircraft in the US have the right to use air above someone else's property without their consent.

Despite the advantages of indoor tracks, outdoor velodromes are more common, as an outdoor venue does not require a building, making it more affordable, especially when new.

Despite the original mix-up, monkey-and-typewriter arguments are now common in arguments over evolution.

Despite the alternative common name " pygmy chimpanzee ", the bonobo is not especially diminutive when compared to the common chimpanzee.

Despite controversy concerning the neurotoxicity of dopamine and L-DOPA, it remains the most common treatment for Parkinson's disease.

Despite this, the drug has a long history of safe use, making it one of the more popular anti-convulsants prescribed by doctors, and a common " first line of defense " in seizure cases.

Despite the common misconception that Dotsero is a shortening of " Dot Zero ," the station name exists from the construction of the standard gauge line to Glenwood Springs in the 1890s.

Despite the common interpretation, the location was not midway between the national seats of DC and of the Italian Communist Party ( PCI ) in Rome ( in this case to symbolize the end of the Historic Compromise, the alliance between DC and PCI sought by Moro ), but towards the Tiber River, near the Ghetto.

Despite the massive loss of natural habitat in Australia over the last 200 years, it is adaptable and capable of living in surprisingly small patches of remnant bush, particularly if it does not have to cross large expanses of cleared land to reach them.

Despite this reduction in habitat, Oakland is home to a number of rare and endangered species, many of which are localized to serpentine soils and bedrock.

Despite being legally protected in many countries, the main causes of population decline remain anthropogenic and include hunting, habitat degradation, and fishing-related fatalities.

Despite this, Willandra is important habitat for many native species, including the emu, the threatened Plains-wanderer, red and grey kangaroos, echindas and a variety of reptiles, such as Gould's Sand Goanna and the Mulga Brown Snake.

Despite its invasiveness in parts of eastern North America, Scots Pine does not often grow well there, partly due to climate and soil differences between its native habitat and that of North America, and partly due to damage by pests and diseases ; the tree often grows in a twisted, haphazard manner if not tended to ( as they are in the Christmas tree trade ).

Despite the designation of much of this habitat as a Special Area of Conservation, it remains threatened by destruction for agricultural intensification.

Despite its name, the crabeater seal does not feed on crabs, which are not found in its Antarctic habitat.

Despite international legislation protecting the Common Tern, in some areas populations are threatened by habitat loss, pollution or the disturbance of breeding colonies.

Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the Common Moorhen remains plentiful and widespread.

Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the Common Gallinule remains plentiful and widespread.

Despite these efforts, not enough land within the cats ' preferred habitat of 200 meters below sea level was included.

Despite the male's showy appearance, these hardy birds are very difficult to see in their natural habitat, which is dense, dark young conifer forests with sparse undergrowth.

Despite the male's showy appearance, these birds are very difficult to see in their natural habitat, which is dense, dark forests with thick undergrowth.

Despite a decline in numbers in some areas, which is due to loss of favoured habitat, this species is still very common.

Despite this wide range, numbers of the Clapper Rail are now very low on the United States ' west coast, because of destruction of the coastal marshland habitat.

Despite their adaptations for weathering extreme adversity, habitat destruction and hunting have resulted in lemur populations declining sharply, and their diversity has diminished, with the recent extinction of at least 17 species in eight genera, known collectively as the subfossil lemurs.

Despite their tremendous surface area, a buuthandi provides a disproportionally small amount of livable habitat.

Despite its size and distinctive call, this is a difficult species to see because of the dense habitat in which it lives and its retiring nature.

Despite the abundant salmon habitat in the river, these fish have been declining, in large part because of the effects of four federal reservoirs and dams on the lower Snake and Columbia rivers.

Despite the male's showy appearance, these birds are very difficult to see in their natural habitat, which is dense, dark, young conifer forests with sparse undergrowth.

Despite the open habitat, it tends to keep to cover, and roosts in trees.

Despite physically being the least fit to be in the underwater habitat, he is arguably the most level-headed of the group, though even he exhibits moments of irrationality.

Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas, due to a declining habitat, deforestation and hunting.

Despite their bulk, they travel easily through dense foliage, up the steep slopes of their hilly habitat, and in water, where they often wallow and swim.